Enjoy time in nature with your little one! Lots of seasonal hands-on activities that encourage nature exploration. A portion of the class will be held outside, so please dress for the weather.
Henry Harden’s Baltimore
Virtual, Hands on History series, Baltimore National Heritage Area
February 20, 2026, 12-1pm
Henry Harden’s Baltimore
Virtual, Hands on History series, Baltimore National Heritage Area
February 20, 2026, 12-1pm
Step into 1950s Pittsburgh, where former Negro League baseball star Troy Maxson battles the weight of a dream deferred. Now working the city streets as a trash collector, he finds his simmering regrets threatening to fracture the family he loves. A poignant and powerful exploration of love, responsibility, and the invisible fences that confine us.
The production runs Friday, February 6 – Sunday, March 1, 2026.
In celebration of Black History Month, the B&O Railroad Museum unveils the newly restored Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 3316 “Washington,” a 1949 observation tavern car that showcases the elegance of historic rail travel and honors the African American railroad workers—especially Pullman Porters—who made it possible. The event features remarks from Chief Curator Jon Goldman, restoration insights from Jamie Partridge, and live jazz curated by award-winning artist and B&O Board Member Wordsmith, with music inspired by the golden age of rail.
In celebration of Black History Month, the B&O Railroad Museum unveils the newly restored Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 3316 “Washington,” a 1949 observation tavern car that showcases the elegance of historic rail travel and honors the African American railroad workers—especially Pullman Porters—who made it possible. The event features remarks from Chief Curator Jon Goldman, restoration insights from Jamie Partridge, and live jazz curated by award-winning artist and B&O Board Member Wordsmith, with music inspired by the golden age of rail.
Celebrate the joy of Maryland’s Black history and culture with Blacktastic!, an in-school virtual festival for all grade levels, featuring professional teaching artists, enriching performances, trivia, and “field trips” to historic sites that honor local Blacktastic leaders.
Your purchase includes access to the virtual festival, a printable, curriculum-aligned activity book with follow-up lessons to lock in learning, and extended access to re-watch the program on demand, anytime until June 26, 2026.
Limited grant funding is available.
Find your way to a sleek, speakeasy-style hideaway for a rare, intimate pop-up matinee. Siren Pack returns to Baltimore to present YUMMY, a high-end collision of storytelling, avant-garde burlesque, and provocative treats.
SQUEAKY takes place in and around such iconic Baltimore settings as the Kibbitz Room at Attman’s Delicatessen, a Colts game at Memorial Stadium, driving up and down Ritchie Highway, Lexington Market, Atrium Village Druid Hill Park and Mondawmin Mall, all while referencing a who’s who of Baltimore – the Colts, the O’s, Earl Weaver, the Terps’ Lefty Driesell, Jack and Morty Pollack of the Trenton Democratic Club, convicted Governor Marvin Mandell, Spiro Agnew and many others.
Marcus's creative ensemble featuring straight ahead jazz with Middle Eastern influences and band members from Baltimore, NY, and Michigan!
The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra
Todd Marcus - bass clarinet
Troy Roberts - tenor sax
Brent Birckhead - alto sax & flute
Russell Kirk - alto sax
Alex Norris - trumpet
Javier Nero - trombone
Xavier Davis - piano
Jeff Reed - bass
Eric Kennedy - drums
This memorial event, featuring contemporary poetry and a short historical talk, will honor the memory of thousands of people sold from Baltimore in the interstate slave trade between 1808, when the transatlantic slave trade was outlawed, and 1864, when Maryland abolished slavery.
FEATURING: Poets Abdul Ali, abdu mongo ali, Hayes Davis, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Reginald Harris, Taylor Johnson, Lauren Russell, and Stewart Shaw, along with scholar Lawrence Jackson.
Join trans and nonbinary writers J Brooke (I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side, 2026), Kelsey L. Smoot (SOULMATE AS A VERB, 2026), Jendi Reiter (Introvert Pervert, 2026), and Jackie Domenus (No Offense: A Memoir in Essays, 2025), for readings and an open discussion on work engaging with gender and the physical manifestation of it. Fun, free cocktails (yes, buried the lede there), and great music by Baltimore’s very own Queen HD.
FRUITCAKE is Baltimore’s quarterly queer reading series. This special AWP edition of the event brings 12 local and national readers to the stage for the biggest, queerest reading Baltimore has ever seen.
HOSTED BY: fifth wheel press
FEATURING: Sadee Bee, Veronica Bennett, Ashley Elizabeth, Romy Rhoads Ewing, Diamond Forde, Erika Gill, Axel B. Kolcow, Alison Lubar, Bleah Patterson, Caroline Ganci Patterson, Jessica Nirvana Ram, and nat raum.
Join us at a Split Lip & Friends benefit reading featuring an incredible lineup of writers.
We’re raising funds for CHARM, a Baltimore-based organization dedicated to nurturing young writers and expanding access to publishing. Gather with us to celebrate the work—and community—that keeps literature alive, across generations.
Must Love Memoir is a New York City-based reading series dedicated to telling personal stories.
FEATURING: D/Annie Liontas, Ronit Plank, Arianna Rebolini, Chet’la Sebree, Hyeseung Song, and Jeannie Vanasco. HOSTS: Krystal Marie Orwig and Hope Elizabeth Kidd.
Mark your calendars for the “Baltimore Trans and ‘Hon’-Binary Reading” at Club Car on March 5 hosted by Rahne Alexander, featuring vendors: LittlePuss Press and Feminist Press
FEATURING: Rahne Alexander, Tonee Mae Moll, Vera Blossom, Tyler Vile, TT Madden, Nic Anstett, M. K. Thekkumkattil, Megan Milks, KM Szpara, Gwen Aube, Alice Stoehr. MUSIC BY: DJ Kotic Couture and DJ Abject Relations. VENDORS: LittlePuss Press and Feminist Press
A multi-genre reading celebrating the 100th anniversary of the University of Baltimore.
FEATURING: Steven Leyva, Jane Delury, Betsy Boyd, and Marion Winik
Registration link coming soon
Join us for an afternoon of fresh food and fresh voices. Celebrate Morgan State’s award-winning student writers AND award-winning faculty—all in one place. Free admission—just bring friends and an appetite for language.
HOSTED BY: Morgan State University
FEATURING: Professor and author A.J. Verdelle; professor and poet Dr. DaMaris B. Hill, plus two Morgan State AWP2026 HBCU Fellowship Awardees: Kassiah Drummond and Jolette Lima
After AWP, walk across the street for an evening of great eats, drinks, and poetry! Writers from Passager and Bracken magazines will combine for a poetic back-and-forth of their newly published work.
HOSTED BY: Passager Books and Bracken Magazine.
March Womens' History Month
Friday March 6, 2026 -Virtual Event