Ladew’s Spring Lecture Series features distinguished speakers offering insights and inspiration to garden lovers and gardeners of all ages and abilities. The presenters will take you on a journey through their explorations of garden design concepts, plant selections, growing techniques, natural history, decorative and fine arts, history, and environmental sciences, while offering rare glimpses into some of the world’s most beautiful private gardens.

Inherited from the great Baltimore historian Wayne Schaumburg, join Baltimore Heritage to tour Baltimore’s historic Green Mount Cemetery.

Explore the enduring mystery surrounding Poe’s tragic end on a special Bus Tour of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Death in Baltimore. The 90-minute tour ticket includes stops at four important Poe Places around Baltimore, including Poe’s graves (he has two!) plus the sites where Poe was found and passed away. Bus ticket also includes tour of the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. Please note that Poe House is an historic site and not ADA accessible (there is no elevator or ramp to the second floor.)

In February 1904, Baltimore’s chief firefighter cabled Washington DC: “Desperate fire here. Must have help at once!” A tremendous fire was sweeping through downtown and showed little signs of stopping. Not until 5:00 p.m. the next day was the fire brought under control. Overall, it destroyed 1500 buildings, left 35,000 people unemployed, and damaged $150 million of property. Resilient Baltimore rebounded quickly, erecting new buildings, widening streets, and improving fire safety designs.

Join us at An die Musik Live for the world debut of THE CHESAPEAKE PIRATE BAND!

featuring
Sage O’Silver (Snider)
Queen Christina (Van Norman)
Calypso Bob (Pyle)
Captain Geoff (Himes)

Join us to explore the eerie catacombs underneath Baltimore’s First Presbyterian Church, now called Westminster Hall, and the graves that surround it, including the final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe. The burial ground predates the church, which was built on arches above the gravesites, so that the graveyard and its tombstones lie both underneath and around the building. We bet you will also recognize more than a few Baltimore street names as we walk among the patriots and civic leaders buried at Westminster including Calhoun, Hollins, Gilmore, and Bentalou.

Join us on Saturday April 13th, from 11am-7pm at THE ASSEMBLY ROOM 316-318 Guilford Ave Baltimore MD 21202 for our next Vintage Black Expo | Baltimore 2024.

Grab your tickets at http://vintageblackexpo.com/tickets

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Havre de Grace, presents a nationally recognized quilter, Gyleen X. Fitzgerald in “The Thread of a Quilter: The journey of a quilter as told through her quilts.” Ms. Fitzgerald will display twenty-four of her quilts while discussing her life in needlework and art. Besides her presentation, she will sell and sign her newly published books. Small entry donation of $5 will be collected at the door. All proceeds at the door will benefit both St. John’s and Holy Trinity Episcopal churches in Harford County.

On April 13, join us for a walking tour of the Feisty Females of Fells Point! Everyone knows that this neighborhood has a rich history, but do you know about the Caribbean immigrant, Mary Lange, who dared to teach children of color out of her home and rose to be the first Black mother-superior in American history? How about the single mom who helped stop the development of an interstate highway through these historic streets? Spoiler–it’s not Barbara Mikulski, but of course we’ll talk about her important work too.

For a tiny neighborhood squeezed between the University of Maryland and Camden Yards, Ridgely’s Delight contains an oversized history. George Washington slept here and Babe Ruth was born here! Join us to walk the preserved, picturesque streets of one of the earliest neighborhoods in Baltimore while we look back at the stories of both its famous visitors and the ordinary Baltimoreans who worked and raised their families here.

Beloved roots-music festival moves to a new, more spacious home at the Baltimore Museum of Industry.

Tickets are on-sale now for the 5th Annual Baltimore Old Time Music Festival April 19-20, 2024 - a joyous, interactive, and inspiring celebration of the music rooted in the fiddle and banjo traditions of the region.

Lexington Market, Broadway Market, Hollins Market and the rest of Baltimore’s public markets have been a part of our daily life for more than 250 years. They’ve survived and thrived by adapting to change without losing their purpose: to feed people! On this bus tour, we will drive between four of Baltimore’s six remaining markets, including the oldest survivor, Broadway, and the newest to be renovated, Hollins. We’ll stop inside our youngest market, Northeast, which dates from 1885, to chat with a market vendor and try some traditional Baltimore coddies.