In recent months, we came across 4 local authors with wonderful new books on the relationship between emotional life and creative practice: - Amy Bernstein, author of Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears, Finding Inspiration - Sharon Burton, author of Creative Sparks: 21 Affirmations and Inspiration for Creativity...
Bird in Hand presents... with JHU Medicine, Science, and the Humanities: Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science, featuring the launch of the History of Medicine journal, TENDON. Come get your copy of the new publication! The Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science series engages with some of the...
Presenting a poetry reading in celebration of Joshua Gottlieb-Miller's gorgeous, riveting new collection DYBBUK AMERICANA! Poets Niki Herd and Lauren Russell will read alongside Gottlieb-Miller to spotlight this exciting new book, which makes a hybrid text out of art, mysticism, and history, and takes the dybbuk, a figure...
CHIRP! is an annual springtime end-of-the year poetry reading and open mic night out on by Bluejays & Poets, Johns Hopkins University’s premier poetry and performance group. Open to the public and with first come first serve open mic signups, CHIRP! is a queer affirming and BIPOC-led space...
The Ivy is thrilled to host Carver Center's 12th grade Literary Arts class as they read from their self-published novels, novellas, and memoirs. Join us on the patio to witness these young literary geniuses debut their lives in American letters! Click here to RSVP!
You're invited to an evening with beloved Baltimore poet Steven Leyva in celebration of his new collection of poetry, The Opposite of Cruelty! This collection renders beauty through a Black man's lens in a post-pandemic world populated with superheroes and characters from ancient mythology. We know many of you loved...
Join us for an evening of personal Baltimore history with Jack Burkert, author of Twentieth Century Baltimore, and Michael Kuethe, Education Coordinator at the Baltimore Museum of Industry! We know you've been excited to hear from Jack about this unique book, which emerged out of a series of popular Baltimore...
Yarn and Yap is a series for learning new yarn-based crafts, and for meeting new yarn enthusiasts-- and the May edition is all about cross-stitch. Click here to RSVP! This series is organized by our very own barista, GK, whose crafts have found a home for sale next...
A morning of travel-themed activities with Angela Dale, author of the new picture book GOODBYE, HELLO! In this lively story, travel across the globe, across busy highways and crowded airports, with strollers and toys, with an LGBTQ+ Navy family to return home and reunite with Mama. RSVP here!
Did you know... that the Ivy has its own beehives?! Attentively tended by Chad Cover and Nate Anderson, these hives are the happy homes to vibrant tiny bee-cities. Now's your chance to put this all in context, as Tara Chapman, author of For the Bees: A Handbook for Happy...
A Friday evening of music and books on the patio, highlighting Tyson Koska's new biography of the band CRACK THE SKY! Join us to celebrate the book with the author, who will treat us to a music performance and discuss the book. Click here to RSVP! In 1975,...
Do we have any cat lovers among the kids out there? We thought so. Meet Fiona, short for Queen Fiona of Apartment 4C. She's the star of Rennie Dyball's new picture book, FIONA AND THE PECULIAR PRAISE. Come on down to the Ivy on Saturday, May 31 for activities...