In The Coercive Power of the Law: Vulnerable Bodies and Boundaries of Perception, Riley Clare Valentine and Zane McNeill advocate for an ethics of care, and explore the interplay between law, care ethics, and the body. They emphasize how legal systems both reflect societal values and regulate and...
Join us for a cozy winter morning of creativity, music, and movement with Clay By Hillary and Common Tone! Hosted by The Ivy Bookshop Enjoy a winter morning creating and playing at The Ivy. Begin your morning working with Hillary DeWeese from Clay By Hillary and create a...
Do you love historical fiction? Ever wanted to know more about Penelope Fitzgerald? We can't recommend Jessica Francis Kane's Fonseca enough for both of these purposes... and now you can hear from the author herself at Bird in Hand on January 14th! Christine Grillo, author of Hestia Strikes...
Don Akchin's The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement, is a refreshing new take on the years of life typically labeled "retirement." It reframes this time as a gift of 25 to 30 post-career years of life, that is not the end of anything but could be the...
Silent No Longer is an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms. From a dedicated advocate for those with disabilities, Silent No Longer is an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent...
Join us at The Ivy Bookshop where we will provide interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Together, we will develop confidence and music appreciation through playful exploration! RSVP for the full Winter Session or for individual drop-ins at this link.
Albert Phillips Jr. is a Baltimore-based writer and educator whose work thoughtfully explores the rich alchemy of Black life, both past and present. The Ivy first learned about his work through the CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth summer internship program where he offered his experience and mentorship around...
No Experience Necessary, the 2nd memoir from Nancy Murray, is all about work, and the insights, pitfalls, and strategies along the journey toward meaningful employment. Her stories prove that even so-called nowhere jobs can be crucial steps to not only establishing a career, but to discovering ourselves. Nancy’s...
Join us at The Ivy Bookshop where we will provide interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Together, we will develop confidence and music appreciation through playful exploration! RSVP for the full Winter Session or for individual drop-ins at this link.
Presenting Humanities in the Village, an event series in partnership with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute at Johns Hopkins University, which aims to make scholarship publicly accessible. For this January edition-- the first of 2026-- we are thrilled to welcome Dora Malech in celebration of her new poetry...
Join us at The Ivy Bookshop where we will provide interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Together, we will develop confidence and music appreciation through playful exploration! RSVP for the full Winter Session or for individual drop-ins at this link.
If you know the work of John Sayles, you know a multi-talented artist across disciplines: filmmaking and screenwriting; acting and writing. If you are new to his work, you are in for a treat, and might just leave with some inspiration about working between multiple disciplines to build...