Bird in Hand hosts Taylor Wang (Piano) and David Manzanares-Salguero (Guitar) to present a coffee house concert of classical works that explore works by composers who took inspiration from other pieces, other composers, and other cultures! Doors open at 5:45 for a 6:00 start. The concert takes place...
From the author of Black Widow comes a heartfelt, utterly real new novel about returning home to Baltimore: Family and Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter! This event will take place indoors (in the AC) due to the heat. When entertainment journalist Dawn Roberts returns to Baltimore with...
You might remember Kate Myers from her event for EXCAVATIONS, a summery archaeology-based friendship romp. Now, she returns with SALTY, another seasonal, hilarious page-turner that takes us to a tropical marina where two estranged sisters reunite to work on a luxury yacht and take down the owner who...
We're kicking off the final weekend of Pride Month by getting cozy and crafty at the bookshop! Make a craft & browse discounted art books, sip a free drink & listen to some live tunes from Wondoz World, and on the porch, visit the Queer Art Market hosted...
Common Tone Music offers its Summer Music Session for Kids on the patio at the Ivy Bookshop! Each session provides interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Sign up for all 3 or a drop-in at this link. Together, we will develop...
The Ivy is delighted to invite you to an outdoor music show celebrating the release of THE LOON by Høly River and Valeska Populoh! This gorgeous, limited release children's book features papercut illustrations geared towards infants and small children and their caregivers, as a lullaby book to accompany...
Common Tone Music offers its Summer Music Session for Kids on the patio at the Ivy Bookshop! Each session provides interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Sign up for all 3 or a drop-in at this link. Together, we will develop...
The Ivy is thrilled to welcome 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Nathans to celebrate his prizewinning book: To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement! Raised in Mt. Washington, Nathans is a truly hyper-local hometown hero. His research and storytelling connects us...
What is possible when we ask questions? Author-illustrator duo Jessica Fries-Gaither and Linda Olliver visit IvyKids Saturday to lead observational drawing in the Ivy gardens, and a make-your-own mini science notebook activity. All themed around their gorgeous book: Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions! For ages 7-10, Wild...
The Ivy is teaming up with CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth to present 3 free summer writing workshops for teens! These hands-on workshops encourage students to develop their writing skills in a fun and supportive environment, and these three are developed especially to inspire creativity and foster a...
Join us at The Ivy Bookshop to help celebrate Cal Hoffman's new book, Easy to Slip! We will enjoy a reading and conversation as Hoffman is joined by Baltimore champion and architect Tom Gamper. About the book: "Set in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Hollywood in the ’60s...
Presenting an evening at the intersection of spirituality and environmental justice with Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, author of To Forever Inhabit This Earth: An Ethic of Enoughness! Join us on the patio, overlooking the Ivy's gardens, to hear from Rabbi Cardin about her recent book, which implores us to envision...