J. Wynn Rousuck: PLEASE WRITE (In Conversation With Tom Hall)
2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
Join us in celebrating PLEASE WRITE, a novel-in-letters about dogs, heartbreak, and love, set in Baltimore and Cleveland, and written by longtime Baltimore theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck! Tom Hall, the host of Midday on WYPR, will join Rousuck in conversation on The Ivy’s back patio.
Chronicling the correspondence between two dogs and a recently widowed artist, PLEASE WRITE delivers a distinctive account of coping with heartache and loss through the power of imagination and love.
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Christine Evans: NADIA (In Conversation With Marion Winik)
2023-10-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
We’re delighted to present an evening with Christine Evans and Marion Winik, who will discuss Evans’ compelling new novel, NADIA! Moving between the competing perspectives of two survivors of the 1990s Balkan Wars who have escaped to London, only to discover that the war has followed them there.
The novel takes us to the recent past of a war that broke apart a European country and that presciently foreshadowed the rise of ethno-nationalism in the West. Tense, suspenseful, and mordantly funny, NADIA tracks the complex ways in which a past marked by political violence can shadow and disrupt the present.
We look forward to having you over to Bird in Hand for this pertinent, fascinating conversation.
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Explore Nature With Jordan Tierney
2023-10-07 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-11-04 09:00 - 11:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, Garden, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Jordan Tierney, artist and naturalist, invites you to follow the seasons with sketching and readings in the Ivy’s backyard. Deepen kinship with the natural world by surrendering to what a place can teach us. Slow down, observe, contemplate, and create art while becoming intimate with where our feet tread the earth. Re-wild your soul, let the Earth tell stories through you, and contemplate a symbiotic future on our planet.
We will wander the beautiful Ivy grounds along the Jones Falls then draw/paint/write in a journal as the seasons change the habitat around us. We will read excerpts from fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, aligned with what is going on with the earth at the time. Think bird anatomy, tree identification, Amitav Ghosh, Mary Oliver…
Through curiosity, focus, and experimentation we’ll become intimate with our fellow earthlings – trees, buds, birds, flowers, bugs, the sky, the river…. If you fall in love with a piece of ground- it loves you back.
Drop-in fall session meets from 9-11:00 on the first Saturday of the month – September 2, October 7, and November 4. All skill levels welcome- this is about looking and listening deeply!
$20 per class or take all 3 for $50
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More information:
https://jordantierney.com/
https://www.instagram.com/auntiemojo/
Contact Jordan at icarus@jordantierney.com

Jürgen Krauss From The Great British Baking Show: THE GERMAN BAKING BOOK
2023-10-08 16:00 - 17:00 | The Bar at Whitehall Mill, 3300 Clipper Mill Road, Baltimore, MD, 21211, United States
Celebrate Oktoberfest by hearing from “possibly the best-loved contestant in Great British Baking Show history,” Jürgen Krauss, as he visits Baltimore to celebrate his new book: The German Baking Book: Cakes, Tarts, Breads, and More from the Black Forest and Beyond!
Jürgen Krauss won the hearts of viewers and three Star Baker honors from the judges of The Great British Baking Show. A self-taught baker, Jürgen has drawn on the flavors, techniques, and memories from his childhood, his European travels, and his wife’s Jewish heritage, to create a collection of authentic German baking recipes from his home to yours.
On October 8, we’ll gather in the lovely bar at Whitehall Mill to meet Jürgen himself and hear him discuss his story and the process behind the book. Come early to grab a beer at the bar or bring the kids to this family-friendly event.
You can purchase a copy of the book with your ticket for pickup at the event, or reserve a free ticket! Books will also be available for purchase at the event.
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Allegra Goodman: Two Events At Goucher College
2023-10-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Goucher College, Soper Room of the Julia Rogers Building, 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
We’re delighted to join the Goucher College Kratz Center in inviting you to two free events with author Allegra Goodman: a 3pm craft talk, and an 8pm reading + Q+A!
The 3pm event will take place at Goucher College in the Soper Room of the Julia Rogers Building (JR227).
The 8pm reading will take place at Goucher College in the Hyman Forum of the Ungar Athenaeum.
Both events are free and open to the public!

Gilbert Arzola And David Bergman: Two Poets From Passager Books
2023-10-10 18:00 - 19:30 | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
Join us for an evening to celebrate two winners of the poetry prize from Baltimore’s own Passager Books: Gilbert Arzola (2019) and David Bergman (2022)!
Arzola’s collection, Prayers of Little Consequence, was published just before lockdown as the winner of the 2019 Passager Poetry Contest, and we are eager to give it a full in-person celebration. Bergman’s collection, Plain Sight, will publish in November 2023, and we can’t wait to offer a preview.
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Carol McCabe Booker: Cove Point on the Chesapeake (with Veterans for Peace)
2023-10-11 17:00 - 19:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
This April, the state of Maryland and city of Baltimore will be honored by a visit of the historic peace sailboat The Golden Rule. This boat was originally owned by a group of Quakers who in 1958 planned to sail it into the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific, in an attempt to stop the testing of atomic weaponry in that region. Although The Golden Rule never managed to fulfill its original mission, having been intercepted and turned back by the US Coast Guard, the boat continues to this day, under the auspices of Veterans For Peace.
This event at The Ivy Bookshop will celebrate the spirit of The Golden Rule. Author Carol McCabe Booker will join crew members from The Golden Rule to chat together about the dangers and damages of nuclear weapons and power plants, and fracked gas/methane liquifaction/export facilities.

Eric Sneathen: DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY (With Chris Nealon)
2023-10-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Come on over to Bird in Hand for an evening with Eric Sneathen in celebration of his latest project, Don’t Leave Me This Way! What might look on the surface like a poetry collection unfolds into a historiographical project around the AIDS epidemic. It blends archival research with sexual fantasy to produce a series of sonnets inspired by Gaétan Dugas, named by Randy Shilts as “Patient Zero” of the AIDS epidemic in North America.
Committed to the utopian possibilities of elegy and pornography, Don’t Leave Me This Way exploits the absurdist beauty of the cut-up technique to voice a chorus of lost spirits: poignant, vengeful, and ready to ball.
We’re pleased that Johns Hopkins Professor of English Chris Nealon will read alongside Eric to make for an illuminating evening.
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Mojgan Ghazirad: THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET (In Conversation With Lauren Cerand)
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:30 | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
We’re delighted to welcome Mojgan Ghazirad to The Ivy to discuss her debut novel, THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET, with Lauren Cerand! From the main character Moji’s house on Sun Street, readers experience the 1979 Iranian revolution through the eyes of a young girl and her family members during a time of concussive political and social change.
Chinelo Okparanta calls the novel “a tender, meditative debut that examines one family’s experience of the Iranian Revolution.” And Wiley Cash describes Ghazirad as “a writer of an incredible power and grace.”
We are so looking forward to this exciting evening. Please join us!
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Suzanne Supplee: SWEETNESS ALL AROUND (With Sharon Sansosti)
2023-10-21 13:00 - 14:30 | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
Calling all 8-12 year olds! Come celebrate Suzanne Supplee’s new novel, Sweetness All Around, with conversation, crafts, music, and donations!
An indomitable heroine who believes she is destined to find her kidnapped neighbor leads this warm, big-hearted story with irresistible characters and a captivating mystery. Perfect for daydreamers with unstoppable imaginations, and fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Raymie Nightingale series.
The afternoon will kick off with a conversation between Suzanne Supplee and Sharon Sansosti, Librarian at St. James Academy. Then, stay and learn how to make tissue paper flowers while listening to a playlist themed around the book!
This event will also serve as a donation opportunity for the Blue Ribbon Backpacks of Love project. Led by Suzanne, we will be collecting fully stuffed backpacks for 10-11 year olds according to this wishlist and this wishlist.
We’re so excited for this meaningful afternoon! We hope you’ll join us.
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John Copenhaver: HALL OF MIRRORS (with Chris Chambers & Cheryl Head)
2024-06-06 18:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Do you love mysteries? Need a new crime fiction pic for your summer reading? Presenting an evening with acclaimed mystery writer John Copenhaver in celebration of his latest novel, Hall of Mirrors (A Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson Mystery).
He’ll be joined by fellow mystery writers Chris Chambers and Cheryl Head. Austin Camacho, organizer of the annual Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con, will moderate the conversation.
Hall of Mirrors takes places in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC, when a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously. It follows his writing partner, who must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer. We love books about books, and hope you’ll join us for this lively conversation!
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First Friday Comedy Night: Ft. Mike Smith, Pauline Mollie, & Rose Vineshank
2024-06-07 18:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
The new monthly comedy series continues at Bird in Hand, hosted and curated by the one & only Satarah Fisher! This month’s featured comedians: Mike Smith, Pauline Mollie, & Rose Vineshank.
Join us at 6pm to hear the featured comedians, or at 7pm for the free open mic! Tickets available here for both. Drinks (alcoholic and non) and snacks will be available at the Bird Bar.

Ivy Kids Saturday: Summer Kickoff
2024-06-08 09:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Join us on June 8th from 9-10AM to make and decorate paper popsicles… then eat a real one as a snack! Plus, stick around to try out our new lawn games (did someone say giant Jenga?!).

The Hot L Poets Series, featuring Morri Creech and Ryan Wilson
2024-06-09 16:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
THE HOT L POETS SERIES continues with poets Morri Creech and Ryan Wilson! The event will be on the Ivy’s Back Patio to enjoy the warm weather! This will be the final Hot L event before the summer break in July and August.
The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less). The reading series is co-sponsored by Smartish Pace & Baltimore Poets Theatre.
Books by the featured poets will be available at the event.

Charm City Spec: Summer Edition
2024-06-14 18:30 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Come join us on the patio at The Ivy Bookshop on Friday, June 14th for the summer edition of Baltimore’s speculative fiction reading series, Charm City Spec!
Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first time, you’re sure to enjoy this incredible lineup featuring William J. Donahue, Anna Dickson James, Aquino Loayza, & Maxwell Massa!
Books and refreshments will be available at the event.

Susan Coll: REAL LIFE AND OTHER FICTIONS (with Marion Winik)
2024-06-18 18:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, Back Patio, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209
Join us to celebrate Susan Coll’s latest novel REAL LIFE AND OTHER FICTIONS, about the ways that writing guides us through life!
Back in 2022, the Ivy hosted Susan Coll for her much-beloved novel BOOKISH PEOPLE… and now we welcome her back, to celebrate REAL LIFE AND OTHER FICTIONS– another novel about the ways that writing guides us through life. In this novel, an aspiring novelist sets out to find the truth about her parents’ long-ago disappearance, and finds herself grappling with the nature of stories, myths, and who gets to write the endings.
We hope you’ll join us for what’s sure to be a thoughtful conversation with levity and comedy, featuring Marion Winik alongside Susan Coll. See you soon!
Click here to order REAL LIFE AND OTHER FICTIONS!
Real Life and Other Fictions is Susan Coll’s seventh novel. Her previous books include Bookish People; The Stager, a New York Times and Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice; and Acceptance, which was made into a television movie starring Joan Cusack. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, Washingtonian Magazine, Moment Magazine, NPR.org, and Atlantic.com. She is the events advisor at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, and was the president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation for five years.
Marion Winik is the author of nine books, including The Big Book of the Dead (Counterpoint, 2019) and First Comes Love (Pantheon, 1996). Her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine, The Sun, and elsewhere; her column at BaltimoreFishbowl.com has been running since 2011. A professor at the University of Baltimore, she reviews books for The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and People, among others, and hosts the NPR podcast The Weekly Reader. She was a commentator on All Things Considered for fifteen years. She is the recipient of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Service Award.

Susan Kellam: BRILLIANT DISGUISE (Book Signing and Happy Hour)
2024-06-21 17:00 - 19:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
In her beautiful new memoir, BRILLIANT DISGUISE, Susan Kellam wraps her own rock-and-roll odyssey around her journey to understand family upheaval. Originally from Baltimore, Kellam’s story is rooted in the city, demonstrating the way the place served as the backdrop for difficult times and, simultaneously, as the place where her own unfolding in music and journalism began.
Stop by the Ivy between 5-7pm on Friday, June 21st to meet Susan and talk with her about the book, and have your copy signed. We’ll have a pop-up bar (with sodas) from Bird in Hand.
Click here to order a copy! Books will also be available for sale at the event.
After a childhood spent in Baltimore, Susan Kellam started her career at Rolling Stone magazine when typewriters were still being flung across offices. Eventually leaving the rock-and-roll world for straight journalism, her work has appeared in the Baltimore Sun, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, Congressional Quarterly, and numerous other places. She finished her full-time career as senior communications expert on domestic policy at the Brookings Institution before moving to a saltwater farm in Maine.

Poets In The Gardens: Featuring Ag, With Jake Budenz
2024-06-22 16:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
We’re thrilled to bring back Poets in the Gardens to host former Ivy bookseller Ag in celebration of his poetry chapbook, blood physical surgical sacrifices! Join us for an afternoon of poetry and conversation surrounded by the green of the gardens, where Ag will read and discuss his poetry in conversation with beloved Baltimore-based author and artist Jake Budenz, author of Tea Leaves.
Books (and refreshments!) will be available at this event.
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Ag is a poet and librarian. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College and a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Maryland. His work has appeared in The Madrigal, Variety Pack, Full Mood Mag and Transfag Quarterly. Born and raised in Annapolis, Maryland, he currently resides in Rhode Island, but Baltimore will always be home to him. His work is transgressive and transsexual, concerned with bodies and their functions in private and in public. When not writing he enjoys horror films and documentaries about the deep ocean. His favorite cephalopod is the magnapinna squid.
Jacob Budenz is a queer author, multi-disciplinary performer, and witch with an MFA from University of New Orleans and a BA from Johns Hopkins University whose work explores the intersection of queer otherness and the otherworldly. The author of queer magic realist short story collection Tea Leaves (Bywater Books 2023) and poetry chapbook Pastel Witcheries (Seven Kitchens Press 2018), Budenz has work in print journals including Slipstream and Assaracus; zeitgeisty online journals including Taco Bell Quarterly and Wussy Mag; and anthologies by Mason Jar Press, Unbound Edition, and more. Jake’s work has earned a Baker Innovative Projects Grant (Simaetha: a Dreambaby Cabaret, January 2020), a spot on Baltimore City Paper’s Top Ten Staged Productions of 2016 (for a new adaptation of The Master and Margarita), and praise including “fabulous, in every sense… quick and sharp, full of charms that whisk us into the darkest forests of the human condition” (Baynard Woods, Inheritance: an Autobiography of Whiteness) and “funny… queer, and… full of life” (M.M. Carrigan, editor-in-chief of Taco Bell Quarterly). You can follow Jake’s projects, including their queer psychedelic pop band on Instagram (@dreambabyjake and @mothbrothband) or www.jakebeearts.com.

'Pemi Aguda: GHOSTROOTS (with Danielle Evans)
2024-06-25 18:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Bird in Hand is thrilled to welcome ‘Pemi Aguda in celebration of her stunning debut short story collection, GHOSTROOTS!
In this beguiling collection of twelve imaginative stories set in Lagos, Nigeria, Aguda dramatizes the tension between our yearning to be individuals and the ways we are haunted by what came before. These stories are empathetic, energetic, and full of humor and a wide-angle view of the forces that influence our individual choices.
We’re excited to share with you this chance to hear from the author herself, and lucky that Danielle Evans, author of THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS, will join us to facilitate this conversation.
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James T. Sears: QUEERING REHOBOTH BEACH (with Morna McDermott McNulty)
2024-06-27 18:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Have you spent a summer day at Rehoboth Beach, or heard of this famed beach town in southern Delaware? Were you ever… thinking about history when spending a summer day at Rehoboth Beach?
In Queering Rehoboth Beach, historian and educator James Sears charts the evolution of the beach town from 19th century Methodist Church meeting camp to mecca for the LGBTQ+ community. Join us to hear from James Sears in conversation with Towson University professor Morna McDermott McNulty – we’re looking forward to learning about this ultimate beach read together!
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First Friday Comedy Night: Michael Furr, Elizabeth Norman, & Adam Freesman
2024-07-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
The new monthly comedy series continues at Bird in Hand, hosted and curated by the one & only Satarah Fisher! This month’s featured comedians: Michael Furr, Elizabeth Norman, & Adam Freesman.
Join us at 6pm to hear the featured comedians, or at 7pm for the free open mic! Tickets available here for both. Drinks (alcoholic and non) and snacks will be available at the Bird Bar.

Reading for Wellness Book Club
2024-07-07 13:00 - 17:00 | MD

Evan Porter: DAD CAMP (with Matthew Norman)
2024-07-09 18:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Celebrating the poignant, hilarious summer novel DAD CAMP with Evan S. Porter in conversation with Matthew Norman! DAD CAMP follows a loving dad who drags his eleven-year-old daughter to “father-daughter week” at a remote summer camp, their last chance to bond before he loses her to teenage girlhood entirely.
It’s about family, fighting toxic masculinity, and reaching for the things and people we love the most– all with plenty of good humor and summery feelings. We’re glad that Matthew Norman, author of the beloved Charm City Rocks, and many other humorous, heartwarming novels, will join Evan Porter in conversation.
We hope you can join us for this uplifting evening!
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Ivy Kids Saturday: Foodie Architects
2024-07-13 08:00 - 10:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Join us on July 13th from 8-10AM (extended hours!) to get crafty with marshmallows and toothpicks! Plus, stick around for lawn games!

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Happy Hour Book Signing with Washington Writers' Publishing House
2024-07-13 17:00 - 19:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Join Washington Writers’ Publishing House (WWPH) on the back patio at The Ivy to toast the winner of the the Biennial WWPH Translation Series, Aguas/Waters by Miguel Avero! It’s a real treat that both author and translator will be present for this happy hour and book signing, so you can meet them both and ask them questions about the writing and translation process.
Come to mix and mingle with the writers – stay for the cocktail with an Uruguayan flair!
Aguas/Waters introduces the rich and vibrant imagery of Uruguayan poet Miguel Avero to the English-speaking world. Selected works from two of his early collections highlight the legacy of magical realism and rioplatense rhythms in this prolific poet’s fierce style. This first bilingual edition matches each original Spanish poem with an inspired translation by Washington D.C. poet Jona Colson. Aguas/Waters is the premier selection in the Biennial WWPH Translation Series.
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Click here to order a copy of Aguas/Waters! Books will also be available at the event.

New Date! Noa Silver: CALIFORNIA DREAMING (with Christine Grillo)
2024-07-16 18:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
You’re invited to a conversation about debut novels, young people finding meaning in their lives, questions of family and responsibility, and– engaging summer reading! Noa Silver’s new novel, CALIFORNIA DREAMING, is a coming-of-age story between the Occupy and #MeToo movements and against the backdrop of the 2016 election and California’s ever-worsening fire season. It’s a book about how we come to understand our motivations and values, and we’re lucky to welcome Noa Silver to discuss her writing process on this July evening.
Delightfully, Christine Grillo, author of the beloved HESTIA STRIKES A MATCH (“an irreverent, incisive, laugh-out-loud interrogation of modern love”), will moderate this conversation.
We hope you’ll join us!
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Click here to order CALIFORNIA DREAMING!

Yappy Hour: A Dog Social (Dogs Read Too!)
2024-07-18 17:00 - 19:00 | MD
You asked, we answered! Presenting The Ivy’s first ever Yappy Hour, an outdoor happy hour with refreshments and books for humans and pups alike!
Bring your canine buds (on leashes, please!) to our spacious gardens to socialize… and maybe even make a new human friend, while browsing tales about tails for all ages.
Thanks for your RSVP, which lets us know how to set up the bar! We can’t wait to see you there.
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Thank You, Baltimore! Garden Party
2024-07-19 17:00 - 20:00 | The Ivy Bookshop, Garden, 5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Thank you so much to our city! Such fun news that we were named Best of Baltimore. We’re really honored. Let’s celebrate!
Join us in the gardens for a book bundle raffle, lawn games, and (drum roll please) free treats from our neighbors at Tropicool!
The very best thing is books, and the people who love them. Thanks to all of you for being those people– can’t wait to hang out together in that spirit.
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Olympics Opening Ceremony Watch Party
2024-07-26 13:30 - 17:00 | Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
We’ll be streaming the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics at Bird in Hand! Join us for a coffee, beer (25% off 6-packs of Old Oriole Park), or a bite.
Let us know you’re coming here.
