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...
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...
Bird in Hand is delighted to host Winifred Hughes and Diane Macklin for an evening of poetry and conversation! Hughes' new poetry collection THE VILLAGE OF NEW GHOSTS, won the won the 2024 Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for a Writer Over 70, which is facilitated...
Tom McAllister's memoir-in-essays It All Felt Impossible employs an exciting and thoughtful form: 1 short essay for every year he’s been alive. With each piece strictly limited to a maximum of 1,500 words, these 42 essays move fluidly through time, taking poetic leaps and ending up in places we can't...
The Ivy is delighted to host McKay Jenkins in conversation with Lia Purpura-- two writers who have long joined the natural world with the written one in their creative work-- to spotlight Jenkins' new volume, The Maryland Master Naturalist's Handbook. This book illustrates the deep connections among the...
The Ivy is thrilled to host Laura Lippman for the launch of her new novel, MURDER TAKES A VACATION, in the beautiful Penguin Room at Whitehall Mill! Come mingle and have a drink from the bar before hearing from Laura about this irresistible mystery: When Muriel Blossom, a...
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...
