You're invited to an evening with Phoebe Greenwood, whose new novel Vulture draws readers into the dark heart of western media, and with audacity and humour, questions its complicity in the tragedies that feed it. Centered on a young news reporter who is sent to cover a war from the...
Join us at Bird in Hand for the music-themed launch of Meri Robie's new novel, Wild Flowers! It's a rollicking story of three forgotten singers who band together (pun intended) to create an award-winning comeback album... and to confront the versions of themselves that pushed them out of...
Announcing Boys Reading Books: a fiction book club open to men and non-binary people! Proving men read novels too and encouraging more to do so. Next Meeting: Thursday, September 25th at 7pm at The Ivy Bookshop. This month's pick: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte. Led by The Ivy’s own...
Join us for a festive fall morning of creativity and movement with Clay By Hillary and Common Tone! Begin your morning working with Hillary DeWeese from Clay By Hillary and create a cute clay figurine of an apple and a little worm buddy. After sculpting your new fall...
Many of you may know Clare Banks from her role with Smartish Pace Magazine, which hosts the beloved Hot L Poets Series at The Ivy and Bird in Hand. Now, we are thrilled to be celebrating the launch of Clare's debut poetry collection, NOTES ON ENDINGS, with a...
Commonplay provides interactive moments for caregivers to sing, play instruments, dance, and connect with their child. Children will develop confidence and music appreciation through playful exploration. In every class, you will experience live music that is dynamic and imaginative and will encourage everyone to move, sing, and create...
The Ivy is over the moon to celebrate our bookseller James Magruder's new collection of short stories, and we hope you'll join us! If you've interacted with Jim in the shop, or in one of his many roles around Baltimore, you have likely encountered his razor-sharp wit, emotional...
Eileen Flanagan's Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation brings together the author's experiences in Quaker communities, teaching, and grassroots environmental organizing to demonstrate the necessity of solidarity. Flanagan shows that "the illusion of separation"--the fallacy that humans can...
Camille Ralphs, editor at the Times Literary Supplement, celebrates the US publication of her debut poetry collection, After You Were, I Am! She'll offer a reading and conversation with Andrew Motion, former UK Poet Laureate and current Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University. The book's three...
The Vital Perspectives on Healthcare and Science series engages with some of the most pressing public health issues of our time, in a regular public forum catalyzed by a book. For the October event, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Ksenia Tatarchenko to share her new book Soviet SCI_BERIA:...
Kick off your weekend with a festive meet-and-greet with author Libby Buck and her "enchanting debut novel exploring second chances and blossoming romance"! Port Anna is set in a charming port town in Maine, and is perfect for fans of J. Courtney Sullivan's The Cliffs and Catherine Newman's...
Kay Healy, author and illustrator of the graphic novel Casey’s Cases: The Mysterious New Girl, joins us for a comic activity, short reading, and the release of the second book in the series, Casey’s Cases: Everything is Terrible. Hailed as “Riotous” in a starred review from School Library...