A program of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Discovering Vilen Giterman’s Painting Style
January 30 – April 15, 2023
Exhibition reception is Friday, March 24 from 4-6:30pm.
AMP Up! encourages Baltimore Creatives 16-24 years old to create origional songs and new works. The creative process begins with writing workshops led by mentors. Professionals in the field give feedback and pro tips on the creative and song writing process. Spring mentors include artist producer, songwriter, DJ Von Vargas, singer, songwriter Sahffi, and music producer and television sound engineer Winston Philip.
At VLP, we honor lifelong learning and understand the importance of starting early and making it fun. We hope you join us for our Tots Tuesday Storytime for toddlers & preschoolers! Tots Tuesday Storytime is an interactive storytime for children ages 2–4 years old and their parents/caregivers.
Tots Tuesday Storytime has just gotten back to being in-person. Check out our past, virtual Tots Tuesday videos on our YouTube channel!
For any questions or concerns please email: [email protected]
In need of help with your technology after the holidays? Do you need help completing the online YouthWorks application for a summer job? If so, come in to the library for free tech help.
The VLP Librarian will assist patrons with the following skills:
Edgar Allan Poe famously proclaimed the death of a beautiful woman "the most poetical subject in the world." The prolonged suffering of his beautiful, dying wife, Virginia Poe, almost certainly inspired this belief. Virginia Poe remains one of the most enigmatic and controversial figures in the famed author's history. Join us for a series of live readings, themed discussion, and Q&A about the famed muse, poetess, child bride and daughter of Baltimore.
The annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture titled “Doing Science in the Early Modern Kitchen: Women, Recipes, and Knowledge Making” with Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Wendy Wall, the Avalon Professor of the Humanities, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, and professor of English at Northwestern University.
Come paint with us for a fun family activity! This month we will be painting this adorable elephant wishing on a star.
The event takes about 2 hours and costs $20 per participant! It includes all art supplies, step-by-step instructions and then a kid's cup of sweetFrog to celebrate your masterpiece! (Only one visit to the toppings bar.) Both adults and children are welcome to participate!
Tuesday, March 28 | 7:00-8:00 PM
Title: Women of the Movement
Featuring Alexis Ojeda-Brown,
Free, registration required
Learn about women in Baltimore who desegregated various industries in the city during the Civil Rights Movement in this virtual discussion presented by the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Encore presentation, Friday, March 31, 2023, Partnership with the Baltimore National Heritage Area, the Baltimore Museum of Industry and the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum
WHAT’S NEXT? FEST will feature a small college fair, Youthworks Application Assistance, and other neighborhood vendors like Mission Fit, Maryland 529, and BYKE Collective. Each vendor will feature opportunities and information their organization offers for teens and their families. There will also be free food and music.
Discover a lifelong hobby -- knitting!
Learn how to knit with Jayne! Total of two sessions.
We begin this technique course with the basics, such as how to hold the knitting needles and yarn, and progress you through all the basic stitches. This class is taught in the English-style of knitting (controlling the yarn with your right hand). Step-by-step, you will learn the skills needed to confidently knit any beginner-level pattern. You will be provided with some beginner patterns which you will be able to knit after the last session.
Rise with a Purpose is a 501c3 non-profit providing assistance to the homeless, social reform, community-based music projects & cultural exchange programs. Songwriter, Poet, Actor & BSO Artistic Partner, Wordsmith, will be opening up a new music school and moving his non profit into the historic Harlem Theater off North Gilmore Street between 2023-2024.
In February 1904, Baltimore’s chief firefighter cabled Washington DC: “Desperate fire here. Must have help at once!” A tremendous fire was sweeping through downtown and showed little signs of stopping. Not until 5:00 p.m. the next day was the fire brought under control. Overall, it destroyed 1500 buildings, left 35,000 people unemployed, and damaged $150 million of property. Resilient Baltimore rebounded quickly, erecting new buildings, widening streets, and improving fire safety designs.
Monday, April 3-Thursday, April 6 – 9am-5pm
Spring Break Camp is designed to be safe and creative play during Spring Break, Monday through Thursday. Fun Days will include an afternoon snack, homework, games, crafts, and physical fitness. This is a fee-based service. Registration is required by Wednesday, March 22nd.
Follow this link to register --- https://bit.ly/VLPSpringBreak2023
Fee for Service: $35/full day/child
(Sibling discount = $20/full day/sibling)
Speaker series hosted by McDaniel’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Located at Coley Rice Lounge, McDaniel Hall at McDaniel College.
• Cultural Speaker Series for Autism Awareness Month with artist-educator Jen White-Johnson, who identifies as an Afro-Latina, disabled designer, and activist. Thursday, April 6.
• Cultural Speaker Series celebrating Deaf History Month. Thursday, April 27.
Jonestown is one of Baltimore’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods. Both groundbreaking industry and vibrant communities have thrived here. On this tour, we will see the vestiges of its Eastern European Jewish residents as we pass Corned Beef Row.
Learn to weave on a floor loom!
Total of four sessions.
Let Clare guide you on your fiber journey to help make your dream project become a reality in this super fun weaving workshop! You will learn all the basics of weaving on a floor loom from soup to nuts. All materials are included in this multi-session workshop. Bring a snack, beverage, and a sense of adventure! If you have some ideas about what you want to make, bring those along too!
Cost: $300
Beckoning all Earthlings — from climate change skeptics to the world's leading eco-scientists and kid activists — to an exhibition that's one part visual Earth love feast and two parts environmental crash course on the wonders and fragility of life on our one blue homegirl planet.
Get up and move, learn, and smile with artists and teachers who are excited to spend time with you! The Arts & Learning Kids TV show brings school lessons to life in your living room every weekend with fun and engaging arts-based learning for kids!
Episodes are tailored to lessons for students by grade levels: Explorers (preK-K), Discoverers (1st & 2nd), and Adventurers (3rd-5th)!
Anchored by fantastical, handmade bedrooms created by three visionary artists as personal refuge, the American Visionary Art Museum explores the latest scientific research behind sleep as both force majeur to our total wellbeing and hypnagogic portal, enabling fresh revelations in science, art, and creative innovation of all sort.
Black Plays with Bethany Mayo
An online workshop
11am-12:30 EST Sundays November 6- December 18, 2022
6 sessions for $125
Join teaching artist Bethany Mayo for this guided play reading experience and survey of Black American playwrights prior to 1955. Sessions are broadcast via Zoom & accessible from anywhere!