Enjoy time in nature with your little one! Lots of seasonal hands-on activities that encourage nature exploration. A portion of the class will be held outside, so please dress for the weather.
Step into 1950s Pittsburgh, where former Negro League baseball star Troy Maxson battles the weight of a dream deferred. Now working the city streets as a trash collector, he finds his simmering regrets threatening to fracture the family he loves. A poignant and powerful exploration of love, responsibility, and the invisible fences that confine us.
The production runs Friday, February 6 – Sunday, March 1, 2026.
Once upon a Valentine, Dreary... Explore the enduring mystery surrounding Edgar Allan Poe's tragic end on a special Nevermore, My Valentine Edition of Poe's Life and Death in Baltimore Bus Tour. This darkly atmospheric experience is a decidedly un-romantic alternative to Valentine's Day, trading candlelight dinners for gaslight history, unanswered questions, and a poet whose final hours remain unresolved.
In celebration of Tom Miller Day, enjoy a day of free admission to the Maryland Center for History and Culture. View Tom Miller’s Summer in Baltimore triptych painting, on display in Collecting Maryland: Art, Artifacts, Community.
Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford will read her book “BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom” at the B&O Railroad Museum. She will also be discussing her own life and connection to the railroad.
Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford will read her book “BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom” at the B&O Railroad Museum. She will also be discussing her own life and connection to the railroad.
Henry Harden’s Baltimore
Virtual, Hands on History series, Baltimore National Heritage Area
February 20, 2026, 12-1pm
Henry Harden’s Baltimore
Virtual, Hands on History series, Baltimore National Heritage Area
February 20, 2026, 12-1pm
In celebration of Black History Month, the B&O Railroad Museum unveils the newly restored Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 3316 “Washington,” a 1949 observation tavern car that showcases the elegance of historic rail travel and honors the African American railroad workers—especially Pullman Porters—who made it possible. The event features remarks from Chief Curator Jon Goldman, restoration insights from Jamie Partridge, and live jazz curated by award-winning artist and B&O Board Member Wordsmith, with music inspired by the golden age of rail.
In celebration of Black History Month, the B&O Railroad Museum unveils the newly restored Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 3316 “Washington,” a 1949 observation tavern car that showcases the elegance of historic rail travel and honors the African American railroad workers—especially Pullman Porters—who made it possible. The event features remarks from Chief Curator Jon Goldman, restoration insights from Jamie Partridge, and live jazz curated by award-winning artist and B&O Board Member Wordsmith, with music inspired by the golden age of rail.
Celebrate the joy of Maryland’s Black history and culture with Blacktastic!, an in-school virtual festival for all grade levels, featuring professional teaching artists, enriching performances, trivia, and “field trips” to historic sites that honor local Blacktastic leaders.
Your purchase includes access to the virtual festival, a printable, curriculum-aligned activity book with follow-up lessons to lock in learning, and extended access to re-watch the program on demand, anytime until June 26, 2026.
Limited grant funding is available.
Find your way to a sleek, speakeasy-style hideaway for a rare, intimate pop-up matinee. Siren Pack returns to Baltimore to present YUMMY, a high-end collision of storytelling, avant-garde burlesque, and provocative treats.
Marcus's creative ensemble featuring straight ahead jazz with Middle Eastern influences and band members from Baltimore, NY, and Michigan!
The Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra
Todd Marcus - bass clarinet
Troy Roberts - tenor sax
Brent Birckhead - alto sax & flute
Russell Kirk - alto sax
Alex Norris - trumpet
Javier Nero - trombone
Xavier Davis - piano
Jeff Reed - bass
Eric Kennedy - drums
SQUEAKY takes place in and around such iconic Baltimore settings as the Kibbitz Room at Attman’s Delicatessen, a Colts game at Memorial Stadium, driving up and down Ritchie Highway, Lexington Market, Atrium Village Druid Hill Park and Mondawmin Mall, all while referencing a who’s who of Baltimore – the Colts, the O’s, Earl Weaver, the Terps’ Lefty Driesell, Jack and Morty Pollack of the Trenton Democratic Club, convicted Governor Marvin Mandell, Spiro Agnew and many others.
This memorial event, featuring contemporary poetry and a short historical talk, will honor the memory of thousands of people sold from Baltimore in the interstate slave trade between 1808, when the transatlantic slave trade was outlawed, and 1864, when Maryland abolished slavery.
FEATURING: Poets Abdul Ali, abdu mongo ali, Hayes Davis, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Reginald Harris, Taylor Johnson, Lauren Russell, and Stewart Shaw, along with scholar Lawrence Jackson.
Join trans and nonbinary writers J Brooke (I Can Tell You The Version That Will Make You Take My Side, 2026), Kelsey L. Smoot (SOULMATE AS A VERB, 2026), Jendi Reiter (Introvert Pervert, 2026), and Jackie Domenus (No Offense: A Memoir in Essays, 2025), for readings and an open discussion on work engaging with gender and the physical manifestation of it. Fun, free cocktails (yes, buried the lede there), and great music by Baltimore’s very own Queen HD.
FRUITCAKE is Baltimore’s quarterly queer reading series. This special AWP edition of the event brings 12 local and national readers to the stage for the biggest, queerest reading Baltimore has ever seen.
HOSTED BY: fifth wheel press
FEATURING: Sadee Bee, Veronica Bennett, Ashley Elizabeth, Romy Rhoads Ewing, Diamond Forde, Erika Gill, Axel B. Kolcow, Alison Lubar, Bleah Patterson, Caroline Ganci Patterson, Jessica Nirvana Ram, and nat raum.
Mark your calendars for the “Baltimore Trans and ‘Hon’-Binary Reading” at Club Car on March 5 hosted by Rahne Alexander, featuring vendors: LittlePuss Press and Feminist Press
FEATURING: Rahne Alexander, Tonee Mae Moll, Vera Blossom, Tyler Vile, TT Madden, Nic Anstett, M. K. Thekkumkattil, Megan Milks, KM Szpara, Gwen Aube, Alice Stoehr. MUSIC BY: DJ Kotic Couture and DJ Abject Relations. VENDORS: LittlePuss Press and Feminist Press
A multi-genre reading celebrating the 100th anniversary of the University of Baltimore.
FEATURING: Steven Leyva, Jane Delury, Betsy Boyd, and Marion Winik
Join us at a Split Lip & Friends benefit reading featuring an incredible lineup of writers.
We’re raising funds for CHARM, a Baltimore-based organization dedicated to nurturing young writers and expanding access to publishing. Gather with us to celebrate the work—and community—that keeps literature alive, across generations.