Talks & Workshops in Baltimore — Lectures, Tastings & Classes

Sheng Zhen Meditation

📍 Brown Memorial Presbyterian

A guided meditation session held on the 2nd Floor of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Mid-Week Prayer Service via Zoom

📍 Brown Memorial Presbyterian

A virtual prayer service where community members join together to pray and strengthen their connection to God and each other.

BCHD Nursing Recruitment Fair

📍 Enoch Pratt Free Library - Orleans Street Branch

Ladies - What’s really keeping your income stuck where it is?

📍 Baltimore Vision to Reality

**Does this sound familiar? You've tried the strategies. You've refined the offer, updated the pricing and put in the hours. And yet your income stays roughly where it is.** Sometimes the missing piece isn't another business tactic. **It's the beliefs we carry about worth, confidence and receiving, which quietly shape what we charge, what we ask for and what we allow ourselves to earn.** Join Money Mindset Coach Helen Louise Adams and coach, Aurore, to explore how these beliefs may be influencin

Timothy Tyson and Mary Williams: "Mahalia Jackson, Moving on Up a Little Higher"

📍 Central Library

If Americans today still recognize the name Mahalia Jackson, they might recall that she was perhaps the greatest gospel singer who ever lived. But for many people, there is no awareness at all, not even for an entertainer whose “Move On Up a Little Higher” sold eight million copies, who headlined two Newport Jazz Festivals and performed before four United States presidents. While this rich musical legacy is admired by those in the know, virtually no one recognizes Jackson’s astonishing role in A

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Cast Conversations

📍 Everyman Theatre

An interactive event featuring cast members discussing the theatrical productions throughout the season. Audiences gain insight into character development and performance techniques.

2026 Women Who Soar Conference (Baltimore)

📍 Set the Captives Free Outreach Center

Create Tiles: What Democracy Means to You

📍 The ClayGround Studio & Gallery

Participants create ceramic tiles expressing their views of democracy. This is a free community art project open to all ages.

Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence

📍 Pennsylvania Avenue

This introductory training provides an overview of intimate partner violence, including what abuse can look like and how to effectively support and empower victims and survivors. Abuse can take many forms, including physical, emotional, financial, and cultural abuse. The presentation will also explore trauma-informed ways to respond when someone discloses their experience with intimate partner violence, including compassionate and validating statements such as, “I’m sorry that happened to you,”

Open Hack

📍 Baltimore Node Hackerspace

A weekly open-house night at Baltimore Node Hackerspace where the public can see what a makerspace is like, work on personal projects, and meet fellow makers and innovators.

Garden Drop-in

📍 Cylburn Arboretum

Drop by the gardens surrounding the Cylburn mansion on the first and third Thursdays between 12:30-2:30pm to talk with Cylburn Arboretum Friends’ Garden Educator. See what we’re working on, ask your gardening questions, and pick up tips on how we care for our plants. No fee, no registration required, all ages welcome.

All Together Now, Ages Everyone

📍 Baltimore Jewish Times

A community gathering program for all ages at Howard County Library System in Columbia.

Town Hall Meeting with the CEO: Patterson Park Branch

📍 Patterson Park

TOWN HALL WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (rescheduled from Saturday, November 7) Meet Pratt Library President & CEO Chad Helton during a Town Hall Meeting with the CEO. Share what you love about your library and what the Pratt can do to make your library welcoming to all. This event is part of a series of town hall meetings at all Pratt Library locations. Light refreshments will be provided.

22nd Annual MAFSM Conference

📍 Maritime Conference Center

All-Access Nature Education: On The Move: Nature's Great Migration

📍 Carrie Murray Nature Center

An educational program exploring animal migration patterns and the seasonal movement of wildlife through natural environments.

An Evening of Translation with Jianan Qian and Elizabeth DeMeo: MASTERS OF SLEEP

📍 Bird in Hand Coffee & Books

Bird in Hand and Accent Editions team up to present an evening of translation and Chinese literature, featuring the new translation of MASTERS OF SLEEP, originally written in Chinese by the renowned Zhu Yue. This conversation will feature one of…

Day of the Dead - Tequila Pairing Dinner

📍 The Outpost American Tavern

A themed tequila pairing dinner celebrating Day of the Dead at The Outpost American Tavern. Guests will enjoy a curated dining experience with tequila selections.

MD STEM Festival - The Strength of a Spider Web!

📍 Chesapeake Children's Museum

An interactive STEM learning event exploring the science and engineering behind spider webs through hands-on demonstrations and activities.

PRAISE BY THE WAVES 10th ANNUAL CONFERENCE: APPOINTED FOR THIS

📍 BWI Airport Marriott

Conservation Window

📍 The Walters Art Museum

Watch art conservators at work as they restore and preserve pieces from the Walters collection. A behind-the-scenes look at museum conservation.

Conservation Window

📍 The Walters Art Museum

Watch art conservators at work as they restore and preserve pieces from the Walters collection. A behind-the-scenes look at museum conservation.

Pop-Up Display: Lichens

📍 Cylburn Arboretum

What’s to like about Lichens? You might see crusty, scaly patches on your trees, benches, rocks, or even a garbage can and think they are a problem. But lichens are a true partnership of two different organisms (fungi and algae) that serve as a food source and habitat for many animals and provide valuable environmental and health benefits to humans by acting as natural air monitors, helping form soil, and offering medicinal properties. Join Master Naturalist Pat Jonas in the Nature Education Cen

Read With Pride: Awakened by A.E. Osworth

📍 Light Street

Join us at the Light Street Branch for Read With Pride, a book club highlighting LGBTQ+ voices. All genders, sexualities, and identities including allies are welcome! The mission of the Read With Pride Book Club is to build community and promote awareness of diverse LGBTQ+ perspectives. The book club’s selection for November is Awakened by A.E. Osworth - "A coven of trans witches battles an evil AI in the magical coming-of-middle-age romp about love, loss, drag shows, and late capitalism." Regis

Women Rising

📍 Clay Pots

An empowerment and support group for women to discuss issues and build community.

Wood Shop Workday

📍 Anne Arundel County Rec & Parks

A hands-on woodworking workday at Kinder Farm Park where participants can learn and practice woodcraft skills in a community setting.

It's Not All Online: Discover Your Family History

📍 Maryland Center for History and Culture

MCHC and our partners at the Maryland Genealogical Society (MGS) invite you to learn about the genealogical resources available onsite only at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library. In addition to a discussion about the records, manuscripts, and other materials relevant…

Art To Dine For – Throwback Throwdown the Old-Fashioned Way—Vinyl Revolutions

📍 Creative Alliance

An evening listening session with producer/curator, Guy Routte, and former DJ, Music Critic, and Arts Funder, Don Palmer. Guy starts the evening recounting his 2024 multi-media production for Hip Hop at 50, Bebop and Hip Hop – a collaboration with Fab 5 Freddy for Max Roach’s 100 birthday celebration. This was a rumination on the 1983 Fab Five Freddy/Max Roach collaboration – Estate Fresh at NYC’s The Kitchen. This will be followed by Don Palmer, who attended that event, spinning vinyl related t

Cruising Winterization Work Party

📍 Downtown Sailing Center

Members gather to prepare boats for winter by completing maintenance and winterization tasks at the B Dock.

Paint Your Pet Night

📍 Hysteria Taphouse

A creative painting event where guests paint portraits of their pets while enjoying drinks, with proceeds benefiting Operation Paws for Home Rescue.

Town Hall Meeting with the CEO: Patterson Park Branch

📍 Patterson Park

Meet Pratt Library President & CEO Chad Helton during a Town Hall Meeting with the CEO. Share what you love about your library and what the Pratt can do to make your library welcoming to all. This event is part of a series of town hall meetings at all Pratt Library locations. Light refreshments will be provided.

Author Appearance and book Signing - Dr. Shawna Norrie

📍 Northwood Commons

Book Signing and Author Appearance. Glass Jars & Glass Ceilings grew out of an exploration of how personal and professional lives quietly intertwine—and the cost of sustaining identities shaped by expectation. Olivia “Liv” Thomas, the novel’s central character, moves through…

Drop-in Art Making: Creative Harvest

📍 The Walters Art Museum

A drop-in art-making program for all ages where visitors create art inspired by the Walters collection. No registration needed; supplies provided.

Community Yoga

📍 Creative Alliance

A community yoga class suitable for all ages, offering wellness and mindfulness in a family-friendly environment.

Kinder Farmhouse Museum Open to the Public

📍 Kinder Farm Park

Visit the historic Kinder Farmhouse Museum to learn about the area's agricultural heritage and rural history.

Jones Falls 2076 Refuturing Workshop

📍 The Peale

Ecological Design Collective workshop with a sound bath and guided visualization of the Jones Falls' future.

MAIN TOUR: EXCEPTIONAL SPIRITS TOGETHER

📍 The Free State Distillery, Inc

A guided tour of Arthur Wheeler Spirits Company showcasing the distillery's process and products, lasting one hour.

RESCHEDULED Volunteer: Fall Cleanup

📍 Carrie Murray Nature Center

Community volunteer event rescheduled to help with fall cleanup activities at the nature center.

Unwind & Align: Yoga for Beginner & Intermediate Levels

📍 Stem & Vine

A yoga class for beginner and intermediate levels, part of the Rooted Movement series held Saturday mornings at Stem & Vine.

People Over Data Centers – Maryland Action Summit

📍 Baltimore Convention Center

Are you one of countless Marylanders appalled by Big Tech’s attempts to build dangerous, polluting data center campuses in our communities?? Have you seen enough of the secretive deals between developers, politicians, and landowners at the expense of communities? Are…

STEM After Dark

📍 the garage at R house

STEMcx provides STEM education, career exposure, mentoring, internships, and other opportunities that help Baltimore-area students see themselves in STEM and build pathways toward college and STEM careers. STEMcx After Dark brings that mission to life for adults through an evening…

Pour & Connect Candle Workshop Series

📍 Stem & Vine

A candle-making workshop series hosted by Lexis Green at Stem & Vine where participants create their own candles.

What book are you reading? (In person at Red Emma's)

📍 Commonplace Book Club

*Hello! We are a bunch of book lovers who believe in sharing ideas to enrich our collective knowledge.* This event is BYOB style (bring your own book). **All books are welcome!** You can bring a book you are reading currently, or have enjoyed in the past. We will socialize and discuss some great books, taking turns sharing our thoughts on the book that we brought. You either can be an audience or a speaker based on your preference! **Please RSVP so we know you're coming!**

Member Town Hall & Community Gathering

📍 Downtown Sailing Center

Members convene for a town hall meeting and community gathering to discuss center affairs and connect with fellow sailors.

Garden Drop-in

📍 Cylburn Arboretum

Drop by the gardens surrounding the Cylburn mansion on the first and second Sundays between 2:30-4:30pm to talk with Cylburn Arboretum Friends’ Garden Educator. See what we’re working on, ask your gardening questions, and pick up tips on how we care for our plants. No fee, no registration required, all ages welcome.

Curator Tour: Impermanence and Buddhist Art

📍 The Walters Art Museum

A curator-led 30-minute gallery tour exploring Buddhist art and the concept of impermanence in the collection. Learn directly from an expert.

Lifestyle Wellness Exchange Presents: The Women's Wellness Experience

📍 Stem & Vine

A women's wellness event hosted by Lifestyle Wellness Center at Stem & Vine featuring wellness sessions and community.

Pop-Up Display: Lichens

📍 Cylburn Arboretum

What’s to like about Lichens? You might see crusty, scaly patches on your trees, benches, rocks, or even a garbage can and think they are a problem. But lichens are a true partnership of two different organisms (fungi and algae) that serve as a food source and habitat for many animals and provide valuable environmental and health benefits to humans by acting as natural air monitors, helping form soil, and offering medicinal properties. Join Master Naturalist Pat Jonas in the Nature Education Cen

Profs & Pints Baltimore: How Ancient Athens Restored Democracy

📍 Guilford Hall Brewery

Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: How Ancient Athens Restored Democracy, on lessons to be learned from an overthrow of tyrants in 403 B.C., with Nicholas D. Cross, assistant professor of history at the United States Naval Academy and author of…

Blacksmith Shop Workday

📍 Anne Arundel County Rec & Parks

A hands-on blacksmith workshop at Kinder Farm Park where participants can learn traditional blacksmithing techniques and craftsmanship.