Upcoming Special Events at the JHU Museums

• May 30

  Fruitful Brews

  May 30, 2013  |  6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

  17TH ANNUAL EVENING OF TRADITIONAL BEVERAGES

  Location: Homewood Museum Lawn Price: $35 Members; $45 non-Members (must be 21 or over) Purchase Tickets

  Reservations are requested by May 27: online through Brown Paper Tickets or by calling the museum at 410.516.5589. Free event parking is available at the University Baptist Church at 3501 N. Charles Street (use Greenway entrance, accessible from St. Paul Street at University Parkway), with pedestrian access to campus from N. Charles Street at 34th Street. The museum lot is reserved for handicapped parking (accessible from the North Gate on University Parkway). For maps and directions click here or call 410.516.5589.
  

  Fruit beer and cider makers are crafting a comeback, reviving America’s orchard heritage, revisiting traditional styles, and bringing new sophistication to these age-old farmhouse beverages. Enjoy some of the best fruit-powered artisanal brews and ciders, including a cask ale made especially for the evening by Union Craft Brewing, and locally-sourced snacks by Woodberry Kitchen.

  • Museum open for guests at 5:30pm
  • Program at 6:15 featuring remarks by Nina Beth Cardin, Founder & Director, Baltimore Orchard Project; Rob Kasper, Beer Authority & Author; and Corey Polyoka, Beverage Director, Woodberry Kitchen

   

  TASTING LINE-UP:

  • Distillery Lane Ciderworks (Jefferson, MD) - Celebration Cider
  • Millstone Cellars (Monkton, MD) - Ciderberry
  • Union Craft Brewing (Baltimore, MD) - Custom Cask! Duckpin Pale Ale with Local Rhubarb
  • 21st Amendment Brewery (San Francisco, CA) - Hell or High Watermelon Wheat
  • Shiner Beers (Shiner, TX) - Ruby Redbird
  • Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Lewes, DE) - Festina Peche

   

  THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

  C.L. McCoy Framing / Lewis Contractors / McCracken Consulting / SMG Architects / Southway Builders / Union Craft Brewing / The Wine Source / Woodberry Kitchen / WYPR 88.1 FM / Ziger/Snead Architects

• Jul 14

  The Carroll's 213th Wedding Anniversary Tea

  July 14, 2013  |  12:30 PM – 4:00 PM

  seatings at 12:30pm and 3pm

  Location: Homewood Museum Price: $30 public, $25 members

  Two seatings offered at 12:30pm and 3pm, by prepaid reservation only: 410-516-5589.

  Celebrate the 213th wedding anniversary of Charles Carroll Jr. and Harriet Chew Carroll by savoring a traditional afternoon tea at their country house, Homewood. Learn about the lives and lifestyle of one of Early America’s wealthiest and most socially prominent families as you dine in the elegant reception hall, designed to be one of the coolest rooms in the house during the summer months. Classic finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and jam, seasonal fruits, and pastries will accompany fine black and fruit teas and a celebratory Champagne toast.

• Jul 18
  TO Aug 18

  Shakespeare in the Meadow

  July 18, 2013 – August 18, 2013

  performances friday, saturday, and sunday by the baltimore shakespeare factory players

  Location: The Meadow at Evergreen Museum & Library Price: $20 adult, $15 seniors and students (grade 6+), FREE kids (grade 5 and under)

  Email or call 410.596.5036 to reserve discount tickets ($5 off per ticket) or buy at the door. You will receive confirmation of your advance reservation and instructions on ticket payment and pickup. Package deals featuring discount tickets, prepared picnics, and beer and wine vouchers available. E-mail or call for more information.

  Evergreen Museum & Library hosts the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Players, performing Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream under the stars in the Meadow July 18 through August 18. Bring a blanket, a lawnchair, and a picnic, and thrill to the best of the Bard.

   

  Hamlet

  Considered by many to be the greatest play ever written, Hamlet is a tragedy of murder and revenge on the fringes of sanity.

  Thursday, July 18, 7:30pm  Dress Rehearsal

  Friday, July 19, 7:30pm

  Saturday, July 20, 7:30pm

  Sunday, July 21, 2pm

  Friday, July 26, 7:30pm

  Saturday, July 27, 7:30pm

  Sunday, July 28, 2pm

  Saturday, August 3, 7:30pm

  Sunday, August 4, 2pm

   

  A Midsummer Night's Dream
  

  Among Shakespeare’s most famous comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows the course of true love from the halls of Athens to the court of the fairies, from waking life into the realms of dream.

  Friday, August 2, 7:30pm

  Saturday, August 3, 2pm

  Friday, August 9, 7:30pm

  Saturday, August 10, 7:30pm

  Sunday, August 11, 2pm

  Friday, August 16, 7:30pm

  Saturday, August 17, 7:30pm

  Sunday, August 18, 2pm

• Jul 18

  Summer Evening at Evergreen

  July 18, 2013  |  5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

  with a guided exhibition tour by artist loring cornish of in each other's shoes

  Location: Evergreen Museum & Library Price: Free

  Experience Evergreen Museum & Library’s artistic wonderland and expansive gardens after-hours. Take an artist's tour of the outdoor exhibition In Each Other's Shoes: The Art of Loring Cornish and explore the museum’s first floor period rooms, featuring the newly-restored historic kitchen and a display of rare editions of Shakespeare drawn from the John Work Garrett Library.

  Bring a picnic supper and at 7:30pm enjoy an open dress rehearsal of Hamlet in the Evergreen Meadow, presented by The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory Players.

• Oct 12

  Homewood Museum Harvest Ball

  October 12, 2013  |  6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

  Location: Homewood Museum

  Please save the date. Ticket pricing and complete details to be announced soon.

  This exclusive and unforgettable party recreates the entertaining atmosphere of the Carroll family's early 1800s country house estate, Homewood. Guests will be treated to live period music, costumed re-enactors and dancers, a premium auction, a multi-course, harvest-themed gourmet seated dinner inspired by historic recipes and local ingredients, plus after-dinner dancing to a live band and a surprise or two.

  Dress to impress in period costume or black tie.

  Presented by the Homewood Museum Advisory Council to support the museum's exhibitions and education projects.