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Your
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February 2007
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IN THIS
ISSUE
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The
Cat's Out of the Bag
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Feathers, Fins, and Fur
a Must-See at
Homewood!
Homewood's winter focus show, Feathers,
Fins, and Fur: The Pet in Early Maryland -- the result
of a Johns Hopkins undergraduate seminar in material
culture offered by the museum last fall -- was featured in
the Jan. 19 issue of The Chronicle of Higher
Education, the nation's leading newspaper for
academics. Read the full article, "At Home With
History" and be sure to take the
accompanying audio tour of Homewood led by curator
Catherine Rogers Arthur.
RELATED PROGRAMS THIS MONTH
Find a Friend
for Life
with the Maryland
SPCA
Saturday, Feb. 3 and 17, noon to 2
p.m.
Find a friend for life while touring
Homewood's winter focus exhibition. On alternate
Saturdays through March 31, adoptable pets from the
Maryland SPCA's adoption center will be featured in
Homewood's wine cellar. Free with Museum admission or
Maryland SPCA
wish list donation.
John T.
Irwin Poetry Reading
Wednesday, Feb. 14,
noon
John T. Irwin,
noted literary critic and professor at The Johns Hopkins
University, reads from Just Let Me Say This About
That, a comic and lyrical narrative poem published
under his pen name, John Bricuth. The poem takes the form
of a press conference with three Aesopian questioners,
Bird, Fox, and Fish, seeking to find the meaning of
life. Free with Museum admission or Maryland SPCA
wish list donation. Reservations
required; call (410) 516-5589.
Visit Homewood online for the most up-to-date
information.
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Fridays Live: Art & Music This
Spring
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Peabody at Homewood and
the Evergreen Concert Series
Friday, March 2, 5:45
p.m. at Homewood
Lukasz Kuropaczewski,
guitar & Anastasia Petanova,
flute
A return appearance by this outstanding Peabody
duo
Friday, March 23, 8 p.m.
at Evergreen
Adaskin String
Trio with oboist Thomas Gallant
The premiere ensemble of its kind in
North America
Friday, April 6, 5:45 p.m. at
Homewood
L'Armonia de Cieli
A Peabody ensemble specializing in
Renaissance and early Baroque
music
Friday, April 27, 8 p.m.
at Evergreen
Matt Haimovitz,
solo cello
A
not-to-be missed performance by this groundbreaking cello
prodigy.
Friday, May 4, 5:45 p.m.
at Homewood
Sonya Chung, solo
violin
This
Peabody talent performs a diverse program from Bach to
Shulamit Ran
Single tickets
are $15 for Museum members and $20 all others. For
full concert details, visit Homewood and
Evergreen
online!
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Enhance Your Museum
Experience
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Add lunch, afternoon tea, or a
madeira tasting to your group tour!
Homewood and Evergreen's special
tours are the perfect way to spend a day with friends,
celebrate a special occasion, or recognize staff members,
and make a great outing for alumni groups, clubs,
and friends. Following your museum tour, enjoy your
choice of refreshments in Homewood's original wine cellar
(shown above at left), or Evergreen's Far East Room
(at right). Special tours are available for
groups of 15 or more and require advance
notification. For more information or to book your
tour, call Evergreen at (410) 516-0341 or Homewood at (410)
516-5589.
Boxed
Lunch
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p; &nb
sp; &n
bsp;Afternoon Tea
$16
per person including
tour &
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$25 per person including tour
Madeira
Tasting (Homewood only)
$25 per
person including
tour
Get all the
details at
Homewood
and
Evergreen online!
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For
Our Members: Travel With Us!
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There's No Place Like
Home
American Visionary Art Museum
and
the Maryland Historical
Society
Friday, Feb. 16, 9:30 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Spend the
day at two of Baltimore's great cultural
institutions! We'll depart in car-pools from
Evergreen and spend the morning touring the American Visionary Art
Museum and its 12th original
mega-exhibition, HOME &
BEAST, a lively exploration of the
notion of "home" and an artful lovesong to all of the
animals, real and imaginary, in our lives.
After a hot sandwich at
the Hull Street
Blues Cafe, we'll head to the Maryland
Historical Society for a tour of
At Freedom's
Door: Challenging Slavery in
Maryland, the most comprehensive
and intellectually challenging exhibition on slavery ever
to be mounted in Maryland. The exhibition is based on
Dr. Stephen Whitman's new book, Challenging Slavery in
the Chesapeake, and following our tour, Dr. Whitman
will present a talk and lead a discussion on slavery in
Maryland.
$35 Museum docents;
$40 Museum members.
Email or
call (410) 516-0341 and reserve your space now! Cost
includes admission fees, lunch, gas, and
parking.
Pharaohs
& Flowers
King Tut Exhibition
and the
Philadelphia Flower
Show
Tuesday,
March 6, 7
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Enjoy a day in
Philadelphia touring the extraordinary Tutankhamun and
the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
exhibition at the Franklin
Institute Science Museum and The
Philadelphia Flower Show, the world's
largest and most prestigious indoor flower show.
This year's theme is The Legends of Ireland
and the show features Irish singers, dancers, and
storytellers in addition to luxurious landscapes and floral
arrangements. Lunch is on your own (with
voucher) at the world-renowned Reading
Market, where there is something for
everyone.
$145 Museum
docents and members. Email or call
(410) 516-0341 and reserve your space now! Cost
includes deluxe motorcoach, admission fees, King Tut audio
tour, and lunch voucher.
To take part in these special events and
offers, we invite you to become a member of the Homewood
and/or Evergreen Museums. Click here for
membership information or call (410)
516-6710.
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February 2007
HOMEWOOD MUSEUM | The Johns Hopkins University |
3400 North Charles Street |
Baltimore, MD 21218 | Phone 410-516-5589 | Email
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