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September 2006

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Your Monthly Cultural Fix October 2006 IN THIS ISSUE Historic Homewood ArtWalk Celebrate Art, Wine & Food at artUncorked Homewood Explores Artful Dining Meet Evergreen's House Guests Engage Your Musical Senses For Our Members Visit Homewood & Evergreen Online! BECOME A MEMBER Members of Homewood and Evergreen receive unlimited free museum admission, invitations to special events, and more. What are you waiting for? Call (410) 516-6710 and join today!   Historic Homewood ArtWalk Over 200 years of history in less than a quarter mile! Discover the fascinating history of the physical and artistic landscape in which Homewood Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art are located on this fun and informative art trail.  Spend a day immersing yourself in these two neighboring collections of American decorative arts free of charge as part of Free Fall Baltimore!  What: FREE guided ArtWalk When: Fridays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, & 17, and Nov. 3, 10 & 17 Where: Departs Homewood at noon and the BMA at 1 p.m.  How: Reservations are recommended.  Call (410) 516-5589  A self-guided brochure is available at both museums. Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by a grant from Mayor Martin O'Malley and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.  Special thanks to Free Fall Baltimore media sponsors: The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Public Television, WBAL-TV, 92Q-FM, Magic 95.9-FM, WYPR, and Mission Media. Celebrate Art, Wine & Food at artUncorked Thursday, October 12, 6:30 to 10 p.m. Co-hosted and sponsored by The Wine Source Over 60 Selectively Chosen Wines from Italy's Greatest Wine Regions Traditional and Innovative Regional Italian Dishes from ABACROMBIE, DOGWOOD DELI, GERTRUDE'S, IGGIES, IXIA, SAFFRON, THE OCEANAIRE, and more... Fabulous Live and Silent Auction Items $60 members, $65 all others. Reservations are limited!! Click here for more information! Order online or call (410) 516-0341 Proceeds to benefit Evergreen's artist-in-residence programs. Homewood Explores Artful Dining Entertaining in Federal period Baltimore Learn how Charles Carroll, Jr. and his family entertained guests at their magnificent summer home, Homewood, at Homewood Museum's Repast as Ritual lecture series. Wednesdays at 2 p.m. Call (410) 516-5589 to register. Series: $124 members, $75 students/docents, $146 all others Individual: $30 members, $15 students/docents, $35 all others Oct. 4: Social Customs - Barbara Carson, author of Ambitious Appetites Oct. 11: Ceramics - Catherine Rogers Arthur, Homewood Museum Oct. 18: Trade - Edward Papenfuse, Maryland state archivist Oct. 25: Silver - Mark Letzer, regional silver scholar Nov. 1: Glass - Amanda Lange, Historic Deerfield Nov. 8: Tea - Robin Emmerson, National Museums Liverpool (UK) Meet Evergreen's House Guests Evergreen's on-going Artist-in-Residence series returns October 22 - January 14 House Guests 2006: AMY CHAN Views of the Mid-Atlantic RICHARD TORCHIA House Lights and Furniture Music: treatments for a suite of shaded rooms EXHIBITION RECEPTION Oct. 22  I  2pm-5pm  I  Free For exhibition and program information visit Evergreen online or call (410) 516-0341. Engage Your Musical Senses Friday, October 20, 8 p.m. DAVID FEDELE, flute VICTORIA DRAKE, harp  Hear music by Handel, C.P.E. Bach, Debussy, Bartók, de Falla, Jongen, and Persichetti in Evergreen's uniquely intimate Bakst Theatre.  Interact with the musicians at a post-concert reception, and enjoy a shared experience you won't find anywhere else.  Admission $15 members, $20 all others. Become an Evergreen Concert Fellow and receive four free concert series tickets, plus regular membership benefits!  Click here to find out more! Seating is limited!! Get advance tickets here or call (410) 516-0341.  Visit Evergreen online for complete concert information.  For Our Members Members' Trip: A Visit to Pittsburgh November 15-17, 2006 Join Evergreen and Homewood docents and friends for a special three-day tour of the Steel City, featuring visits to the Frick Art and Historical Center, the Andy Warhol Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob houses, plus a special tour of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages at the Carnegie Museum of Art and dinner at Pittsburgh's only 5-star restaurant, Le Mont.  Don't miss the fun! Cost $595 per person based on double occupancy.  Includes deluxe motor coach, 2 nights accomodations, 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner, and all admission fees. To register or for more information, call (410) 516-0341.  Not a Member? Join NOW to participate! Landmark Members Invited to Join Johns Hopkins Club Offer valid through Dec. 31, 2006 Now's your chance to join this exclusive social club, open since 1900 and home to over 4,000 members comprised of JHU faculty, alumni, and associates. Visit the membership page of the Club's website to find out more! The Landmark Society supports both the Evergreen and Homewood Museums.  To take part in this special offer, we invite you to join the Landmark Society or upgrade your existing membership. Click here for membership information or call (410) 516-6710. Visit the Johns Hopkins University Online! Some of the files contained in this message are in PDF format. To view these files you will need to get Adobe Acrobat Reader. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, use this link. This email was sent from Historic Houses of Johns Hopkins University Immediate removal with PatronMail® SecureUnsubscribe. To change your e-mail address or update preferences, use this link.

 

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