Events

The mystic poets wrote centuries ago, yet their message is still fresh and enduring. Author Geoffery Moore reads and comments on poems that provoke us to think more deeply, more playfully, and more generously about what it is to be a human. Snack on Middle Eastern finger foods, sip Rakı (the national drink of Turkey), and savor melt-in-your-mouth baklava, as the wisdom of the mystic poets inspires and delights you.

Don’t miss this autumnal event of croissant making with Chef Idalee DiGregorio, who has been a cook since age nine and on the professional culinary scene for the past 20 years. Her career includes catering, head chef, pastry chef, and steward for the 14 West Hamilton Street Club, acupuncturist, food stylist, and chocolatier. Idalee is passionate about food made from scratch, making cooking fun, and using food as medicine for her patients, her family, and her culinary clients. Chef Idalee instructs you on how to make the perfect sourdough croissant in her Mount Washington kitchen, and you get to take a box of your creations home with you. After baking, relax with a delicious French lunch of Coq au Vin salad and chocolate mousse and enjoy art by painter Janna Morton, an award-winning illustrator and painter known for her vibrant and captivating artwork that explores themes of nature, inclusivity, overlooked beauty, grief, and joy.

Join Goya Contemporary Gallery and kinetic sculptor Paul Daniel for a tour of the artist’s spacious studio, as well as a demo on how to bend and solder metal. La Cuchara provides you delicious, Basque-inspired pintxos along with beer and wine. Paul’s expansive studio is where his large, public-scaled kinetic sculptures are created with an eye toward balance and movement. It will be a moving experience!

Enjoy a Chinese fusion family-style feast in the private upstairs dining area of the newly renovated NiHAO restaurant on Boston Street! Try the delightful bijou cocktail, hear about their newest expansions and the inspiration behind the delicious food of James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award winner, Chef Peter Chang. Master Chef Dong Liu visits directly from the kitchen to share his favorite dishes as they arrive at the table. As a special gift, Chef Peter sends you off with a never before shared and signed recipe!

Nothing to fear at this spooky jewelry-making workshop with the Artist and Towson University Lecturer, Luci Jockel. Jockel’s work explores the life, death and rebirth of animals in the unique medium of jewelry. Her work seeks to give voice to the voiceless in the hopes of rebuilding a lost interconnectivity between humans and animals. Learn techniques such as torch-enameling and fold-forming to create your own special wearable art. Take a brief tour of the pre-revolutionary grist mill turned creative hub and gallery, and its unique transformation, while you raise a glass of cider to the old artisanal cidery and enjoy hearty fall hors d’oeuvres. Age 18+

Join us for a celebration of Baltimore's Black history and its burgeoning future. Tour two Cross Street Partners projects of great significance to Baltimore history while enjoying some delicious soul food. Tour the Upton Mansion, the future home and research center for the 131-year-old AFRO American Newspapers Archives, then visit PS 103, a segregated elementary school for African American children, notably attended by Justice Thurgood Marshall. After 17 and 25 years vacant, respectively, both buildings are being restored as vibrant centers for the celebration of Black history and culture. Get a sneak peek at both of these incredible projects before they are complete!

Did you know that just around the corner from the Creative Alliance is a little shop filled with over 130 jars of spices, flowers, and herbs just waiting to be discovered? Don your favorite over-the-top hat for a whimsical Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with Bettina Perry of Charmington Holistics, an herbal apothecary in the heart of Highlandtown! Wet your whistle with wine from Off the Rox and charcuterie from Boards in a Box, and then savor three tea and sweets pairings prepared by Bettina. Bettina will demonstrate how to blend an herbal tea, talk about all the herbs in those jars, and give you ideas on how to use the ingredients as she shares her experience of becoming an herbalist and eventually opening an apothecary after her stint as a professional pastry chef.

Enjoy a private concert by renowned conductors Blake Clark and Leo Wanenchak of the world-class Baltimore Choral Arts Society as the sun dips below the horizon of a beautiful home in historic Cedarcroft. Gaze upon the autumnal splendor of lovingly tended Native gardens, as you sip on beer or wine, and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres. This event is hosted by Neal Naff and Nate Hubler in their 19th Century home, boasting 1.3 acres of lush gardens.