Community Calendar

Join JCS for this Four-Part Series and tap into your natural creativity as a tool for wellness. With guided exercises in self-expression — using color, shape, and texture — this series offers a judgment-free space to explore your thoughts and emotions, reduce stress, and connect with others—with no artistic skill needed. Free and open to all adults. Facilitated by Donna Kane, MA. Questions? Contact Donna Kane at [email protected] or 410-843-7394.

"Solo Aging is not about aging unsupported—it is about aging intentionally.

Solo Aging Together is a four-session group experience focused on intentional planning and informed decision-making for aging independently. Through guided conversation and reflection, you will:
◦Clarify what “solo aging” means in your own life.
◦Explore how to plan proactively without a default caregiver.
◦Develop practical strategies for identifying and connecting with appropriate professional services and assistance.
◦Strengthen trusted personal relationships and informal support network.

Free and open to the public.  Registration required Please commit to attend all four sessions."

For more information visit: https://www.medamd.com/event/2026-meda-annual-conference/

This journal discussion brings together a seminal article on pharmacologic treatment considerations among Orthodox Jewish adults (Feinberg, early 2000s) and a more recent comparative study examining mental health diagnoses, symptoms, treatment, and medication use within Orthodox Jewish populations. Offers 1.0 Category II CEUs through JCS Institute for Professional Development.

Members of the singing public are welcome to join Baltimore Choral Arts at Peabody for Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem. In this unique come-and-sing workshop format, you will be a member of the audience AND a member of the choir.

This free three-day workshop will give you a front row seat as we "pull back the curtain" to share how a major choral-orchestral work is prepared. The skilled students in Peabody's graduate conducting studio, led by Baltimore's own Marin Alsop, will lead the student orchestra through movements of the Requiem as we sing the choral parts to this beloved piece.

Schedule

Wednesday, April 29: 7-9 pm at Grace United Methodist Church

Sunday, May 3: 4-5:30 pm; 6-9 pm at Peabody Institute

Monday, May 4: 7-10 pm at Peabody Institute

Please note that participants are expected to attend all three days of the workshop.

Join us for an evening of music and drawing in Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture and the Ancient World. An instructor is available to help develop your sketching skills—whether you’re a beginner, student, or practicing artist of any age. Live music by Peabody Institute students enlivens the spaces and keeps the creativity flowing. Just bring your interest in drawing—we’ll provide the materials!

Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture is dedicated to jewelry artist Douriean Fletcher, whose work has shaped the cinematic worlds of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther films and Coming 2 America. The exhibition explores the self-taught metalsmith’s jewelry as a powerful narrative tool in art, Black identity, and visual storytelling and spotlights works from the Walters collection that inspired the artist. The exhibition is on view from April 18 to August 9 in our Temporary Exhibition Gallery on Level 1.

WYCINANKI WORKSHOP. [pronounced vee-chee-non-kee]. Calling all crafters! The Polish Heritage Association of Maryland, Inc. (PHAM) will hold two sessions of a workshop in Polish traditional paper-cutting on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Polish Home Club in Fells Point. Sessions featuring Maryland Traditions Master artist Carla Hazard Tomaszewski are at 10:30 am and 2:00 pm. The Polish Home Club is located at 512 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, and there are both metered and unmetered parking on the street, as well as three parking garages within a couple of blocks away. Tickets cost $25.00 and are available at https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/wycinanki-polish-folk-art-papercutting-workshop. Persons of age 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Come and learn how to make a wycinanka (Polish paper-cutting artwork)!

Calling all crafters! The Polish Heritage Association of Maryland, Inc. (PHAM) will hold two sessions of a workshop in Polish traditional paper-cutting on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Polish Home Club in Fells Point. Sessions featuring Maryland Traditions Master artist Carla Hazard Tomaszewski are at 10:30 am and 2:00 pm. The Polish Home Club is located at 512 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, and there are both metered and unmetered parking on the street, as well as three parking garages within a couple of blocks away. Tickets cost $25.00 and will be available through the website soon, at https://www.phaofmd.org/events. Persons of age 16 and younger must be accompanied by a participating adult. Come and learn how to make a wycinanka (Polish paper-cutting artwork)!

Highwire Improv has a Mother's Day event you will never forget - food, laughter, and connection all in one place!

This special event aimed at mothers and children (whatever that means to you, chosen family very welcome) features food, and an improv workshop focused on lighthearted fun! We have everything to make this day memorable right in our cozy theatre space.

You'll start with drinks and food from local Highlandtown businesses. An introduction to improv workshop follows, led by two of our trained instructors. You will learn the basics of improv comedy, make new friend, and laugh a ton in a safe, supportive environment.

Sign up now - space is limited! We have two timeslot options; 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm; reserve one ticket for each person attending (mother included)!

​About Highwire Improv
Highwire Improv’s mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater. Learn more at https://www.highwireimprov.com

Adventure awaits! Learn how to play D&D in this four-hour workshop designed for brand new players. Together with your professional Game Master Keith E, you will spend the first hour devising fun characters to portray, with the rest of your time spent adventuring in a world designed to teach you the mechanics and general flow of the beloved role-playing game.

All necessary materials will be provided to you, but feel free to bring a pen or pencil, paper, a set of polyhedral dice (typically found in sets of 7), a snack, and most importantly, your imagination!

Only six spaces for this tailored workshop experience!

This adventure is intended for adults 18+.

About your facilitator:

Keith Estrella (he/him) has been makin’ stuff up on a stage since November 2017, when he took his very first improv class at the Harrisburg Improv Theater in Harrisburg, PA. Since then he’s performed, taught, or coached there and in multiple locations within both Pennsylvania and the Baltimore, MD area. He’s taken the Zoom stage several times as well, learning and performing through World’s Greatest Improv School during the height of the pandemic. Last year, he even took his first transatlantic flight to perform at the Edinburgh International Improv Festival in the incredibly stony city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently he enjoys performing at the Baltimore Improv Group with his house team, Snake Oil, and a myriad of other indie teams in the Baltimore area including A++, Brad’s Dad, and Tabletop Live!. He is a proud cat-uncle to his housemate’s orange tabby Reece. Don’t let him talk to you about Dungeons and Dragons (unless you’re into that kind of thing).

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.