Community Calendar

In this focus exhibition of approximately 20 photographs, prints, drawings, and textiles, the natural environment is a source of creative inspiration worth celebrating and protecting.

Works by artists such as Winslow Homer, Richard Misrach, Charles Sheeler, and Kiki Smith, among many others, depict the elements of air, water, earth, and fire and address broader themes of ecological awareness and preservation. These themes range from how artists have used visual language to convey the act of locating oneself in nature; works that depict natural forms through the physical integration of environmental components; and artists’ commentary on sites of environmental disaster, the sociopolitical ramifications of human impact, and the potential of symbiotic healing for this planet and its occupants.

For thousands of years, East Asia’s cultures have viewed human life as part of a much larger system that encompasses the natural world. Drawn from the BMA’s collection, this exhibition boasts more than 40 objects—from magnificent ink drawings to beautifully crafted stoneware and poignant contemporary photographs and prints. They bring into the galleries the mountains and seas, wild and supernatural animals, and plant life that are extensive across East Asian imagery and often carry symbolic meaning.

Works on view include robust 13th-century ceramic vessels, delicate porcelain, carved jade, intricately sewn textiles, and large-scale photography; collectively, these artworks represent the impulse to fully understand the natural world as foundational to our existence, as shaped by human life, and as an enduring metaphor of survival.

On View: September 12 - October 11
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

In her work, Yaniv draws on patterns from nature and images from daily life, altogether forming landscapes which blur the line between the real and the imagined, the organic and the artificial, the chaotic and the orderly. For this exhibition, she takes her inspiration from Patrick Svensson’s "The Book of Eels," a mix of natural history, memoir, and metaphysical musings, fusing scientific mysteries with lived experience. The eel is born in the Sargasso Sea, a place of legend but also a fundamental part of the ocean, encompassing two million square miles in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. A sea within a sea, it is enclosed only by several large rotating ocean currents. This large installation is a collaboration with the Department of Dance, and considers, in multi-modal ways, life and loss, journey, metamorphosis, complexity, and culture-nature (endangered).

Reception September 11 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture and dance performance.

On September 11, 12 and 13 experience dance and sculpture in dynamic interplay just before the Inertia dance performance.
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On View: September 12 - December 6 (closed Oct. 17 & Nov. 25 - 29)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

The work in this exhibition compresses and expands expectations of depth as moderated by a post-image visual culture. The artists adhere to neither medium nor dimensional restrictions, but manipulate the viewer’s relationship to the image as a temporal document, compressed and fractured, through the singular eye of the lens. This expectation, no longer warranted in the age of computer generated images, becomes a fallacy of both the eye and of the language used to comprehend it. The image is untethered from representation and logical spatial association. Spatial continuity and discontinuity run amok in playful fracture--the work pushes and prods the amorphous opening left in the wake of this rupture; what was flat is unmoored of grounding, what was solid is now compressed.

Reception September 11 following the 6:30 p.m. lecture.
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September 10 - December 6 (closed October 17 & November 26 -29)
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Opening reception Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.

How have recent upheavals—from the pandemic to global conflicts, amplified by media—reshaped our private lives? How do personal memories become collective history? In a world forever changed, how do we find our way forward? Elaine Qiu’s awe-inspiring installation of painting, video, and sound invites visitors into a multi-sensory exploration of communal consciousness, connection, and healing in a fragmented, post-pandemic world.
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Poe Baltimore invites you to darken Poe’s chamber door at the 8th annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival & Awards, taking place October 3–5, 2025. This three-day celebration features Poe-themed performances, exhibits, tours, and special guests, with the free outdoor street festival taking place Saturday and Sunday only, October 4 & 5, in the shadow of Poe House on Amity Street in Baltimore.
Festivalgoers will enjoy vendors, booksellers, music, family-friendly activities, poetry, and art. Attendees can also explore Poe’s legacy with representatives from some of the nation’s leading “Poe Places,” including The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum (Baltimore), The Poe Museum (Richmond), The Poe Cottage (Bronx, NYC), and The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore.
This year marks the 176th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death in Baltimore, and the 180th anniversary of the first publication of The Raven. Programming will take place at multiple historic locations throughout the city, including Poe House, Westminster Hall, Carroll Mansion, and Green Mount Cemetery. Proceeds support the preservation and upcoming expansion of the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum.
For more event details, visit PoeFestInternational.org—many programs require tickets or advance registration. Winners of the 2025 Saturday 'Visiter' Awards announced festival weekend!

Join us for a delightful celebration of stories for the entire family with internationally acclaimed storyteller and author Noa Baum. With warmth, humor, and vivid characters, Noa shares captivating stories from diverse cultures that highlight our similarities and celebrate our differences.

Gates open at 10 a.m. Join us early to play in the park!

BARCS is bringing their Waggin' to the farm with some adoptable animals on Sunday October 5th (from 12-4pm). Walk around our Private Event Barn and meet, hold, and pet all of the furry friends! Their experienced and dedicated staff will be on site to answer any questions about helping to place these loving animals in their forever home. There will also be BARCS merchandise for sale (proceeds benefitting BARCS). No tickets or reservations needed for this family friendly event.

~ BARCS BFF Waggin on site with adoptable animals (until 4pm)

~ Kids Crafts in the Barn with representatives from BARCS (until 4pm)

~ Mini-Makers Market with select vendors curated by BARCS featuring animal-focused products and crafts (until 4pm)

- Mr Soft Ice Cream Truck will be on site starting at noon

- Live Music in the Courtyard with John Benjamin from 2-5pm

- Manor Hill Pizza Trolley will be open with brick-oven Neapolitan pizzas, salads, snacks, novelty ice creams, and more!

The Farm & Taproom will have 13 farm-brewed beers (+ our hard seltzer) on draught and multiple options in cans available to go. All seating on the Farm is first come, first served. We have indoor seating, a large covered tent, and plenty of outdoor space to spread out. There are several picnic tables in our field, but we also encourage you to bring your own chairs or even a portable (10x10) pop-up tent for shade and find your new favorite spot with friends. While on the farm, feel free to wander around and meet our flock of egg-laying chickens and our pygmy goats (Mary & Gilbert)... and see if you can spot (from a safe distance) our herd of 20 Black Angus cattle in the pasture.

Just a friendly reminder that while we do love animals, pets are not allowed on the farm.

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“Echos of Old”, a one-of-a-kind concert and album release reception celebrating the timeless beauty of old English and Irish Celtic folk songs. This extraordinary afternoon will feature the American premiere of Alexina Louie’s acclaimed musical setting of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, performed by renowned tenor, David W. Cook, with his award-winning ensemble, The Rivers of Harmony. Celebrating the 180th anniversary of the first printing of Poe's most haunting poem.

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
by Juliany Taveras
Based on the book by Christine Baldacchino and Isabelle Malenfant

Directed by Julie Herber

Run time: Around one hour with no intermission
This show is appropriate for all ages.

About: Morris loves space adventures, painting, and especially the bright tangerine dress in his classroom's dress-up center. But when others question his choices, Morris must find the courage to stand tall in who he is. With the help of his vivid imagination – and the roar of space tigers – he shows everyone that bravery means being true to yourself.