Community Calendar

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk

Join us for a panel discussion that speaks to the role of community engaged research in the new exhibition LaToya Ruby Frazier: More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022, on view November 3, 2024—March 23, 2025 at the BMA.

Hear from local community health workers Madelin Martinez, MPH, Wilfredo (Wil) Torriente, and Latish Walker in a conversation presented by Dr. Lisa Cooper, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Founding Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, and moderated by Dr. Chidinma Ibe, Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity.

Following the panel discussion, stay to explore the exhibition and enjoy a reception with light bites by Xquisite Catering and a live jazz trio produced by multi-instrumentalist Jamal Moore.

Harford County Public Library welcomes two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer Josh Pons for a Meet the Author program on November 21 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Abingdon Library, 2510 Tollgate Road.

A Harford County resident, Pons will share his latest literary gem, "Letters from Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man o’ War and the Founding of Maryland’s Oldest Thoroughbred Farm." An epic story set against the backdrop of World War I, the Great Depression and World War II, "Letters from Country Life" is a fresh look at the Golden Age of horse racing and how the past influences the present.

Drawing upon his popular BloodHorse magazine column, Pons invites readers along as he unearths the voices of Gilded Age tycoons through letters, telegrams and never-before-seen photos.

Pons is president of the Maryland Horse Library and Education Center and vice president of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. He, along with his brother Mike, operates Country Life Farm, a full-service Thoroughbred farm in Fallston specializing in breeding and racing partnerships. Pons and his wife, Ellen live at Country Life, together with an extended Pons family of all ages.

Registration for the program is recommended in advance at https://programs.hcplonline.org/event/11959906. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Part of the Building Baltimore Lecture Series: The B&O’s Role in the Making of Charm City

At 12:00 PM, Historian Dr. David Shley will provide a virtual, live-streamed lecture accessible through the B&O’s social media Pages.

Dr. Shley will discuss his book Steam City: Railroads, Urban Space, and Corporate Capitalism in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore, which examines how the birth and spread of the American railroad has had a lasting impact on urban space and domestic life in Baltimore.

There will be a Q&A segment with Shley, and the entire session will be made available after the lecture.

About the Lecturer
Dr. David Shley is a historian of the modern United States specializing in urban history, environmental history, the history of capitalism, and histories of mobility. He currently teaches at Durham University in the United Kingdom and has previously held teaching positions in Baltimore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

Part of the Building Baltimore Lecture Series: The B&O’s Role in the Making of Charm City

At 12:30 PM, Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies at Coppin State University, Dr. Tiesha Dupree-Wilson, will deliver a lecture about Thurgood Marshall, one of the most influential leaders in the American Civil Rights Movement, in the B&O Roundhouse. During her lecture, Dr. Dupree-Wilson will discuss Marshall’s career in fighting for equal rights, from his hometown in Baltimore to becoming the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

There will be a Q&A segment following the lecture.

About the Lecturer
Dr. Teisha Dupree-Wilson has spent years studying the history of racism against African Americans in convictions and sentencing in the US court system and her current research focuses on the African American media’s involvement in the Black Freedom Movement. She previously served as the Education and Program Coordinator for the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum in Baltimore. Dr. Dupree-Wilson has received several awards and honors for her work, including the 2019 Alberta Green Scholastic Achievement Award.

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk

Join a novel walking book club that covers more than novels! Come as we share whatever book we are reading or listening to lately to share passions, narratives, clever information, or artistry. Let’s learn from each other!

Walking outside is the ultimate exercise and an ideal way to socialize and relieve stress. So engage your physical, social, and mental/intellectual health in one go!

Rendezvous outside Central Library. From there, we will take various routes, walking a stretch before occasional pauses to take turns speaking. Expect to be back at the library in one hour. This event recurs every third Thursday of the month.

For questions, connection, or optional registration, contact the Business, Science, & Technology Department (BST) at [email protected] or (410) 396-5317.

Librarians from BST and the Fiction departments will be facilitating.

https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/rambling_readers_1644#.Y-6fUnbMKUk