Community Calendar

"Caring for a neurodivergent child or loved one can bring unique joys and challenges. This JCS group provides a safe and supportive space for parents and caregivers to explore the emotional side of caregiving, process feelings, and build resilience together. Meets beginning October 22, 2025 on Wednesdays, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm via Zoom"

Are you looking for good company and interesting conversation? Drop-in for a chat. Bring a friend. Make some new ones. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Rozi Rice at [email protected] or 410-843-7325.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area (BBBSNCA) invites you to the BIG Celebration Gala on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Nationals Park, in the FIS Champions Club on the 1st base side. This annual event honors exceptional mentors who have shown extraordinary dedication to guiding local, at-risk youth toward brighter futures.

At this special evening, BBBSNCA will recognize its 2025 Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year for their outstanding commitment to mentorship. The event also features Patrick Caulfield, co-founder of Coakley & Williams Construction, as the Guest of Honor.

Join us in celebrating 76 years of transformative mentorship and supporting programs that empower youth across the DC metro area. Proceeds from the gala help fund BBBSNCA’s impactful mentorship programs, which saw 84 new matches and significant positive outcomes for youth in 2024.

Experience inspiring stories, connect with community leaders, and contribute to a mission that helps Littles gain confidence, excel academically, and envision bright futures.

Tickets are available at bbbsnca.org.

Join Girl Scouts for their annual networking fundraiser which this year recognizes 6 outstanding women professionals from the central Maryland area. The evening includes a silent auction, buffet and cocktails. Proceeds from the event support leadership programming for Girl Scouts in grades K-12 who reside throughout central Maryland.

We're excited to have an expert on Eastern European genealogy, Lara Diamond, share with us unexpected resources for researching in that region. Lara is a professional genealogist, president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland and a well known international presenter on Jewish and Eastern European genealogy, and genetic genealogy. Please join us on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 6-7:30 PM at the Baltimore FamilySearch center . Contact the Center to register.

Alex Brown, piano
Kris Funn, bass
Warren Wolf, drums
Nasar Abadey, drums
Charenee Wade, voice
Marvin Sewell, guitar
Tedd Baker, tenor sax
Tim Green, alto sax
Javier Nero, trombone

Jazz has a long and rich history in Baltimore and at the Peabody Conservatory, where the Jazz Studies Department was founded in 2001. Today, Peabody Jazz emphasizes experiential learning and connects you to a network of active and respected performers, both on the faculty and in the worldwide jazz community. Classroom and studio instruction are augmented with real-world opportunities in a variety of settings and local venues. Peabody jazz coursework and lessons are part of a curriculum that crosses artistic boundaries and equips you with the skills to navigate today’s professional landscape. Tonight’s performance will feature the world-renowned Peabody Jazz professors who make it all possible.

This is a free show, but you will still need a ticket to attend!

Towson University composition students present a concert of original works in this collaborative concert performed by fellow students in the Department of Music.

Back for its second year, Abbott and the Big Ten Conference are hosting the We Give Blood Drive competition to entice students, alumni, fans, and community members to rally around their Big Ten school to donate blood, save lives, and address the country's ongoing critical blood shortage.

From August 27 to December 5, anyone eligible to donate blood can do so anywhere, anytime in the U.S. to count for their school. The school with the most donations at the end of the competition will receive $1 million to advance student or community health.

New this year, everyone who donates or attempts to donate blood throughout the competition will receive an exclusive, limited-edition, Homefield-designed T-shirt specific to their school. To receive the shirt:

1. Show up to donate
2. Submit your donation (or attempt to donate) at BigTen.Org/Abbott or by texting DONATE to 222688 (ABBOTT).
3. Click the link sent to your email
4. Use your redemption code
5. Your shirt will be shipped to the address of your choice. 

Last year, the University of Nebraska won, and is using the funds to advance student health on campus. The University of Maryland is competing this year and will host several blood drives on campus and in the surrounding area throughout the competition. To find a blood drive near you, please visit: https://bigten.org/abbott/maryland

This focus exhibition of 10 works explores the relationship between burning fossil fuels—namely, coal—and the emergence of European modernism. Drawing on research conducted by climate scientists and art historians, the exhibition presents a range of paintings and works on paper by Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, and others to explore the ways that their artistic practices and style emerged, in part, in response to widespread pollution in London and Paris.
Presented as part of the Turn Again to the Earth environmental initiative.

More than 50 works on paper investigate how artists working in Europe and French-occupied northern Africa watched and participated as nature became a resource for people to hoard or share.

Drawn from the BMA’s George A. Lucas Collection, this exhibition of 19th-century art foregrounds the many ways that human relationships, including imperialism and capitalism, affect the environment. Deconstructing Nature is organized thematically, focusing on five environments and the ways artists explored them in their work: The Desert, The Forest, The Field, The City, and The Studio.

Born and raised in Baltimore, George A. Lucas (1824–1909) spent most of his adult life immersed in the Parisian art world and amassed a personal collection of nearly 20,000 works of art. In 1996, the BMA, with funds from the State of Maryland and the generosity of numerous individuals in the community, purchased the George A. Lucas Collection, which had been on extended loan to the Museum for more than 60 years.