News Release

The following events offered by The Johns Hopkins University are all open to the public and take place at locations on the Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles St., unless noted. Visitor parking on campus is available in the South Garage, 3101 Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore, Md. 21211. (The South Garage address is also the best address to use for Web- or GPS-generated driving directions.) Calendar editors are invited to include these items in their listings. This schedule is also available online at www.jhu.edu/news/happening/.

September 2008

Through Sunday, Sept. 28. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library's biennial outdoor exhibition, Sculpture at Evergreen 2008, featuring temporary works of contemporary, site-specific sculpture on the 26-acre grounds of a Gilded Age estate. Free. 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Wednesday, Sept. 3 through Monday, Dec. 8. Milton S. Eisenhower Library
"Selling the Candidates: Presidential Campaign Music and Memorabilia" From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidential candidates have captured the American voter's attention with music and memorabilia. In the spirit of the 2008 presidential election, campaign songs from the Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, buttons, tie tacks, and other souvenirs from some of America's most memorable elections will be displayed. Exhibition hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-midnight; Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. (410) 516-8335.

Saturday, Sept. 6, 13, 20, and 27, 1 and 2 p.m. Homewood Museum
Historic Homewood ArtWalk. Departs at 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum, and 2 p.m. from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive. Free. 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Tuesday, Sept. 9, 8 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
The 2008 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium presents a lecture by Tucker Carlson, MSNBC's senior campaign correspondent. Free. mse@jhu.edu.

Friday, Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m.; film at 7:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street. (rain location is Evergreen's Carriage House)
Evergreen Museum & Library and the Creative Alliance at The Patterson present "Gatsby's Great Garden Party," a Roaring '20s-themed event featuring an outdoor screening of the 1974 film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," a museum display of some of Zelda Fitzgerald's drawings and F. Scott Fitzgerald's first editions, croquet on the upper lawn, a "Best Dressed" in a '20s summer whites costume contest, and the outdoor exhibition Sculpture at Evergreen 2008. $8, $5 for children under 12, and free for infants and Evergreen members. Advance tickets online at www.missiontix.com. Cash or check only at the museum gate. Free on-site parking. 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Thursday, Sept. 18. ** Time, location TBA**
Constitution Day event: Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993 and the senior analyst for CNN, one of the most recognized and admired legal journalists in the country. Toobin will address "The Election and the Supreme Court." Free. 443-287-9960.

Saturday, Sept. 27, noon-4 p.m. Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Homewood Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library are participating in Smithsonian Museum Day, when museums and cultural institutions across the country will offer free admission to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. To receive free general admission, Homewood and Evergreen visitors must present the Museum Day Admission Card available in the September 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine or downloadable at www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/. The Museum Day Admission Card is valid for up to two visitors and is limited to one per household. Homewood Museum, 410-516-5589. Evergreen Museum & Library, 410-516-0341.

Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 to 4 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Watercolor workshop: Outdoor landscapes led by Lois Wolford. $45, $35 for Evergreen members. Materials included. Pre-registration is required at 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

October 2008

Saturdays, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25, 1 and 2 p.m. Homewood Museum
Historic Homewood ArtWalk. Departs at 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum, and 2 p.m. from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive. Free. 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Leon Fleisher's 80th Birthday Celebration Special non-subscription event. $39, $20 students. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
The 2008 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium presents a lecture by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Free. mse@jhu.edu.

Sunday, Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Ewa Podle , contralto, and Garrick Ohlsson, piano. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles St.
William J. Bratton, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, will deliver the fourth Rebuilding America's Cities lecture, "Policing in the 21st Century," presented by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies and Evergreen Museum & Library. Free. Seating is limited; RSVP is encouraged at urbanlecture@jhu.edu. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m. (pre-concert gallery talk at 2 p.m.) Evergreen Museum & Library, Bakst Theatre, 4545 N. Charles St.
Music at Evergreen concert series presents Peng Peng, piano. Pre-concert gallery talk by Frances Klapthor, associate curator of Asian art at the Baltimore Museum of Art, on the Garrett Collection of Asian Art; post-concert reception. Ticket includes museum admission. $20, $15 Evergreen members, $10 students. Advance tickets at www.missiontix.com or by phone at 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., Oct. 24 through Nov. 2, Merrick Barn
Clifford Odets's play The Big Knife, presented by the Johns Hopkins University Theatre. Directed by James Glossman. $15; $13 senior citizens, Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and alumni; and $5 students with ID. 410-516-5153. jhut@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/theatre-arts/.

Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.) Shriver Hall Auditorium
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, with Rachel Franklin, piano; and Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Jed Gaylin, conductor. $10; $8 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. (reception and book signing at 6 p.m.) Evergreen Museum & Library, Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles St.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, Evergreen Museum & Library, and the Friends of the Sheridan Libraries present a book talk by Kathleen Waters Sander: "Mary Elizabeth Garrett: Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age." Free. 410-516-6928.

November 2008

Saturday, Nov. 1, 1 and 2 p.m. Homewood Museum
Historic Homewood ArtWalk. Departs at 1 p.m. from Homewood Museum, and 2 p.m. from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive. Free. 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu. Sunday, Nov. 2, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium.
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Guarneri String Quartet. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
The 2008 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium presents a lecture by comedian Will Ferrell. Free. mse@jhu.edu.

Sunday, Nov. 9, 2 p.m. The Johns Hopkins University George Peabody, Library 17 E. Mount Vernon Place
Opening reception for the new exhibition "Bound to Please: Decorative Bindings from the Dorothy Scott Collection," which runs Thursday, Nov. 6, through Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Illustrated talk by noted conservator and fine bookbinder Don Etherington. Exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. 410-516-7943 to reserve seats for the reception.
   This exhibition features works from a collection of more than 200 beautifully bound and tooled volumes from the Sheridan Libraries' Dorothy Scott Collection. More than 60 magnificent works from the 18th to the 20th centuries will be displayed, illustrating decorative techniques from simple adornments on vellum bindings to gilt-tooled bindings. Exhibition gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. www.georgepeabodylibrary.jhu.edu .

Sunday, Nov. 9, 3 p.m. Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith Community Service Center, 3509 N. Charles St.
Hopkins Symphony Chamber Concert featuring W.A. Mozart: Serenade No. 9 (Posthorn). Vladimir Lande, conductor. Free; donations welcome. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
The 2008 Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium presents a lecture by outgoing Johns Hopkins University President William R. Brody. Free. mse@jhu.edu.

Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m., Nov. 21 through Dec. 7, Merrick Barn ** NOTE: No performances Thanksgiving weekend **
David Lindsay-Abaire's play Fuddy Meers, presented by the Johns Hopkins University Theatre. Directed by Peg Denithorne. $15; $13 senior citizens, Johns Hopkins faculty, staff and alumni; and $5 students with ID. 410-516-5153. jhut@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/theatre-arts/.

December 2008

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, Bakst Theatre, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library and the Walters Art Museum Friends of the Asian Collection presents Monika Bincsik, curatorial fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and former curator for Japanese art at the Ferenc Hopp Museum for Eastern Asiatic Arts in Budapest. Bincsik will discuss Japanese lacquers of the 19th century in Western collections. Free. 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, Dec. 6, 8 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.) Shriver Hall Auditorium
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents Modest Mussorgsky: Gopak from "The Fair at Sorochinsk;" Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with Brian Ganz, piano; and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. Jed Gaylin, conductor. $10; $8 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Sunday, Dec. 7, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents the Ritz Chamber Players with special guest Jonathan Carney, violin. $33, $17 non-JHUstudents, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Monday, Dec. 8, 5 to 7 p.m. Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum presents its annual holiday open house, "Homewood by Candlelight." $6, free for Homewood members. 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Thursday, Dec. 11, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library hosts "An Ever Green Evening." $6, free for Evergreen members. 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13-14, noon to 4 p.m. Homewood
Museum and Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St. The Johns Hopkins University Museums present their annual Holiday Traditions weekend. $1, free for members. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, Dec. 13, noon to 4 p.m. by appointment. Homewood Museum
Silhouettes for the Holidays with silhouette artist Anne Leslie. $40 for two of the same cutting. Advance appointments required by calling 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, Dec. 13, 1 to 3 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library presents "Pick-a-Card: Holiday Cardmaking Workshop." $5, free for Evergreen members. Cost includes museum admission. Pre-registration required by calling 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, Dec. 14, 1 to 3 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library presents "Edible Crumbs & Delectable Tales: Gingerbread Decorating & Storytelling." $10, $6 Evergreen members. Cost includes museum admission. Pre-registration required by calling 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

January 2009

Sunday, Jan. 18, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Ingrid Fliter, piano. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Thursday, Jan. 29, 5 to 7 p.m. Homewood Museum
Homewood Museum presents the opening reception of the student-curated winter focus show, "Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in Early Maryland." Free. 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

February 2009

Sunday, Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Radu Lupu, piano. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, Bakst Theatre, 4545 N. Charles St.
Music at Evergreen concert series presents "So in Love: An Afternoon of Cole Porter," with jazz vocalist Patricia Barber. $20, $15 Evergreen members, $10 students. Pre-concert gallery talk on Cole Porter's Baltimore; post- concert reception. Ticket includes museum admission. $20, $15 Evergreen members, $10 students. Advance tickets at www.missiontix.com or by phone at 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 15, 3 p.m. SDS Room, Mattin Center
Hopkins Symphony Chamber concert features Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings; and Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite. Vladimir Lande, conductor. $8; $6 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Saturday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents its 17th annual Concert for Children and Families, featuring music of Nkeiru Okoye and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Jed Gaylin, conductor. Free. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

March 2009

Sunday, March 1, 3 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 2 p.m.) Shriver Hall Auditorium
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents Nkeiru Okoye: Songs from Harriet Tubman, with Kishna Davis, soprano; and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No. 2 (Antar). $10; $8 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Friday, March 6, 5:45 p.m. Homewood Museum
Peabody at Homewood: Music in the Museum concert, bringing top students and graduates of the Peabody Conservatory to the Homewood campus. $15, $12 Homewood members. Pre-registration required by calling 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, Bakst Theatre, 4545 N. Charles St.
Music at Evergreen concert series presents the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet. $20, $15 Evergreen members, $10 students. Pre-concert gallery talk on Modigliani at Evergreen; post-concert reception. Ticket includes museum admission. $20, $15 Evergreen members, $10 students. Advance tickets at www.missiontix.com or by phone at 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series Presents the Brentano String Quartet with Peter Serkin, piano. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Wednesday, March 25, 6:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library presents the first part of their annual "The House Beautiful Lecture Series." Speaker and topic to be announced. A reception follows the talk. $20, $15 members, $10 students. Advance reservations are recommended: www.missiontix.com or 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

April 2009

Friday, April 3, 5:45 p.m. Homewood Museum
Peabody at Homewood: Music in the Museum concert, bringing top students and graduates of the Peabody Conservatory to the Homewood campus. $15, $12 Homewood members. Pre- registration required by calling 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Saturday, April 4, 8 p.m. SDS Room, Mattin Center
Hopkins Symphony Chamber concert featuring a performance by the winner of the 2008-2009 Hopkins Concerto Competition. Vladimir Lande, conductor. $8; $6 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410-516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

Sunday, April 5, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Julius Drake, piano. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles St.
Evergreen Museum & Library presents the second part of their annual "The House Beautiful Lecture Series." Roberta A. Mayer, associate professor of Art History at Bucks County Community College, will discuss the Baltimore commissions of American decorator Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932), including those at Evergreen, and her new book, Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India. A reception and book signing follow the talk. $20, $15 members, $10 students. Advance reservations are recommended: www.missiontix.com or 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m. (pre-concert talk at 2 p.m.) Shriver Hall Auditorium
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra presents Carlos Sanchez- Gutierrez: Concerto for Piano, Marimba, and Orchestra, with Makoto Nakura, marimba and Cristina Valdez, piano; and Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4. Jed Gaylin, conductor. $10; $8 seniors (60+), JHU affiliates, and non-JHU students; free for JHU students. 410 516-6542. hso@jhu.edu. www.jhu.edu/jhso.

May 2009

Friday, May 2, 5:45 p.m. Homewood Museum
Peabody at Homewood: Music in the Museum concert, bringing top students and graduates of the Peabody Conservatory to the Homewood campus. $15, $12 Homewood members. Pre- registration required by calling 410-516-5589. www.museums.jhu.edu.

Sunday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall Auditorium
Shriver Hall Concert Series presents Emmanuel Pahud, flute, and Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord. $33, $17 non-JHU students, JHU students free. 410-516-7164. info@shriverconcerts.org. www.shriverconcerts.org.

Wednesday, May 27, 6:30 p.m. Evergreen Museum & Library, 4545 N. Charles Street
Evergreen Museum & Library presents the final part of its annual "The House Beautiful Lecture Series." Speaker and topic to be announced. A reception follows the talk. $20, $15 members, $10 students. Advance reservations are recommended: www.missiontix.com or 410-516-0341. www.museums.jhu.edu.