Friday,
Dec. 30
MSE Library presents New at the Library, an exhibition showcasing an array of titles recently acquired by the Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Free. 410-516-8335.
Oct. 7
through
Tuesday,
Jan. 3
Evergreen House's annual exhibition, House Guests, features work by photographer and architect Mehmet Dogu, Evergreen's artist-in-residence in the summer of 2004. The exhibition, titled Subjective Truths, combines photography, installation and architecture to examine the Garrett family's history and collections, as well as many facets of the environment they created at Evergreen.
Look Again in Baltimore features new photographs by James DuSel that celebrate details of Baltimore's architectural heritage and explore both familiar and unnoticed places. The photographs are included in a book by DuSel and architectural historian John Dorsey, also titled Look Again in Baltimore, published by the JHU Press in October 2005. $6 general admission, $5 senior citizens and students, $3 children over 6, free for JHU students, faculty and staff. 410-516-0341.
Dec. 1
Mattin ART Munch presents Cornel Rubino, a painter, illustrator, educator, curator and lecturer, whose works are exhibited and collected internationally. Rubino uncovers the truth about artmaking today, from a Japanese animated television commercial to a 1,000-square-foot mural on homelessness in the U.S. Free, no reservations required. Refreshments provided; bring your lunch. Sponsored by the Homewood Arts Programs, Homewood Art Workshops and the Digital Media Center. 410-516-3817.
Lecture.Mudd Hall Auditorium, 5:30
p.m.
The Percy Graeme Turnbull Memorial Poetry Lecture will be
delivered by Alicia Ostriker, twice a nominee for the
National Book Award and author of nine books of poetry.
Sponsored by Writing Seminars.
Free. 410-516-6286.
dbasford@jhu.edu.
Dec. 2
Holiday shoppers can browse a wide selection of new and recent publications at the JHU Press' Holiday Book Sale at Homewood House. Authors will be present throughout the day to sign purchased books. Refreshments provided. Free. 410-516-8639.
Theater. Levering Hall, Arellano
Theater, 8 p.m.
Throat Culture
presents sketch comedy funnier than bad poetry. $2. Lbass6@jhu.edu.
Concert. Bloomberg Center,
Schafler Auditorium, 8 p.m.
The Vocal Chords
presents its fall concert featuring a cappella renditions
of music by U2, Bonnie Raitt and Queen. Michigan State
University's a cappella group, Capital Green, will also
perform. Free.
leah.friedman@jhu.edu.
Dec. 3
In conjunction with Downtown Dollar Days, the public is invited to enjoy live holiday music, decorations and light refreshments as they tour Homewood House and Evergreen House. $1. 410-516-5589 or 410-516-0341.
Concert. Shriver Hall Auditorium,
8 p.m.
Hopkins Symphony
Orchestra performs Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major,
with BSO concertmaster Jonathan Carney as soloist;
Phillips' Brownian Motion; and Enescu's Romanian
Rhapsodies, Nos. 1 and 2. There will be a pre-concert
lecture with Paul Phillips at 7 p.m. $10 general admission;
$8 seniors, students and Johns Hopkins affiliates; free for
JHU students with ID. 410-516-6542.
Concert. Bloomberg Center,
Schafler Auditorium, 8 p.m.
The Octopodes,
JHU's oldest co-ed a cappella group, performs a wide
variety of songs, including contemporary rock and pop
music. The group has been featured twice on the BOCA (Best
of Collegiate A Cappella) CD. Free. octopodes@jhu.edu.
Theater. Merrick Barn, 8
p.m.
The Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Gabriel
Marcel's The Lantern, a classic one-act play on
"presence" and "creative fidelity," with John Astin and
members of the JHU Theatre, followed by a discussion
featuring John Astin, James Harris, Richard Macksey and the
play's cast. $8 general admission, $4 students.
410-516-5153.
Theater. Levering Hall, Arellano
Theater, 8 p.m.
Throat Culture
presents sketch comedy funnier than bad poetry. $2. Lbass6@jhu.edu.
Dec. 4
In conjunction with Downtown Dollar Days, the public is invited to enjoy live holiday music, decorations and light refreshments as they tour Homewood House and Evergreen House. $1. 410-516-5589 or 410-516-0341.
Theater. Merrick Barn, 8
p.m.
The Johns Hopkins University Theatre presents Gabriel
Marcel's The Lantern, followed by a discussion
featuring John Astin, James Harris, Richard Macksey and the
play's cast. $8 general admission, $4 students.
410-516-5153.
Concert. Shriver Hall Auditorium,
5:30 p.m.
The Shriver Hall
Concert Series presents the St. Lawrence String Quartet
performing Mozart's Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K 575,
Prussian; Shostakovich's Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor,
op. 108; and Beethoven's Quartet No.14 in C-sharp Minor,
op.131. $33 general admission, $17 students, $8 student
rush one hour before the performance. 410-516-7164.
Theater. Levering Hall, Arellano
Theater, 8 p.m.
Throat Culture
presents sketch comedy funnier than bad poetry. $2. Lbass6@jhu.edu.
Theater. Centennial Hall at Gilman
School, 5407 Roland Avenue, 2 p.m.
Theatre Hopkins' 84th season
continues with The Mistress of Riversdale. Cherie
Weinert performs this one-woman dramatization of the life
of Rosalie Stier Calvert, a wealthy Belgian
émigré and wife of George Calvert, at their
plantation near Washington, D.C., during the first two
decades of the 19th century. The performance is drawn
directly from Rosalie Calvert's extraordinary letters to
her family in Antwerp over her 20 years at Riversdale. $10.
410-516-7159 or
thehop@jhu.edu.
Dec. 5
Enjoy seasonal decorations, seasonal music performed in the reception hall, period rooms lit by candlelight and refreshments in the wine cellar. $6. 410-516-5589.
Dec. 8
The Writing Seminars presents readings by Jean McGarry, outgoing chair of the Writing Seminars and author of six books of fiction, most recently Dream Date, and Dave Smith, incoming chair and author of 20 books of poetry, fiction and criticism, most recently, Little Boats, Unsalvaged: Poems 1992-2004. Free. 410-516-6286.
Theater. Mattin Center, Swirnow
Theater, 8 p.m.
Dunbar Baldwin Hughes Theater presents A Soldier's
Play. In the middle of Klan country in 1944 at Fort
Neal, a U.S. Army post just outside the small town of
Tynin, Louisiana, a black Army sergeant is brutally
murdered, and Captain Richard Davenport, a lawyer attached
to the 343rd Military Police Corps Unit and the first black
commissioned officer at the segregated fort, needs to
identify the murderer. $5 general admission, $3 students.
410-516-4695.
Dec. 9
Dunbar Baldwin Hughes Theater presents A Soldier's Play. $5 general admission, $3 students. 410-516-4695.
Concert. Bloomberg Center,
Schafler Auditorium, 8 p.m.
The
AllNighters, JHU's only all-male a cappella group,
presents its fall show. Since it was formed in 1992, the
group has performed at a variety of venues, including
Camden Yards and Al Gore's Christmas party. Free.
allnighters@jhu.edu.
Theater. Levering Hall, Arellano
Theater, 8 p.m.
The Buttered
Niblets, an improv and sketch comedy group, presents
its fall show. $1.
zgoodnj@hotmail.com.
Dec. 10
Dunbar Baldwin Hughes Theater presents A Soldier's Play. $5 general admission, $3 students. 410-516-4695.
Concert. Bloomberg Center,
Schafler Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Mental Notes, a
co-ed a cappella group that blends comedy with music,
presents its fall concert. Free.
mentalnotes@gmail.com.
Dec. 11
The Gospel Choir presents its annual fall concert featuring N-Trinity, the Gospel Choir's Dance Ministry. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Free. gospel@jhu.edu.
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