Literary-art Events in Baltimore

Check out happening literary-art events all around Baltimore, MD

Brad Meltzer: "The Viper"

 Thu, 08 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

The Anatomy of Criticism with Lawrence Burney

 Thu, 15 Jan at 06:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Erica Green and Katie Benner: "Miracle Children"

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Mindy Thomas: "Wow in the World: Dinosaurs Are Wow!"

 Sat, 24 Jan at 11:00 am Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Kwanzaa Celebration 2025

 Mon, 29 Dec at 05:00 pm Eubie Blake National Jazz and Cultural Center Free

Spring Faerie Ball 2026! Piper Jones, Brinjal, and Clipper City Crew Bands!

Sat, 21 Mar at 06:00 pm Space 2640

Norah O’Donnell: "We the Women"

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

China Martens: "The Avenue"

 Sat, 28 Mar at 02:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations"

 Tue, 20 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Feed the Feed: Inside Maryland’s Food Influencer Scene with NoPixAfterDark

 Wed, 04 Feb at 06:30 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Scott Brown: "Speakeasies to Symphonies"

 Sat, 21 Feb at 03:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

A reading with Yellow Arrow's 2025 Writers-in-Residence

 Sat, 03 Jan at 06:00 pm 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218-3243, United States

Dreaming Dirty in Maryland 2026

 Sat, 13 Jun at 11:00 am Lord Baltimore Hotel USD 0 to 39

2026 Black & White Party: Something Wicked This Way Comes

 Sat, 31 Jan at 08:00 pm 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21201

Don Akchin with Amy Bernstein: THE AFTERWORK

 Thu, 15 Jan at 06:00 pm Ivy Bookshop Free

Natalie Davis with Mariel Penberthy: Saying Yes: My Adventures in Polyamory

 Sat, 07 Feb at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Voices from the Margins

 Tue, 30 Dec at 06:00 pm BLIFTD ART STVDIOS / American Can Company Signature Building Free

Kimbilio Author Showcase

 Thu, 05 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Lauren Magaziner: "The Incorruptibles"

 Wed, 14 Jan at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Hamilton Branch Free

2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair

 Wed, 04 Mar at 12:00 pm Baltimore Convention Center

But Make It Books January Book Club

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm The Wine Collective Free

Frank Gorman: "Confronting Bad History "

 Sat, 17 Jan at 02:00 pm Enoch Pratt Library - Roland Park Branch Free

Tim Paggi presents THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HALLWAY

 Mon, 26 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Open Mic & Cocoa Night

 Fri, 09 Jan at 06:30 pm 300 E 29th St Free

Bsrat Mezghebe: "I Hope You Find What You’re Looking For"

 Tue, 17 Feb at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Fab 5 Freddy: "Everybody's Fly"

 Wed, 18 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Enoch Cook III: "Turn On: Five Easy Plays"

 Sat, 24 Jan at 02:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Hampden Branch Free

Experiencing the Diaspora Through Culinary Connection with Dr. Kishi Ducre

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm 1132 Greenmount Ave Free

Najee Celebrates Valentine's Day Weekend

 Fri, 13 Feb at 06:00 pm 1350 Lancaster Street, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21231

Book signing and Happy Hour with Harriet Helfand

 Fri, 09 Jan at 05:00 pm Ivy Bookshop Free

Mark Gornik: "Sharing the Crust"

 Tue, 06 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Riley Clare Valentine and Zane McNeill: THE COERCIVE POWER OF THE LAW

 Sat, 10 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Majesties, Boat Water, Dave Heumann w/ Marie Herrington, Olde(r) Love(rs)

 Sun, 28 Dec at 06:00 pm Ottobar

Romance Book Club: "The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe"

 Sun, 18 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Albert Phillips w/ Alanah Nichole Davis: Where You From? Tales of Sandtown

 Wed, 21 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Elizabeth Vartkessian: "The Deserving"

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Robert Stack: Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights

 Fri, 16 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

George Saunders: "Vigil"

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Queer Book Club: "On a Sunbeam" by Tillie Walden

 Thu, 08 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Fells Point Free

K. Ibura: "Tempest"

 Tue, 24 Feb at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

In Conversation: Taylor Johnson & Nakita Reed

 Sat, 28 Feb at 03:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Eric Puchner presents DREAM STATE

 Thu, 22 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Alice Gerrard: "Custom Made Woman"

 Tue, 27 Jan at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Patrick Deneen Gives the Annual Carroll Lecture at St. Mary's

 Thu, 15 Jan at 07:00 pm St Mary's Seminary & University Free

Claudia Friddell: "The Mysterious Virginia Hall"

 Thu, 30 Apr at 03:30 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Govans Branch Free

The Gayle Harrod Band at Enoch Pratt Library

 Sat, 31 Jan at 03:00 pm Light Street Branch Library

Roseanne Brown: "Ghost-Spider"

 Wed, 15 Apr at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Library - Walbrook Branch Free

Tayari Jones: "Kin"

 Wed, 04 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Romance Book Club: "Hardly Strangers" by A.C. Robinson

 Sun, 15 Feb at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

The Poe Toaster Murder Mystery: Raven Nevermore (featuring MC Lars and a podcast-style whodunit!)

 Sat, 17 Jan at 06:30 pm Westminster Hall & Burying Ground

Kp Poetry's Open Mic Poetry Night

 Sun, 11 Jan at 05:00 pm 2811 Druid Park Dr USD 0 to 8

Nancy Murray with Marion Winik: NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

 Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Black Folx Book Club: "Son of the Morning" by Akwaeke Emeze

 Wed, 14 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Profs & Pints Baltimore: The Green Knight and Medieval Yule

 Sat, 17 Jan at 06:00 pm Guilford Hall Brewery USD 18

Book Signing Happy Hour with Naomi Rivers: WHY NOT US

 Fri, 20 Feb at 05:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Matthew Clark Davison & Alice LaPlante: "The Lab"

 Mon, 02 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Tenet Vocal Artists: Note e Parole

 Fri, 06 Feb at 07:30 pm Emmanuel Episcopal Church USD 0 to 35

Jessica Francis Kane with Christine Grillo: FONSECA

 Wed, 14 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Booklovers' Breakfast featuring Angela Flournoy

 Sat, 07 Feb at 08:30 am Baltimore Marriott Waterfront USD 50 to 450

KWANZAA JEOPARDY

 Tue, 30 Dec at 06:00 pm 807 E Baltimore St Free

ONE HOPE Conference: Soli Deo Gloria

 Sat, 07 Mar at 09:00 am The Garden Church USD 34

Morr Meroz: "A Blood Moon"

 Mon, 02 Feb at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Waverly Branch Free

Jung Yun: "All the World Can Hold"

 Tue, 10 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

A Very Gay Literary Hour

 Fri, 06 Mar at 05:00 pm Vinyl and Pages Free

Gordon Korman: "Hypergifted"

 Tue, 10 Feb at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Govans Branch Free

Romance Book Club: "And Now, Back to You" by B.K. Borison

 Sun, 15 Mar at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Anne Harwell Celenza: "On the Record"

 Tue, 24 Mar at 07:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Stefan Fatsis with Tom Hall: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To)...

 Wed, 07 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Greedy Reads Book Club February: "Vigil" by George Saunders

 Thu, 19 Feb at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Greedy Reads Book Club January: "Dwelling" by Emily Hunt Kivel

 Wed, 28 Jan at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Nicole Hackett with Susan Coll: MOM BRAIN

 Tue, 21 Apr at 06:00 pm The Ivy Bookshop - Back Patio Free

Queer Book Club: "The Love That Dares: An Anthology of Queer Love"

 Thu, 12 Feb at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Fells Point Free

Mary Helen Washington with Martha Jones: PAULE MARSHALL: A WRITER'S LIFE

 Tue, 17 Feb at 06:00 pm Ivy Bookshop Free

John Sayles with Emma Snyder: CRUCIBLE

 Tue, 03 Feb at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Kwanzaa

 Fri, 26 Dec at 10:00 am 1 Safari Place , Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21217

Romance Book Club: "No Place Like You" by Jillian Meadows

 Sun, 19 Apr at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Humanities in the Village, ft. Dora Malech, TRYING X TRYING

 Mon, 26 Jan at 06:30 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Anna Harwell Celenza: ON THE RECORD: Music That Changed America

 Fri, 27 Mar at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Coffee & Books Free

Youth Grand Slam 2026!

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:00 pm Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse Free

Blxcc Ink Collective presents: An Author's Showcase

 Sat, 24 Jan at 11:00 am Langston Hughes Community, Business & Resource Center USD 0 to 34

Good Grief - Great GOD 2026

 Wed, 25 Feb at 06:00 pm MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) - The Gateway - BBOX Theater USD 82 to 210

Kate Messner: "How to Save a Tortoise"

 Mon, 09 Mar at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library - Patterson Park Branch Free

Tag-Team Poetry Slam

 Sat, 10 Jan at 07:00 am Motor House USD 23 to 34

Rebecca Donnelly: "Change is in the Air"

 Wed, 04 Mar at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Library - Light Street Branch Free

Writing Workshop with Authors Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante

 Mon, 02 Mar at 05:30 pm Enoch Pratt Free Library Free

Recital and Evensong for the Feast of Frederick Douglass

 Sun, 15 Feb at 04:30 pm Saint Davids Episcopal Church Free

Queer Book Club: "The Autobiography of Red" by Anne Carson

 Thu, 12 Mar at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Fells Point Free

Expand the Canon Book Club: "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende

 Tue, 03 Feb at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Anderson & Roe Piano Duo with Wordsmith, hip-hop artist

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:30 pm Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall USD 45

Radha Lin Chaddah with Debra Bruno: AND THE ANCESTORS SING

 Tue, 10 Feb at 06:00 pm Ivy Bookshop Free

Expand the Canon Book Club: "Beloved" by Toni Morrison

 Tue, 03 Mar at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Black Folx Book Club: "Chocolate Chip City" by Be Steadwell WITH AUTHOR!

 Wed, 18 Feb at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON: Considering Matthew Shepard

 Sun, 07 Jun at 04:00 pm Emmanuel Episcopal Church USD 0 to 35

Kp Poetry's Open Mic Poetry Night

 Sun, 08 Mar at 06:00 pm 2811 Druid Park Dr USD 0 to 13

Book Release conversation and reading.

Thu, 22 Jan at 06:00 pm Bird in Hand Cafe and Book Store, 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore

Black Folx Book Club: "The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye" by Briony Cameron

 Wed, 11 Mar at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Greedy Reads Book Club March: "Dominion" by Addie E. Citchens

 Wed, 25 Mar at 07:00 pm Greedy Reads Remington Free

Deborah Heiligman: "Loudmouth Emma Goldman vs. America (a love story)"

 Wed, 25 Mar at 04:00 pm Enoch Pratt Library - Roland Park Branch Free

Organic Soul: The Reunion

 Fri, 30 Jan at 06:45 am The Garage USD 23

Meet KEVIN M. SCOTT, author of the Debut Thriller SHADOWS & DECEIT

 Sat, 07 Mar at 01:00 pm Vinyl and Pages USD 45