Category: In Brief
Homewood Museum to offer docent training in July
June 11, 2012
Interested in history, architecture or decorative arts? Become a tour guide at the university’s Homewood Museum, a National Historic Landmark. Homewood was built in 1801 as the summer home of Charles Carroll Jr. and remains one of the finest examples of Federal-era architecture. Docent training classes will be held at the museum from 5:30 to […]
Amazing Race: Run, walk and get to know JHU
June 11, 2012
As part of the Healthy@Hopkins initiative, the Office of Benefits Services has launched the Amazing JHU Race, a Web-based program where university employees can log fitness miles (walk, jog or run) to earn prizes and learn more about Johns Hopkins’ work in the United States and around the globe. The race is an outgrowth of […]
JHU finance offices, some shared service centers moving to Keswick
June 11, 2012
The Johns Hopkins University finance offices and several financial shared service centers that are now located at Johns Hopkins at Eastern will be moving over the summer to Johns Hopkins at Keswick. Two of the four shared service centers—Accounts Receivable and Sponsored Projects—will be relocating between Aug. 16 and 19; Accounts Payable and Purchasing will […]
JH-U-Turn gives unwanted items a second chance
May 29, 2012
End-of-the-year unwanted clothing, furniture, electronics and household items may go into the dumpster at some college campuses, but at Johns Hopkins, they get a second chance by being donated to the annual JH-U-Turn yard sale. Shoppers get great prices (cash only), and the proceeds benefit the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund and the United Way of […]
‘Typographer’s Dream’ on stage at Swirnow Theater
May 29, 2012
The Homewood Arts Program will be hosting a local professional theater company for two weeks in the Mattin Center’s Swirnow Theater. From May 31 through June 16, Iron Crow Theatre will be presenting The Typographer’s Dream, which the company describes as an “unusual, funny, unnerving play.” Details about the play, ticket information and dates and […]
Charles Village Festival set for first weekend in June
May 29, 2012
The Charles Village Festival returns to the Wyman Park Dell on Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3, with live entertainment on two stages, kids’ activities, crafters and beer/wine and food vendors, and a neighborhood garden walk. Admission is free to the two-day event, which celebrates the neighborhood and is a major fundraiser for multiple […]
One Peabody shuttle stop eliminated as of today
May 29, 2012
In an effort to improve shuttle operations, starting today, May 29, the Peabody campus will have only one southbound stop, located at St. Paul Street and Mount Vernon Place; the stop at the southeast corner of St. Paul and Centre streets will be eliminated. The route is being altered so that buses continue on St. […]
Traditional punch gets a redo by four top Baltimore mixologists
May 29, 2012
Perhaps the first “cocktail” of early America, punch is thought to take its name from the Indian word panch for five, referring to the five ingredients of which it was composed: something sour, something sweet, something strong, something weak and spices. Homewood Museum puts this historical beverage front and center for its 16th annual Evening […]
Osher at Johns Hopkins steps back into the 19th century
May 29, 2012
An afternoon of 19th-century music and dance will honor and recognize the anniversary of the War of 1812 and the Civil War sesquicentennial while celebrating the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Johns Hopkins University. The institute was created in 1986 as the Evergreen Society with a mission to enhance the leisure time of semi-retired and […]
‘The Gazette’ begins biweekly summer schedule today
May 29, 2012
With this issue, The Gazette begins its biweekly summer schedule. The next issue will be published on June 11. Calendar items and classifieds should be submitted by noon on Monday one week before publication by email to gazette@jhu.edu, fax to 443-287-9920 or online at gazette.jhu.edu.