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AT HOMEWOOD MUSEUM
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21211
410-516-5589, homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu,
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the half-hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday- Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (last tour at 3:30 p.m.)
$6 adults; $5 seniors; $3 students and children 6 and over; FREE for members
A National Historic Landmark built in 1801 by Charles Carroll Jr. and one of the nation's best surviving examples of Federal period architecture, Homewood Museum is renowned for its elegant proportions, extravagant details and superb collection of American decorative arts, including Carroll family furnishings.

Exhibition
"NEXT TO GODLINESS: CLEANLINESS IN EARLY MARYLAND" Thursday, Jan. 29 Sunday, March 29
Opening Reception: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5-7 p.m., Free
Free as part of regular museum tours
The adage "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" was certainly familiar to the Carrolls of Homewood and their contemporaries. In fact, Homewood's very reason for being was, in large part, to promote clean and healthful living. This student-curated focus show explores aspects of clean and dirty in the early 19th century including laundry, housekeeping, bathing and shaving, standards of personal cleanliness, dental care, hair care, cosmetics, elimination and feminine hygiene. Visitors will have the option to make their own scented sachet souvenir.

Special Tour
'PRIVYLEGED' TOURS
Saturdays, Jan. 31 March 28
Free as part of regular museum tours
Made of brick with a wood shingle roof and two entrances, Homewood's privy retains its original domed ceiling and chestnut paneling, as well as the remains of 100-year-old bathroom graffiti. Saturday visitors to Homewood will have an opportunity to visit this extraordinarily rare outbuilding, offered in conjunction with the focus show, Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in Early Maryland, on view through Sunday, March 29.

Exhibition
"SPIRIT OF PLACE: BALTIMORE'S FAVORITE SPACES"
Thursday, Feb. 5 Sunday, March 1
Free with museum admission
A one-of-a-kind photographic tour based on the recently published book, Spirit of Place: Baltimore's Favorite Spaces, a collaboration between journalist Sarah Achenbach and photographer Bill McAllen (Charm City Publishing, 2008). Approximately 18 black-and-white photographs of local celebrities and civic leaders with their favorite buildings capture how Baltimore's architecture, neighborhoods, and public places and spaces resonate in our lives and memories. Included are portraits of Duff Goldman at the Washington Monument, David Simon at Pabst Castle, and Michael Flanigan at the McKim Free School.

Program
"PRIVATES AND PRIVIES, TOILETRIES AND TEA"
Saturday, Feb. 7, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Acquaint yourself with early toiletry habits at this living history presentation by re-enactor and social historian Dory Gean Cunningham. Visitors are invited to meet 19th-century housekeeper "Nancy," who will give a short presentation on personal cleanliness and hygiene in early America. Museum tours will include the winter focus show, Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in Early Maryland, and Homewood's 200-year-old privy (or outhouse). In the wine cellar, play traditional table games and enjoy tea and cookies.

Program
"HARRIETT'S HOUSEKEEPING HINTS"
Friday, Feb. 20, 2-4 p.m.
$7.50 public; Free for members and students. Reservations required: 410-516-5589
Homewood director and curator Catherine Rogers Arthur discusses traditional cleaning methods and products, including some that would be considered 'green' by today's standards. A tea and cookie reception follows in the wine cellar. Offered in conjunction with Homewood Museum's winter focus show, Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in Early Maryland, on view through March 29.

Peabody at Homewood Concert Series
THE PEABODY CONSORT
Friday, March 6, 5:45 p.m.
$15 public; $12 members. Pre-paid reservations required: 410-516-5589
The Peabody Consort, led by renowned lutenist Mark Cudek, is made up of early music majors, alumni, and guest artists from the Baltimore-Washington early music community. The program will feature music for recorder, lute, and other early plucked strings, viola da gamba and voice.

AT EVERGREEN MUSEUM & LIBRARY
The Johns Hopkins University, 4545 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210
410-516-0341, evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (last tour at 3 p.m.)
Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian- style gardens, Evergreen Museum & Library is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative arts, rare books and manuscripts assembled by two generations of the philanthropic Garrett family, and a vibrant, inspirational venue for contemporary artists.

Exhibition
"IT'S A MAN'S WORLD: THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MALE GARRETTS"
Through Tuesday, March 31
Free as part of regular museum tours
This student-curated focus show on the male collectors of the philanthropic Garrett family brings attention to three generations of connoisseurship. Prints, Chinese porcelains, coins, and many other legendary Garrett collections highlight how knowledge and curiosity aided and continue to aid in defining a gentleman's social place. The objects on view include loaned coins from the famous, but no longer extant, John Work Garrett collection; a never before exhibited Aesthetic Movement display cabinet, presumably commissioned by T. Harrison Garrett; and a contemporary painted, map-patterned floor cloth documenting the various travels that brought about some of the most important acquisitions by the Garretts.

Exhibition
"EVERGREEN AS MUSE"
Through Tuesday, March 31
Free as part of regular museum tours
View unique photographic perspectives of Evergreen's artistic and architectural riches created by 10 undergraduate students at The Johns Hopkins University.

Workshop
"YOGA IN THE BAKST THEATRE"
Monday, Jan. 26, 6-8 p.m.
$60 public; $45 members. Pre-paid reservations required: 410-516-0341
Relax your mind, release your body and rejuvenate your spirit. This yoga and meditation workshop will provide you with the opportunity to meditate in the company of the artistic works of Léon Bakst while being gently guided through postures, breath-work and deep relaxation. Please bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. Beginners especially are encouraged to attend. Instructor Brianna Bedigian has a bachelor's degree in art history and is a certified yoga teacher.

Music at Evergreen Concert Series
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI QUARTET
Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. (Bakst Theatre)
Pre-concert gallery talk at 2 p.m. (Museum)
Tickets include museum admission: $20 public, $15 members, $10 students; available at www.missiontix.com or 410-516-0341
The 56th season of Evergreen's Music at Evergreen concert series concludes with the Amedeo Modigliai Quartet, which has been praised for its "stunning technical expertise, outstanding ensemble, and a particularly accomplished musical identity" (Le Progres, France). Formed in 2003 at the Paris Conservatory, this young string quartet has stunned audiences around the world playing with what The New York Times described as "Gallic cool." The program features Haydn's "Sunrise" Quartet in B Major, Op. 76. No. 4; Beethoven's "Harp" String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74; and Ravel's Quartet in F major. There will be a free gallery talk at 2 p.m. on Modigliani at Evergreen, and the performance will be followed by a meet- the-artist reception.

Performance
"A CABARET EVENING WITH LAURE DROGOUL"
Friday, March 13, 8-10 p.m. (Bakst Theatre)
$10 public; $5 members; Free for students. Seating is limited; reservations are encouraged: 410-516-0341.
Evergreen Museum & Library and The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) present an evening of French sing-a-longs in the Bakst Theatre with Baltimore-based interdisciplinary artist and self-described "cultural crackpot and cabaretist" Laure Drogoul (MICA '81) and Dick Turner. The performance is offered in conjunction with Drogoul's first large-scale retrospective, Follies, Predicaments, and Other Conundrums: The Works of Laure Drogoul, on view through Sunday, March 15 in MICA's Decker and Meyerhoff galleries in Fox Building, 1303 Mount Royal Avenue. For exhibition information, please visit www.mica.edu/drogoul.