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20 Mid-Atlantic Museum Shops Under One Roof

A gift-bearing Santa from Evergreen.

Johns Hopkins' annual holiday traditions begin this week, when a world of unique gifts comes to Evergreen House for the Carriage House Holiday Sale from Friday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 23.

For three days, the Carriage House will be stocked with unusual merchandise from 20 mid-Atlantic area museums and nonprofit shops: the American Dime Museum, American Visionary Art Museum, B&O Railroad Museum, Babe Ruth Birthplace & Museum, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Battleship New Jersey, Chester County Historical Society, Delaware Museum of Natural History, Evergreen House, Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, Hagley Museum & Library, Hampton National Historic Site, Historical Society of Carroll County, Historical Society of Delaware, Homewood House Museum, JHU Press, Maryland Historical Society, Mount Clare Museum House and the Supreme Court Historical Society.

Shoppers will find clothing, toys, books, art works, decorative items and more for everyone on their list, and with each purchase, they will be supporting the educational programs of the participating museums and organizations.

Each day of the sale, the Johns Hopkins University Press will host a book signing. Herbert H. Harwood Jr. will be on hand with Royal Blue Line: The Classic B&O Train Between Washington and New York and Baltimore Streetcars: The Postwar Years, from noon to 2 p.m., on Friday. From 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Tristan Davies of the Writing Seminars will be signing Cake, his debut collection of short stories. Author Elise Hancock will sign Ideas into Words: Mastering the Craft of Science Writing from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Friday is university day; anyone with a JHU ID will receive $2 off admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults; free for children 12 and under. Parking is free as well. Lunch and snacks will be available.

 

Blood Drive

Wed., Nov. 19 and Thurs., Nov. 20, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. American Red Cross Blood Drive; to schedule an appointment, call 410-516-0138 or log on to www.jhu.edu/~outreach/blooddrive. Glass Pavilion, Levering. HW

 

Colloquia

Tues., Nov. 18, 4:15 p.m. "The Anionic H-bond: What Clusters Tell Us About Hydration Shells and Proton Transport in Simple Ions Like Hydroxide," a Chemistry colloquium with Mark Johnson, Yale University; 233 Remsen. HW

Wed., Nov. 19, 3 p.m. " 'Those Who Will Not Act Perish for That Reason': Yellow Fever Immunization, Hepatitis and Army Medicine in World War II," a History of Science, Medicine and Technology colloquium wth Dale Smith, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; 3rd floor, Welch Medical Library. EB

Wed., Nov. 19, 5 p.m. "To Bind or Not to Bind: That Is the Question," a Biology colloquium with Peter Privalov; 26 Mudd. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m. "Navigating the Overlap Between Phonology and Morphology: Perspectives from Optimality Theory," a Cognitive Science colloquium with John Alderete, University of South Carolina; 134A Krieger. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m. "The Eclipsing T-Tauri Star KH 15D," a Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Eric Agol, University of Washington; Schafler Auditorium, Bloom-berg Center. HW

Fri., Nov. 21, 2 p.m. "The Geo-Politics of Global Aging: Fertility Decline and the Fate of Nations," an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with Phillip Longman, New America Foundation; Parsons Auditorium. APL Simulcast to 218 Maryland Hall on the Homewood campus.

 

Discussion/Talks

Thurs., Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m. "A Candid Conversation with Biotech Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Opportunities of Starting a Biotech Company," a Hopkins Biotech Network panel discussion with Frank Kolakowski, Receptor Base; David Fink, Chondros Inc.; Julie Suman, Next Breath LLC; Newt Fowler, Venable LLP; and Nora Zietz. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 5:10 p.m. "Career Development in Clinical and Regulatory Aspects of Pharmaceuticals," a Hopkins Biotech Network discussion with Steven Linberg, Chiesi Pharmaceuticals Inc.; 134 Central Bldg., 9601 Medical Center Drive, Montgomery County Campus.

 

Film/Video

Wed., Nov. 19, 2 to 4 p.m. "Ensuring Improved Public Health for Populations: Putting Public Health Law Into Practice, taped keynote address from the American Public Health Association annual meeting, by David Heymann, World Health Organization; 2:30 to 4 p.m. Taped public health law session; W1020 BSPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. About Baghdad, movie trailer preview and discussion with Bassam Haddad and Maya Mikdashi, Georgetown University; Adam Shapiro, American University. Sponsored by Middle Eastern Students Association and Hopkins Students for a Free Palestine. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

 

Lectures

Mon., Nov. 17, 8 a.m. "The Role of Discovery Informatics in Financial Regulation and Surveillance" by Henry Goldberg, NASD; and "Basic Principles and Methods for Developing, Validating and Deploying Predictive Scores in the Business Environment Using Data Mining Tools" by Hans Aigner, ASC Database Marketing/DataLab USA. First lectures in the Visionary Series in Discovery Informatics, sponsored by Advanced Academic Programs. Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Md.

Mon., Nov. 17, 5 p.m. "Autobiography and Institution," a German lecture by Manfred Schneider, Bochum University. Part of the series Literature, Media and Culture. 238 Gilman. HW

Fri., Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m. "Pharaonic Symbols in Egyptian Christian Art," an illustrated lecture by Jill Kamil of Al-Ahram Weekly. Co-sponsored by the SAIS African Studies Program and the American Research Center in Egypt, Washington D.C. chapter. Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 3521 International Circle, Washington D.C.

Mon., Nov. 24, 4 p.m. "Organizing for Justice: Working for a Livable Future," a Center for a Livable Future lecture by Gary Grant of Concerned Citizens of Tillery, N.C. Sponsored by the Center for a Livable Future. Grant is a recipient of the center's Individual Award for Leadership in Environmental Stewardship. W1030 BSPH. EB

Mon., Dec. 1, 1 to 3 p.m. "The Mock Face of Battle: Roman Face Mask Helmets as Art," a History of Art lecture by Elizabeth Bartman; 329 Gilman. HW

 

Music

Tues., Nov. 18, noon. Midday Concert by the Arioso Trio (Leah Moss, oboe; Mariko Maki, flute; and Kari Shea, bassoon). Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. Hurd Hall. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, Fri., Nov. 21, and Sat., Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.; and Sun., Nov. 23, 3 p.m. Peabody Opera Theatre presents Puccini's Il Trittico (The Tryptych). $24, $12 for senior citizens, $10 for students with ID. 410-659-8100, ext. 2. Friedberg Hall. Peabody

Thurs., Nov. 20, 8 p.m. JHU Jazz Ensemble and JHU Jazz Band present a joint concert with music by Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk. Shriver Hall. HW

Sat., Nov. 22, 8 p.m. Concert by The Mental Notes, JHU's comedy a cappella group; a guest group will share the billing. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

Sun., Nov. 23, 8 p.m. Fall festival of Jewish a cappella music with Ketzev, Kaskeset from SUNY Binghamton; Ani V'Ata from New York University; and the Shabbatones from University of Pennsylvania. Songs will be performed in both Hebrew and English. Schafler Auditorium, Bloomberg Center. HW

 

Open House

Fri., Nov. 21, and Fri., Nov. 28, 8 p.m. to midnight. Maryland Space Grant Observatory is open beginning at dark, for public viewing, weather permitting. 410-516-6525. Bloomberg Center. HW

Mon., Nov. 24, noon to 2 p.m. Open House for the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, an opportunity to meet the staff and learn about programs and research. 621 N. Washington St.

 

Readings

Tues., Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. "Red Ant House," a reading of her fiction by Writing Seminars alumna Ann Cummins, Northern Arizona University. Sponsored by the Writing Seminars. 323 Gilman. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m. Reading by Dave Smith, the Elliott Coleman Chair of Poetry. The reading is part of the Percy G. Turnbull Poetry Lecture Series. 111 Mergenthaler. HW

Fri., Nov. 21, 6 p.m. "Celebrating Our Writers," a special reception and reading by students and graduates of the M.A. in Writing Program who have published books or won national awards. Their novels, poetry chapbooks and nonfiction books will be available for sale. Reading hall, lower level, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

 

Seminars

Mon., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Cytokinesis as a Model Dynamic Cell-Shape Change," a Carnegie Institution of Washington Embryology seminar with Doug Robinson; Seminar Room, 115 W. University Pkwy. HW

Mon., Nov. 17, 12:15 p.m. "Gateway Behaviors: Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Health Communication Programs," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Karabi Acharya, Kimberly Maxwell and Susan Middlestadt, AED Center for Applied Behavior and Evaluation Research. Suite 310, 111 Market Place. EB

Mon., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Two Steps Forward and One Step Back: The Impact of Physical Modeling on Structural Geology," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Gloria Eisenstadt, University of Texas, Arlington; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Nov. 17, 4 p.m. "Pheromone-Responsive Genes in S. pneumoniae by Use of DNA Microarrays," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Donald Morrison, University of Illinois, Chicago; W1214 BSPH. EB

Tues., Nov. 18, 9 a.m. to noon. "Rodent Handling," an Animal Care and Use Committee seminar with Kinta Diven; 403 Ross. EB

Tues., Nov. 18, noon. "The Civic Foundations of Fascism: Civil Society and Regime Variation in Inter-War Europe," a Sociology seminar with Dylan Riley, Central European University; 526 Mergenthaler. HW

Tues., Nov. 18, noon. "What Are These Things Doing? Probing the Molecular Mechanics of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation," a Biological Chemistry seminar with Jon Lorsch; 612 Physiology. EB

Tues., Nov. 18, 3 p.m. "Could State-Level Variation in the Number of Land Trusts Make Economic Sense?" a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Jo Albers, Resources for the Future, and Amy Ando, University of Illinois; 234 Ames. HW

Tues., Nov. 18, 4:30 p.m. "Stuff I've Seen: A System for Personal Information Retrieval," a Center for Language and Speech Processing seminar with Susan Dumais, Microsoft; 301 Shaffer. HW

Wed., Nov. 19, 10:45 a.m. "Mechanism Design for Fun and Profit," a Computer Science seminar with Anna Karlin; 3 Shaffer. HW

Wed., Nov. 19, 12:15 p.m. "From Fetus to Child: Effects of Stress During Pregnancy," a Population and Family Health Sciences seminar with Janet Dipietro; W2030 BSPH. EB

Wed., Nov. 19, 3:30 p.m. "Optical Rectification and Electro-optic Sampling in the THz Regime Using Electro-optic Polymers," a Materials Science and Engineering seminar with Michael Hayden, UMBC; 110 Maryland. HW

Wed., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. "Failure of the St. Francis Dam," a Civil Engineering seminar with Don Jackson; 100 Shaffer. HW

Wed., Nov. 19, 4 p.m. "The Medicinal Chemist's Toolbox: Ent-Steroids as Pharmacological Tools," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with Douglas Corey; 303 WBSB. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 9 a.m. "Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Drug Abuse in Malaysia," with Raminder Kaur, Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Sponsored by the JHU Humphrey Program. 208 Hampton House. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 10:45 a.m. "Algorithms for Quantum Communication," a Computer Science seminar with Andrew Yao; 3 Shaffer. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, noon. "Evolution at the Extremes: Hepatitis C Viral Sequence Variation," an Infectious Diseases/Molecular Microbiology and Immunology seminar with Stuart Ray; W2030 BSPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, noon. "The Cajal Body at 100 Years," a Cell Biology seminar with Joseph Gall; Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, noon. "What Are Alternatives and How Do You Find Them?" an Animal Care and Use Committee seminar with Alan Goldberg; 403 Ross. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, noon. "Issues in Animal Welfare/Animal Oversight: Notes from a Small Island," a JHU Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing seminar with Jon Richmond, U.K. Home Office (Animals Inspectorate); W1020 BSPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 12:15 p.m. "Health Care Policy: Maryland 2003 and Beyond," a Health Policy and Management seminar with Mike Busch, speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates; Hampton House Lecture Hall (basement). EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 12:15 p.m. "Strategic Thinking in Scenario Planning," a Center for Communication Programs seminar with Ben Lozare, Alfred Yassa and Juan Carlos Negrette; Suite 310, 111 Market Place. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 1 p.m. "The Role of cdk5 in Development and Degeneration," a Neuroscience research seminar with Li-Huei Tsai, Harvard Medical School; West Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 1:30 p.m. "Yeast Ras Signaling on the Endoplasmic Reticulum," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology thesis defense seminar with Martin Romeo; W1214 BSPH. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 3:30 p.m. "Systemic RNAi and the Intercellular Transport of dsRNA," a Molecular Biology and Genetics seminar with Craig Hunter, Harvard University; 517 PCTB. EB

Thurs., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. "Triples, Operads and Splitting Results in Stable Homotopy Categories," an Algebraic Topology seminar with Vahagn Minasian, Northwestern University; 302 Krieger. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. "Defining Refugees in the 21st Century: From Postwar 'Dissidents' to Global Asylum Seekers," an Institute for Global Studies seminar with Daniel Cohen, Rice University. Part of the series Globalization: The Local Encounters the Global. 400 Macaulay. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. "Advances in Dynamical Modeling and Control of Underwater Robotic Vehicles for Oceanographic Exploration," an Applied Mathematics and Statistics seminar with Louis Whitcomb; 304 Whitehead. HW

Thurs., Nov. 20, 4 p.m. "Support Vector Machines for Segmental Minimum Bayes Risk Decoding of Continuous Speech," an Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar with Veera Venkataramani; 117 Barton. HW

Fri., Nov. 21, 11 a.m. "Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Isotropic and Stably Stratified Turbulence," a Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics seminar with Jackson Herring, NCAR; 234 Ames. HW

Sat., Nov. 22, 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. "Selling Your Novel," an M.A. in Writing Program Saturday seminar with novelist Tim Wendel. $45 includes breakfast and lunch. Advance registration required, 202-452-1280. 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington D.C.

Mon., Nov. 24, noon. "Dysregulation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Signaling Pathways in SIV Encephalitis," a Clinical Neuroscience seminar with Christine Zink; 1-191 Meyer. EB

Mon., Nov. 24, 4 p.m. "Snow Is Good, Earthworms Are Bad," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Peter Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Nov. 24, 4 p.m. "Unraveling the Mechanism of DNA Helicases," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with Dale Wigley, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories; W2030 BSPH. EB

Tues., Nov. 25, 2 p.m. "Social, Political and Economic Contexts of Drug Abuse in the Czech Republic," with Tomas Zabransky, National Drug Commission of the Czech Republic. Sponsored by the JHU Humphrey Program. 250 Hampton House. EB

Tues., Nov. 25, 3 p.m. "Physiochemical and Microbial Controls on the Speciation of Zinc and Sulfur in Natural Metalliferous Soil Environments," a Geography and Environmental Engineering seminar with Carmen Martinez, Pennsylvania State University; 234 Ames. HW

Mon., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. "The Mating Habits of Crayfish and Other Mysteries of Ice-Age Abrupt Climate Changes," an Earth and Planetary Sciences seminar with Richard Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Olin Hall Auditorium. HW

Mon., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. "Scattering Theory for the Zakharov Equations in Three Space Dimensions," an Analysis seminar with Akihiro Shimomura, Gakushuin University; 308 Krieger. HW

Mon., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in Neuroscience — "Neural Mechanisms for Detecting Different Types of Visual Motion" with Barrie Frost, Queen's University; 338 Krieger. HW

Mon., Dec. 1, 4 p.m. "Insights Into Folliculogenesis and Fertility Through Mouse Genetics," a Reproductive Biology seminar with Jurrien Dean, NIDDK and NIH; W2030 BSPH. EB

 

Special Events

Mon., Nov. 17, noon. "Birds of the Mid-Atlantic Region and Where to Find Them," a talk by John Rappole, who will introduce his field guide to bird life, directing guests to sites where each species can be found. Lecture followed by lunch in the Evergreen Carriage House. $20 per person; space is limited. 410-516-0341. Evergreen Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles Street.

Tues., Nov. 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. JHU 2003 Annual Benefits Fair for faculty, staff and Bargaining Unit employees. Sponsored by Benefits Administration. 410-516-8110. Turner Concourse. EB

Wed., Nov. 19, noon. Wednesday Noon Series — "Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program," a lecture by Howard McCurdy, author of the Johns Hopkins University Press book by the same name. Co-sponsored by Special Events and the JHU Press. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. Shriver Hall Auditorium. HW

Fri., Nov. 21, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 22, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sun., Nov. 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carriage House Holiday Sale, Evergreen's annual holiday event, showcasing unique gifts from 21 mid-Atlantic museum shops. Admission is $5 per person, children 12 and under admitted free. (See article, above.) Evergreen Carriage House, 4545 N. Charles Street.

Fri., Nov. 21, 11 a.m. Johns Hopkins Travel Fair, for faculty and staff who will have an opportunity to speak with representatives from primary travel vendors. Sponsored by Purchasing Services. Turner Concourse. EB

 

Theater

Fri., Nov. 21, Sat., Nov. 22, and Sun., Nov. 23, 8 p.m. Throat Culture, Hopkins sketch comedy group, presents a night of comedic sketches that poke fun at life at JHU. Arellano Theater, Levering. HW

Sat., Nov. 22, 8 p.m., and Sun., Nov. 23, 2:15 p.m. A staged reading from Filling in the Dash, a collection of memoirs by the Wednesday Writers. Sponsored by Theatre Hopkins. 410-516-7159 or thehop@jhu.edu. Merrick Barn. HW

 

Workshops

Thurs., Nov. 20, noon. "Financial Planning — Phase 2," a workshop for individuals wiith 10 to 20 years until retirement; covers planning and investing, with Bill Leeb and Pete Dixon of Financial Council Inc. Sponsored by WORKlife Programs. W3030 BSPH. EB

 

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