Program Calendar
Tues, January 26 | 7-8 PM
A City in Motion: Baltimore’s Trains, Planes and Automobiles (and a few ships)
Join Senior Museum Educator Jack Burkert for a preview of the newest presentation in our local history series.
This preview is exclusive for BMI members: Register here
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Wed, January 27 | 3 PM
Sparrows Point Book Chat
On the day the new podcast “Sparrows Point: an American Steel Story” drops, the BMI will share a few key resources on Bethlehem Steel/Sparrows Point available at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Free, no registration required.
Access this program via the Enoch Pratt or Facebook Live
Thurs, February 4 | 7 PM
Bethlehem Steel Throwback Film Night
Tune in for a virtual watch party, hosted in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA) and the Steel Plant Museum of Western New York, of short films by and about Bethlehem Steel.
Free, registration required: Register here
Fri, February 26 | 1 PM
Design for Distancing Discussion
Hear from local designers who are working to adapt public spaces for COVID-19–and how Baltimore’s Design for Distancing program can serve as a model for other cities and past the pandemic–in this program co-hosted by AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation and the Neighborhood Design Center.
By donation, registration required: Registration will open soon
Thurs, March 4 | 7 PM
“Made in China” Virtual Author Talk
MADE IN CHINA: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America’s Cheap Goods, is journalist Amelia Pang’s thorough exploration of the closely guarded secret of a network of Chinese forced labor—laogai—and the often hidden, tortuous human cost of the cheap consumer goods exported to America and Europe, and sold by companies including Apple, H&M, Kmart, and Walmart. This virtual author talk is co-hosted by the BMI and the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Free, no registration necessary: Link forthcoming
Sun, March 7 | 2 PM
Sparrows Point’s Women of Steel
Hear from women who shattered the glass ceiling working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point mill–the topic of a new outdoor exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry–in this one-hour Zoom discussion co-hosted by the BMI, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Historical Society of Baltimore County.
Free for BMI, Osher, and HSBC members/$5 general public, registration required: Register here
Wed, March 10 | 7 PM
“Sparrows Point: an American Steel Story” Podcast Discussion
Meet producer Aaron Henkin and discuss “Sparrows Point: an American Steel Story,” a new, limited-edition podcast from the BMI and WYPR, in this virtual program co-hosted by the Baltimore County Public Library.
Free, no registration required: Link forthcoming
Tues, March 30 | 7 PM
Sparrows Point’s Women of Steel
Hear from women who shattered the glass ceiling working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point mill–the topic of a new outdoor exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry–in this one-hour Zoom discussion co-hosted by the BMI and Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Free, no registration necessary: Register here