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Hosted by Judy Templeton, local performer and instructor in the performing arts and Bonnie Hockstein, Baltimore's Best Hon 2020

06/18/2026

A boutique hotel called Ulysses in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon, with strong drinks and soft beds.

06/18/2026

You saw me on the warm stones and screamed. I was the best pest control you had.

You found me sunning on your garden wall. Someone went for a shovel. I tried to leave — they were faster.

I am a common garter snake, and I was working for you. The slugs that shred your hostas, the grubs chewing your roots, the beetles and cutworms in the vegetable beds — I hunt all of them, every day, for free.

Look at me before you decide what I am. Three yellow stripes running the length of an olive-brown body. Round pupils. A narrow head no wider than my neck. No fangs. No venom that can hurt you. I am one of the most harmless animals in your entire yard.

When something startles me I might release a little musk, or bluff with a raised head. That is the whole arsenal. I have nothing else, and I never needed anything else.

Leave me the stone wall and the leaf piles. I will keep the garden from being eaten alive.

06/18/2026

BLOCK PARTY! • JULY 18 • ART, MUSIC & COMMUNITY • FREE

If you've attended the Walters Art Museum's annual Lunar New Year Celebration, you already know just how much fun, energy and creativity our 90-year-old museum can contain! Our new annual summer festival, Block Party!, puts a summer spin on those celebratory vibes with outdoor music performances, food trucks (yes, there will be Taharka Brothers ice cream!), unique art making projects, a silent disco, a collaborative chalk mural, and so much more.

Visit the Walters on Saturday, July 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for this all-ages festival brimming with art, music, and community. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors together at the museum for this sensational summer Saturday. The best part? It's free!

🪘 PERFORMANCES
CIELO of Creative Alliance
Grupo ETNIA
Daoure Diongue
Drum Dr. Dot
Gyzelle Garcia

🎨 ACTIVITIES
Collaborative chalk mural designed by Pablo Machioli
Papel picado flag workshop with CIELO of Creative Alliance
Radical cartography workshop with Arts Collective
Afrofuturist story times with Enoch Pratt Free Library
Block Party! Family Guide to the galleries
Silent disco in the Sculpture Court
Collaborative community-curated playlist
Conservation Window

🥟 FOOD
The Empanada Lady
Black Baltimore Vegan
Taharka Brothers ice cream
Museum Cafe

🤗 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Alexis Tyson, Block Party! community advisor
Baltimore Center Stage
Baltimore School for the Arts
Black Star Line Literacy Bus powered by Urban Reads
John Tyler, Block Party! community advisor
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Peabody Institute
Viridiana Colosio-Martinez, Block Party! community advisor

06/16/2026

Volunteer with Future Guide Dogs 🐾

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