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MWHC Featured Artist

Artist Rowan Bathurst, seated in front of multiple art works. Wearing white jeans and head resting on hands

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Anne Calamuci

“Ageless Creativity is a photographic celebration of creative women, aged 55 and over. I showcase how vibrant, creative and full of life women are in the latter chapters of their lives.” Anne’s exhibit opens with a free reception on Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2 PM – 4:00 PM (Artist talk at 3:00 PM) at MWHC, 333 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Read/see more.

Program: How Melissa Ludtke fought for equal access for women sports journalists

(March 18, 2025) In 1978, as a young sports journalist, Melissa Ludtke won a lawsuit for the right to be allowed in Major League Baseball locker rooms. Join the discussion on March 20 at 7:00 p.m. as she looks back on how she pioneered equal participation by women in...

Maryland Nonprofits: All invited to an urgent “Public Conversation on Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility”

(March 1, 2025) Maryland Nonprofits is hosting an open community conversation about the importance of justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Nonprofit leaders, foundations, civic leaders, elected officials, business leaders, and members of the...

Photographer Anne Calamuci focuses on +55 women in AGELESS CREATIVITY

(February 6, 2025) "I turned 60 and became keenly aware of the negative, off-the cuff comments about women at that age on television, in movies and during talk show interviews. There’s some kind of mystique that once we turn a certain age that we have nothing left to...