Opening Event for Ethel Ennis Retrospective: "Ethel's Place"

Oct 29, 2023
4 - 6pm EDT
Registration is required
This event is free

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Contact

Mary Casey

Description

Join the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries to mark the opening of the landmark retrospective Ethel's Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz. The exhibition invites visitors to explore each era of jazz vocalist Ethel Ennis' remarkable life, and highlights some 130 items drawn from the university's Ethel Ennis and Earl Arnett Collection that trace how Ennis connected with audiences worldwide while pioneering a music career deeply rooted in her hometown.

4:00 PM Program

Remarks by George "Doc" Manning, founding host of WEAA's jazz program "In the Tradition"

Performances by Charenee Wade, vocalist/Peabody Jazz Studies department lecturer, and the Peabody Jazz Ensemble

5:00 PM Reception

Doors open at 3:30 PM
$5 optional valet parking

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Registration

Registration is required

Advance online registration is requested through LibCal

Contact

Mary Casey