Hop Art

Explore the Baltimore arts scene—and connect with fellow students and faculty! Free!

STUDENTS: Events available to JHU undergraduate students only.

FACULTY: If you would like to attend and lead a group, please Email the director of Office of Arts and Innovation.

How to Sign Up

Fall 2025 Semester Events

All events are subject to change. Spring 2026 events are typically posted in January.

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Sunday, September 7, 2pm
@Everyman Theatre

Hopkins Groups Registration

This Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, presented as part of Baltimore’s August Wilson Celebration, tells the story of a pair of siblings and the fate of their cherished family heirloom: a piano carved with images of their ancestors previously owned by the family’s former enslavers. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh, the play weaves history and spirituality together in a haunting narrative that explores the conflict between protecting one’s heritage and forging a path into the future. More info here.

BigKid Dance: If I Die Before the Revolution

Saturday, September 20, 7:30pm
@Maryland Hall in Annapolis

Registration Link on Hopkins Groups

Led by luminary artistic director Mark Caserta, BigKid Dance is a queer movement community based in Philadelphia. They create collaborative, thought-provoking contemporary dance works reflecting on love, grief, curiosity, fear and identity in today’s society primarily through a queer lens. For more information.

Tosca (Fully Staged Opera)

Sunday, October 12, 3pm
@Stephens Hall Theater: Towson University

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Power. Passion. And a diva who refuses to go quietly. Puccini’s Tosca is a gripping tale of love, jealousy, and political intrigue set against the backdrop of a turbulent Rome. The glamorous and fiercely devout opera singer Floria Tosca is caught in a deadly triangle between her lover, the idealistic painter Cavaradossi, and the sadistic chief of police, Baron Scarpia. When love and loyalty clash with tyranny and lust, the results are explosive. For more info.

Baltimore Symphony: Symphony Fantastique and Tales of Poe

Sunday, October 26, 3pm
@Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Music Director Jonathon Heyward welcomes Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego for Prokofiev’s dark and brooding Violin Concerto No. 2. Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique evokes the passions of a tortured artist, while Mark Simpson’s Israfel adds to the mysterious mood in homage to one of Baltimore’s most famous residents: Edgar Allan Poe. For more info.

Spring 2026 Semester Events

August Wilson’s Fences

Sunday, February 15, 2pm
@Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a former Negro League baseball star lives in the shadow of an unrealized dream. Now a sanitation worker, Troy Maxson’s resentment takes a toll on his wife and son. A poignant and powerful exploration of love, responsibility, and the invisible fences that confine us. This Pulitzer Prize winning play is the sixth show in The Baltimore August Wilson Celebration. For more info.

Chamber Music Maryland: Chanticleer

Sunday, February 22, 4pm
@First Lutheran Church, Ellicott City

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Experience the rare magic of Chanticleer, whose seamless “orchestra of voices” has earned them multiple GRAMMY Awards and captivated audiences worldwide. Performed within the resonant sanctuary of First Lutheran Church, this program traces music’s influence across eight centuries, from the ethereal motets of Hildegard von Bingen to a newly commissioned piece by GRAMMY-nominated composer Ayanna Woods and a bold, reimagined arrangement of the jazz standard Without a Song by Stacey Gibbs. For more info.

Back to the Future Musical

Sunday, March 1, 1pm
@Hippodrome Theater

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musical. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past, and send himself… back to the future. When Back to the Future hits 88mph, it’ll change musical theatre history forever. For more info.

Trinity

Sunday, March 8, 3pm
@Baltimore Center Stage

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Emmy Award–winning writer and producer Lena Waithe (Master of None, The Chi) makes her playwriting debut with Trinity—a bold, intimate, and genre-defying exploration of love, identity, and the power of imagination. Blending the sharp wit of a romantic comedy with the searching depth of an existential drama, Trinity is a lyrical, layered portrait of womanhood that’s as funny as it is fearless. Directed by BCS Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb, you’ll want to see it more than once to catch every subtle shift, every emotional turn, and every truth just beneath the surface. For more info.

Details

• Registration limited to JHU undergraduates.
• Transportation provided from JHU 1 hour before each performance. (for local venues)
• Participants must abide by all venue policies.
• If you are unable to attend, please email the director of Office of Arts and Innovation so others may attend.
• Individuals requiring accommodations should email the director of Office of Arts and Innovation. We ask that requests for accommodation be made at least 7 business days before the event.

Special thanks to the Hopkins Family Fund for underwriting this amazing opportunity!