Hop Art

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

Hop Art, generously funded by the Hopkins Family Fund, provides JHU undergraduate students an opportunity to attend performing arts events in Baltimore, also allowing students and faculty to interact in a social setting. Students enter into a lottery to get free tickets to performances, are provided transportation to and from the Homewood campus, and attend performances with fellow students along with faculty/staff chaperones.

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

Homewood undergraduate students

To register for events, you can find the programs on Hopkins Group (HopArt tag) or via the links provided below.

Questions? Email the director of Office of Arts and Innovation.

PhD students from other Hopkins schools or campuses

Not currently scheduled. If you have questions about the PhD offerings, email the vice provost for graduate education office.

Fall 2024 Semester Events

All events are subject to change.

POTUS or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Sunday, Sept 15, 1pm
@Everyman Theatre

Hopkins Groups Registration

A provocative political satire. What could be more fitting than kicking off a season during an election year with a riotous satire? Join us for this Broadway hit about seven brazen women who must save a bumbling President and the world from falling apart (again). With intelligence, wit, and a shocking amount of audacity, these women will have you asking the eternal question, “Why isn’t she President?” More info here.

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone

Sunday, Sept 22, 2pm
@Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Registration Link on Hopkins Groups

A newly free man, Herald Loomis begins his search for his wife, for peace, and his lost identity. This “spellbinding” play is the second show in the exciting Baltimore August Wilson Celebration, a collaborative project of the Baltimore theatre community, presenting all Wilson’s American Century Cycle plays. For more information.

Baltimore Symphony: Dvorak 8 and Barber Violin Concerto

Sunday, Sept 29, 3pm
@Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Music Director Jonathon Heyward sheds light on Dvořák’s sun-drenched Eighth Symphony, a celebration of the Bohemian countryside filled with cheerful birdsong and brilliant fanfare. James Lee III kicks off his tenure as BSO Composer in Residence with his Visions of Cahokia, an expressive three-movement work that depicts the Cahokia Mounds Historic Site and celebrates indigenous Mississippian culture. Violinist James Ehnes interprets Barber’s sensitive and tuneful concerto with his signature elegance, an approach that solidified Ehnes as a GRAMMY®-winning recording artist. For more info.

La Boheme: Opera Baltimore

Sunday, Oct 20, 3pm (Fall Break Weekend)
@Stephens Hall Theater, Towson University

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Set in 19th century Paris, the story of La bohème revolves around the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline, who share a bohemian lifestyle in a cold garret. Despite their struggles, the group finds solace in their shared experiences and the beauty of their fleeting youth. Ultimately, La bohème is a classic tale of love, loss, and the transient nature of life, underscored by Puccini’s unforgettable melodies and emotional depth. For more info.

Chamber Music Maryland: Ulysses Quartet with Oskar Espina Ruiz (clarinet)

Sunday, Oct 27, 3pm
@Peale Museum

Hopkins Groups Registration Link

Lauded for their “textural versatility and grave beauty,” the Ulysses Quartet, with members from Canada, the United States, and Taiwan, is establishing itself as one of the most promising young ensembles on the global stage. They will be joined by a “masterful soloist” (La Nación, Costa Rica), clarinetist Oskar Espina Ruiz, who is praised as a “highly expressive clarinetist” in an exciting program of classic chamber music. Experience intimate works by Vivaldi, Richter, Royer, Seth Grosshandler, and Hungarian and Armenian folk songs in the hands of these brilliant artists, and get to know them after the performance in a Meet-the-Artists event. For more info.

Spring 2025: Save the Dates!

  • Baltimore Symphony: Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky, Feb 15
  • The Lion King @ Hippodrome, Feb 22
  • Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors @ Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, March 2
  • Everything that Never Happened @ Baltimore Center Stage, March 9
  • Akeelah and the Bee @ Baltimore Center Stage, March 23 (Spring Break Event)
  • Subject to change, available mid-January

Details

  • Registration limited to JHU undergraduates.
  • Transportation provided from JHU 1 hour before each performance.
  • 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!