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Special Events
Osher at JHU Special Events include local trips, lectures, and social events where you’ll meet other lifelong learners and friends.
Fall 2026
A Pre-Election Conversation Series with Marvin Kalb
When: Every Friday in October - 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30
Where: Via Zoom
Join Marvin Kalb every Friday in October for an hour-long conversation about the November 3, 2026 election, discussing American politics and journalism.
Trip to the National Gallery
When: Friday, October 23, 2026
- Morning tour: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- Afternoon tour: 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Where: The National Gallery, (meet in the Rotunda in the West Building) 6th St and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20565
Join Osher instructor, Nora Hamerman for a two-part tour. The morning tour will include works by some of the finest 17th century Dutch artists in the world. The tour will include works by Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeer. It will include landscapes, seascapes, and still life as well as interiors of homes and churches. It will also include a touch of comedy in the art of Jan Steen and Adriaen Brouwer.
The afternoon tour focuses on Van Gogh’s six pictures painted in Arles between 1888 and 1890 including portraits, landscapes and flowers. We will also look at the artists who influenced him (Impressionists), his friend Gauguin, and 20th century artists like Matisse who were inspired by his work.
Call Sign Raven – MCPD: Drone as First Responder Program
When: Friday, November 6, 2026, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Where: The Carnegie Lyceum, 10100 Washingtonian Blvd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878
The Montgomery County Police Department's Drone as First Responder (DFR) program began in October 2023 with one site in Downtown Silver Spring. Since then, the program has expanded to six total sites providing DFR coverage in Downtown Silver Spring, White Oak, Downtown Wheaton, Downtown Bethesda, Germantown and Montgomery Village. This program has proven to add as a force multiplier to MCPD, as well as helping to address short staffing issues being experienced by law enforcement agencies nationwide. MCPD DFR has conducted over 5,000 flights for calls for service since 2023. Light continental breakfast is included.
Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
When: Friday, November 13, 2026 – 8:15 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Join Osher at JHU on a visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for lunch and two tours.
Highlighting the richness and diversity of American art, "A Nation of Artists" tour traces the evolving story of American creativity across three centuries, featuring works of art from the museum collected over the past 150 years and the Middleton Family Collection, one of the country’s most significant private holdings of American art.
The second tour will be led by Nora Hamerman and will focus on European Art in the Museum.