Red Emma's is a worker cooperative, owned and democratically managed by its workers.

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Upcoming events

happiness is: art by mo kessler

Tuesday, December 2nd 2025

5:00 pm

Red Emma's

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Mo Kessler (they/them) is a queer Southern anarchist, community organizer, and object maker.

Lucie Fielding presents "Trans Sex: Nurturing Trans Erotic Embodiment and Gender-Pleasure"

Wednesday, December 3rd 2025

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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This radically re-visioned and expanded edition of TRANS SEX offers a joyously pleasure-centered approach to nurturing trans erotic embodiment and finding gender-pleasure in the body.

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Spread the Jam December 2025

Wednesday, December 3rd 2025

6:00 pm

“Spread the Jam” is a jam session meant to welcome every musician with open arms—no matter what.

"Bring Your Own Book" Club: December 7

Sunday, December 7th 2025

10:00 am

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We are a bunch of book lovers who believe in sharing ideas to enrich our collective knowledge. This event is "Bring Your Own Book." All books are welcome!

Trans/Action: "Be Gay Do Crime" authors Zane McNeill and Riley Clare Valentine in conversation w/ Mx. Lee Blinder, M Pease, Charlotte Persephone Hoffman, and Avatara Smith-Carrington

Thursday, December 4th 2025

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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Sometimes it pays to be gay and do crime.

Dr. Diana Hernandez presents "Powerless: The People's Struggle for Energy" in conversation w/ Green & Healthy Homes Initiative President & CEO Ruth Ann Norton

Friday, December 5th 2025

6:00 pm

Red Emma's

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POWERLESS creates a comprehensive picture of the complex social and environmental issue of energy insecurity and shows how energy equity is not just an aspiration but an achievable reality.

Holiday Letter-Writing for Incarcerated Trans Folks!

Saturday, December 6th 2025

2:00 pm

Red Emma's

Join Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition and Hagerstown DSA for an afternoon of decorating holiday cards for our incarcerated trans siblings! Find us at one of the big tables in the cafe from 2-4PM.

Holiday Craft & Gift Swap with Autism on the Go!

Saturday, December 6th 2025

4:00 pm

Free School Classroom

AOG does Shuvunda! Grab something from home that you don’t use anymore (sillier the better), wrap it up, and bring it to be exchanged for a random, silly gift!

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Coffee & Connection with Trans Community Action Baltimore December 2026

Sunday, December 7th 2025

12:00 pm

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New to Baltimore? Want to connect with trans community? Come on out Sunday morning and join us!!

Women and gender minorities are underrepresented within the chess community. This event provides a safe and welcoming environment to play, learn and appreciate chess! This is a great space to meet like-minded chess-lovers.

Brian Barth presents "Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia"

Wednesday, December 10th 2025

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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In his first book, award-winning investigative journalist Brian Barth takes us on an immersive journey deep into Silicon Valley’s homeless encampments, challenging everything we thought we knew about our unhoused neighbors.

Devin Allen presents "Baltimore" in conversation w/D. Watkins

Thursday, December 11th 2025

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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A vital new photographic record of Black life and Black resistance in Baltimore City.

Creative Rebellion & GI Resistance at the Ends of Empire: A Conversation between Aaron Hughes and Ryan Harvey

Friday, December 12th 2025

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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Join long time About Face: Veteran Against the War member Aaron Hughes for a conversation exploring the intertwining legacies of creative rebellion and GI resistance.

Bmore Queer Poetry Winter Solstice Writing Workshop

Saturday, December 20th 2025

3:00 pm

Free School Classroom

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Join your Queer community to explore the Winter Solstice & write to seasonal prompts, with time also set aside for sharing & connection.

Jessica Ann Levy presents "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" in conversation w/ N.D.B. Connolly

Tuesday, January 20th 2026

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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A new book that traces the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa.

Bench Ansfield presents "Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City" in conversation w/ N.D.B Connolly

Thursday, January 29th 2026

7:00 pm

Red Emma's

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The explosive account of the arson wave that hit the Bronx and other American cities in the 1970s—and its legacy today.

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Socialist Party Baltimore Meeting December 2025

Sunday, December 7th 2025

3:00 pm

Join the Baltimore local chapter of Socialist Party USA for our next meeting! Everyone regardless of party membership is welcome.

Charm City Writes December 13

Saturday, December 13th 2025

12:30 pm

Are you a baltimore-area writer looking for a community? Join the new Charm City Writes writing circle, meeting twice a month at the Free School at Red Emma's!

Mindful Journaling December 2025

Sunday, December 14th 2025

2:00 pm

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Mindful Journaling is a space for internal & external processing with community. This is a MASKED EVENT.

Dancing with Grief and Stress: An exploration of herbal and nutritive supports for emotional resilience, Session 2

Wednesday, December 17th 2025

5:30 pm

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Join Educator and Herbalist Iris Kirsch for a participatory workshop on living vibrantly in challenging times. We will explore the brain-gut connection, digesting difficult experiences and setting and holding boundaries. This is a two-part class, 11/19 and 12/17, however it will be structured so that people who are only able to come to one or the other will still be able to participate.

"Bring Your Own Book" Club: December 21

Sunday, December 21st 2025

10:00 am

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We are a bunch of book lovers who believe in sharing ideas to enrich our collective knowledge. This event is "Bring Your Own Book." All books are welcome!

Charm City Writes December 21

Sunday, December 21st 2025

12:00 pm

Are you a baltimore-area writer looking for a community? Join the new Charm City Writes writing circle, meeting twice a month at the Free School at Red Emma's!