RYE: 21st Evening of Traditional Beverages – Homewood Museum
June 15, 2017 – Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins University
Pictured (LtoR) Joe Brant, Peabody Institute director of facilities; Katherine Pinkard, Homewood Museum board chair; and Dennis Pogue, event speakerPictured (LtoR) Kenny Rose, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory professor; and Julie Rose, Homewood Museum director/curatorPictured (LtoR) St. Paul’s School Upper School colleagues: Christy Fairman, math teacher; and Apryl Doyle, English teacherPictured (LtoR) Clinton Randolph, McGuireWoods attorney; Julia Randolph, community volunteer; Rakiya Brown, Gilman School kindergarten teacher; and Omar Brown, Gilman School Upper School history teacherPictured (LtoR) Lomond Johnson and Nicole Witte, Sagamore Spirit guest experience associatesPictured (LtoR) Al Ip, GWWO architect; Katherine LePage, Ziger/Snead architect; and Sarah Littlepage, Littlepage’s Furniture ownerPictured (LtoR) Travers Nelson, Johns Hopkins University Design & Construction program manager; and Heather Stalfort, Johns Hopkins Museums associate director of communicationsPictured (LtoR) Jason Hoffman, Baltimore area IT specialist; and Mary Anderson, Cygnomix founder/CEOThe Glass Pavilion at Johns Hopkins University was the setting for “RYE: 21st Evening of Traditional Beverages,” benefiting the Homewood Museum. Guests got to sample the wares of several local distillers and hear about the history of the famed spirit that has its roots in Maryland, courtesy the evening’s guest speakers, Dennis Pogue, author of “Founding Spirits: George Washington and the Beginnings of the American Whiskey Industry.”
Sloane Brown
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