Category: Events

  • Der Tag 2026

    September 12, 2025 (Saturday) Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathederal St Mencken Day Eve — Friday, September 11 06:00PM An open house featuring a casual piano performance and an informal presentation on H.L. Mencken’s place in the Jazz Age social scene is planned for 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 11th at the H. L. Mencken House, 1524…

  • 21st (2026) Mencken Graveside Memorial Cancelled

    A chance of snow is forecast for Saturday (01-31) overnight with accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. Temperatures will remain below freezing. I don’t know how clear the access roads at the Loudon Park Cemetery are or will be. Stretches of the road leading to the gravesite have an upslope (which are a downslope when…

  • 21st (2026) Graveside Memorial

    I will be conducting the 21st graveside memorial on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM at Loudon Park Cemetery, 3620 Wilkens Ave. After brief remarks attendees are invited to retreat to Spirits West Country Club, 2601 Wilkens Ave., for beer and a light meal. Directional signs will be posted to show the way.

  • Der Tag: September 13, 2025 (Sat)

    Mencken Day 2025 will be celebrated at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathederal St, on September 13, 2025 (Saturday) starting at 10:30. 10:30 AM Annual Meeting of The Mencken Society at thePratt Auditorium. After the Business Meeting Ed Larsonand Darryl Hart will hold a conversation about Menckenand the Scopes trial. Dr Larson is author…

  • Der Tag 2024

    September 14, 2024 (Saturday) Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathederal St 10:30 AM Annual Meeting of The Mencken Society. Speakers: Fred Hobson by way of remote conferencing and a discussion between John Barr, professor of history at Lone Star College, and Darryl Hart. 2:00 PM The 2024 Mencken Memorial Lecture will be presented by Thomas…

  • Mencken Day Panel Video (6 of 6) (September 9, 2022)

    Mencken Day Panel Video (6 of 6) (September 9, 2022)

    This panel co-sponsored by The Mencken Society (TMS) and the Mencken House (MH) took place the day before Mencken Day 2022 (Sept. 10). The discussion explores the dimensions of Mencken’s views, their conventional labeling as conservative, and how they might relate to contemporary political stances. The panel included Darryl Hart, president of TMS and author…

  • 17th Annual Graveside Memorial

    The seventeenth Annual Gravesite Memorial will be conducted January 30, 2021 at 2:00PM at Loudon Park, weather permitting.

  • Mencken Day 2021

    Mencken Day 2021 will be held on September 11, 2021 but all events will be virtual. More information is at the Enoch Pratt Library’s at website. The day’s program: 10:30 a.m., Mencken Society Annual Meeting (Zoom only). 2 p.m., The 2021 Mencken Memorial Lecture (Zoom and Facebook Live). “The 2021 Mencken Memorial Lecture will be…

  • Mencken Day 2020 At the Pratt Library is Cancelled

    Due to the continuing Corona Panic all Pratt Library buildings will remain closed and all those Mencken Day events usually held at the library are cancelled.

  • 15th Mencken Graveside Memorial (2020-01-26 14:00)

    The Mencken Graveside Memorial will once again be conducted by Oleg Panczenko at the Mencken gravesite at Loudon Park Cemetery, 3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD. The brief memorial will be held Sunday, January 26, 2020 at 2:00 PM. Attendees are invited to retire to Spirits West, 2601 Wilkens Ave. after the memorial. Loudon Park Cemetery:…