Mr. Pratt Presents...Goes Virtual

In a normal year, Mr. Pratt Presents, the Library’s annual gala, welcomes guests for an elegant, seated dinner and raises more than $400,000 to support our free programs and services. This past year has been anything but normal. So this year, we’re celebrating from home!

Get Tickets

On April 10, we will welcome library customers, dignitaries, celebrities, and more to tell the story of why the Pratt Library truly matters in Baltimore. Will you join us?

Help Keep it Free

This format allows us to welcome everyone to the gala! We ask that you consider making a gift alongside your free registration to support your library at a time when it’s most needed.

Thank You

We are deeply grateful to our chair, committee, and sponsors for supporting this unique event and allowing us to celebrate with all of Baltimore — for free!

Event Committee

Event Chair: Kate Powell

Committee: Sandy Berman, Jamar Brown, Nancy Dorman, Chris Espenshade, Mychelle Farmer, Nancy Hackerman, Bob Hillman, Pat Lasher, Sayra Meyerhoff, Bob Nye, Mary Ann Scully

Novelist Sponsors

• Rheda Becker and Robert Meyerhoff
• Mary and Jim Miller

Poet Level Sponsors

• The Baum Family Foundation
• Jocelyn and Steven Boothe
• Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff
• Mychelle Farmer and James DeGraffenreidt
• Claire and Allan Jensen
• Whitney and Bob Nye
• Vernon Reid

Historian Level Sponsors

• Board members of the Enoch Pratt Free Library:
  • Sandy Berman, Sarah Brandt, Jamar Brown, Mark Caplan, Ted Delaplaine, Kate Powell, Beulah Sabundayo, Kurt Schmoke
• Chris and Peter Espenshade
• Jacob Hodes and Annie Grossberg
• Lisa and Mark Kaufman
• Patricia Lasher and Richard Jacobs
• John Meyerhoff and Lenel Srochi-Meyerhoff
• Kate and David Powell