Rebecca Hoffberger and Peter Katz

“Spy Nights” is back!

Tickets: $25 (fees not included)

On March 3 at 6:00 PM, the Spy Nights series returns to the Avalon with a special guest: Rebecca Hoffberger, founder and longtime director of Baltimore’s award-winning American Visionary Art Museum. Hoffberger built one of the most distinctive museums in the country from the ground up, transforming an unconventional idea into an international landmark. Known for seeing possibilities where others see limits, she has become a leading creative voice in efforts to reimagine Baltimore’s struggling Harborplace.

Joining her will be Peter Katz, a nationally respected leader in community planning and placemaking. Katz played a catalytic role in launching the New Urbanism movement — writing the seminal book The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community and serving as the founding executive director of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), where he helped establish its charter, secure early funding, and build key partnerships with agencies like HUD. He now works as a strategic consultant advancing walkable, sustainable, community-focused design and innovation nationwide.

In this conversation, moderated by Spy publisher Dave Wheelan, the two guests will step back and examine Easton’s 14-acre hospital site from a 40,000-foot view. Well before developers arrive and plans harden, this moment offers the community a rare, once-in-a-lifetime chance to think openly — and creatively — about what the site could become for generations to come.