Monday 28 September 2026 · 6pm, talk at 6:30pm

Profs & Pints: Ancient America's Ball Game

Name: Profs & Pints: Ancient America's Ball Game
Start: 2026-09-28T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-28
Location: Section 771

Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd

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504 Washington Boulevard, the brick corner building Section 771 is in, photographed in 2019 when the bar there was Sliders, with orange awnings and a '771 feet from home plate' sign · Photo: Baltimore Heritage from Baltimore, MD, USA · CC0

When: Monday 28 September 2026, 6pm, talk at 6:30pm
Where: Section 771, 504 Washington Blvd

Jeffrey P. Blomster, an anthropology professor at George Washington University who digs early ballcourts in Oaxaca, on the Mesoamerican ball game, about 3,400 years old and played with the hips and a rubber ball, sometimes for stakes as high as lives. Section 771 is a sports bar on Washington Boulevard, a few minutes on foot from the ballpark. Advance tickets $13.50 plus tax and fees, $17 at the door or $15 with a student ID. The bar opens at 5.

Read off Profs & Pints' own ticket page for the talk, read Sep 27, 2026; Section 771's own site for its address, read Sep 28, 2026.

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