AIABaltimore and BAF Spring Lecture Series
This year’s Spring Lecture Series theme is Migration.
This year’s Spring Lecture Series theme is Migration.
Duo Violão Brasil is the result of guitarists Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber's reverence for Brazilian guitar, the “violão”, and their desire to explore and expand the musical possibilities of putting two “violões" together. With repertoire from composers like Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, and Tom Jobim, the duo navigates effortlessly through the many styles of 20th century Brazilian popular music while showcasing original works and inventive arrangements.
This is a no-prior-experience needed class in West Coast Swing, a partner dance that is the smooth contemporary cousin of the swing dance family! (example)
While we do allow drop-ins any week of the month, this class is designed as a 4 week progressive series that starts the first week of every month. For the best educational experience (and a discount), we recommend taking the full month series.
Since its colonial founding in the1760’s Fell’s Point as Baltimore’s first deep water port has been home to a diverse population including both free and enslaved blacks who found employment in the thriving maritime industries that made the city an international shipping destination To commemorate the 220th Anniversary of the incorporation of Fell’s Point with its adjacent colonial neighbors of Jones Town & Baltimore Town into Baltimore City, THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY is presenting a FREE LECTURE SERIES consisting of four speakers who will highlight the history of the African-American C
A staged reading co-presented with The Strand Theater
Written by Rabbi Lynne A. Kern and Ronda Spinak
Developed and originally performed at Los Angeles Jewish Women’s Theatre
VIP ticket includes pre-show dinner.
Violin Portraits: Recent Violin Music of Stuart Saunders Smith
Airi Yoshioka, violin, with the University of Maryland Percussion Ensemble
Thursday, March 30, 7:30 p.m.
UMBC Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
Violinist Airi Yoshioka presents major new compositions by composer Stuart Sanders Smith: The Rivers of Maine (2015) for solo violin and Crystal Night (2014) for solo violin and percussion quartet, for which she will be joined by the University of Maryland Percussion Ensemble (Lee Hinkle, director; Jonathan Clancy; Chris Herman; Robert Shroyer).
Barber’s famous elegy, the quietly powerful and reflective Adagio for Strings is the perfect prelude for Jennifer Koh’s performance of Mackey’s Beautiful Passing, a tribute to his mother’s life and strength. The violin is once again the protagonist, this time weaving its sensuous melody as Scheherazade in Rimsky-Korsakov’s colorful portrait of a sultan’s wife, who spins tales of Arabian nights.
MOM BABY GOD
By Madeline Burrows
UNDERCURRENT: THEATRE FOR NOW
4 plays. 3 weeks. 1 theatre.
Featuring Nicole Daniels, Keith Wallace, Madeline Burrows, and Daniel Park
March 9 – March 30, 2017
Visit our website for a listing of showtimes!
Undercurrent brings together four artists in a festival of creator-performed shows. Each piece gives voice to a subject, point-of-view, or experience that is essential in today’s social and political climate.
More about the shows:
The Bitter Game
By Keith Wallace, Co-created with Deborah Stein
Studio 3: Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams, directed by Hannah Kennedy
Thursday, March 30 – Sunday, April 2
UMBC Black Box Theatre
The UMBC Department of Theatre presents the Studio 3 Spring 2017 production, Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams, directed by Hannah Kennedy.
When headstrong Kate is married off to Petruchio, expect fireworks. Meanwhile, a zany competition heats up for her sister’s hand and dowry. Love and money make people do strange things! The Taming of the Shrew is a rollicking romantic comedy that has influenced generations of entertainment, including the teen movie “Ten Things I Hate About You” and Anne Tyler’s 2016 novel, “Vinegar Girl.” Four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death, Shrew remains one of his most popular comedies even though its concluding speech about gender roles offends.
Hear new sounds for silent films when School of Music chamber groups perform their own original film scores for silent movie shorts.
MICA presents a student production of The Pillowman, an award-winning play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh.
Pillowman tells the story of a fiction writer living in an unnamed police state who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories, and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town.
The production opens Thursday, March 30, at BBOX, Gateway, 1601 W. Mount Royal Ave. Performances are scheduled Thursday to Sunday, March 30 through April 9. All shows begin at 8 p.m.
Less than one-third of franchised businesses in the U.S. are owned by women, a statistic 7-Eleven, Inc. would like to see increase. In an effort to increase its own number of female franchisees, the world’s largest convenience retailer is kicking off a franchise give-away contest targeted exclusively to women entrepreneurs.
BALTIMORE, MD – More than 1,000 of America’s highest-ranking DanceSport athletes will compete for national championship titles in Baltimore, Mar. 31 through Apr. 2, 2017 at the 37th annual USA DANCE 2017 National DanceSport Championships, to be held at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel and organized by USA DANCE, Inc., the National Governing Body for DanceSport in the United States.
This ode to Odell’s will feature a light-based installation that through testimonies, digital projections, and free standing sculpture illuminates the rich and complex legacy of Odell's--a club that foregrounded disco and house music in Baltimore between 1976-1992. “You’ll know if you belong.”
This series of lunchtime musings in honor of Odell’s will feature poetry readings by Janae Kelly, musical performances by Elon, and a workshop by Luce Delrie on the history of images, image literacy and visual intelligence with a focus toward paparazzi culture and romantic breakups. Together, the three of them will present a series of art works, videos and music clips exploring these topics in an informal TMZ-like presentation that encourages audience engagement and conversation.
The Hot Club of Baltimore, featuring guitarist Michael Joseph Harris, is the premier gypsy jazz group of the region specializing in the vast repertoire of vintage jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt including early swing, musette waltzes, show tunes, be bop, and French standards from the 30's and 40's. The band includes Sami Arefin on rhythm guitar, Ed Hrybyk on bass and Matt Andrews on violin. They will be joined by the beautiful young chanteuse Alexis Tantau who will beguile you with her authentic treatment of songs from Edith Piaf to Ella Fitzgerald.
Come and celebrate with us - all those simple homegrown pleasures…..
… it’s a great day of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbeque eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE –TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. Some of the best barbeque vendors are on-site if you get hungry all while enjoying seminars in the tasting theater and LIVE music all day.
Building on the incredible success of its inaugural year, Baltimore hosts the second iteration of Light City, America’s first international large-scale light, music and innovation festival with 22 large-scale light art installations, 50 concerts and 150 performances. Central to Light City is the BGE Light Art Walk, a 1.5-mile trail along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor featuring illuminated sculptures, projections, interactive technologies, pop-up performances, musical entertainment, locally sourced food concepts and maker tents.