Writers LIVE: Kevin Shird
Writers LIVE: Keving Shird talks about his new book Uprising in the City: Made in America. Maryland State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, 415 Park Avenue, 6:30 p.m.
Writers LIVE: Keving Shird talks about his new book Uprising in the City: Made in America. Maryland State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, 415 Park Avenue, 6:30 p.m.
Lynette Andreasen | Wednesdays 6:30 - 10:00pm | September 14 - December 7
Learn to get shape and volume from your metal without the use of hammers. Through the use of the hydraulic press, students will be able to quickly and easily create three dimensional objects in metal. Techniques covered will include embossing dies, non-conforming dies, matrix dies, punches and various combinations of these. Use hydraulics instead of muscle power to create one of a kind pieces, multiples of the same unit, or variations of texture. No experience necessary.
AKIMBO Spree is the final celebratory event of AKIMBO Dance Festival at the Penthouse Gallery
(Copycat Building, 1511 Guilford Ave, Apt. B501) on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 8PM. Artists
present excerpts from the AKIMBO Artwalk and audiences go behind-the- scenes and meet the dancers.
Cover is $5.
AKIMBO is a project of Deep Vision Dance Company, Inc. and graciously funded by the Robert W.
Deutsch Foundation, William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards,
Choose a participating restaurant, dine there for breakfast, lunch or dinner on September 15 and you will be making a difference in someone’s life…literally! Join thousands of Marylanders as they participate in Dining Out For Life, taking place on Thursday, September 15, 2016 to benefit Moveable Feast, the area’s sole provider of meals for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Section A | Beth Pohlman | Thursdays 1 - 4:30pm | September 15 - December 8
Live music by Baltimore’s top bands and bocce ball on the lawn add up to a perfect family-friendly celebration 6 to 9 p.m., Third Thursdays (July 21, August 18 and September 15), at The Can Company this summer. Scrumptious food and beverages from The Can Company’s popular restaurants will be available for purchase outdoors. The event is free and open to the public.
Time is just about upon us for the EYE to be awakened. This is where the family comes together to share, support, and express ourselves on the open mic. First timers and veterans are both equally encouraged to come out and share their thoughts, feelings, ideals, and some even their soul. Our queens always bring the fyre. This experience will stay true to form.
Doors open at 6:30p; Show starts at 7:30p
Tickets: $5 before 8:00p, $10 after
Writers LIVE: Alejandro Danois talks about his new book The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love, Hope, and Basketball. Maryland State Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, 415 Park Avenue, 6:30 p.m.
Katja Toporski | Thursdays 6:30 - 10:00pm | September 15 - November 3
Section B | Beth Pohlman | Thursdays 6:30 -10pm | September 15 - December 8
MICA and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland present Immigration, Racism, and the Changing Face of the Nation, with Washington Post columnist and NPR commentator E.J. Dionne, Guggenheim fellowship winner and performance artist Tania Bruguera, and National Immigration Law Center Director Marielena Hincapie. The free symposium will be moderated by WYPR’s Maryland Morning host Tom Hall. A limited number of free tickets will be available to the general public starting at 3pm that day.
Artist Robin Meyer of Baltimore presents a visiting artist lecture. She is an associate professor of studio art at Montgomery College.
Back by popular demand, come see a selection of the best student films from Goucher, JHU, MICA, Morgan, Towson, Stevenson, University of Baltimore, and UMBC.
Proudly supported by the Maryland Film Office.
“There is a wealth of mostly unseen and untapped talent out there among Baltimore's undergraduate filmmakers. It's about time they shared it with each other and with the community, and the Creative Alliance's Student Film Festival is the one place where that's actually happening.” - Professor Linda De Libero, Johns Hopkins University
Daraja performs uniquely original works by American composers that reflect the spirit of our culture: individualistic expression, diversity and cultural assimilation.
Program:
Startin' Sumthin' - Jeff Scott
Quintet - Elliott Carter
Partita for Wind Quintet - Irving Fine
La Nouvelle Orléans - Lalo Schifrin
Free street festival!
On Friday, September 16th, in Baltimore and cities around the globe, architects, landscape designers, artists, and citizens will transform metered parking spaces into temporary public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called “Park(ing) Day.”
“FALL FRIDAYS ON CALVERT”
Free, After-Work Concert Series Launches in Downtown Baltimore This Fall
The Thanksgiving Play By Larissa FastHorse; Directed by Gavin Witt
Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound brings forth a funky, lyrically charged racket that is explosive yet intimate. Taking cues from the dance bands and streets of western Louisiana and New Orleans, Paul’s native Midwest roots, African and Caribbean music, and the soul, funk & blues of his youth, Paul Cebar is a masterful synthesist of rhythmic culture. The time Paul has spent in New Orleans, which he considers his second home, as a musicologist in Florida, and as a journeyman wanderer in Cuba, is reflected in his musical worldview.
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will open its 15th Anniversary season with William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Othello, September 16 – October 9, 2016. A riveting tragedy driven by the destructive forces of jealousy and prejudice, the play explores the relationships of the brave general of Venice’s army, who is a Moor; his lovely wife, who is a Venetian noblewoman; and his ensign, one of the greatest villains in Western literature.
Cohesion Theatre Company, Spotlighters Theatre, and Baltimore Improv Group are proud to announce The Political Cabaret, four nights of improv, sketch comedy, and musical satire as we wrap up this insanity filled election season. Grab a drink and join us in the theatre for hilarity-filled send ups of every issue, person, and lizard in a human suit that has plagued us and made our blood pressure climb for the past year. Starring and created by the talented actors, performers, writers, and musicians from Cohesion Theatre Company and Baltimore Improv Group.