El Sueño Americano / The American Dream
El Sueño Americano / The American Dream
February 4 – May 23
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
El Sueño Americano / The American Dream
February 4 – May 23
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Christine H. Fox, assistant director for policy and analysis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in Laurel, Maryland, will present a community talk on Tuesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at Howard Community College. Free and open to the public, her talk, “More to Math: From Education to Real-World Application,” will take place in the college’s Smith Theatre, located in the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD.
Every Tuesday night, check out BIG house performers as they rock the classic long-form improv format known as The Harold. Three of BIG's six Harold Night teams will take the stage every week to blow. your. ever-loving. minds.
This exhibition is on view through March 2020. The MdHS museum is open Wednesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, and on Sundays, 12 pm-5 pm.
The exhibition features one-of-a-kind appliqué quilts created by Baltimore-native Mimi Dietrich. Ms. Dietrich is one of Maryland’s and the nation’s most accomplished quilters. In 2015 she was inducted into The Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana. “Hometown Girl” tells Ms. Dietrich’s story as a life-long Marylander and Baltimore native, and draws inspiration from the many students she has taught over her 35-year career.
Award-winning artist and Baltimore resident Patrick O’Brien will discuss his striking paintings that depict the classic age of sail. He will show many of his paintings, and discuss his extensive nautical and historical research that ensures his paintings are definitively accurate renditions of battles at sea, historic waterfronts, and other aspects of maritime history. Light refreshments follow the lecture. The cost is $10 for MdHS members and $15 for non-members. Doors open at 5:30 pm. The lecture begins at 6 pm. Mr. O’Brien has been an artist and illustrator since the 1980s.
Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative has set a goal of a swimmable and fishable Inner Harbor. What could this look like? The 41st annual AIA Baltimore and BAF Spring Lecture Series invites local practitioners and globally recognized designers and scholars to address “the edge”—where the land meets the water—from a variety of perspectives: health and ecology, resiliency in the face of climate change, and social equity.
Utilizing mindfulness practices to enter fully into the present moment, we’ll engage with art as a way to respond to experiences of nature, music, poetry, imagery and memory. For curious people with or without experience in art and mindfulness. Activities include observing, listening, reflecting, expressing, drawing, painting, and more. Leave with a deeper connection and appreciation of beauty in the world.
Are you interested in hearing where the candidates stand on issues that affect your quality of life?
Please join the OPAC for a moderated candidate’s forum.
(Ontario-Otsego Positive Action Committee)
Questions for the candidates may be submitted prior to the event by email [email protected] or questions are welcome to be submitted at the event.
Information: 410-939-0961
PINK MILK
By Ariel Zetina
April 24 – May 19, 2019
Thursdays – Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
Pay-What-You-Can Previews: April 24 & 25
Industry & Community Premiere: April 26
Gala & Opening: April 27
*No performance on April 28.
The daylong festival, held on the campus of Howard Community College in RCF 400, includes workshops, on-campus patrols by the Poetry Police in recognition of National Poem in Your Pocket Day, and poetry readings. Workshops are free and open to the public with RSVP to [email protected]. Workshops begin with Steven Leyva at 9:30 a.m. presenting “The Poetics of Anime.” Beth Ann Fennelly and Teri Cross-Davis will present a dynamic mix of readings and interactive poetry exercises from 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, Make Studio is pleased to present the Accept No Substitutes: Real Art & Real Voices of ASD Artists. The exhibition will be on view during Make Studio’s usual weekday hours or by appointment throughout the month of April in our Showroom Gallery in the Schwing Art Center, 3326 Keswick Rd., Baltimore.
The Peabody LAUNCHPad series presents It's About Time, a concert featuring:
Gene Koshinski - multi-faceted percussionist, composer, and educator, and Peabody LAUNCHPad guest artist
Zane Forshee - guitarist, Guitar Faculty member, and Director of Peabody LAUNCHPad
Shodekeh - Hip Hop Ambassador and fearless local Beatboxer with a mighty mouth and a penchant for collaboration
Program:
Eclectic Counterpoint, by Steve Reich
Swerve, by Gene Koshinski
Round Midnight, by Thelonius Monk
Killjoy, by Gene Koshinski
Considered by many to be the greatest play ever written, Hamlet is everything Shakespeare wrote distilled to a single play. Funny, thrilling, and heartbreaking, Hamlet is a tour de force. It has represented many things to many people, and stands as shorthand for “Theatre.” Strip away the pretense, though, and what’s left is still a masterpiece. We present it in original pronunciation, as audiences first heard it.
Join the Columbia Jazz Band as we take you through the music of one of the most influential jazz artists and ensembles in the history of Big Band Jazz: Buddy Rich. Tickets are $20 for Cabaret Seating and $10 for Theater Seating. A cash bar and snacks will be available for purchase. Tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=96458
Interview show BIG Time invites the influential people behind the businesses, charities, and city you love. Their stories inspire comedy!
How do you know when you've truly succeeded? The answer is when the Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) invites you to have your life memorialized in a series of made up, totally unprepared comedy scenes celebrating you! Come join a hand picked cast of BIG's best improvisers as they comedically revere some of Baltimore's most important movers and shakers.
Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) offers FREE COMEDY SHOWS every night of the week!
MAROONED!
Alex & Olmsted
April 26 – May 5
Alex & Olmsted (creators of the Jim Henson Foundation Grant awarded Milo the Magnificent) return to Baltimore Theatre Project with the world premiere of Marooned! a new show that takes place at the outer reaches of space. An astronaut crashes on an uncharted planet and has to face strange creatures, anomalous atmosphere, and isolation with only her Autonomous Task Assistant (ATA) to help her survive.
All ages.
Travel in luxury to the St. Michaels Wine Festival. Take a cruise on a Watermark Yacht from Annapolis to St. Michaels.
Y:ART Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Joan Scheibel, Gina Falcone Skelton and Farida Hughes. The installation highlights a distinctive body of work from each artist that speaks to the layered complexity of the human experience.
Monthly "open mike" Folk Music Night is held Saturdays from 7:00-10:00 pm. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Further info: 410-529-7176. The featured performer this month is Michael Warner. His website is http://michaelwarnermusic.weebly.com/ .
Casually Dope invites you to start your Saturday night with us. Turning the stories of our community into comedy, each show we'll invite a guest or just chop it up with audience and use those discussions to create a show like none other. You might learn something, you might not, but you'll definitely leave full of laughter.