Art Maryland 2016
Biennial, juried multi-media exhibit featuring work selected from nearly 400 entries submitted by 135 artists working in a wide variety of styles and mediums.
Biennial, juried multi-media exhibit featuring work selected from nearly 400 entries submitted by 135 artists working in a wide variety of styles and mediums.
Come tour 203 N. Amity, the tiny house where Edgar Allan Poe launched his renowned career as the denizen of darkness. As well, enjoy the Baltimore Camera Club's special springtime 2016 exhibit:“ Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe," featuring diverse works inspired by Poe, his poetry, literature, and legacy. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy this diverse selection while visiting the Poe House & Museum, exploring this tiny home, and the exhibit in the room where we presume Poe once slept and dreamed.
Join the UMD trumpet studio, trumpet professor Chris Gekker and piano professor Rita Sloan for this casual concert that includes works by Mahler, de Falla, Cooman, John Williams and UMD alumnus Kevin McKee.
Program:
"With Malice Towards None" from the movie Lincoln - John Williams
Equinox Sonata - Carson Cooman
Durrenhorn Passage for trumpet ensemble - Kevin McKee
Songs of a Wayfarer - Gustav Mahler
Seven Popular Spanish Folksongs - Manuel de Falla
Make plans to join the National Aquarium for Half-Price Friday Nights, brought to you by M&T Bank. Spend Friday evening with 20,000-plus animal residents in award-winning exhibits, all for half the price of general admission. Tickets are available online or Friday evenings after 5 pm on-site. Visit aqua.org for more information.
In “Sinatra 101,” Baltimore native Angelo Divino follows up his successful 2015 “Let Me Be Frank” shows at Germano's in Little Italy! The year after Sinatra’s Centennial, this show reveals how a shy Italian ‘Wannabe’ Rocker grew up to be a Bona-fide Crooner, specializing in Sinatra’s brilliant material, life and career. Come celebrate Baltimore's Italian Heritage Month with us. Get your tickets now for this Friday-before-Halloween show, , and come dressed up in your favorite Sinatra-era Style! Hoboken, Hollywood, Vegas or New York, NY...it all works!
Support The Children’s Home – a 501 (c) 3 organization committed to fostering statewide crisis intervention services for youths ages 13 to 21 – at its signature fundraiser.
Join us for an exciting collection of short documentary films handpicked from the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival for Baltimore audiences. We’ll be featuring the film “Throw” that tells the story of Charm City native Coffin Nachtmahr who found purpose, acceptance, and community in the lifeline of yo-yoing. Meet Coffin, Festival Director David Holbrooke, and “Throw” directors Dave Larson and Darren Durlach. Co-hosted by the Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore School for the Arts. Supported by the Saul Zaentz Foundation.
Livewire 7 Festival
Malcolm Goldstein
Friday, October 28, 7:30 p.m.
Music Box, UMBC
When your life is burned to the ground and you are handed a sword, do you take it? Would you sail towards certain death to pursue what is right?
Tessa Souter & Alan Blackman
Anglo-Trinidadian Vocalist Tessa Souter and Pianist Alan Blackman
Denizens of Baltimore, don your finest masquerade attire and join the mischief makers and voyeurs! Gilded Lily Burlesque and Deanna Danger Productions return after their sold out show in 2015 to take you on an immersive journey into the fated life of Edgar Allan Poe!
Be among the observers in Prince Prospero's laboratory as he and his guests resurrect our melancholic Poe-t for a science-fiction spin on Poe’s literary work through burlesque, sideshow, and more!
Your strength could soon lighten the load for children in need. FX Studios is hosting a fitness event to benefit Baltimore Child Abuse Center (BCAC) at Under Armour Performance Center Powered by FX Fitness. Hero Fit will combine both fitness and fun. Throughout the day, Hero Fit attendees will be able to take classes ranging from yoga to spinning to boot camp. There's even a child-friendly agility class for kids! With a silent auction, door prizes, and a free Hero Fit shirt for the first 40 people to register, you won't want to miss this. Fun for the whole family!
Portland, Oregon boasts that it is “The City of the Three B’s”-Books, Bikes and Beer”. Come along on Baltimore Heritage’s version of the three B’s-“Baltimore, Bikes, and Beer”. Take a journey from the Barnitz Brewery (Baltimore’s first brewery in 1748) all the way to the Union Craft microbrewery in Hampden.
Make a difference in the lives of the 100,000 Marylanders living with Alzheimer’s disease! Over 1,000 Walkers are expected and volunteers are needed to serve in a variety of roles including greeters, cheer squad members, Kids’ Corner aids, photographers and food court servers.
Walker check-in starts at 9 a.m., when participants can pick up t-shirts, take team photos, decorate posters and honor those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by placing flowers in the Promise Garden.
Fall Harvest Fun Family Day: Celebrate autumn with pumpkin decorating and sack races. Bring your own kid-size clothes and make a scarecrow.
OSI's Solutions Summit is designed to create a a community-driven blueprint for the new mayor and city council to address some of Baltimore's most entrenched problems. There will be a series of free community forums leading up to the summit on December 10.
The third forum, focused on Jobs, will be on October 29, from 9am to 12:30pm at the War Memorial Building. Check-in begins at 8:30am.
In today's saturated entertainment landscape, independent filmmakers need to be more creative than ever if they want to make sure their work finds an audience.
CITYSCAPE 2016!
CONTEMPORARY PLEIN AIR VIEWS OF THE URBAN LANDSCAPE
THE PEALE MUSEUM, 225 N HOLIDAY ST, BALTIMORE MD
COLLECTORS OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 2016 / 5:30-8:30 / TICKETS $50
EXHIBITION DATES: October 22, 23, 29 & 30, 2016
Artists of the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association (MAPAPA) are taking to the streets to paint their cities and urban
landscape. In a year-long “paint-out,” the public will witness these outdoor artists setting up their easels in and near city
Crickets is a fun, play-based music and movement class for children ages 4 to 6. Trained teachers engage the body and the mind in joyful music-making through musical games and movement. Children are encouraged to explore the voice as their first true instrument. Class fee is $200 for the fall session. To register, visit http://ccmsings.org/musicprograms/?page=1.
Celebrate a very spooky Halloween with ghosts, goblins, magic and the BSO! Sparks will fly in Mussorgsky’s spellbinding Night on Bald Mountain and John Williams’ whimsical music from Harry Potter.
Inspiration Zone! Prior to each concert, join us in the lobby starting at 9:45 am for a range of exciting, interactive and educational musical adventures. Activities include instrument petting zoo, exciting arts and crafts, interactive workshops, performances by BSYO and OrchKids, face painting and more!