Bard to the Bone: Cymbeline
Wine, beer, snacks, and Shakespeare! Each month, BSF hosts a meeting of our Shakespeare Appreciation Society. This month's topic: Cymbeline.
Wine, beer, snacks, and Shakespeare! Each month, BSF hosts a meeting of our Shakespeare Appreciation Society. This month's topic: Cymbeline.
We welcome you to join us for a moving, cross-cultural experience of shared stories inspired by Anne Frank’s “The Diary of a Young Girl” on Sunday, January 27th!
“Remembrances” will feature readings presented by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, with members of B’nai Israel: The Downtown Synagogue and representatives of Baltimore Refugee communities.
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company and B’nai Israel Congregation presents “Remembrances”
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is bringing artists, designers, scholars, curators and educators to campus as apart of its spring 2019 Mixed Media Speaker Series. The first artist is Martha Rosler, who works in video, photography, text, installation and performance. She will participate in a public lecture.
We’re cooking with whiskey! Join the Sagamore Spirit team and Eleven Courses for a one-of-a-kind cooking class at the distillery. You’ll prepare an appetizer, entrée, and dessert using different Sagamore Spirit rye whiskies to enhance the flavors of each dish. Enjoy a guided whiskey discussion by a member of our distilling team, as well!
This event includes a welcome cocktail, short distillery tour, and a two-hour cooking class with whiskey pairings.
Explore Hubble’s findings from the nearby planets to distant stars, black holes, and galaxies. Learn what the future holds for Hubble and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. Lecturer Jim O’Leary has been presenting astronomy topics to the curious for many years. He is the recipient of NASA’s “Excellence in Outreach Award.” For twelve years, his “Skywatch” program on WYPR presented the latest space and astronomy news. FREE admission!
Former public defender James Forman, Jr. is a leading critic of mass incarceration and its disproportionate impact on people of color. Since 2011, Forman has taught constitutional law and a course called “Race, Class, and Punishment” at Yale Law School. A graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School, he worked as a law clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. His book, Locking Up Our Own, was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. Admissions: $60.00 per person; Table of 10 $550. VIP $100 per person.
Constellation's proudest service may have occurred during the three years immediately before the Civil War when, as flagship of the navy's African Squadron, she led this nation's fight against the trans-Atlantic trafficking of slaves. Today, little is said or written about those times, and even less is known, but they and this ship were important parts of the struggle against slavery that would eventually overwhelm the nation and, ultimately, free a people.
Truth and Reconciliation in Baltimore.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019. 6:30pm
The Barber Room, Charles Commons (enter on 33rd St)
Screen your new work or work in progress (max length 15 min) at this monthly feedback session from your Baltimore filmmaking peers in the Creative Alliance Lounge! Send your short films via email by the Friday before to Creative Alliance Film Curator, Samantha Mitchell ([email protected]) to be added to the lineup.
Thanks to our generous sponsors Baltimore Filmmakers Collective & Charm City Filmmakers for helping to make these sessions possible!
Visitors can enjoy free admission to the entire museum as part of our Free First Thursdays. The following tours will take place this day (groups of 10 or more people must book the tours ahead of time):
Ross J. Kelbaugh has been an avid collector of 19th and early 20th century photography for over 45 years. Part of his collecting has focused on African American photographs, which has enabled him to amass one of the most important collections, including a number of national treasures. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture will feature his collection in a major exhibition this fall. This lecture will introduce some of his discoveries and the stories behind these national treasures.
Admission is free for members and children under two. Visitors enter for $5 per person. Located in the Atrium at Port Discovery (directly next door to the Museum’s main entrance). Hours announced on a monthly basis.
Design and make a mini-robot, build with giant life-sized building blocks, launch rockets towards the moon, create your own theatrical play and more in The Construction Zone in the Atrium at Port Discovery sponsored by M&T Bank!
In January, 2018, the Peale received a mysterious package which included detailed plans on how to build a 200-year time machine.
The decision was made to follow the plans and build the time machine in secret. After nine-months of construction at a remote location, the time machine has been thoroughly tested and proven safe, and we are thrilled to now offer Time Travel Tours to the general public, as well as researchers, educators and historians.
Children’s Book Reading with Cellist Amit Peled
From the basketball courts of rural Israel to the grand symphony halls of the world playing one of the most famous string instruments of all time, cellist Amit Peled will read about his story with the cello and legacy of the great Pablo Casals and how dreams can come true!
Admission is free for members and children under two. Visitors enter for $5 per person. Located in the Atrium at Port Discovery (directly next door to the Museum’s main entrance). Hours announced on a monthly basis.
Design and make a mini-robot, build with giant life-sized building blocks, launch rockets towards the moon, create your own theatrical play and more in The Construction Zone in the Atrium at Port Discovery sponsored by M&T Bank!
Create original jewelry or a hanging ornament for your home or garden. You might assemble 5 pairs of earrings or start on a wire sculpture. Students are introduced to design elements, methods of capture and assemblage with wire, fiber, recycled and found materials as well as basic jewelry finishing techniques. Feel free to bring your box of unused and random treasures. Leave with the skills to continue working independently.The nature of Funky Junque encourages total freedom and personal vision. Each class is inspired by our connections to the energies of the universe.
Maryland Center for the Arts & Music Land present BSO Concertmaster, violinist Jonathan Carney, who will coach up to 4 students on the violin on a solo piece of their choice. All experience levels are welcome, elementary through high school. Students should bring their own instrument and their music. After the master class, Mr. Carney will perform a brief, 30-minute concert. Teachers, parents, friends, and family are welcome to observe the master class and concert.
All Are Welcome!
Bring Your Saxophone
Master Class
Clinic on Saxophone Playing:
–Tips for Better Results: Embouchure, Vibrato, Tone Production and More
–Reeds and How to Make Them Work Better
–Reed Technology and Alternatives to Cane Reeds
–Care and Maintenance of Your Instrument
–Individual Advise from Members of the Quartet
–Question and Answer Period
Performance
-for all Middle School, High School and College Players
–Music will be provided
Admission is free for members and children under two. Visitors enter for $5 per person. Located in the Atrium at Port Discovery (directly next door to the Museum’s main entrance). Hours announced on a monthly basis.
Design and make a mini-robot, build with giant life-sized building blocks, launch rockets towards the moon, create your own theatrical play and more in The Construction Zone in the Atrium at Port Discovery sponsored by M&T Bank!