MARCUS DAGAN: CELEBRATING A LIFE MAKING MUSIC
Baltimore’s beloved piano man celebrates his 70th and we’re all invited as he sings his favorites and ours, accompanying himself on the baby grand.
Baltimore’s beloved piano man celebrates his 70th and we’re all invited as he sings his favorites and ours, accompanying himself on the baby grand.
Georgia Hunter, talks about her book, We Were the Lucky Ones.
When Georgia Hunter was 15 years old, she discovered that her grandfather and his family were Holocaust survivors. Years later, she embarked on a journey of intensive research that resulted in the New York Times best seller We Were the Lucky Ones, a gripping epic of endurance against all odds. Hunter will present an illustrated backstory of her decade-long quest to unearth and record her family’s story, revealing the extraordinary discoveries she made along the way about her family, her own identity, and the resilience of the human spirit. Book signing to follow.
Jim Wilberger, a 1972 alumnus of McDaniel College, who has produced more than 80 movies, mini-series and television movies, speaks during SmartTALK, which brings notable alumni back to campus for an hour-long, on-stage conversation with McDaniel President Roger N. Casey on their subject of expertise.
The Conference for Community Arts Education brings together more than 700 leaders and educators from a range of backgrounds to share knowledge, build relationships, and advance a common vision: a nation where arts education is accessible and embraced as essential for human development and healthy communities. This year, the Conference will showcase visionary and creative change makers from across the country and throughout Baltimore. They are using the power of the arts to examine and challenge inequity, engender hope, and promote connected, creative communities.
The Sprout Film & Art Festival highlights the many talents of people with differing abilities, as well as other professional artists in our community. Enjoy an art gallery that includes work from professional and aspiring artists and view artistic and memorable films from the renowned NYC company, Sprout. Ticket includes light refreshments. A cash bar will be available.
Standing Up: A Time Machine Thru Baltimore’s ARTivist Movement
Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation and Sports Boosters of Maryland will host An Evening with the ‘83 Orioles, to commemorate and celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the 1983 World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles. The gala will take place on Wednesday, November 14 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Downtown Baltimore from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Fans are invited to join in the festivities with members of the 1983 team, including:
Over 100 Baltimore Area artists bring some of the regions newest art to the oldest museum building in America!
Opening WEDNESDAY, November 14th, 6pm - 9pm
FREE and open to the public!
On display through December 16, 2018
at the Peale
225 Holliday Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(map here)
Songwriters Hall of Famer Steve Dorff's career spans five decades with over 400 songs and numerous No. 1 hits recorded by legendary artists such as Barbra Streisand ("Higher Ground"), Celine Dion ("Miracle"), Anne Murray("I Just Fall in Love Again"), Kenny Rogers("Through the Years"), George Strait ("I Cross My Heart"), Eddie Rabbitt ("Every Which Way But Loose"), and countless others.
A reception in the gallery is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14 from 6 – 8 p.m. The reception celebrates the exhibition and the arrival of Beth Saunders, the new director and curator of UMBC’s Special Collections. She previously served as a curator at the the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Elizabeth Spires (born in 1952 in Lancaster, Ohio) is the author of seven poetry collections: Globe, Swan’s Island, Annonciade, Worldling, Now the Green Blade Rises, The Wave-Maker, and, newly published, A Memory of the Future. She has also written six books for children, including The Mouse of Amherst and I Heard God Talking to Me: William Edmondson and His Stone Carvings. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and other magazines and anthologies.
The Baltimore Korean Movie Series presents another modern classic of Korean cinema, I Saw The Devil, as the Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C. continues its regional outreach with a free series of milestone films at Parkway Theatre in Baltimore, in partnership with the Maryland Film Festival.
David Weinstein will discuss Eddie Cantor and the history of popular entertainment. Dr. Weinstein’s presentation highlights Cantor’s influence on American Jewish social and political history through his celebrity activism, including his courageous campaign against Nazism during the 1930s. The presentation also explores Cantor’s influence on popular entertainment over nearly forty years, from the late 1910s through the early 1950s. Dr. Weinstein’s multi-media presentation features many rare photos, songs, and film clips. Book signing to follow.
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet
Elena Urioste, violin
Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Michael Brown, piano
Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
This Tony Award-winning rock musical explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood in a powerful celebration of youth and love. The musical follows a turn of the century Romeo and Juliet, Melchior and Wendla, as well as their friends and their families, as they navigate, and are impacted by, teenage self-discovery, first love and coming-of-age anxiety. “Spring Awakening” has a book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik. Elizabeth van den Berg, chair of McDaniel’s theatre arts department, directs the production.
Sure, Hanukkah might be over by Dec 22nd, but it takes a good long while to burn off all those latkes and jelly doughnuts. Creative Alliance and Charm City Klezmer are here to put you through the aerobic paces with our annual Holiday Klezmer dance party. Learn and participate in traditional Yiddish dances while Baltimore’s best klezmer band keeps you moving!
The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is collaborating with Baltimore's ETC to celebrate Women's Entrepreneurship Day on Thursday, November 15, 2018 with two panel discussion about women and entrepreneurship.
The event is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 12-18, that highlights entrepreneurship worldwide and the global impact that women can have when they create, start and grow businesses.
The Howard County Conservancy is asking residents, students and businesses alike to “Take a Pass on Plastic” and rethink their use of single-use plastics such as straws, shopping bags, utensils and plastic water bottles. On Thursday, November 15, to coincide with National America Recycles Day, locals are invited to stop by from 9am- 3pm, visit the nature center and trails, and receive a FREE reusable shopping bag and spork. Visitors can also learn more about the campaign and ways to get started at home.
The Bethesda Film Fest is accepting submissions for the 7th annual festival in April 2019.
Short (5-30 minute), documentary films by filmmakers from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. will be considered. Films must have been completed within the last two years. All topics are eligible. A film by a young filmmaker, under age 18, may also be chosen. Submission deadline is Friday, January 11, 2019.