Stephen Spartana: HumanNature, Life in Layers
On View: JAN 4-19
Opening Reception: FRI JAN 4 | 6-8PM
On View: JAN 4-19
Opening Reception: FRI JAN 4 | 6-8PM
SMELL THE MIC
By Susan Mele and Margaret Valentine
Directed by Gene Fouche
Music by Daniel C. Meyer
January 4 & 5
Two lifetime rivals take it to the stage to belt it out, dance it out and duke it out. Witness Roxi Starr and Jazzy Moon deliver the performances of their lives.
The BSO celebrates the great Leon Fleisher’s birthday in an extraordinary concert. Highlighting the program is Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12, a specialty of Fleisher's. Led by conductor Peter Oundjian, Brahms’ Second Symphony, full of beautiful melodies and one of the most exuberantly joyful finales, concludes the program.
Additional performance on Sunday, January 6th at 3pm.
Watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Baltimore's beloved festival of scrolled panoramas known as crankies, returns for it's 6th year of fireside wonder. A full lineup of artists and musicians will be announced in the coming weeks.
For 2019, we have added a Sunday matinee giving you four chances to witness the magic of the Crankie Fest. All performances will feature the same lineup of artists and musicians.
FRI JAN 4 | 8PM
SAT JAN 5 | 4:30PM & 8PM
SUN JAN 6 | 4:30PM
Sophia has had it with the Christmas season: the chaos, the stress, the greed. But when she shows kindness to an old woman, she is whisked away to the Realm of Spirit, where she is given the true gifts of Christmas: Love, Peace, and Joy. Together they embark on an adventure to find her Christmas Spirit, but they are pursued by Malice, Chaos, and Sorrow, who will stop at nothing to make sure Sophia’s Christmas Spirit is lost forever.
The BSO celebrates the great Leon Fleisher’s birthday in an extraordinary concert. Highlighting the program is Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12, a specialty of Fleisher's. Led by conductor Peter Oundjian, Brahms’ Second Symphony, full of beautiful melodies and one of the most exuberantly joyful finales, concludes the program.
Rob Patterson, former Acting Principal Clarinet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, will join with a quartet of New Asia Chamber Music Society members to play Weber’s virtuosic Quintet in B-flat and Brahms’ soul-searching Quintet in B minor. Balancing these masterpieces are an adagio by 19th century clarinet virtuoso/composer Heinrich Baermann, and a clarinet quintet fragment by Mozart, the pioneer of chamber music for clarinet.
High schoolers admitted free. Younger kids are free with an adult.
After an EPIC show here this past year, Toureg god master, Mdou Moctar, returns to set the room ablaze.
Mdou Moctar stands apart from his peers. One of the few original singer/songwriters willing to experiment and push the boundaries of the genre, his unconventional styles have won him accolades both in Niger and abroad.
January 7, 2019 (Baltimore, MD) – Arts Every Day will be hosting its third annual 10x10 Exhibit featuring over a hundred student and teacher artworks from Baltimore City Public Schools that respond to a culturally relevant body of work or movement. The exhibition, curated by Alexis Dixon, a recent MICA Curatorial Practice Graduate, and Baltimore Ceasefire Youth Ambassadors Shayla Williams and Destini Philpot, will be on view at the Motor House from January 10 – February 28, 2019 with an opening reception held on January 17, 2019 from 5-7pm.
featuring Q&A with filmmaker John Whitehead
Messiaen's mind-blowing Turangalîla-symphonie takes listeners on a journey of extreme dynamic contrasts, from sensuous whispers to almost deafening force. Marin Alsop conducts more than 100 musicians in this rarely-heard masterwork, featuring the eerie keyboard instrument ondes Martenot with its otherworldly sci-fi sounds, as well as a dazzling performance by world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
HoCo Open is an annual non-juried exhibit showcasing Howard County artists. Artists (aged 18 years and older) who live, work, or study in Howard County were invited to bring one piece of ready-to-hang original artwork completed in the past two years to the drop-off on January 3 from 4:30–6:30pm for inclusion in the exhibit.
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12-4pm. Closed January 21 & February 18.
Fiber Redux pairs the work of two mixed-media artists. In her colorful sculptural work, Kelly Boehmer entangles symbols of fantasies with metaphors for anxieties while Meg Schaap’s artwork expresses a contemporary portrait of France’s iconic Queen Marie Antoinette.
A free exhibit reception will be held on January 18 (snow date: January 25) from 6-8pm.
An exploration of the life, lessons, and legacy of iconic children’s television host, Fred Rogers.
"Elvis" and Kittie Glitter take care of business as hosts of a hilarious underground fight club. In seven elaborately staged rounds, this action-packed, punch-drunk evening offers flim-flam fisticuffs, cartoon-like violence, below-the-belt comedy, and hot tah-tahs. Elvis-themed burlesque will help keep the audience all shook up between fights! Don't miss this sexy, subversive, satirical, and nonsensical tradition that celebrates The King's birthday month!
FRI JAN 11 at 7:30PM | SAT JAN 12 at 7PM & 9:30PM | $25, $22 MEMBERS (+$3 at the door)
THANK YOU, DAD
Three plays about the Reverend Jim Jones
By Aladrian C. Wetzel
Rapid Lemon Productions
January 11 – 20
Rapid Lemon Productions kicks off its 2019 season with the world premiere of Aladrian C. Wetzel’s THANK YOU, DAD… a collection of three short plays based on the life of the Reverend Jim Jones, founder of the deadly religious cult The Peoples Temple.
This amazing solo performance by RLP Artistic Director Lance Bankerd is directed by Mike Smith.
Experience one of the most innovative works of the 20th century. The title comes from two Sanskrit words: "turanga" means movement and rhythm, and "Lîla" refers to a cosmic game. Renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Marin Alsop in a discussion and performance of Messiaen’s great masterwork for over 100 musicians, featuring the eerie keyboard ondes Martenot with its otherworldly sci-fi sounds.
This 90-minute Off The Cuff concert provides more insight into a single work, followed by a question-and-answer session.
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!
· Design! Can a robot make real art? Find out when you design and build a mini-robot in the Prototype & Play area. Be an architect as you draft and draw plans for a new playground, building, and more with spirographs and lightboxes. Build and draw at building and art stations.
Baltimore Clayworks is excited to host Keystone Clay: East from January 12th to March 2nd, 2019. Please join us for an opening reception Saturday, January 12th from 6-8pm.
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 Betty Ladas. Her website is http://www.bettyladas.com/ .