Public Art in Baltimore: Practice, Curation and Collaboration
UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) presents Teri Henderson, Arts and Culture Editor at Baltimore Beat, who will discuss public art in Baltimore.
UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) presents Teri Henderson, Arts and Culture Editor at Baltimore Beat, who will discuss public art in Baltimore.
HUBBA HUBBA
A New Show About Romantic Love
By Alex and Olmsted
Through April 2
Created and performed by Alex and Olmsted, HUBBA HUBBA is a collection of vignettes using puppetry and movement to explore different aspects of romantic love.
From the dawn of life to modern romance and beyond, HUBBA HUBBA is a comedy that incorporates handmade mechanical objects, puppets, trick costumes, and masks to investigate the many different qualities of love’s triumphs and love’s obstacles.
You've heard of Wheel of Fortune, The Price Is Right and Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. All beloved game shows based on one principal: having a lot of money and stuff is great and makes your life better. But none of these televised cash grabs really get at the heart of what makes our society tick.
UMBC's Department of Music presents cellist Christian Hartman, whose program “for solo cello” explores avant-garde works for unaccompanied cello from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Hartman’s program will feature, among other works, the hypnotic percussive tapping of Arturo Fuentes’s Mood, the ethereal harmonics of Johannes Schöllhorn’s grisaille, and the otherworldly sound palette of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Capriccio per Siegfried Palm.
Are you looking for your next employment opportunity? Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) is hosting Ready, Set, Hire our annual employment fair. Get hired on the spot at one of our city-wide hiring events. BCRP is recruiting for part-time and temporary positions.
To get started, apply online for the position you want and stop by our event. It's that easy!
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Discover a lifelong hobby -- knitting!
Learn how to knit with Jayne! Total of two sessions.
We begin this technique course with the basics, such as how to hold the knitting needles and yarn, and progress you through all the basic stitches. This class is taught in the English-style of knitting (controlling the yarn with your right hand). Step-by-step, you will learn the skills needed to confidently knit any beginner-level pattern. You will be provided with some beginner patterns which you will be able to knit after the last session.
Spend Spring Break with the whole family at Port Discovery! Join in spring-themed performances, art projects, stories and hands-on experiences that’ll be sure to bring some cheer and milestone moments this spring season. Watch the hilarious Happenstance Theatre’s Pinot & Augustine clown duo. Learn about wildlife relationships with water and how to help them out. Don’t forget to stop by during Eggsploration Weekend from April 7th-10th for some hands-on activities! Make sure to bring your own egg basket/carton on April 10th at 10am for our egg hunt.
Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum for a double film feature examining the origins of Afrofuturism and discovering what it takes to keep Black love in the future. A post discussion with filmmakers Alexis Aggrey, Jamal Gray and Denai “B Fly” Nixon will follow.
Join us down at The Peale, Baltimore's Community Museum, for the opening of "Solace," which is centered around facilitating conversations about how black womxn care for themselves and the complexities of that process. This project is dedicated to fostering discussions on mental health and wellness by prioritizing trust, reciprocity, and support. It relies on cultivating partnerships and nurturing relationships with artist and audiences to thrive.
Join us for the opening reception of a powerful new exhibition at The Peale.
Working under the name the Women’s Coalition for Change, in April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus and attracted national news coverage and passionate dialogue.
Working under the name the Women’s Coalition for Change, in April 1993, nine women enrolled in an art history course at the University of Maryland, College Park undertook an art action that jolted the campus and attracted passionate dialogue and national news coverage in outlets including The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, USA Today, and Playboy.
The UMBC Department of Music teams up with the Baltimore School for the Arts, OrchKids, and Booker T. Washington Middle School for the inaugural UMBC Create Music Festival — an event that reimagines music education festivals for equity and 21st century (music) learning. Before the event, each program will collaboratively create an original composition.
Rise with a Purpose is a 501c3 non-profit providing assistance to the homeless, social reform, community-based music projects & cultural exchange programs. Songwriter, Poet, Actor & BSO Artistic Partner, Wordsmith, will be opening up a new music school and moving his non profit into the historic Harlem Theater off North Gilmore Street between 2023-2024.
America’s largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner theatre show is now playing! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!
Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional murder mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.
Known for her interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music, British-Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt was appointed to the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II and was the first woman in history to receive Leipzig Bach Medal. She will perform Bach’s English Suite as well as works by Domenico Scarlatti and Johannes Brahms. The concert is part of the Candlelight Concert Society’s 50th-anniversary season.
Dust off your dancing shoes! We're returning to Mobtown Ballroom for a hilariously fun evening of square dancing, live music and plentiful silliness. No experience or partner is needed. There will be live Old Time Stringband music and dance caller to lead you through the moves. The bar at the ballroom will be open. Spread the word and tell your friends. How could you possibly miss out on having that much fun?! The Baltimore Square Dance was named “Best of Baltimore: Party You Didn’t Know You Were Missing” by the Baltimore Magazine!
In February 1904, Baltimore’s chief firefighter cabled Washington DC: “Desperate fire here. Must have help at once!” A tremendous fire was sweeping through downtown and showed little signs of stopping. Not until 5:00 p.m. the next day was the fire brought under control. Overall, it destroyed 1500 buildings, left 35,000 people unemployed, and damaged $150 million of property. Resilient Baltimore rebounded quickly, erecting new buildings, widening streets, and improving fire safety designs.
Pianist Harry Appelman and his jazz trio, featuring drummer Eric Kennedy and bassist Jeff Reed, will perform original compositions and their takes on jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook.
Celebrate Bach in Baltimore’s 35th Anniversary! Join Maestro T. Herbert Dimmock, the Bach in Baltimore Choir and Orchestra, and soprano, alto, tenor, and bass soloists for Bach’s towering masterpiece: St. John Passion. In Bach’s setting of the Passion according to St. John, we find all the musical forms of the high Baroque being utilized—full of pageantry, drama, color, and wonder.
The Gibbs Street Duo, featuring cellist Hilary Glen and pianist Sun Min Kim, was formed in June 2020 with the intent to seek out, explore, and introduce music of historically marginalized composers to the musical canon. During the height of the pandemic, the duo focused their energy on presenting their ideas about their recording project at national conferences and various institutions of higher education around North America.