Join artists Danielle Durchslag and Ryan Frank, creators of A Wandering Sukkah, a colorful, skyscraper-inspired sukkah, as they share their experience bringing their project all across New York City in 2015. Why did this pair of artists (one Jewish, one not) create this project? How did NYC react to their journey? Find out as they share their stories, photos, and video from their Wandering Sukkah.

Never taken an improv class before? Well now is your chance to try it out with experienced BIG instructors!

This introductory workshop is designed to give potential students an opportunity to experience what a class is like before committing to a full course.

Through simple, fun and supportive games, participants will explore basic concepts like playfulness, listening and agreement – all in a safe and comfortable group setting geared specifically toward those who are new to improv.

Traveling from their home in Southern California, Jack & the Vox return to Baltimore for one night, on their way to the CT Ukulele Festival and then Europe! The husband-wife-duo, met at the Berklee College of Music in 1998 (where they both studied Songwriting), but only recently married in 2016. Victoria Vox, who was a Baltimore resident for 11 years, is an award-winning songwriter known for toting her ukulele around the world at festivals, clubs, and performing house concerts. Jack has childhood roots to St. Louis, but grew up in California since a young teen.

This new documentary film tells the story of jazz in Baltimore – not only its remarkable past in the history of the Royal Theatre and Pennsylvania Ave., with local musicians like Eubie Blake, Chick Webb, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday, but its continuing vitality in a much-challenged city through musicians like Gay Bartz, Cyrus Chestnut, and Warren Wolf Jr., a vitality kept vibrant by musicians and educators like John Lamkin, Charles Funn and Whit Williams.

Mindful Art: An Introduction with Robin Williams

Wednesday, Sept. 25, 6:30-8:30pm

$25, $5 materials fee

In this 2 hour class you will learn about and experiment with a variety of art tools and materials, work with the basic elements of art, and engage in simple mindfulness practices to encourage your creativity to emerge. This class is recommended but not required for the Mindful Art series in October.

www.innerharborwellness.com 443-801-0841

Mariah Bonner is a Baltimore born actress, singer and producer. She was classically trained at The Guildhall School of Music& Drama in London, and has appeared in films, television and theater productions in Los Angeles, London, Paris and New York. She is best known for her leading roles in John Hyams’ UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING and STARVE, directed by Griff Furst.

Television credits include CSI, Rules of Engagement, Switched at Birth and Scorpion.

“…took me where I had not been in dance theater.”
— Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times

UMBC presents MADBOOTS DANCE. Led by Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz, the queer, all-male company is known for its fearless athleticism and unashamed intimacy. Tackling topics related to male identity, the company was named “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine who noted that Diaz and Campbell, “are making a unique mark on concert dance with highly original movement that pushes skill and stamina to the limit.”

The Jenny Wilson Trio will perform classic jazz with a modern twist at Germano's Piattini in Baltimore's historic Little Italy. The trio is a unique ensemble in that they are a family. Mother Jenny is the centerpiece of the group with her husband, bassist Nathan Wilson and her son, drummer Evan Lintz accompanying her jazz piano inventions and her warm and vocals. Her singing is often compared to that of Diana Krall who she counts as an important influence on her vocal style.

O.J. and Chanda Brigance, the Board of Directors and Host Committee invite you to join us as we celebrate life at the 5th annual Soiree with O.J.!

The Soiree with O.J. will support the organization’s impactful mission to equip, encourage and empower families living with ALS. Join us as we celebrate our Founder’s birthday and support the Brigance family’s vision for their legacy: to provide direct resources and financial assistance to families battling ALS.

This can't-miss event will feature:

The power of fate and destiny loom over the season-opening concert, beginning dramatically with the overture to Verdi’s La forza del destino, an opera about ill-fated lovers who seek atonement in a monastery for their forbidden affair. At the centerpiece is the kinetic Voodoo Violin Concerto by cross-over violinist/composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, making his BSO debut with his unique blend of violin and urban sounds. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony ends the concert with an explosion of joyful abandon.

Marin Alsop, conductor
Daniel Bernard Roumain, violin