In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a well-known gay bar in New York’s Greenwich Village. In response, the city’s LGBT community rose up in protest in what became a critical turning point in the nation’s struggle for LGBT rights.

Currently a local presence in the New Orleans music scene, GeovaneSantos, a native Brazilian from the city of Belo Horizonte, is a guitarist, composer, arranger, vocalist, educator, and awardee of the 2017 Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Composer Award through ASCAP in association with the University of New Orleans (UNO).

Perhaps William Shakespeare’s best-known play, Romeo and Juliet is THE classic of youth on the cusp of adulthood, and star-crossed love torn apart by passion and vengeance. Like life, it’s a play that’s half comedy and half tragedy; Romeo and Juliet will make you laugh out loud before it breaks your heart.

Closing out a month of jazz, Baltimore-born, award-winning saxophonist, Birckhead steps away from the Lauryn Hill touring band to present his own group.

“ONE OF THE MOST RIVETING YOUNG IMPROVISORS IN NEW YORK” -NY TIMES

CLAWS UP, WALLS DOWN

Charm City Kitty Club

June 28 & 29

The Charm City Kitty Club, Baltimore’s premiere queer cabaret, presents: Claws Up, Walls Down. The intrepid CCKC reporters are broadcasting live as they explore a variety of wall-related themes, including the racial and economic walls between us in Baltimore, Stonewall, the Berlin Wall, the border wall, and more.

Featuring special performances by:

Sarah Jennings with comedic puppetry

Unique Robinson with drag performance poetry

Sprout Films returns to the Columbia Festival of the Arts for an evening of poignant, beautiful, humorous and thought provoking short films featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Sprout Flim Festival showcases films related to the field of developmental disabilities, fulfilling its mission to make the invisible visible.Ten (10) films will be featured. Post-screening Q&A with Sprout Founder and Executive Director, Anthony Di Salvo.

Mark Kraemer is an extraordinary musician, saxophonist, composer and recording artist, specializing in bebop, R&B and gospel styles. Mark’s sound and approach exemplifies his musical influences and life experiences. He plays alto, soprano and tenor saxophones, piano and wind controller. Mark comes from a family of accomplished musicians. His aunt taught him to play piano at age 6. His father taught him clarinet at age 7 and at 8 years of age he performed his first jazz piece with an upright bassist, piano and drummer. He attended Peabody Institute where he studied clarinet.

Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is “one of the best in the world…” (Pitchfork). The MacArthur award-winner and Harvard University professor sees jazz as “creating beautify and changing the world” (NPR).

Soulful Symphony takes the stage June 29 with #soulfulsetlist. Continuing its mission of exploring the rich diversity of American Roots Music, Soulful Symphony captures the magic and wonder of one of the most iconic stages in the country with a mash-up of American anthems covering every conceivable style and genre – original orchestral arrangements, magnificent vocal performances and spectacular dancing. It’s the ultimate Remix. This is what makes Soulful Symphony unlike any orchestral ensemble in the world.

#SOULFULSETLIST

Merriweather Post Pavilion

JUNE 29, 2019

7:30 P.M.

Appearing for the first time at Germano’s, guitarist/composer Michael DeLalla has spent over 30 years serving up a delicious brew of his solo guitar compositions and arrangements drawn on musical traditions gathered worldwide, steeped with his classical training and seasoned with his jazz, and folk influences.

Lola Hahn discovered the story of her family’s Holocaust experience only after reading Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally. The book was filled with familiar names and, in part, told the story of her own mother and aunts. Join us for this very special lecture in which Lola will share the experiences of her family, including the phenomenal impact of Oskar Schindler.

Following the presentation, we will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Schindler’s List with a screening of the movie in full, starting at 2:45 pm.

This year’s Columbia Festival of the Arts will end in a joint celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Columbia Film Society and the 45th anniversary of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo). Join in saluting the founding of these community arts organizations with an afternoon that celebrates the education of girls, the beauty of story, and the power of collective action.

Join in saluting the founding of the Columbia Film Society and HoCoPoLitSo with an afternoon that celebrates the education of girls, the beauty of story, and the power of collective action. This joint anniversary event features a talk by one of the writers of Girl Rising and a showing of the documentary film that inspired global awareness about the importance of education for girls. Novelist Aminatta Forna wrote the portion of the film about a girl from her home country, Sierra Leone, and her dreams of education and independence.