Dancing at Lughnasa
Irish master storyteller Brian Friel casts a nostalgic and transportive Tony Award-winning tale of five unmarried sisters and a household framed by their strength and persistence, where “anything goes”—until it doesn’t.
Irish master storyteller Brian Friel casts a nostalgic and transportive Tony Award-winning tale of five unmarried sisters and a household framed by their strength and persistence, where “anything goes”—until it doesn’t.
Looking for fun, educational programs for your toddler? Join Port Discovery for Todder Time on Wednesdays, when drop-in programming is designed especially for children ages birth to six! Join in interactive story times, explore rhythm and music together during our fun and interactive Toddler Music Jam and introduce children to early literacy skills through Mother Goose on the Loose®. Strengthen children's balance skills during Jousting, where children ride Hippity Hop horses, use Port Discovery’s special lances to join in a joust and find out that being active is a lot of fun.
Chris Hedges talks about his book, America: The Farewell Tour. Wednesday, September 15, 2018, Central Library, African American Department, 400 Cathedral Street, 6:30 p.m.
While there have been many public Frederick Douglasses – the
abolitionist, the statesman, the orator, the editor, the politician
– it is now time to trace the many private lives of Douglass as a
family man. Sharing untold stories, this talk traces the activism,
artistry and authorship of Frederick Douglass not in isolation but
alongside the sufferings and struggles for survival of his daughters
and sons. Working with unpublished writings, letters and
speeches and photographs, we learn that the fight for freedom
Screen your new work or work in progress (max length 15 min) at this monthly feedback session from your Baltimore filmmaking peers in the Creative Alliance Lounge! Send your short films via email by the Friday before to Creative Alliance Film Curator, Samantha Mitchell ([email protected]) to be added to the line up.
The first session will be hosted by actress Leesa Ashley!
Thanks to our generous sponsors Baltimore Filmmakers Collective & Charm City Filmmakers for helping to make these sessions possible!
We offer FREE admission to the museum on the first Thursday of each month!
Every first Thursday of the month visit us for free and take a collections highlights tour. Tours take place at 11 a.m. Explore the galleries with a member of our staff, hear the stories behind the artifacts on display and learn about Maryland’s rich history.
This thriller by acclaimed writer-director Laurent Cantet follows Olivia, a successful Parisian novelist, who has been hired to spend the summer in La Ciotat, a beautiful but economically battered town on the Mediterranean, teaching a writing workshop for a diverse group of twenty-somethings. (2017, 113 minutes, not rated)
FRENCH FILM SERIES part of the FACE Tournées French Film Festival.
The Baltimore Taxidermy Open is one of the city’s most eccentric and fascinating annual events. Presented by the Walters Art Museum and Bazaar, a Hampden shop specializing in natural history items and morbid gifts, the event invites visitors to get up close and personal with inventive works of contemporary alternative taxidermy as well as examples of taxidermy from the Walters’ collection.
Ready for a unique and talented take on a wide range of musical traditions? Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, and Middle Eastern stylings into uncharted territories.
Claude’s inimitable style incorporates all five digits on each hand dancing independently but in unison, plucking, picking and strumming at such speed and precision that his fingers often seem to melt into a blur. Tonight’s performance will take us from the Balearic’s to the Balkans, and then across to the Mississippi Delta.
Presented by: Elisabeth Mallin, Decorative Arts Trust Associate Curator, Maryland Historical Society
The HUMP! Film Festival has been bringing audiences a new kind of porn since 2005. The festival features short dirty movies—each less than five minutes—all created by people who aren’t porn stars but want to be one for a weekend. The filmmakers and stars show us what they think is hot and sexy, creative and kinky, their ultimate turn-ons and their craziest fantasies. Our carefully curated program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishes—all united by a shared spirit of sex-positivity. HUMP!
ANGELA DELFINI EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU
A full-length one-woman show performed by Angela Delfini
Created by Angela Delfini & John Towsen
September 6 & 7
Direct from Italy, this is the American premiere prior to its engagement at the NY Clown-Theatre Festival and a cross-country fall tour. But Baltimore comes first because Dr. Delfini —personality pioneer and Mantua’s greatest export— recognizes your needs and has made them her top priority!
Street painting, music, theatre, magic, art market, Children’s Chalk Center, al fresco dining. Fifty-one artists from Italy, Mexico and all over the US will paint S.High Street classical and 3D contemporary works with chalk and chalk tempera. The Festival is visually exquisite and this year is enhanced by performances by over 100 musicians— Governor Hogan has named our Festival a headliner of Maryland’s Summer of Music! The theme is “respect” and our artists will give vision and voice to that theme with their diverse and insightful approaches. Join us!
Art lyes within each of us. Those who awaken it via memories, travel, love, tradegy these essential moments make life worth living. Support living artist. On this evening we will tell our stories, triumphs, concerns, and lend a voice to communities unheard. Let’s celebrate!! Free street parking and private parking as well. Featuring visual artist as followed Bryan Robinson, Akan Udoh, Jessy DeSantis, Monique Dove, Andre Hines Jr, Mikea Hugley and Ashley Huff Jr.
Join Port Discovery on Fridays in September for drop-in programs that teach through play! Explore movement and music together as you sing and dance along during our lively Toddler Music Jam. Introduce children to early literacy skills during Mother Goose on the Loose(R), take part in our signature Circle Time, and create simple art projects as a family!
Programs and exhibits at Port Discovery are made possible in part by the Citizens of Baltimore County and by the Howard County Arts Council through a grant from Howard County Government.
Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts (CA 2038)
September 7 – December 8, 2018 (closed Nov. 21-25)
Opening Reception/Meet the Artists: September 6, 7:30 – 9 p.m.
CIRCA Professional Development Intensive
Friday, September 7, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
102 Performing Arts and Humanities Building, UMBC
Fridays in September through September 14 | 1PM – Close
Join Port Discovery for an opportunity to play and save! Stop by to enjoy a discount on general admission starting at 1PM on Fridays through September 14th as part of the Inner Harbor Family Fun Friday series! Admission will be discounted to $13 per person from 1PM – Close. Participate in daily, educational drop-in programs, create take-home projects at our art and science stations, and explore three-floors of interactive exhibits!
Fridays in September through September 14 | 1PM – Close
Join Port Discovery for an opportunity to play and save! Stop by to enjoy a discount on general admission starting at 1PM on Fridays through September 14th as part of the Inner Harbor Family Fun Friday series! Admission will be discounted to $13 per person from 1PM – Close. Participate in daily, educational drop-in programs, create take-home projects at our art and science stations, and explore three-floors of interactive exhibits!