Into the Arms of Strangers (Holocaust Remembrance)
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Germany in the late 1930s.
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Germany in the late 1930s.
It all started with one song. Now, Musicians On Call is celebrating TWENTY YEARS of delivering the healing power of music right to patients’ bedsides. Join us in celebrating with four talented Baltimore singer-songwriters, Steve Boucher, John Suskey, Ken Gutberlet and Ryan Cobb, in a free Volunteer Spotlight Concert in our Bar.
Sylvia Adalman Chamber Series
Featuring singers of the Futral vocal studio: Katherine Christenbury, Claire Cooper, Madilyn Crossland, Kasey Cwynar-Foye, Abigail Hart, Ashley Higgenbotham, Emma Hils, Katherine Holobinko, Samantha Hornback, Alicia Hurtado, Bailey Jo Hutton, Chuyan Luo, Alexis Modica, Emma Rocheleau, Eureem Shin, Sarah Spivack, José Vargas, Melanie Walker, Alexandria Zallo
Works by Tan Dun, Ricky Ian Gordon, Philip Lasser, Theo Morrison, Stephen Paulus, Tobias Picker, and André Previn.
Join Jason Love and the Columbia Orchestra at The Gathering Place for an open rehearsal. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes peek at the creative, collaborative process of putting a concert together. Imagine the new insight into the music you'll have after seeing the process of putting it together!
This annual concert features The Madrigal Singers, McDaniel’s premier a cappella vocal ensemble, under the direction of Margaret Boudreaux, director of choral activities at McDaniel. The Madrigal Singers perform unaccompanied vocal music, primarily Renaissance pieces, but also world music and vocal jazz. Audience participation is encouraged on several pieces.
Lia Purpura talks about her book, All the Fierce Tethers.
An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence. Lively and poignant—and punctuated with the irresistible sound of Motown—Queens Girl in the World tags along for a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, at the onset of Civil Rights-era social change.
**NOTE: Run dates now May 7 - Jun 23.** Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence.
Honest, funny, and dancing with heart, Queens Girl in the World chronicles the misadventures of bright-eyed, brown-skinned Jacqueline Marie Butler, whose sudden transfer from a protective, middle class late-1950s upbringing in Queens to a progressive, predominantly-Jewish private school in Greenwich Village, adds comical confusion to her already quizzical, fish-out-of-water adolescence. Lively and poignant—and punctuated with the irresistible sound of Motown—Queens Girl in the World tags along for a young woman’s journey of self-discovery, at the onset of Civil Rights-era social change.
The UMBC Wind Ensemble, directed by Brian Kaufman, has celebrated performances with internationally celebrated guest artists including Glee pianist and music director Brad Ellis, Emmy-nominated composer and genre-bending violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, The American Brass Quintet, Canadian Brass veteran Joe Burgstaller, international tuba artist Øystein Baadsvik, Cleveland Orchestra trombonist Shachar Israel, Marine Band co-principal oboe Trevor Mowry, former Marine Band clarinetist Randall Riffle, and UMBC Professor of Violin Airi Yoshioka.
In this talk, Dan Bailey considers human scale, perception, and natural landscape, which are central to his current work on long-duration photography of landscapes and a reconstruction of Baltimore’s geographic past. Seemingly disparate, his two projects, Slow Exposure and Early Baltimore, encourage us to examine the meanings of viewpoint — focused versus fuzzy — and how the “long view” can be used to augment “thinly-sliced” data.
In the last store in a defunct shopping mall, 91-year-old Sonia Warshawski – great-grandmother, businesswoman, and Holocaust survivor – runs the tailor shop she’s owned for more than 30 years. But when she’s served an eviction notice, the specter of retirement prompts Sonia to resist her harrowing past as a refugee and witness to genocide. A poignant story of generational trauma and healing, BIG SONIA also offers a laugh-out-loud-funny portrait of the power of love.
Mason Jar Press brings together their authors in a celebration of literature and art. Join the authors of the most recent and upcoming MJP publications—Danny Caine, Nicole Callihan and Jaime Fountaine—for a reading, Q and A, and book signing. Hosted and moderated by fellow MJP author, Justin Sanders.
Shodekeh, J. Pope & The HearNow, Rufus Roundtree, Baltimore Boom Bap Society and more this Wednesday - for free!
Wednesday, May 8, WTMD and the non-profit Arts Every Day are partnering to present the 2019 Music Ed Remix, which brings together Baltimore musicians with instrumental and vocal music education programs in Baltimore City Public Schools to create unique arrangements over the course of a year-long collaboration.
“No Walls, No Bans, No Borders” is a benefit photography and art exhibit featuring the work of Baltimore-based activists connecting ideas of the violence of capitalism, colonialism, and the racist/fascist state both locally here in Baltimore and globally. A portion of artist’s sales will go back to the groups doing the work on the ground.
Join the Baltimore National Heritage Area and the Greater Baltimore History Alliance for a history happy hour!
Thursday, May 9
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cafe Fili (816 Cathedral Street)
RSVP to [email protected]
The incredibly popular one-man show about Donny Hathaway is returning to our stage for a limited run. Plus, the incredible Kelvin Roston, Jr. returns to brilliantly embody this role. Once you become a 2018/19 Season Member, you will have access to adding on tickets to this special performance!
Content Advisory: A one-man show based on the genius and mental decline of Donny Hathaway contains adult content and themes of suicide, and may be most suitable for theatergoers in middle school and up.
Directed by music lecturer Tim Jenkins, the concert features diverse styles of jazz, including classic big band swing, bebop, Latin, Funk, Jazz-rock and classic blues.
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein. The UMBC Percussion Ensemble is a dedicated performing group of advanced percussion students. The ensemble is adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works, and theatre, as well as works by important early percussion composers, such as Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, and Carlos Chavez.