Sister Plays
WombWork Productions, Inc. present SISTER PLAYS!
Two Plays in Reportory by Maryland playwrights Kia and Kara Lee Corthron.
WombWork Productions, Inc. present SISTER PLAYS!
Two Plays in Reportory by Maryland playwrights Kia and Kara Lee Corthron.
Allen Abend, author of the 2018 book “Maryland’s Treasure & Burden: Baltimore’s Peabody Institute Art Collection,” will present the importance of the founding of the Peabody Institute and its Gallery of Art. The intertwined histories of the Peabody Institute and the Maryland Historical Society will be highlighted. He will discuss the remarkable art collection that was amassed by the Peabody Institute during and after the gallery’s almost 50-year existence as Baltimore’s major fine arts venue.
Legendary Baltimore jazz vocalist Ethel Ennis (1932–2019) will be honored by her family and friends at a free, public memorial concert on Friday, May 24 at the Peabody Institute’s Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall.
The hour-long special tribute includes rare recordings of and interviews with Ennis; remarks by her husband, Earl Arnett; and live performances by her musical colleagues, including jazz greats Charles Covington, Stef Scaggiari, Mark Russell, Cyrus Chestnut, Marc Copland, and Gene Bertoncini.
May 24: Film night with an evening of film shorts and discussion, 6-9pm
Doors open at 6:00pm; Films begin at 7:00pm
Join us for an evening of shorts followed by a discussion with activists and filmmakers.
Films:
Surviving Incarceration in Maryland (Series)
Gaza: A Gaping Wound
A Life of Shadows . . . Written in Light
Panelists:
Tanya Garcia, Director
Amy Oden, Director
Qiana Johnson, Life After Release
Sammy Alqasem, Baltimore-Palestine Solidarity
A groovy love letter to the 60s filled with puppets, magic, and rock n' roll!
VINEGAR TOM
by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Erin Riley
with Assistant Director, Ruta Douglas Smith
Musical Score composed and performed by Parker Bailey Stevens
Lyrics by Caryl Churchill
May 10 - June 2, 2019
Fri & Sat at 8pm; Sun at 2pm
Witch Hunt: a community targets its weakest members as “other”, then uses law and religion to persecute and destroy them.
It’s no coincidence the victims are female identified. What was true in 1670 is eerily true in 2018.
Join the artists of Baltimore Musicales for a special event co-sponsored by the War Memorial Arts Initiative. Sopranos Claire Galloway and Thea Tullman Moore, mezzo-soprano Elise Christina Jenkins, baritone Jason Widney, and pianist Andrew Stewart will explore universal themes that connect poet, artist, and listener throughout time: love and loss, connection to nature, and spirituality. Works by living composers will be paired with those by past artists who have provided inspiration or shared a common passion.
In partnership with The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Everyman Theatre presents a special "In Community" performance of the first act of Queens Girl in the World by Caleen Sinnette Jennings. Special Evening Access to the Museum (5:30pm-7pm)
Follow in the footsteps of Baltimore's literary luminaries and discover the elegant brownstone mansions and majestic cultural institutions built by Baltimore's successful 19th-century merchants and industrialists. Learn how a neighborhood of scholars, struggling artists and authors, newspaperman, philanthropists and social reformers offered rich opportunities to discuss and debate ideas and open new literary avenues. All tours begin at the Enoch Pratt Free Library - Central Branch. Tickets are $10. Please note that advance registration is required; no walk-ups will be accepted.