IMmortal: a collection of plays
Truepenny Projects presents our first ever playwright festival!
Truepenny Projects presents our first ever playwright festival!
One of the forebears of the Harlem Renaissance, Angelina Weld Grimké wrote “Rachel” in 1916 as a defiant reply to the recent release of DW Griffith’s film “Birth of a Nation”. Originally titled “Blessed are the Barren”, the play centers on a Black woman who rejects marriage and motherhood after learning a horrible family secret. It was first produced in Washington, DC by the NAACP, and published in 1920.
Baltimore playwright Aladrian C. Wetzel’s new adaptation is her second commissioned play for Rapid Lemon Productions, after 2019’s acclaimed “Thank You, Dad”.
Baltimore Sound Management presents…
Sugar Hysteria @ Zen West!
Westminster based Alternative-Rock band Sugar Hysteria will be at Zen West! September 25th, 2021! They will be joined by Stone Cold, The Lima Division, and The Violet Violence!
About Sugar Hysteria:
“Sugar Hysteria is a high energy, up and coming alternative-rock band based out of Westminster, MD. Since starting the band in 2018, they have taken the local scene by storm. With their unique hard rock sound, and their engaging atmosphere at shows, they are ready to take on bigger things!”
Originally introduced to the world as the front woman for the nu-disco band Escort, French-Caribbean singer and bassist Adeline (pronounced ad-uh-leen) is a prolific songwriter who also produces music as Nightshade with co-producer Morgan Wiley (Hercules & Love Affair, Midnight Magic). Adeline has toured globally, appearing with Anderson Paak, Lee Fields, Chromeo, Big Freeda, Natalie Prass and more, and has performed at Afropunk, Red Rock’s Funk on the Rocks and Winter Jazz Fest. When she’s not in the studio or touring her own music, Adeline also plays bass in CeeLo Green’s band.
Mortified is a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories, and more) as shared by their original authors – in front of total strangers.
Join us Friday, October 1st for the four installment of In Plain Sight(site), a roving multimedia performance series exploring PORTALS. This evening will feature a new cycle of artists in our exploration of doorways to other realities. Shape-shifting between times and dimensions, these artists will conjure visions that question our sight, embody the present impossible, and transport us into the unknown.
Featuring
Rex Delafkaran
Noelle Tolbert
Collin Schnitker
Dan Gurley
Mollye Bendell
Clowntime
By John Feffer
October 1 - 3
Imagine a society where money, power, and sex appeal can’t help you get ahead in life. The only way up the social ladder is…
Your sense of humor.
The main character of Clowntime is born without a single funny bone in his body. Yet somehow he manages to overcome his dismal prospects to work for the president of the United States, lead a revolution, and save the world from destruction.
Arts in the Park Free Outdoor Festival
Saturday, October 2, 2021 | 10am - 3pm
Chesapeake Arts Center, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, MD.
Join Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) for our 7th annual free outdoor Arts in the Park festival for all ages. This free event will feature live music, multiple stations with hands-on art activities for kids and adults, local art and community vendors, food trucks, door prizes, and more!
Music Lineup: Alison Thoms & Hardnett Seven, Old Eastern Band, and the Grilled Lincolns
This year marks Bob Dylan's 80th Birthday. Come celebrate his singular talent and the wealth of his songs with some of the region's finest musicians, hosted by The Complete Unknowns.
Show will be able to stream virtually as well as attend in-person
Burlesque is back at Creative Alliance with the Essential Tease Student Showcase!
Guitarist/composer Joel Harrison reunites his groundbreaking group Free Country this October. The concept for the band started in 2002 when Harrison released the first of three Free Country records on the Act label, in which he created radically creative jazz arrangements of country and Appalachian tunes. The success of the record, which included a then barely known singer named Norah Jones, brought Harrison acclaim throughout Europe and the U.S. In 2018 Harrison recorded the 3rd Free Country record with luminaries such as David Binney (his longtime ally), Brian Blade, and Jon Cowherd.
Juneteenth Tilapia Rainbows
By Phill Branch
October 9 & 10
Have you ever experienced someone randomly breakdancing at you, or touching your hair without permission, or just walking up to you and shouting in a RuPaul-esque tone, “You better werk!”? Storyteller Phill Branch has experienced all of the above…and he’s got stories.
Juneteenth Tilapia Rainbows explores the dizzying realities of being Black, gay, free…and tired of fake “inclusion.” Phill uses wit and reflection to think through what it means to just be yourself.
Join us Friday, October 15th at 7:30pm as we celebrate the thirty-six 2021 Baker Artist Awardees on the annual Artworks special on Maryland Public Television. The special will air at 7:30 on MPT-HD, and will also be repeated throughout the weekend. The special will also air on Saturday Oct 16th at 8:00pm on MPT-2, and again on October 17 at 6:30am on MPT-HD.
Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly leads the BSO in a birthday celebration of the legendary John Williams. Known for his critically acclaimed film scores, John Williams has been composing, conducting, and performing for over six decades. Don’t miss this tribute concert that is sure to be a hit!
This event repeats on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM.
Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly leads the BSO in a birthday celebration of the legendary John Williams. Known for his critically acclaimed film scores, John Williams has been composing, conducting, and performing for over six decades. Don’t miss this tribute concert that is sure to be a hit!
This event repeats on Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, October 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM.
Baltimore Jazz Alliance is pleased to present the 3rd annual Baltimore Jazz Conference, a free event for Baltimore area performers, presenters, and jazz lovers. This year’s lineup features topics ranging from jazz history and research to funding, to how COVID-19 has changed performance practices, and includes informational sessions on digital rights, music workers’ rights, and more. Plus we have special live (streamed) music performances throughout the day.
Celebrate Baker Artist Award winners, hosted by Contemporary Arts, Inc.
Featuring Award Winning Baker Performing artists:
Carl Grubbs - Jazz, Alto Sax
Ellen Cherry - Multi-Disciplinary
Todd Marcus - Jazz, Bass Clarinet
Joyce J. Scott - Vocals
Peter Minkler - Viola
Nicole Martinelli - Dance
Bashi Rase - Multi-Disciplinary
Katherine Fahey - Multi-Disciplinary
Von Varga - Music Creator
Scott Patterson - Music
Vincent Thomas - Dance
Event will be live streamed.
The Columbia Orchestra is back! And what better way to celebrate coming together than with Beethoven's joyous Seventh Symphony. Composer James Lee III has written a thrilling work, Niiji Memories, for the Orchestra and flute virtuoso Julietta Curenton inspired by Native American history and culture. Plus, Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol. Be there for the world premiere of a masterpiece in person at the Jim Rouse Theatre or virtually from the comfort of your own home!
Join the artists of Baltimore Musicales for a celebratory return to live performances!
Claire Galloway, Jason Widney, Amanda Densmoor, Sean Tillery, and Ka Nyoung Yoo will perform music by Giachino Rossini, Robert Schumann, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, Jean Sibelius, Libby Larsen, Kurt Weill, Alban Berg, Gabriel Fauré, and John Kander, beautiful songs from Indonesia and Korea, and new works by Daniel Gilliam and Erik Franklin.
UMBC's Livewire 11: Rewired new music festival, hosted annually by the Department of Music, opens with the Ruckus faculty new music ensemble.