Performance: Music, Theater, & Dance

Artist "Ham," on Performance, Public Space, and Why Attention Has Become Contemporary Art's Most Valuable Medium

An Interview with the naked performance artist removed by police from the former Christopher Columbus statue plinth in the Inner Harbor

A Photo Essay of This Year's Celebration in Druid Hill Park

Baltimore's AFRAM has grown to be the largest African American festival on the East Coast. Now in its 50th year, this free celebration took place Friday, June 19th through Sunday, June 21st.

A Conversation with the Genre Defying Composer and Performer

In her lyrics, she declares herself an unapologetic underdog and makes it clear that, though she looks and sounds like Doris Day, whom she covered on her fourth studio album, she is outspoken, pissed off, and, most of all, unwilling to be squeezed into a single genre. 

Iron Crow's Time-Warping Musical is the Must-See Production This Pride Month

Up until the opening number’s end, there’s little clue that View is a ghost story, but this will soon be learned by Wes (Joey Schuman). He’s a present-day Gen-Z entrepreneur who’s flown down from Brooklyn to evaluate the now-decrepit drinkery as the locus for his next influencer project.

OGD's Upcoming Production "Nevermore" Premiers at the Voxel in October

A shifting core group of 13 collaborators make up the company of OGD. Each wears multiple hats based on their skill sets—which include technological design, costuming, media design, and filmmaking, as well as being superior dancers. 

Local Band Touts Baltimore's DIY Music Scene and Is Ready for What Comes Next

The self-described “dream punk” band melds hooky melodies, grungy vocals, and restless lyrics into infectious rock. 

In 'American Vamp' the Baltimore Rock Opera Society Skewers Creepy Capitalism

The Baltimore Rock Opera’s American Vamp is arguably the company's darkest—and strangest—production in over a decade. To be clear, it’s still campy and absolutely features BROs hallmarks including—but not limited to—soaring musical routines, bloody stage combat, and at least one humongous puppet.

Exhibitions, Feasts, and Connection: Views from the Celebration So Far

Asia North 2026 kicked off on May 1st with events continuing through May 30th.

What Would Baltimore Look Like If Every Elementary School Student Had Consistent Access to High-Quality Arts Education?

TWIGS offers a choice of six art areas: music, theater, stage design, dance, visual art, and film. Participants are selected through an audition process that, in most areas, prioritizes artistic potential and passion over prior experience. Once accepted, the classes are free.

The Western Shindig at Waverly Brewing Company and Mobtown Ballroom Has Become a Baltimore Favorite

Expect to step into a tiny universe where everyone is having a good time.” That’s how Baltimore Honky Tonk organizer Alex Lacquement describes experiencing one of his events.

Ryan Haase and his Theatrical Reimagining of Nightlife in Station North

“I got into theater design because I never considered myself a great visual artist, but I understood architecture,” Haase admits. “I was always drawing a 'perfect world.' Now, I get to provide the room for other artists to do the same.”

In a Little Shy of Half a Century, BSA Has Churned out Alumni who've Conquered Billboard Charts, Hollywood, and the Runway

“Beyond the excellent instruction, BSA let me be who I am,” says theater arts alum Cameron Francis ‘89. “Our teachers encouraged self-expression and were never judgmental. They let us explore and take risks."

How a Childhood Friendship Led to "Songs About Monsters"

Authenticity is BCT's raison d'être. At a time when nearly everything we see and hear online is curated, edited, polished, and packaged for our optimal consumption, there’s a growing hunger for something messy. Something a little askew. Something real.

A Troup Featuring Former Olympians Wants us to Enjoy Skating's Artistic Potential More Often than Once Every Four Years

"There’s certainly the huge value of competitive skating, but you have to think about, well, what happens after that?" says IDI's founding director Douglas Webster. "And that is the goal of Ice Dance International—to provide new ways of seeing skating.”

The Television Multi-Hyphenate's Three-Woman Show Examines the Hurt and Humor of a Chaotic Love Triangle

By blending the lines between genre and inviting in unexpected audiences, trinity is a meta exploration into self that expects “emotional nudity” from both its onlookers and its performers.

Baltimore's Art Scene Celebrates Everton's Legacy with a Two-Day Festival at the Ottobar on February 28th and March 1st

Through music, art, and yoga, Ann cultivated her own miniature universe and welcomed others to revel at its wonders. As a curious observer, she took in the world with all of her senses and shared her discoveries with joy and humor.

World Premier of New Work by Playwright and Resident Member Tuyết Thị Phạm on Stage Through March 1

Dawn straddles two worlds. One unfolds in Cambodia at the rise of the dreaded Khmer Rouge regime. The other takes place in the present day, in the long shadow cast by a young wife and mother’s harrowing past.

The Musician on Her New Album, Resisting Pop Trends, and her Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Duality

In February, she plays Ottobar (Wednesday, the 11th) and Metro Gallery (Friday, the 13th) with an April album release show in the works for her latest record, "Why Wouldn’t I Want to Put it on Display?"