Performance: Music, Theater, & Dance Page 13
Afro House is Disruptive Music Culture
A Baltimore Performance Company Launched from a Moravia Home
Alisha and Scott had been involved D.C.’s theater and music scenes for years, and were beginning to breathe life into their own fledgling arts organization, Afro House. But they needed a change.
No Glitter Allowed: Ballroom 101
An interview with Marquis Revlon Clanton and Joseph Plaster on the historic collaboration between JHU Peabody Library and Baltimore's ballroom community
Art AND: Corynne Ostermann
An Interview with painter, installation artist, singer/bassist of Natural Velvet
Ostermann’s visual art functions as a commentary on and celebration of celebrity culture and so-called feminine touches like roses and lipstick. Her paintings often mash up imagery of specific objects, like Kim Kardashian’s engagement ring, with stand-ins for fertility and farce, like sliced oranges
Behind the Scenes of Be Civil Battles
Ejay McDonald promotes black liberation through monthly rap and dance event Be Civil Battles
We flipped a coin; I had to go first. The lights from the ceiling disappeared along with the audience.
Sweat is a Red, White, and Blue Play
Sweat at Everyman Theater Mines Small Town Blue Collar Existences in America
Sweat isn’t the kind of play you walk away from feeling good about.
Profile of a Young Conductor: Joseph Young
The vision of a conductor, the relevance of classical music, and why Marin Alsop is the “pinnacle of perseverance and change," according to Joseph Young
