Eventizing the 25th Annual Maryland Film Festival: What To See This Weekend
This year the MdFF will emphasize emerging filmmakers and technologies, with an emphasis on local and global impact
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Hot Wing King is a Spicy and Tender Theatrical Experience
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Katori Hall brings four gay Black men together for the weekend
With The Hot Wing King, Baltimore Center Stage serves up a lively spread of rapid-fire one-liners, spicy moves, and camaraderie that serves as an entree to a discussion of contemporary Black manhood through April 28
The Composition of Wendel Patrick
How Happenstance, a First Memory, and Improvisation Shaped Who the Artist is Today
Wendel Patrick is an associate professor of music engineering at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University; he is also a composer, producer, beatmaker, pianist, sonic architect, photographer, and videographer. But how has he sustained a career with such a diverse breadth of work?
Standing Firm at Thirty: an Interview with Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino
The Vocalist Reflects on Three Decades of Growth, Songwriting, the American Dream, and Going Home to Family in Japan
"If I were genuinely paralyzed by my own criticism, I probably wouldn't be able to do anything. I would stop myself. But there is always a moment when I forget about everything else, I forget about time, and I put down whatever I have in my mind. That is music for me."
Sailing Over a Cardboard Sea
Pigeonaire's Immersive Show Lands in Peabody Heights Brewery Through March 31
Pigeonaire's production of Sailing Over a Cardboard Sea is a thoughtful reflection on the responsibility that scientists have to their societies.
John Tyler’s Prismatic Journey Through Music
Love Groove Festival Founder and City Connect Changemaker on His Multi-Faceted Approach to Producing Music and Empowering Community
At 24 years old, Tyler is a prolific musician, producer, and festival organizer.
Saved by the Chorus: The Oresteia at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Murder! Retaliation! And More Reasons to See the New Adaptation of Aeschylus’ Ancient Greek Drama
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's current production, an adaption of Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy by Ellen McLaughlin, is brilliantly directed by Lise Bruneau and features outstanding performances by Isabelle Anderson as Clytemnestra and Lizzi Albert as Electra. On stage through March 10.
The Club Car Pulls into Station North
A Pop-up Queer Cabaret and Art Space Breathes New Life into Storied North Avenue Market Locale
What happens when you give a group comprising drag queens, vintage furniture enthusiasts, theater kids, and a mixologist free reign over a vacant storefront for six weeks? Find out this weekend at the closing of "Bad Casting and Other Questionable Decisions: Paintings by Alix Tobey Southwick."
The Book of Grace at the Strand Theater
Rapid Lemon Production at The Strand Theater Breaks Down the Fences
The Book of Grace opens with a familiar theme, the love-hate relationship between a domineering father and an aspiring son. By the end of the play that conflict has taken on world-shattering significance for both men.
Swing Sanctuary: Mobtown Ballroom
Baltimore's Beloved Dance Collective Finds a New Home
Mobtown is about more than just connecting with a dance partner, it’s about connecting with the city you live in and the people around you.
Looking Back at Greedy Reads’ Lost Weekend
A Baltimore Literary Festival that gathers readers together with authors
The second annual Lost Weekend was an intimate and fun event featuring something for Baltimoreans of all ilk.
Word Play, Bodies, and Song: The Acme Corporation’s New “Found” Opera
The Acme Corporation Finds Salvation Among Community in their Newest Opera
"The Lights Went Out Because of a Problem," an opera created in Baltimore, is at the Voxel through December 17, 2023
Octavia Butler Inspires Climate Change Action in Baltimore and Beyond
Baltimore-Based Groups Participate in a Global Theater Festival to Inspire Action
Coinciding with the U.N. Climate Change Conference, Baltimore-based Plays and Readings
Dim Lighting, Bright Minds: Hidden Palace at Fadensonnen
A Monthly Reading Series Pairs Authors and Poets with Wine and Sake
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips and Joseph Grantham started Hidden Palace, a reading series for poetry and fiction, at Fadensonnen
All I Am Is You: Unveiling Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight
Nicoletta Daríta de la Brown and the Tabb Center Public Humanities Fellowships
This fall, after working months in her studio, de la Brown is responding to what she uncovered in the archives with a public art installation in the George Peabody Library called Be(longing): Unveiling the Imprint of Black Women Hidden in Plain Sight.
Are You Looking At Me? The Chinese Lady at Everyman Theatre
The Historic Story of Afong Moy Speaks to a Present Audience, Through November 19th
The two-person cast, Tuyết Thị Phạm (Afong Moy) and Đavid Lee Huỳnh (Atung), under Nana Dakin’s skillful direction, show the effect of cultural exploitation on the individual. They also, along with the talented design team, raise the question of whether we are complicit in that exploitation.
Chess: Vagabond Players Deliver the Checkmate
On Stage Through November 19th
The Vagabond Players have opened their 108th season with a handsome production of Tim Rice’s Cold War rock opera Chess. Under Stephen M. Deininger’s excellent direction, this neglected work has come back to Baltimore’s Broadway with a bang.
The Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival in Photos
A Decades-Long Baltimore Tradition Illuminates Patterson Park
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, the 24th Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival presented by Creative Alliance in collaboration with Friends of Patterson Park kicked-off fall season proper in Southeast Baltimore.