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.
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.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: Talib Jasir's Black podcaster festival, New BMA exhibitions centering Native artists, NMWA director Susan Fisher Sterling on Art Angle Podcast, 11 DC Exhibits, Jonathon Heyward at the BSO, DC's JHU Bloomberg Center, and more!
Recovering the Past and Envisioning the Future in West Baltimore Through Photography
In fall 2021, the Black Arts District launched the Historical Photography Project (HPP), an online library of photos and oral histories, seeking to ensure that the cultural memory of the Avenue isn’t forgotten or erased.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Happenstance Theater Presents: Cabaret Macabre at Baltimore Theatre Project, States of Becoming curatorial talk with Fitsum Shebeshe at UMBC, Warp & Weft reception at Richard B. Talkin Family Art Gallery, Creative Alliance and Chocolate Covered Rocky Horror at BCS, and more!
Irena Stein's Debut Cookbook, Photography, and Baltimore Eateries Bring Venezuela's Rich Cuisine and Lush Landscapes to International Audiences
Over 50 recipes, developed in collaboration with Venezuelan chef Eduardo Egui showcase the Venezuelan staple in all its forms. The traditional corn arepa, neutral in flavor, is a vessel for endless variations.
Reflecting on a Dérive through Artscape and its Memories
Finding Ourselves at the Corner of North and Charles: Photos, New Memories, and Creative Achievements of Artscape 2023
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
This week's news includes: John Ellsberry's Iconic Remington alligator mural, Hopkins opens Bloomberg Center in DC, MD poet laureate Grace Cavalieri, Full Circle Dance Company, and Blacks in White opens at the Lewis Museum
Initiatives at Center Stage and Creative Alliance Illuminate Oft-Overlooked Baltimore Creative Communities
Center Stage’s new Indigenous Art Gallery and the exhibition Taking Space at Creative Alliance authentically engage with and serve the communities of color in which they are based
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Bruce Willen's Ghost Rivers at B. Willow, MDVLA benefit at Peabody Heights, Christina Delgado's Pa Mi Gente opening at Motor House, Locally Grown Festival at Baltimore Center Stage, The Lost Weekend at Greedy Reads Remington, and more!
Susan Lowe’s Solo Exhibition is a Vivid Mosaic of the Tragedies and Triumphs of Her Life
Although the work was created out of loss and grief, there is little sadness to be found. Quite surprisingly, the paintings burst with energy and connection, with the promise that everything is a cycle; there isn’t really an end.
Kara Mae Harris' New Cookbook is a Feast
In just 100 pages, the author, recipe developer, designer, and illustrator have made the case that there is a uniquely American cuisine: the story of migration, colonialism, and what comes after.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Ghost Rivers public art installation, Locally Grown Festival at Center Stage, Buns and Roses bakery, Saint Amelie at the Walters, the Maryland Lyric Opera is closing, Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death, Little Donna's overwhelmed, graffiti artist Chris Stain, BROS "Gold Night," and more.
Shows at Mono Practice, Unit B Gallery, and Howard Community College
Three Baltimore exhibitions—whose initial themes and materials are varied between abstraction, surrealism, and fiber arts—are connected through the energized spaces that the works build and each artist's dedication to their chosen focus.
The best weekly art openings, events, and calls for entry happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
This Week: Curator Jessy DeSantis hosts a closing reception + artist talk at Motor House, Musica Spira performs at George Peabody Library, Deborah Patterson opening reception at JELMA, Philip Muriel, James ‘Alpha’ Massaquoi, and Laurel Stewart opening reception at Bromo Arts Tower, and more!
In "Pope of Trash" Cinema's Enfant Terrible Gets Cannonically Crowned by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles
Actress (on strike) and writer (no longer on strike!) Liz Eldridge on why John Waters' mainstream acceptance restores her faith in filmmaking.
Highlights from the Fair, and Why We Should be Taking Notes
I so wish more art spaces from the Baltimore/DC region participated in smart, well-curated smaller fairs like this—putting local artists in dialogue with international peers and in front of international audiences and kingmakers.
Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media
Tola's Room, New Exhibits at the Rubell Museum DC, Baltimore Print Fair Postponed to 2025, NMWA reopens, Baltimore Book Festival returns in Waverly, MD Film Fest is back, and ongoing Artscape exhibitions.
