Tonight, all-star band Palookaville—guitarist/singer Howard Markman, keyboardist Glen Workman, bassist Chas Marsh, and drummer Jim Hannah—bring their infectious roots rock to 1919 Fleet, the best neighborhood bar in Fells Point. While you're there, check out the amazing photos on the walls! Drummer Ches Smith plays the Windup Space with a band that includes Tim Berne and Andrea Parkins. Stay for the late night jam featuring saxophonist John Dierker, trumpeter Dave Ballou, and guests. Global Perspectives, an exhibition featuring pottery from Africa and Asia (see above) alongside work by Refugee Youth Project teens, opens at Baltimore Clayworks and runs through April 13. 

Tomorrow, the amazing violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, and the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet perform at the...

With the hiring of Julia Marciari-Alexander, it turns out the Walters wasn’t looking for the next Gary Vikan—it was looking for the next Kwame Kwei-Armah, or maybe the next Marin Alsop. Rather than hiring a director with experience running the entire organization, the Walters board selected a community-minded up-and-comer with innovative ideas and a penchant for generating excitement, with no preconceived notions of how the job should be done. Sound familiar?

It should, because the BSO and Center Stage took a similar approach to hiring at times when, institutionally, the stakes were high. Under previous leadership, those organizations had reputations for being insular and, at some level, out-of-touch with the city. Sure, they had community outreach programs, but when the director is averse to socializing with the locals and auditions all her actors in New York (like Irene Lewis), or when your top guy doesn’t speak English very well and comes off like a 19^th-century...

Using elements from MICA's extensive Globe Poster collection, Bob Cicero and Mary Mashburn designed this fantastic poster for what figures to be an amazing afternoon/night of music at the 9:30 Club next Sunday. Hosted by Henry Rollins, the show features legendary DC bands like Trouble Funk, Junk Yard, Scream, and Black Market Baby and coincides with an exhibition at the Corcoran, Pump Me Up. Curated by Roger Gastman, the exhibit examines D.C. subcultures of the 1980s and focuses on the graffiti, go-go, and punk scenes. Because Globe was a ubiquitous presence hyping go-go shows during that period, the poster company is well represented in the show, which opens next Saturday, February 23rd. 

Laura Lippman's novel, Every Secret Thing, is being made into a movie. Directed by Amy Berg (West of Memphis), it stars Dakota Fanning, Diane Lane, and Elizabeth Banks. According to indiewire.com, production begins next Month.