Tonight, David Simon, Barry Levinson, and John Waters appear together at MICA's Brown Center to benefit the Maryland Film Festival. Tickets will set you back $125 to $250.
Around the corner, Jandek—the reclusive indie musician—plays a super rare concert at Load Of Fun, backed by local experimentalists Jason Willett, Dan Breen, Twig Harper, and Susan Alcorn.
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Sesame Street went on the air 40 years ago today, and here's one of my all-time favorite clips from the show. Judging by the You Tube comments, I'm not alone.

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When Deanna Bogart emailed to say she'd be performing at the Pyramids, I figured she may be referring to the Pyramid arena in downtown Memphis. Memphis is a big blues town, so it made sense.
Well, it turns out Bogart was talking about the Pyramids in Egypt. Check out this Reuters photo, taken by Tarek Mostafa.
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For months, it's been widely assumed that the Frank Zappa statue would be erected in Fells Point, but now, Highlandtown has entered the picture. On Wednesday, the Baltimore Public Art Commission plans to meet at the intersection of Eastern and Linwood avenues to discuss possible sites in the Highlandtown Arts & Entertainment district.
The meeting is [...]

Yesterday was a beautiful day for Poe's funeral, and hundreds of fans turned out to commemorate the anniversary of his death (October 7, 1849). Part of Nevermore 2009, the citywide fest honoring Poe, it began with a funeral procession from the Poe House on Amity Street to Westminster Hall. At 11:30 am, a horse-drawn hearse [...]

As we reported a few months back, some stimulus funds are trickling into the arts community, and applications for job retention grants are due by September 25. Details follow...
Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) are proud to announce the new National Endowment for the Arts/Baltimore City Job [...]

During Friday night's Flaming Lips show at Merriweather, guitarist/keyboardist/MVP Steven Drozd told the crowd that "Pompeii" was inspired by local band Lake Trout. Wow. I knew that Lips producer Dave Fridmann worked on Lake Trout's 2005 CD, Not Them, You, but I had no idea they'd inspired one of the Lips' finest tunes. I'll try [...]

Amid all the Manson mania these days—this week marks the 40th anniversary of the Tate/LaBianca murders—John Waters wades into the fray to advocate for the release of Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted in the LaBianca killings. Waters closely followed the Manson trials and eventually befriended Van Houten. In his upcoming book, Role Models, Waters [...]