I can’t wait for tomorrow’s Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival at the Creative Alliance. For 10 years, the fest has been showcasing traditional arts from around the state, and this year’s lineup...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky. I was overwhelmed when I first heard the ballet; such prominent use of percussion, rhythmic...
The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric has announced its lineup for 2011-2012, and it's an intriguing mix. The Broadway shows include Spamalot, Rock of Ages, Come Fly Away, and Young...
One of the city’s most vibrant art events, the 8th annual Transmodern Festival runs all weekend at the H&H Building, Current Gallery, 14Karat Cabaret, and other venues around town. You can...
It’s easy to take a musical like West Side Story for granted. Since opening in 1957, the play has become a beloved cultural touchstone that practically everyone knows—or thinks they know. Because...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
That’d be a lot of things. On the wall of our house when I was growing up in Brooklyn, my father had pictures of African kings and...
You may want to get some rest tonight, because Saturday and Sunday are jam-packed. Zappa tribute band Project Object—featuring ex-Mothers Ike Willis and Ray White—plays 8x10 tomorrow night; at the...
Considering what it has scheduled for tomorrow, there’s a local school that would seem to be an arts and culture juggernaut. Check this out…
There’s a production of Carmina Burana scheduled for 3 pm...
NPR's excellent "All Songs Considered" blog features an amazing Dan Deacon concert video. It's a time lapse video, so you can watch Deacon's entire 9:30 Club performance in four minutes. Amazingly,...
Reported by Evan Serpick:
Sri Lankan rapper-singer M.I.A. was in Baltimore this weekend to shoot a video for her protégé, Charm City rapper Rye Rye. M.I.A., remembered by many for performing “Swagger...
