Morgan Sate University's theater department presents a production of August Wilson's Jitney at the Murphy Fine Arts Center this weekend. And the weekend-long Winter Festival of Wonders kicks off...
Two of Baltimore's finest indie rock bands, Lower Dens and Wye Oak, have been tapped by The National to play December's All Tomorrow's Parties fest in England. Curators of this year's festival, The...
Emerging from the holiday haze, you might want to check out bluesman Guy Davis at Brown Memorial Church tonight, or the beginning of Generous Company's intriguing festival, Gumbo, at Theatre Project...
Progressive music fans should take note that today's Cuneifest "Rock Day" at Orion Studios is sold out, and tomorrow's "Jazz Day" has been moved from An die Musik—the venue is apparently still...
Frank Arthur ("Shaken"), the graffiti artist featured in our August issue, will be signing prints at Tag Galleries (732 Broadway, next to Bertha's) on Saturday, during the Fells Point Fun Festival....
Even in the rain, the Baltimore Book Festival makes an excellent outing. Case in point... last nigt, I ducked into the Children's Bookstore tent with my 13-year-old daughter, and we caught a very...
Last night at Chesapeake College, Sherman Alexie gave one of the best talks I've ever heard. The author of this year's One Maryland One Book selection, The Absolutely True Diary of a...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
For various reasons, I had a debilitating case of writers block. I thought my career was over and then my friend Adrian Arleo showed me...
There are some great festivals on tap this weekend. Tomorrow, the second annual Frank Zappa festival, Manifesto, will be held at the Southeast Anchor Library (Eastern Avenue and Conkling Street) and...
Although it was quite an ordeal getting to the venue (see previous post), the music at Virgin FreeFest compensated for all that frustration. I basically arrived at 3 pm but didn’t get inside...