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...
Center Stage's upcoming season looks promising. With Irene Lewis out the door and new artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah not starting until July, it figured to be a transitional period for the...
This weekend is back-loaded with events. Tonight, The Long Christmas Ride Home—an intriguing play by Pulitzer-Prize winner Paula Vogel, opens at Single Carrot and runs all weekend. Tomorrow, Deb...
Tonight, a pair of local indie-rock powerhouses, Lower Dens and Wye Oak, share a bill at the Black Cat in D.C. Closer to home, the web documentary Hometown Baghdad screens at Towson University, as...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Picasso's Guernica, Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series, Beethoven's Ninth, the [Michael Roemer] film Nothing But A Man, performances of...
Baltimore native Anna Deavere Smith is a national treasure. Her oft-stated mission—“to search for American character”—would seem to be a worthy, though potentially unwieldy, endeavor for an actress/...
Looking at the Centerstage audience at last week's opening of The Homecoming, I was struck by what is arguably Irene Lewis' greatest accomplishment—diversifying the theater. The outgoing artistic...
Theater lovers are in for a treat this weekend. Jersey Boys, the Tony-winning musical, starts its run at the Hippodrome, Irene Lewis’ excellent production of Pinter’s The Homecoming is at...
Lots of great music this weekend, especially tonight. Baltimore’s premier funkateers, All Mighty Senators, tear the roof off 8x10, Microkingdom (w/ Violet Hour opening!) plays a CD release show at...
