Visions of the Future: Voting, Activism, and Art
Lisa Snowden-McCray will moderate a conversation with celeste doaks and Camonghne Felix.
Lisa Snowden-McCray will moderate a conversation with celeste doaks and Camonghne Felix.
The annual Artscape Artists’ Market will be held virtually from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 30, 2020. This digital opportunity will support artists, performers, makers and craftspeople across all artistic disciplines by providing a virtual platform for artist storefronts.
Enoch Pratt's Digital Equity Coordinator is here for you! Each week, Lo will share some of their digital expertise, from different ways to stay in contact, to how they evaluate software, to best practices in apps! Bring your questions, and ask Lo to share what you need to know.
The chat will also be broadcasted on the Enoch Pratt Free Library Facebook page.
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Interactive performance and workshop with breath artist Shodekeh Talifero
Baltimore Rock Opera Society Presents: Rock Opera 101, Part 2: Onto the Stage.
"Black music and with it the private black self were suddenly grossly public—tossed onstage, dressed in clown white, and bandied about with a gleeful arrogance that just yesterday had chosen to ignore and condescend." - Margo Jefferson
Swing out of summer with the Corner Pocket Jazz Band led by Jon Tigert.
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Join in Crowdcast:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/tuesdays-at-two--corner
Watch the livestream here on Tuesday, August 25: https://bit.ly/3l3gpCA
Multimedia artist and musician Landis Expandis joins us for a live talk followed by a Q&A about his recent performance for the Walters’ Art Sound Now Series (available on YouTube). Landis' project LHL reimagines how the museum’s physical space can be utilized in the digital realm.
Raven Leilani will be in conversation about her debut novel, Luster, with Lisa Taddeo.
Raven Leilani’s work has been published in Granta, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Narrative, Yale Review, Conjunctions, The Cut, and New England Review, among other publications. She won Narrative’s Ninth Annual Poetry Contest and the Matt Clark Editor’s Choice Prize, as well as short fiction prizes from Bat City Review and Blue Earth Review. Luster is her first novel.
Baltimore portraitist Jerrell Gibbs exhibits his work all over the nation. His paintings illustrate his life growing up as a Black man in Baltimore. Jerrell delves into the importance of collecting Baltimore experiences throughout history and how to create context for the Black experience beyond trauma in art.
Presented in partnership with presented by Maryland State Archives and Maryland 400.
Rufus Roundtree, Trombone and Lead Vocals
Clarence Ward III, Trumpet/Flugelhorn/Vocals
Will Spence, Tenor Sax/Aerophone/Vocals
Guy "Nowchild" Curtis, Guitar/Vocals
Jason Torres, Sousaphone
Teddy Grant, Drums
The Howard County Arts Council's annual gala has gone virtual for 2020! The virtual event will include a screening of our popular Rising Star Performing Arts Competition, presentation of the Howie Awards, and an online art auction. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite performing artist while chatting online with friends & Rising Star finalists, and the performance and voting will be available on demand through Sunday, August 30. All guests will also have the option to choose a food voucher to a participating restaurant
Hosted by s. Rasheem
FREE | Facebook Live
Dieter F. Uchtdorf had it right, “The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.”
Poe Baltimore is proud to present a special Poe and Price Legacy Event with author & inspirational speaker Victoria Price, the daughter of famed actor Vincent Price!
***COVID-19 UPDATE: Due to the extraordinary events of this year, this event has pivoted to a virtual experience. See below for new event info!***
Installment #2 of a new series by Lafayette Gilchrist and Kevin Pinder
Access to the recording of their first installment on June 29 is available:
Quarantine Concert Series #48: Lafayette Gilchrist & Kevin Pinder
https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=024...
INTERNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD MONTH
International Underground Railroad Month September 2020
The Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Tourism (OTD) invites you to join us in commemorating International Underground Railroad Month during September 1-30, 2020.