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Opportunities in and around the arts in Baltimore. January 2013.

Courtesy, Wide Angle Youth Media

WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA seeks Lead Instructor

Looking for a Lead Instructor to facilitate weekly Baltimore Speaks Out! Program, Wide Angle Youth Media is a non-profit organization that provides Baltimore youth with media education to tell their own stories and become engaged with their communities.

ART EXPOSURE seeks Artists
Art Exposure is looking for artists who want to exhibit their work.

BOPA seeks Visual Arts Instructors
Bright StARTS is looking for visual arts instructors for after school programs.

THE BERNDT GROUP seeks .NET Developer (Full-time Position, also looking for Freelancers)
Located in Baltimore, The Berndt Group (TBG) is one of the oldest, most respected web firms in the country.

CENTERSTAGE seeks Part Time Graphic Designer
Check out this exciting opportunity here!

THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM seeks Assistant Director of Development
This position will manage all Individual Giving Programs. 

BSO seeks Donor Stewardship Coordinator
Some requirements include: Bachelors degree with 2 years development, direct donor relations and/or event planning experience.

CYLBURN ARBORETUM seeks Association Executive Director
The Executive Director is the chief executive officer of the Cylburn Arboretum Association

DAVID D. MITCHELL offers Acting Classes
Including 'Essentials of Drama' and 'Advanced Scene Study'

Good luck and if you have opportunities you'd like posted, send them my direction.

Our 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet. Latino, gay, talented — Mr. Richard Blanco

Poet Richard Blanco

In the history of the United States, only four poets have been invited to participate in U.S. Presidential Inaugurations. Robert Frost was invited by John F. Kennedy; Maya Angelou, by President Clinton; Miller William, by Clinton (second inauguration); and Elizabeth Alexander, by President Obama.

These poets’ thoughtful, artistic, insightful words have helped stitch together the pieces of fabric that are the patchwork quilt of diversity in America.

On January 21^st 2013 Richard Blanco will join the rarefied ranks of Inaugural Poets. I'm proud to share one of my favorite poems by Richard Blanco:

LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL
Marco Island, Florida 

There should be nothing here I don't remember . . .

The Gulf Motel with mermaid lampposts
and ship's wheel in the lobby should still be
rising out of the sand like a cake decoration.
My brother and I should still be pretending
we don't know our parents, embarrassing us
as they roll the luggage cart past the front desk
loaded with our scruffy suitcases, two-dozen
loaves of Cuban bread, brown bags bulging
with enough mangos to last the entire week,
our espresso pot, the pressure cooker--and
a pork roast reeking garlic through the lobby.
All because we can't afford to eat out, not even
on vacation, only two hours from our home
in Miami, but far enough away to be thrilled
by whiter sands on the west coast of Florida,
where I should still be for the first time watching
the sun set instead of rise over the ocean.

There should be nothing here I don't remember . . .

My mother should still be in the kitchenette
of The Gulf Motel, her daisy sandals from Kmart
squeaking across the linoleum, still gorgeous
in her teal swimsuit and amber earrings
stirring a pot of arroz-con-pollo, adding sprinkles
of onion powder and dollops of tomato sauce.
My father should still be in a terrycloth jacket
smoking, clinking a glass of amber whiskey
in the sunset at the Gulf Motel, watching us
dive into the pool, two boys he'll never see
grow into men who will be proud of him.

There should be nothing here I don't remember . . .

My brother and I should still be playing Parcheesi,
my father should still be alive, slow dancing
with my mother on the sliding-glass balcony
of The Gulf Motel. No music, only the waves
keeping time, a song only their minds hear
ten-thousand nights back to their life in Cuba.
My mother's face should still be resting against
his bare chest like the moon resting on the sea,
the stars should still be turning around them.

There should be nothing here I don't remember . . .

My brother should still be thirteen, sneaking
rum in the bathroom, sculpting naked women
from sand. I should still be eight years old
dazzled by seashells and how many seconds
I hold my breath underwater--but I'm not.
I am thirty-eight, driving up Collier Boulevard,
looking for The Gulf Motel, for everything
that should still be, but isn't. I want to blame
the condos, their shadows for ruining the beach
and my past, I want to chase the snowbirds away
with their tacky mansions and yachts, I want
to turn the golf courses back into mangroves,
I want to find The Gulf Motel exactly as it was
and pretend for a moment, nothing lost is lost.

Richard Blanco and basengi Joey

We congratulate you, Richard. We will be watching. And, we know you will make us proud because you already have.

UPDATE: NPR's interview with Blanco on Morning Edition is wonderful—Listen to it here.

Post written by Stephen Brockelman.

Arts-based employment and opportunities in and around 21201. October 9th 2012.

HANDEL CHOIR OF BALTIMORE seeks Artistic Director and Conductor
Handel Choir of Baltimore is a highly respected 52-member auditioned community-based oratorio ensemble that presents baroque, classical and early romantic works with period instrument orchestras as well as modern repertoire and newly commissioned works.

UMBC seeks Design Professionals
The successful candidate must be committed to excellence in teaching, research and service. 

THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM seeks Online Content Specialist
The Walters Art Museum has an immidiate need to fill this part-time position.

THE TEACHING ARTIST INSTITUTE promotes Workshops
The Teaching Artist Institute’s (TAI) Quarterly Workshop dates have been set for 2012-2013!

Howard County Arts Council, website 

HOWARD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL seeks Figure Models
Models needed for Tuesday evening sessions.

MERRITT GALLERY seeks Sales Consultants
Merritt Gallery is seeking a success driven sales professional for our Chevy Chase gallery.

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS opens registration for The 2013 Local Arts Classroom
Today, Americans for the Arts officially launches and opens registration for the 2013 Local Arts Classroom, back by popular demand!

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY seeks Development Assistant for Institutional Giving
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is looking for someone with experience performing administrative tasks in an office environment. 

ART EXPOSURE seeks Artists
Artists: Do you want to exhibit your work in alternative venues, such as law firms and medical offices?

MARYLAND STATEWIDE ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION seeks Executive Director
Please view the attached PDF on our JobsPlus site to learn more about this opportunity. 

Live streaming event starts in 15 minutes - King Kong, the Musical

Tonight, Saturday (October 6th) KING KONG, the new stage musical, will launch in Melbourne, Australia. The producers, Global Creatures, will stream the one-time-only event presentation live on the internet through the show’s website, allowing everyone in the world to get a sneak peek at the making of the production.

This one-time-only streaming will go live tonight, Saturday, October 6th at 10:00PM EST at www.kingkongliveonstage.com.

The launch will include the announcement of internationally renowned contemporary artists contributing to the score; announcement of the lead cast; performances of original songs from the show; reveal of set models and costume designs and insights from the award-winning international creative team.

One of the world’s great modern myths about an enormous creature and his battle for survival in New York City, KING KONG has gone back to the source – the novella of the original film by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace – in this world-first adaptation as a large-scale musical.

Global Creatures, the makers of the global phenomena Walking With Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular and How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular (in association with DreamWorks Theatricals) has been developing KING KONG for the last five years.

As a Writer, I Find this Groundbreaking!

'Aside from it sounding like a fun time, I think it's a great opportunity to interact with the theatre community in a unique and fascinating way.'
                                    —Rober Attenweiler, playwright

The Drama Book Shop logo, New York City

Write Out Front: A Playwright Happening!

(August 13th - September 1st, 2012) NYC

Watch award-winning and emerging playwrights, book writers and lyricists create new work right in front of your eyes.
 

During two hour time slots, a writer or writer's team will write a new play in the storefront window of the Drama Book Shop, founded in 1917, with a screen shot of their computer visible to the street.

See writers create new worlds, find inspiration and try to avoid Facebook (or not). Come see playwrights from shows coming up or currently playing at venues around town including the NY International Fringe Festival.

Support and engage the writers via Twitter and FB , follow their careers, see the play and someday, when you're watching the Tonys, Lilys or Academy Awards, you can say you were there. 

The award-winning and emerging playwrights are:

Rob Askins, Robert Attenweiler, Ian August, Micheline Auger, Hilary Bettis, J.Stephen Brantley, Chloe Brown Carter, Rubem Carbajal, Jon Caren, David Caudle, Cecilia Copeland, Carl Cota-Robles, Jamie Cowperthwait, Cusi Cram, Stacy Davidowitz, Lawrence Dial, Nathan Dame, David Davila, Haydn Diaz, Bixby Elliot, Lynne Elson, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Diane Exavier, Gina Femia, Darcy Fowler, Nick Gandiello, Charles Gershman, Sheri Graubert, Stephen Adley Guirgis, Paul Hagen, Laurel Haines, Chris Harcum, Jerron Hermon, Timothy Huang, Dean Imperial, Kait Kerrigan, Jeffrey James Keyes, Alessandro King, Krista Knight, Felice Kuan, Larry Kunofsky, Judith Leora, Lisa Lewis, Jerry Lieblich, Danielle Eliska Lyle, Dan McCabe, Erin Moughan, Kate Mulley, Lindsay Joy Murphy, Mel Nieves, Dan O’Neil, Dael Orlandersmith, Nicole Pandolfo, Kristina Poe, Chana Porter, Tyler Rivenbark, Rob Rosiello, Alex Rubin, Sarah Shaefer, Erika Sheffer, Crystal Skillman, Tommy Smith, Diana Stahl, Roland Tec, Michael Gabriel Torres, Chris Van Strander, Richard Vetere, Josh Wilder, Natalie Wilson, Joseph Samuel Wright, Nathan Yungerberg.

WRITE OUT FRONT was created to bring awareness to the time, space, resources and support that playwrights need to work and grow. It celebrates the tenacity that playwrights possess in the face of challenging economic times which has accompanied the closing of many off-off Broadway theaters and performance spaces, traditionally the fertile ground where theater artists developed their craft.

The installation runs three weeks, Monday through Saturday, 11am – 7pm (8pm Thursdays) The Drama Book Shop is located at 250 W. 40^th Street, across the street from the NYTimes Building August 13^th - September 1^st, 2012.  

A BrockelNote: Granted, this is not going to be like peeking through a window and seeing Ernest Hemingway writing in Ketchum, Idaho. And, I'm guessing, it will be much more fun, also.

Station North: "First 10 Years! Celebrate!"

There's a party in the planning. Save the date!

Baltimore's Station North Arts and Entertainment District will be officially celebrating its 10th Anniversary on Friday, September 28, 5 - 9PM.

Here's the teaser:

On the rooftop at the Charles Street Parking Garage, 1714 N Charles Street, join Governor Martin O'Malley for a party with a MICA invited exhibition, music, drinks, and a whole lot more. The evening will include tours of the Station North District.

Check back often for complete details on what promises to be an entertaining — and artful — evening.

Yes, Even Caption Writers Need an Editor

Frankly, I'm surprised that I haven't seen this copy error more often in early documents.

To learn more from the authoritative source, The Johns Hopkins Gazette, click here.

TV's 1st White House Tour was Hosted by President Truman, not by JFK's First Lady

It was the 33rd President of the United States who brought the White House into a new era—the era of television. President Harry S. Truman held the first televised Presidential Address from the White House on October 5th 1947.

Although ground-breaking, the Truman address to the nation was delivered to an extremely limited audience. Television was still in its infancy. In 1947 there were only about 44,000 TV sets in U.S. homes and the sets were concentrated in just a few major cities. By comparison, there were over 40 million radios in the United States.

First Presidential address to be Televised - Truman, 1947

According to Politico.Com: Though Truman pioneered the now-familiar ritual of a White House telecast to the nation, he was not the first president to appear on television. President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcast on a compact black-and-white screen from the New York World’s Fair on April 30, 1939.

It should be noted that FDR’s comments on the opening day of the 1939 World's Fair’s were seen only on receivers at the fairgrounds and at Radio City Music Hall, in midtown Manhattan. The next day, May 1st, early TV sets went on sale to the general public, as RCA (Radio Corporation of America)—NBC’s (National Broadcasting Company) parent company—began broadcasting on a daily basis. Those daily telecasts didn't last long; they were, for the most part, suspended until the end of World War II.


First Televised Presidential Address - Truman, 1952

Following Truman's address in 1947, all of his subsequent White House speeches, including his 1949 inaugural address, were televised. In 1948, Truman was also the first presidential candidate to air a paid political ad on TV. President Truman's televised tour of the White House followed some unsettling observations.

From the Truman Library:

The White House is Falling Down: Some said the White House was standing only from the "force of habit"

Shortly after moving into the White House, President Truman noticed the telltale signs of a building under serious physical stress. He frequently complained of drafts and unusual popping and creaking noises in the old house. In letters to his wife Bess, back home in Missouri, Truman often joked of the "ghosts" that inhabited the White House.

"The damned place is haunted, sure as shootin... You and Margie had better come back and protect me before some of these ghosts carry me off."
    [Harry Truman, in a letter to his wife Bess, September 8, 1946]

"The floors pop  and the drapes move back and forth. I can just imagine old Andy and Teddy having an argument over Franklin."
    [Truman, in a letter to Bess in June 1945]

Early in 1948, in response to the President's concerns, engineering reports confirmed that the White House was in a serious state. The White House was burned out to its exterior walls during the War of 1812 and further compomised by poorly constructed, successive additions of indoor plumbing, gas lighting, electric wiring, heating ducts, and major structural modifications in 1902 and 1927. Following the 1948 engineering reports the decision was made to move the Trumans across the street to Blair House for three years while the White House underwent a complete interior demolition. The complete reconstruction only retained the exterior walls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the Executive Mansion.

Following the reconstruction, on May 3, 1952, President Truman conducted a televised tour of his new home—the new White House. This is an excerpt:

 
The First White House Tour on Television - the Video

A decade later, on February 14, 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy proudly presented her White House restoration to the world.

The restoration was Mrs. Kennedy's premiere project as First Lady. She was dismayed during her preinauguration tour of the White House to find little of historic significance in the Executive Mansion. The rooms were furnished with undistinguished pieces that she felt lacked a sense of history. Her initial efforts to restore the White House began on her first day in residence.

Jacqueline Kennedy Tour of the White House - 1962

A record 80-million viewers watched the broadcast. It was later syndicated to over 50 countries around the world. If you haven't seen the tour hosted by Jacqueline Kennedy, you should watch. Besides being a wonderful historical document, it is honestly informative and quite a production—by the television standards of the day.

 

From the Museum of Broadcast Communications:

On the night of 14 February 1962 three out of four television viewers tuned to CBS or NBC to watch a A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Four nights later, ABC rebroadcast the program to a sizable national audience before it then moved on to syndication in more than fifty countries around the globe. In all, it was estimated that hundreds of millions of people saw the program, making it the most widely viewed documentary during the genre's so called golden age. But the White House tour is also notable because it marked a shift in network news strategies, since it was the first primetime documentary to explicitly court a female audience.

Baltimore's Theatre Project: 41st Season

Theatre Project has announced plans for its 41st season. There will be a strong emphasis on support for Baltimore's burgeoning theater ensemble community. Local companies in residence this season will include Dreams & Nightmares Aerial (DNA) Theatre (September), Iron Crow Theatre (October, March/April, and May/June), The Generous Company (January), and In-Flight Theatre (November and February), each of whom will have two-to-three week-long runs.

A highlight of visiting companies in residence will be the December presentation of Double Edge Theatre's The Grand Parade. Imagined through the lens of Marc Chagall's paintings, The Grand Parade takes audiences on an emotionally stunning journey through the 20th century with the use of aerial flight, puppetry and music. The Grand Parade is the first performance in Double Edge Theatre's multi-year performance cycle inspired by Chagall's visionary art, life and times and will make its official world premiere during a limited run at Washington DC's Arena Stage February 6-10, 2013. The Grand Parade is conceived and directed by Baltimore native Stacey Klein, and realized with a collaborative team of artists from the US, Argentina and Russia. 

Additionally, Theatre Project will continue its ongoing collaboration with the utterly unique High Zero Festival in September 2012, always a highlight of BTP's experimental offerings. Theatre Project will also present two productions in 2013 with long-time partner Peabody Chamber Opera, which has presented new operas and imaginative re-stagings of older works at Theatre Project for sixteen years.

Theatre Project's dedication to dance will continue with a festival of dance events planned in March 2013. Featured companies will include VT Dance, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, The Collective, ClancyWorks, and a second year of presenting the winners of the John F. Kennedy Center Local Dance Commissioning Project. Our popular Dance Mixer will also return in Spring 2013 with a chance for the burgeoning dance community to showcase its work. 

The 2012/2013 season will be the first in eleven years not overseen by Anne Cantler Fulwiler, who steps down from her duties as Producing Director at the end of June. 

"It just felt like the right time in the life of Theatre Project for me to step down from this role," says Fulwiler. "It's been a truly amazing time. I've had the honor of presenting nearly 400 productions involving over 3,000 artists from right here in Baltimore, across the US, and seventeen foreign countries. I look forward to seeing many more shows here for many years to come."

Chris Pfingsten, who has served as Managing Director for the past season, will continue in that capacity for the 2012/2013 season. The Board of Directors will take the next few months to consider the theater's future structure. 

Detailed show and schedule information is still forthcoming and updates to Theatre Project's website, www.theatreproject.org, will be made regularly. 

Chris Pfingsten
Managing Director
Theatre Project
chris@theatreproject.org
410-539-3091

Theatre Project is funded in part by The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of The Baker Artist Awards, www.BakerArtistAwards.org 

Theatre Project is funded by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. 

Theatre Project
45 W. Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-539-3091 (office)
410-752-8558 (box office)

www.theatreproject.org
office@theatreproject.org

Just Announced: Charles Theatre's Summer Repertory Film Calendar 2012

Here's the 2012 line-up directly from The Charles: 

JUNE 30; JULY 2 AND 5.

COME BACK, AFRICA (1959 Lionel Rogosin)

“Rogosin filmed this damning glimpse at apartheid under the false pretense that he was making an apolitical portrait of Johannesburg's music scene. The resulting doc-narrative hybrid is today regarded as a milestone of cinematic investigative journalism.” (Time Out Chicago)

“A work of amazing grace and a forgotten treasure.” (Time Out New York). Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna and the Rogosin Heritage Foundation In English, subtitled Afrikaans and Zulu. 1.33:1  B&W 86 min.

JULY 7, 9 AND 12.

THE LONG DAY CLOSES (1992 Terence Davies)

A few months in the life of a 12-year-old Liverpudlian."Indeed, it's primarily about the small, innocent but very real joys of being alive, recreated with great skill and never smothered by sentimentality. The stately camera movements; the tableaux-like compositions; the evocative use of music and movie dialogue; the dreamy dissolves and lighting - all make this a movie which takes place in its young protagonist's mind.
Beautifully poetic, never contrived or precious, the film dazzles with its stylistic confidence, emotional honesty, terrific wit and all-round audacity." – Geoff Andrews, Time Out London "Entrancing! A glorious new 35mm print!” (Time Out NY) 1.85:1 85 min.

JULY 14, 16, 19.

CITY LIGHTS (1931 Charlie Chaplin)

“City Lights, which wanders between episodes involving Charlie's love for a blind flower girl and his friendship with a drunken millionaire who doesn't know him when he's sober,
is a beautiful example of Chaplin's ability to turn narrative fragments into emotional wholes. The two halves of the film are sentiment and slapstick. They are not blended but woven into a pattern as eccentric as it is sublime.” (Dave Kehr) 1.33:1 B&W 87 min.

JULY 21, 23, 26.

THE COLOR WHEEL (2011 Alex Ross Perry) “In this new comedy, the director Alex

Ross Perry gives a harsh, sarcastic twist to the intimate rivalry of siblings. He costars as Colin, a diffident aspiring writer whose older sister, J.R., a proud and caustic aspiring actress...recruits him to join her on a road trip to her ex’s house to get her belongings...
Along the way, they pummel each other verbally with their constant squabbling and dredge up several decades of pent-up grudges. Perry directs these uproarious rapid-fire flareups with exquisite comic timing and incisive comic framing.” (Richard Brody) 1.85:1 B&W 83 min.

JULY 28, 30; AUGUST 2.

REAR WINDOW (1954 Alfred Hitchcock)

“James Stewart plays a temporarily wheelchair-bound photojournalist who uses his camera as a telescope to spy on his neighbors, including a travelling salesman (Raymond Burr) who may have killed his invalid wife..

Stewart displays a formidable capacity for prurient interest and self-loathing, and everything Kelly does is ‘proper’ yet enchantingly sexual; it’s her most charged and charming performance ever.” (Michael Sragow) RIP Frank Cady 1.66:1 Technicolor. 112 min.

 AUGUST 4, 6, 9.

THE EXORCIST (1973 William Friedkin)

“To me, The Exorcist was a story about the mystery of faith, and I tried to depict that as realistically as possible. I had read the files...

of the 1949 exorcism case that prompted Bill to write his novel.... This was not simply a scary story, this was something of the supernatural in the natural world. And that’s how I approached the film.” (William Friedkin) 1.85:1  132 min. Color.

AUGUST 11, 13, 16.

MODERN TIMES (1936 Charlie Chaplin)

“Chaplin was in the midst of his anti-sound protest when he made Modern Times - his most explicit statement against technological advancement and capitalism. It is, in fact, a quasi-sound film, but with all voices emanating from various machines instead of the actors, except for one moment when the Tramp sings a gibberish song.

That the machines can talk, yet the people don't, is all part of their dehumanising effect.... Sometimes sentimental yet highly comical...Regarded as one of Chaplin's finest films.” (Film 4) 87 min. B&W.

AUGUST 18, 20, 23.

KURONEKO (1968 Kaneto Shindô)

“In war-torn medieval Japan, a demon haunts the Rajomon Gate, ripping out the throats of samurai in the grove beyond. The governor sends a war hero to confront the spirit, but what the man finds are two beautiful women who look just like his lost mother and wife.
Both a chilling ghost story and a meditation on the nature of war and social hypocrisy, Kuroneko is the second horror triumph from director Kaneto Shindô (Naked Island, Onibaba), who mixes stunning visuals, an evocative score, and influences from traditional Japanese theater to create an atmospheric, haunting, and emotionally devastating masterpiece.” (Janus) 99 min. B&W ‘Scope. New 35mm Print!

AUGUST 25, 27, 30.

GRAND ILLUSION (1937 Jean Renoir)

“On the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary, there’s no need to argue for Grand Illusion’s greatness as a movie. This tale of Frenchmen from all walks of life banding together to escape from German P.O.W. camps in the First World War hasn’t lost its prestige as the supreme antiwar film. But audiences wary of official masterpieces should know that it’s an overwhelming experience, with a robust humor and poignancy that tingle afresh in this prematurely grizzled new millennium.
Rialto Pictures’s release of a new restored print is perfectly timed, and not just for the film’s anniversary. When European unity has again shown how fragile it can be, and polarizing ideologies have fractured democracies everywhere, Grand Illusion offers an unsentimental vision of common humanity.” (Michael Sragow The New Yorker) 75th Anniversary Restoration. 1.33:1. B&W

SEPTEMBER 1, 3, 6.

SANJURO (1962 Akira Kurosawa)

“Akira Kurosawa's 1962 spin-off of his 1961 action comedy hit Yojimbo stars Toshiro Mifune as a disreputable samurai who helps nine young samurai wannabes expose a corrupt official.
Many of the best laughs here concern a couple of very proper female characters who object to Sanjuro's violence (“Killing people is a bad habit,” notes one of them); otherwise Sanjuro's status as a renegade superhero who's nearly always right goes unchallenged.” (Dave Kehr) 96 min. B&W ‘Scope.

SEPTEMBER 8, 10, 13.

THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940 Charlie Chaplin)

“Made in 1940, when a sense of humor about the Nazis was still possible. Charles Chaplin plays two roles, Adenoid Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania, and a poor Jewish barber who's mistaken for Hynkel and sent to deliver a speech in his place...

Chaplin is at his most profound in suggesting that there is much of the Tramp in the Dictator, and much of the Dictator in the Tramp.“ (Dave Kehr) 125 min. B&W 1.33:1.

SEPTEMBER 15, 17, 20.

I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (1945 Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)

“A sublime and utterly distinctive romantic comedy, set towards the end of the second world war. It stars Wendy Hiller as the headstrong, self-possessed and rather conceited young Englishwoman, Joan Webster, who travels to the Hebrides to marry a wealthy industrialist on the remote island of Kiloran.

Foul weather strands her on the neighboring island of Mull the night before their wedding...little by little, she finds herself beguiled by the island and the islanders – in particular Torquil MacNeil...played with delicacy and forthright charm by Roger Livesey.” (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian) 91 min. B&W 1.33:1.

Saturdays 11:30 AM, Mondays 7 PM, Thursdays 9 PM
Matinees $7.50 - Evenings $9.50./SR. $8.50 

CHARLES THEATRE
1711 N. Charles Street
Baltimore 21201

Remember Audio MixTapes? Think Video!

The folks at the Paley Center for Media in New York City have put together some of the best theme-program schedules that I've ever seen. This series ups their already impressive ante.

TV MixTapes

The Paley Center recalls the days when, if you liked someone, you made them a tape. We like you, so we're making mixtapes for you—compilation screenings of amazing things in our collection, curated to provide a unique viewing experience each month with a different theme. Plus it's all on a movie-size screen with great sound.

Every month the Paley Center will present special screenings culled from their massive collection, curated to provide a unique viewing experience … audiences can expect classic episodes from favorite series enhanced by exclusive Paley Center content, original compilations of the weird and wonderful created for this series, and selections from rare programs unavailable anywhere else. Plus there is the thrill of seeing it all on the big screen, with great sound.

Here's the package, the line-up:

Summer "Camp" - starts July 5th 2012
Welcome to a compilation of television’s most outrageous, campy, and head-scratching moments—a celebration of the weird, wild, and wacky side of the small screen, culling only the best moments in discrete chunks for the YouTube generation.

We excerpt the craziest scenes from afterschool specials, old network celebrity spectaculars, outdated training and educational films, camp classic television movies, bizarre music videos, and other outré ephemera. A surefire hit for the Gen-X audience and available exclusively at the Paley Center. 

Hotter than Hellmouth - August
Hell hath no fury like a demon scorned … or something like that. Join us as we celebrate the dog days of August in air-conditioned bliss with this really creepy compilation of television programming spotlighting emissaries from hell (both fictional and not), anchored by “Once More With Feeling,” the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which will be screened in its entirety. We don’t want to give too much away, but also look for clips from The Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, South Park,Thriller, plus a few gems from our collection of programs, commercials, and Paley Center panel discussions. To conclude the package, we’ll screen excerpts from Tom Snyder’s legendary 1981 interview with Charles Manson.  

Dueling Star Treks - September
Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary in September, and with this specially produced compilation the Paley Center boldly goes where thousands and thousands have gone before, tackling the red-hot-button question of whether The Next Generation was also the greatest generation, or whether that honor belongs instead to the original series. Was the first Star Trek too campy? Next Generation too earnest? Beverly Crusher or Bones McCoy? Spock or Data? Kirk’s bare chest or Picard’s bare head? We will shy away from no issue, illustrating our points through a deft selection of clips featuring moments from both shows and a few surprises as well, including excerpts from Paley Center events with the cast and the creative team of TNG and with Captain James T. Kirk himself, the great William Shatner.

Sweet TV Dreams (are made of these?) - October
For the month of chills and thrills, the Paley Center brings you a sixty-minute mixtape that shows the truly frightful—as well as the lighthearted—dreamscapes that have seeped out of our collective unconscious and into our daily TV viewing over the years.

The creepy/scary stuff will come from the usual suspects—Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, The Outer Limits, Buffy the Vampire Slayer—joined with the more psychological hauntings of Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, and M*A*S*H. Then we'll look to Bewitched, My So Called Life, The Practice, and Absolutely Fabulous for the lighter side of our neuroses. 

James Bond: 50 Years on Film -  November
This mixtape will screen in November, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the first Bond film (Dr. No) and also the release of the new Bond film (Skyfall). Included are clips from the 1954 television version of Casino Royale (Bond’s screen debut); two Bond-themed TV specials in our collection; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which Ian Fleming helped develop (plus a Paley Center panel with star Robert Vaughn); Get Smart (including clips from PaleyFest); Archer (including our David Cross–moderated seminar); The Avengers (starring Bond girl Diana Rigg); and appearances by Bond stars Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore in television programs and ads. 

Christmas Carols: A Scrooge Mash-up - December
Arguably the most famous and familiar holiday story ever written, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol continues to enchant generation after generation and inspire countless adaptations, with more, no doubt, yet to come. Since everyone has their particular favorite dramatization, the Paley Center presents its own “Scrooge mash-up,” so to speak.

The entire story will be told using clips from versions starring Mr. Magoo, Patrick Stewart, and Basil Rathbone among others, as well as the tale as interpreted by the casts of such shows as WKRP in Cincinnati, Northern Exposure, and The Honeymooners.

Ok now Baltimore, if you love classic film and television as much as I do, let's book some Bolt Buses and head to The Big Apple for a what will certainly be a monthly fun-fest. And bring your friends. There are new finds and real surprises in this collection of shows. I'm sure that you haven't seen some of these moments before. That's all I'm going to say.

The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52 Street • New York, NY 10019
212.621.6600

Free for Paley Center Members and included with general admission.

A Rude Ringtone? Well, No One Noticed.

Barbara Billingsley, Jiving in 'Airplane'

At work, some months ago, I was in a meeting with Craig (Mr. Super Creative and Designer of all things Interactive) and a batch of account people. The group was discussing a business website hosted on the Jive platform. An account manager looked my way and said, "You're fairly new here do you know Jive?"

My instant response, perhaps a little too instant and glib, "Know Jive? I speak Jive."

Craig and I connected over the memory of a great old movie and a great old gal, the late Barbara Billingsley. It was one of those wink-wink moments that are so much fun when everyone else in the room is working just a tad bit too hard.

A few days later I cut some audio and made a swell ringtone to commemorate the moment. It's here, and it's yours for the taking. 

 
'I Speak Jive' - the ringtone 

Last week I was at Lexington Market and my phone ringer was set at its highest level. It rang. It rang with the 'I Speak Jive' ringtone.

For a few seconds I panicked. My 'jive' moment seemed like the perfect wrong-place-wrong-time event. I was certain that I wouldn't make it to the safety of Faidley's and my favorite oyster shucker's protective knife.

However, I needn't have worried about the social correctness of my sound bite. Only one Lexington Market shopper even acknowledged that he heard it. He tipped his head toward me and muttered, "Uh huh, that's right."

And, just so you know, Miss Billingsley. I think you were quite a babe.

Very Special Video: "You Can't Take it With You" - from Baltimore's Everyman Theatre

Fireworks, police raids, and a xylophone are just the tip of the iceberg in this zany Kaufman and Hart comedy classic. It's a comedy that's often listed in the madcap category because it is, it really is. If there was a magnificent category it would be listed there, also.

Meet the Sycamore family, politically independent with healthy distrust of government. They open their New York City home to all sorts of free spirits. When their daughter Alice, decides to invite her conservative boyfriend’s family to dinner, they promise to be on their best behavior. However…!

 

This extraordinary production stars an all-star Everyman cast. This production ends June 17th and it you only see one show at Everyman this season, please make it this one. I've posted a few highlights from some of the reviews of this production below. I'll add mine here.

"BRANDHAGEN PLAYS XYLOPHONE!
SMOKE, SETS, LOVE, AND LAUGHTER!
The best ticket in town; the finest set you've ever seen."
-Stephen Brockelman, Baltimore 21201

The Cast:         

Megan Anderson* — Essie
Clinton Brandhagen* — Ed
Chinai Hardy — Rheba
Deborah Hazlett* — Mrs. Kirby
Brianna Letourneau —  Alice Sycamore
Wil Love* — Mr. De Pinna
Bruce Randolph Nelson* — Kohlenkov
Caitlin O'Connell — Penny Sycamore
Jon Odom — Donald
Barbara Pinolini — Gay Wellington
Steve Sawicki —  Henderson
Kimberly Schraf — Olga
Matthew Schleigh — Tony Kirby
Carl Schurr* — Mr. Kirby
Stan Weiman* — Martin Vanderhof
Tom Weyburn — Paul Sycamore
and
Michael Leicht
Evan Moritz
Kyle Jackson  — Three Men
*Everyman company member

“COMIC DYNAMITE!
DELICIOUSLY RADICAL!”
-Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun

“FIVE STARS!
NOT TO BE MISSSED!”
-DC Metro Theater Arts

“TERRIFIC!
HILARIOUS!
I definitely recommend. You’ll laugh throughout.”
-Eddie Applefeld, WCBM 680 AM

“UPLIFTING! DELIGHTFUL! LIVELY!
‘You Can’t Take it With You’ has Everyman favorites in roles that they seem born to play!”
-Mike Giuliano, Patuxent Papers

“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”
-DC Theatre Scene

“Leaves you hankering for a place at the family's dining room table!"
-Judy Rousuck, WYPR Maryland Morning

“Thoroughly enjoyable...a really fun evening at the theater. Buy tickets now because it's likely to sell out very quickly!"
-MD Theatre Guide

Tickets. Get your tickets here.

See It in Baltimore - Beautiful Women Dancing with Giant Bananas, and More

You see a lot of wonderful things on Charles Street. But, this is going to be really special. (Read on, you'll thank me, later.)

The Gang's All Here, 1943

This 20th Century-Fox, Technicolor extravaganza features Carmen Miranda, Alice Faye, and James Ellison in a story about a singer and a soldier. The Gang's All Here is a film that one reviewer noted was, "like a male hairdresser's acid trip."

I've seen this Busby Berkeley choreographed movie twice and it's actually a fun, tuneful, and totally garish trip. You'll enjoy it—if not love it—and, you'll never forget it. Did I mention that Benny Goodman and his Orchestra are on stage to provide some extraordinary big band scenes and serious music? 

The Gang's All Here, 1943

Details? I know you want details. Here you go:

BUSBY BERKELEY’S

THE GANG’S ALL HERE

FEATURING CARMEN MIRANDA in a RESTORED 35MM PRINT

Berkeley’s own special brand of kaleidoscopic fantasy, turned into psychedelic surrealism by the electric red and greens of 20th Century-Fox’s color processing. Those who consider Berkeley a master consider this his masterpiece. It is his maddest film: chorus girls dissolve into artichokes; there’s a banana xylophone; and Carmen Miranda appears in platform wedgies on an avenue of giant strawberries.
    -Pauline Kael

SHOW TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY 26 11:30 AM
MONDAY, MAY 28 7 PM
THURSDAY, MAY 31 9 PM.

1943 Dir. Busby Berkeley. Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Edward Everett Horton, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman. Technicolor. Newly restored print! 103 min.

INFINITELY DELIGHTFUL, EFFORTLESSLY INVENTIVE! IT IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD!
    – Dave Kehr, The New York Times

UTTERLY DERANGED!
A kaleidoscope of garish costumes, eye-popping color, psychedelic musical numbers, and some I-can't-believe-the-censors-let-them-get-away-with-that choreography.
    – New York magazine

Time and again, you can’t believe what you’re witnessing: Berkeley’s camera swoops and soars at seemingly impossible trajectories through crowds of extras; Miranda models an expansive fruit headdress... But nothing can prepare you for the literally kaleidoscopic finale, which includes a gaggle of synchronized showgirls and contains eye-searing imagery that anticipates everything from The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T to Tron.
    – Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York

TICKETS
MATINEES $7.50
EVENINGS $9.50
SR. CIT. $8.50

The Gang's All Here, 1943

Here's my personal suggestion: Before you see this brilliant piece of joyous cinematography, have a cocktail or two. Leave all of your preconceived notions of major studio motion pictures at home and have a great time. Revel in the color, the movement, the music, the rhythm, and a little love story. Enjoy.

[A final piece of film trivia. This movie could not be shown in Carmen Miranda's home country of Portugal because of the suggestive nature of the banana dance, Alice Faye was pregnant during much of the filming and the U.S. censors mandated that the dancers must hold the end of the bananas at waist-level, not hip level.]

Check The Charles Theatre's venue for tickets.

An Artist and Three Books Worth Noting

I first wrote about artist, Carol Marine in October of 2011. Read the post and enjoy her books.

 

100 SMALL PAINTINGS - by Carol Marine

100 SMALL PAINTINGS v3 - by Carol Marine

100 SMALL PAINTINGS v2 - by Carol Marine

You may order Carol Marine's books here. They are beautiful, engaging, and wonderful reference pieces for those interested in space, design, and composition.

Enjoy.

Chaplin's 'A Woman of Paris' at the Charles

CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S
A WOMAN OF PARIS
REVIVAL SERIES

Directed by Charlie Chaplin, A Woman of Paris contains no slapstick comedy and Chaplin appears only briefly in a cameo. Noteworthy for the sophistication of its narrative, it was enthusiastically received by critics upon its release. Edna Purviance stars as a village girl who becomes the mistress of a rich and philandering Adolphe Menjou in a provocative precursor to Lubitsch.

SHOW TIMES
SATURDAY, MAY 12 11:30 AM;
MONDAY, MAY 14 7 PM;
THURSDAY, MAY 17 9 PM.

(1923 Charlie Chaplin) 35mm. 82 min. bw.

“The first elegantly stylish comedy of manners in the American cinema, reflecting Jazz Age interest in the rich and decadent...became a powerful influence on Ernst Lubitsch.”
—John Wakeman

”I was absolutely knocked by it....Suddenly, here was a grown-up film, with people behaving as they do in life, and scenes treated with an enormous sophistication.”
—Michael Powell

“A landmark in sophisticated sexual screen drama.”
—Elliot Stein

CHARLES THEATRE
1711 N. CHARLES STREET
BALTIMORE 20101

This Week from the Peabody: Strings, Percussion, Brass, and More! Much More.

On Wednesday, May 2, at 1:00 pm, C Street Brass, a quintet founded by Conservatory students, will perform baroque, tango, and jazz crossover works at a free concert presented by WBJC in the Fine Arts Theater at Baltimore City Community College, 2901 Liberty Heights Avenue.

Faculty artist Joe Burgstaller, trumpet, will present Change Your Mind, Change Your Playing, a performance master class for all instruments, on Thursday, May 3, at 7:00 pm in Room LH414 (Leakin Hall). The class will include mock juries and other jury prep.

Courtney Orlando, violin and voice, who teaches ear training at the Conservatory, will give benefit performances for Mount Vernon Music Space, 1015 North Charles Street, on Friday, May 4, at 7:30 pm and Sunday, May 6, at 3:30 pm. On the program are works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Astor Piazzolla, Caleb Burhans, and Michael Rickelton (MM ’10, Composition). Percussionist Terry Sweeny, a junior, will also perform. For more information, visit mountvernonmusicspace.com.

Soprano Jennifer Holbrook (MM ’09, Voice; GPD ’11, Opera), tenor and countertenor Peter Lee (BM ’06, MM ’08, Voice), and baritone Kevin Wetzel (MM ’06, GPD ’08, Voice) will perform with the Peabody Concert Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore Orchestra and Symphonic Chorale, Peabody-Hopkins Chorus, Peabody Singers, and Peabody Children's Chorus at the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric, 140 West Mount Royal Avenue, on Saturday, May 5, at 8:00 pm. Edward Polochick, artistic director of Concert Artists of Baltimore and a Peabody faculty member, will conduct the collaborative performances of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Tickets are $28 and $38 and may be purchased by visiting lyricoperahouse.com or calling 410-900-1150. Student rush tickets may be purchased for $10 each at the Lyric Box Office starting one hour prior to the performance.

                         Brian Ganz, Peabody Faculty Artist

Faculty artist Brian Ganz, piano, will perform Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra with the National Philharmonic Orchestra as part of an all-Debussy program on Saturday, May 5, at 8:00 pm. The concert will take place at The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda. For tickets, visit nationalphilharmonic.org.

The Peabody Children's Chorus, directed by Doreen Falby, will present The Poet Sings, a program of music set to the words of Shakespeare, Blake, Dickens, Dickinson, and other great poets, on Sunday, May 6, at 3:00 pm in Peabody's Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. Tickets are $5. To purchase tickets, call the Peabody Box Office at 410-234-4800. Also that day at 3:00 pm, an ensemble from the Peabody Children's Chorus will appear in a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah by the Baltimore Choral Arts Society in the Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson. For tickets, visit baltimorechoralarts.org.

Free noon recitals
At this week's free Thursday Noon recital in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Brassivity—trumpeters Yanbin Chen and Tristan Clarke, hornist Joel Watts, trombonist Emily Joseph, and tubist Scott Miller—will perform Bach's Fugue in G minor, Michael Kamen's Quintet, and the Allegro Vivo movement from Eugene Bozza's Sonatine for Brass; violinist Szu-Yun Chiu, cellist Young Eun Lee, and pianist Sejoon Park will perform Schubert's Trio No. 1 in B-flat major; and violinist Erica Richardson, cellist Antoinette Gan, and pianist Choo Choo Hu will perform Dvorák's Trio No. 1 in B-flat major.

On Friday, May 4, at noon, there will be a free performance by Conservatory harp students in the Peabody on the Court series at the Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street.

Enjoy!

We Purchased a 1973 Harold Krisel Original - the Artwork Arrived Damaged

My first thought was, "Well, what a depressing beginning to our weekend."

I paused, looked at the beat-up shipping case, opened it, photographed the damage, and silently cursed UPS. That didn't accomplish much. I thought again, and realized that the shipping misfortune was an opportunity to share Harold Krisel with you.

Jacob and I have—after discovering an intuitively handsome, wonderfully executed body of work—fallen in love with the work of artist, Harold Krisel.

             Untitled, Harold Krisel - McCormick Gallery, Chicago

While the name Harold Krisel is not bantered about like the names of other American-modern, abstract artists; Jacob and I believe that will change over the next decade or so. Krisel's work has a direct, strong, empirical voice that seems to speak louder with the passing of time. Learn more:

Krisel (1920 - 1995) is represented in the collections of numerous museums including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Houston Museum of Art, British Museum in England, Bibliotheque National in Paris, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Krisel also completed numerous public commissions and installations, including a nationally recognized mural for the Greenville / Spartanburg Airport in South Carolina.

               Dark and Light Forms, Harold Krisel 1962 

Harold Krisel was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1920. He studied architecture at the New Bauhaus from 1946-1949 on the G.I. Bill after his discharge from the Army. Twenty-six at the time, Krisel had been interested in art since the 1930s when he arrived in New York—with Carl Holty and Harry Holtzman. He became a member of American Abstract Artists in 1946, and retained that membership for life.

Krisel completed his graduate studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1952.

He worked as an architect at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill until 1966, when he joined the faculty of the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan where he taught architecture until his retirement in 1981.

In 1955 Harold Krisel met his primary patron, Roger Milliken, of Milliken and Company. Krisel was commissioned to design a 26,000 square foot aeration pond for Milliken's headquarters.

Once he retired, Krisel—in his studio in Bridgehampton, New York—pursued his life-long dream of dedicating himself full time to his vision of art and graphics. In Bridgehampton he began by designing his own house and studio. There he befriended artists Ibram lassaw and Perle Fine and he showed at the storied Elaine Benson Gallery.

Harold Krisel died in 1995 of Alzheimer's disease.

On the damage front, we have a received a different piece and when our latest acquisition is properly framed and on the wall, I'll share it with you here. It's titled Jagged Form and it's a powerful expression of perpendicular, parallel form juxtaposed by a single wandering, unknown black form that seems to have a destination in mind. Or, without sign-posts, is it lost? Jagged Form is—with its yellows, from the brightest, most saturated lemon to the palest lemonade, to the solid coal-black of the form—a romp in color and contrasts. Jagged Form is a mystery of intent; a puzzle never to be solved. It is a treat for the eye and a singular hint at the vision of the artist, Harold Krisel.

Artist Harold Krisel

One more thing makes this piece of art so special for us: We acquired it from two of Harold Krisel's family members.

9 Jobs and Opportunities in Baltimore's Arts Community — Much is Happening

Just in from Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Jobs, internships, and more.

                   Jamie L Howe, Executive Director, GBCA

For the week beginning March 26th 2012:

Creative Alliance seeks Part Time Box Office Assistant
Previous Box Office experience preferred but not required

Maryland Art Place (MAP) announces Call for Submissions – Exhibit on Relationship Between People and Their Bicycles
Submit by May 1

Maryland Art place (MAP) announces Call for Curators to Participate in Curators’ Incubator Exhibition Competition
Proposals due May 12

Wide Angle Youth Media announces Call for Submissions: 7th Annual Youth Media Festival
Submissions due April 15

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts announces Free “Money Matters” Morning Symposium
Friday, April 20, 9am - noon

CENTERSTAGE seeking Interns in Areas of Audience Relations, Digital Media, Graphics and Audio

CENTERSTAGE offering Executive Fellowship
Exposed to all aspects of the administrative side of the theater as well as the administrative interface with artistic and production

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra seeks Group Sales Assistant
Successful candidate will have previous phone sales, theater venue or other hospitality related experience

Soledad Salamé announces Solar Etching and Monoprint Workshops
For artists who have prior print knowledge

Good luck with your submissions and check back here often. It's looking like a very busy season is just beginning for folks looking to work in the arts in Baltimore.

About GBCA:
GBCA was born out of a series of conversations between 1998 and 2001, when the cultural community identified a need for a more unified and connected arts and cultural sector. In December 2001, founder Nancy Haragan incorporated Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Nancy Haragan stepped down as director in December 2009. J. Buck Jabaily served as executive director from January 2010 to January 2012, when he was succeeded by Jeannie L. Howe.

Since its launch, GBCA has served as both a catalyst and an incubator for various programs and initiatives in the region. GBCA promotes within and for the cultural community with BatlimoreFunGuide.com, Weekly FunSaver Emails, JobsPlus, and our weekly community newsletter. GBCA has sponsored and co-sponsored bothy symposia and the annual Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting, and offered a number of community convenings. GBCA has helped coordinate sector-wide participation in ambitious citywide festivals, such as VIVAT! (2003), Tour de Clay (2005), Free Fall Baltimore (2006, 2007, 2008), and The Maps Festival (2008), and completed several important sector-wide studies, including a Collaborative Arts Marketing Study. Other significant initiatives were GBCA serving as licensee for the Maryland Cultural Data Project (2007-2011), hosting RadarRedux.com (2008-2011), the Wealth Analysis (2007), and since 2008,  our ongoing administration of the Baker Artists Awards on behalf of the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund. For more on current GBCA programs, click here.

A Letter to Baltimore Arts Organizations

Here's an important letter from the Peabody Institute via Margaret Bell.

Vintage Postcard of the Peabody on North Charles Street

Dear Fellow Baltimore-Area Arts Organizations:

As you know, this year the Peabody Institute will produce its first summer issue of Arts Alive. This is a reminder that we are currently looking for your performing arts events, from June 1 to Sept. 15, for inclusion in the Arts Alive.

The deadline for those submissions is Thursday, March 15. (If you need more time, please let me know.) These listings are free of charge. This third annual issue will be a stand-alone publication, distributed in the same quantities as the fall and spring Peabody Magazine inserts.

Peabody continues to work with the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance and the BaltimoreFunGuide.com to provide a comprehensive listing of music, dance, and theatre events in the Baltimore/Washington region.

Concerts & Event Listings
Deadline for Event Information:
Thursday, March 15

Since your organization is located in Baltimore City or the five contiguous counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard) your event information will be pulled directly from the BaltimoreFunGuide.com.

Your events must be listed on this site to be included. Many of you are currently working with the GBCA and have a user name and password to enter events through the BaltimoreFunGuide Content Management tool, but if you do not, please contact GBCA at gbca@baltimoreculture.org or 410-230-0200 to learn more about accessing the system.

Arts Alive is a special tear-out section in Peabody Magazine published twice a year and a guide to arts around the region. Arts Alive is distributed free of charge to cultural institutions in Mount Vernon, Downtown Baltimore, the Baltimore Visitors Center, and DC. Please let me know if you’d like to receive copies at your venue.

Advertising Information – Deadlines for Advertising
Spring Issue:
Space reservation, March 31; Art due April 5

The Gazelle Group, Inc. is the advertising representative for the Peabody Magazine and Arts Alive.   The Gazelle Group currently represents the Johns Hopkins Gazette and other local publications. Questions regarding advertising should be directed to Julie Wittelsberger at the Gazelle Group, Inc., (443) 275-2687 or gazellegrp@comcast.net