Month: April 2007
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Arr Matey!
April 25th, 2007
The most fun thing on my radar this week is surely "Privateer Day," happening in Fell's Point this Saturday. Dress up like a pirate, drink a lot of grog, and say "ARRRR" constantly! The fun for the whole family starts at 11 AM, with period music, ship building & sailing for kids, Pirate Storytelling, cannon demonstrations, and a Pirate Invasion at 4:30 PM.
Then things get more, er, pirate-y with the Pyrate Invasion that starts at 6 PM and goes into the night with special events and a pub crawl at the local drinking holes. I'm planning to stumble around for awhile in the 10 PM timeframe; let me know if you are in the area and perhaps we can join forces!
In between your Pirate pillaging, check out Glitterama II, hosted by Fluid Movement at the Load of Fun studios. The last Glitterama was chockablock full of very funny performances from those crazy performance arteests. As a bonus, Marla is working the door. A double bonus is that you can show up in your pirate costume and feel completely at home...
If you can spare the time from sewing your pirate costume on Wednesday, the Mobtown Shank Book Club will be discussing the first installment of the best comic book EVAH, with Sandman issues 1-8 (collected as the "Preludes & Noctures" graphic novel). Mark Nelson and I are headed down after work--let us know if you want to join in the fun! 7 PM at Frazier's on the Avenue in Hampden.
Courtesy of Devin Hurd comes another concert of avant-garde goodness for Wednesday: Up and coming local saxophonist (and competitive cyclist) Brian Sacawa has his CD release party for "American Voices" at An Die Musik this Wednesday, April 25 at 8:00pm/$12
He will be joined by Michael Djupstrom on piano and DJ Dubble8 on turntables. Check him out. This guy is cool.
Sunday marks the Charm City Roller Girls season opener at Putty Hill Skateland. If you haven't seen this orgy of violence on wheels, you owe it to yourself to take in the spectacle. Given the injury rate at the bouts I've attended, I expect that soon the sport will have maimed everyone in the Baltimore region willing to give it a try. Go Night Terrors!
The Maryland Film Festival is held every year in the first week of May, and is one of the highlights of springtime in Baltimore. Check out the schedule and plan to attend at least some of the screenings! You are likely to have the most fun as a volunteer, with free movie vouchers, tickets to the Closing Night Party, and celebrity elbow-rubbings as your reward. To volunteer for the festival (May 3-6th), e-mail volunteer@mdfilmfest.com.
From Egypt to Japan and Beyond
April 18th, 2007
One of the most fun recurring events during the week
is belly dance night on Wednesdays at the Red
Maple, in Mt. Vernon. This Wednesday (4/18), the
venue will host a whole troupe of performers known as
Egyptian Sun. This performance is also a group
fundraiser - if you rsvp (and arrive before 11pm), the
door is reduced from $10 to $5, the whole $5 goes to
Egyptian Sun, and you get comped a drink with the cover.
RSVP to egyptiansun@shanta.com.
They'll be dancing from 10pm - 12ish.
 Also
on Wednesday, Centerstage is hosting a celebration
of Japanese culture from 7-11 PM.
From the website:
"CENTERSTAGE transforms into Puchi
Nippon, or 'Little Japan,' with a building-wide
celebration of Japanese culture, arts, & style. Grab
your cultural passport and immerse yourself in sushi,
sake, koto, ikebana, hapmudo, geisha dance, samurai
swordsmanship, tea ceremonies, fashion shows, music,
art, culture, and food."
The City Paper is sponsoring its annual Brew
Fest in Fell's Point this Saturday from 1-5 PM.
Choose from 40 beers, listen to music, or simply enjoy
the Amsterdam-esque ability to walk the street with
a cold brew in hand. Proceeds benefit the Fells Point
Preservation Society.
Big Huge Games will be attending the Baltimore Orioles
vs. Boston Red Sox baseball game this next Thursday,
April 26th at 7:05 p.m. Come on out and root for the
Orioles with us!
Not enough hifalutin culture in these here Baltimore
Happenings posts? Check out the Baltimore
Shakespeare Festival! They are wrapping up their
2006/2007 season with performances of All's Well
That Ends Well, through April 22nd.
Play My Melody!
April 09th, 2007
They're showing DARKON at the Senator
Tomorrow, Saturday April 14th at 2:30. I saw this at
the Maryland Film Festival a while back and found it
hilarious and really entertaining. Its a documentary
about live-action RPG'ers and was filmed in here Maryland,
so maybe there will be a bunch of dudes there in armor
like there were at the film festival. i'm going to go.
recommended
http://www.citypaper.com/film/review.asp?rid=11640
website:
http://www.darkonthemovie.com/
Tonight, April 11th, the
Sidebar Tavern is hosting "DS NIGHT!"
Tim Ford says:
"Bring your Nintendo DS and enjoy a night of gameplay
against opponents the likes of which you have never
faced!
Drink Specials All Night! Doors Open @ 9pm!
A few of us are going. Let me know if you'd like to
join us, or just show up. It's on the corner of Guilford
and Lexington. It's pretty nondescript, but you'll see
an awning with the word 'Sidebar' on it."
On Thursday, April 12th, the Cockeysville Library is
hosting the "Indie
Comics A-Go-Go" at 7:00 PM. From the
website:
Indie
Comics A-Go-Go! - Emily Flake, Brian Ralph and Mark
Burrier
Hear how three talented cartoonists got started through
self-publishing and the small press and then see what
they are working on now!
Devin Hurd says:
"One of my all-time free jazz heroes will be playing
at
the Red Room this Friday: Peter Brotzmann.
Peter Brotzmann: reeds
with
 Marino
Pliakas: bass
Michael Wertmuller: drums
Friday, April 13th, 8:00pm & 9:30pm, $12 per set.
at The
Red Room
Normals Books and Records
425 E. 31st Street.
Baltimore
Peter Brotzmann is a founding member
of the European Free Jazz movement of the 1960s and
his unorthodox, aggressive approach to the saxophone
is often referred to as 'sonic terror.'
'Pliakas and Wertmuller
were equally assertive at filling every last bit of
space in the thick canvas of sound and matched Brötzmann’s
fire with accompaniment worthy of an Ozzfest booking.'
-JazzTimes"
If "sonic terror" doesn't entice you to check
out this awesome venue, I don't know what will...see
Devin for more info or to carpool to the show!
And as mentioned last week:
Marquee Ball 2007
FORBIDDEN PLANET
Sat Apr 14
Baltimore psychedelic funk masters The All Mighty Senators
power The Patterson into a dance-mad orbit as Creative
Alliance’s Marquee Ball blasts off! Trixie Little
and the Evil Hate Monkey! Peter Pan Award (Named for
Peter "Peter Pan" Zahorecz) to WYPR’s
Lisa Morgan and Aaron Henkin. Preview Dinner’s
Golden Formstone Award to GCBA’s Nancy Haragan
with fab jazz by Tom Mitchell and Robert Redd. Sexy
Sci Fi Attire! Tix on sale now! 9pm Ball, adv tix $55,
$50 mbrs, $65 at door.
The
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival is running
right now and showing two films this weekend at the
Gordon
Center for the Performing Arts.
I'm especially interested in the Rape of Europa, which
is playing again next weekend at the Walter's.
The Rape of Europa tells the epic story
of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and
miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures
during the Third Reich and the Second World War.
In a journey through seven countries, the film takes
the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism,
greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic
heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis
looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in
history. But young art professionals as well as ordinary
heroes, from truck drivers to department store clerks,
fought back with an extraordinary effort to safeguard,
rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen
treasures.
Yeah, it's been awhile since the last dance fest I went
to at Ottobar
and this sounds like the perfect opportunity! Hope to
see you guys there! Please feel free to send this on
to other dancin fools!
 Friday,
April 13
PRINCE vs MADONNA vs MICHAEL JACKSON DANCE PARTY
ROUND 2!
"Best Dancing Your Ass Off"
- City Paper Best Of Baltimore 2006.
No cover til 10pm! $2 rail drinks, drafts, & Natty
Boh's til 10:30pm
9PM Doors- 18 & OVER
Spring Has Sprung!
April 02nd, 2007
Spring has sprung, and with it comes a plethora of
sporting opportunities! Join Big Huge e-mail aliases
"soccer" or "b-ball" for more info
on some of the following activities:
First up, Big Huge is sponsoring a co-ed indoor soccer
team. Zack Smith is captaining the squad, and his new
hairstyle is a symbol of his dedication. Games will
be played on Tuesday or Fridays, time TBD but no earlier
than 7 PM. I think games begin next week, so let Zack
know if you are interested in playing!
Now that it's warm out, we're starting to play basketball
again on Tuesdays and Thursdays after work. Current
venue is Ridgely
Middle School, although we may try different courts.
Finally, Baltimore has a very large ultimate frisbee
community, with a range of competition to fit every
level of skill. The main group I play with meets on
Wednesday nights at 7:45 PM and Saturday afternoons
at 2:45 PM at 36th & Falls Road in Hampden. The
field is lighted, so we play all year round in pretty
much any kind of weather conditions. Most people repair
to PJs pub for food and drinks after playing a game.
For relatively competitive league play, check out the
Central Maryland  Ultimate
website:
http://www.md-ultimate.org/
They are listing a spring drop-in league running through
May, which meets Mondays 8-11. There will be a more
organized summer league starting after that. For more
pickup options, check out:
http://www.md-ultimate.org/pickup.htm
For those who feel their frisbee skills are not up to
any competitive standard whatsoever, there's a group
that plays in Patterson Park on Sundays at 5 PM. The
core of the group is from the JHU School of Public Health,
and they don't bother with niceties like keeping score
or stall counts. Let me know if you are interested and
I'll provide more details.
In non-sports-related activities, don't forget the
Guitar Hero competition benefitting Moveable Feast on
Friday. From last week's post:
Guitar Hero Competition!
Friday, April 6, 2007
7PM-10PM
Atomic POP
3620 Falls Road ( near corner of Falls and 36th Street)
Think you have chops (of either the guitar-playing
or video-gaming variety)? Think they're good enough
to win the grand prize? Show us what you're made of!
$1 per try, donated to Moveable Feast, with a prize
for the highest score.
Free refreshments!! Drinks! And snacks! But don't forget
to tip your server: All tips go to
Moveable Feast as well.
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Ballet is on this Friday
at the Lyric,
and "All's
well that ends well" has just started showing.
 And
finally, be sure to save the date for the Creative
Alliance Marquee Ball 2007 on Saturday, April 14th.
If you haven't yet seen the Allmighty Senators, one
of Baltimore's great live bands, this is the perfect
venue:
Baltimore psychedelic funk masters The All Mighty Senators
power The Patterson into a dance-mad orbit as Creative
Alliance’s Marquee Ball blasts off! Trixie Little
and the Evil Hate Monkey! Peter Pan Award (Named for
Peter "Peter Pan" Zahorecz) to WYPR’s
Lisa Morgan and Aaron Henkin. Merry-Martian, Rockin’
Robot, Sexy Sci-fi attire suggested! Tix on sale now!
9pm Ball, adv tix $55, $50 mbrs, $65 at door.
-Tim
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