Month: July 2007
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Time To Soak Up The Sports and Culture
July 16th, 2007
Now that some of you know what “CCRG”
is, I just saw the following on their site, and for
those who couldn’t attend yesterday, you can check
this out to have a remote idea of what you missed, because
believe me, it doesn’t compare to seeing it in
person. And my favorite quote from yesterday:
“This was everything you said it would be….and
more….(and) that’s a good thing!”
Make sure you tune in next Monday morning (July
23) to catch CCRG go national on the Today Show.
From the WFTDA press release:
"As Women's Flat Track Derby gains increasing
thunder this year leading up to the final 2007 tournaments,
NBC's Today Show has taken notice, and produced an in-depth
segment on the modern roller derby revolution featuring
member leagues the Charm City Roller Girls of Baltimore,
Maryland, and New York's Gotham Girls Roller Derby,
slated to air Monday July 23, 2007.
The segment sends Today Show personality Natalie
Morales to Baltimore to practice with the Charm City
Roller Girls, and includes footage of their June home
league bout as well as interviews. On the morning of
the 23rd, the Gotham Girls take over the Plaza at Rockefeller
Center, and will be skating live demos throughout the
morning's broadcast!"
Looking for more sports? You're in luck!
 Airsoft!
There is a game this weekend at a field that offers
rentals. Running around in the woods with automatic
bb guns is lots of fun! Check out the home site:
Airsoft Games at OA.
Basketball!
There are a few of us that play basketball on Tuesdays
and Thursdays not far from here on Padonia. We are always
looking for more people to come out!
Ultimate Frisbee
Baltimore has tons and tons of ultimate Frisbee. I rotate
playing on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and there
are other games available for Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Thursdays. Lately we’ve had several BHG people
coming out to the Sunday game at Wyman Park with a crowd
from the Hopkins School of Public Health (I think this
week we had five BHG-ers). That’s a great game
because it’s very low-key with skills ranging
from complete novice to pretty good. There’s no
stall count, lax boundaries, and no scoring for most
of the session. Let me know if anyone wants more info.
For those looking for more sports options, check out
the Baltimore Sports & Social Club. According to
the website, they organize Football, Softball, Volleyball,
Wiffleball, Broomball, Kickball, and Dodgeball. As far
as I’m aware, part of their mission is to be a
venue to meet new people; according to the website:
Your main goal in joining the BSSC
should be to meet new friends, drink $1 Miller Lite
drafts and have fun—it’s that simple.
Check them out at www.baltssc.com
 Looking
for an alternative to ArtScape?
Well, why not go to aLtskape!
Big Huge's Marla
Kanefsky will be perfoming this Thursday night as
part of the entertainment portion of MakeBakeFakeCake
- an art cake exhibition to be judged by Baltimore's
very own Chef Duff, owner of Charm City Cakes and star
of Food Network's, Ace of Cakes!!!!
Performance/Tiget Info Provided Here.
And for those who don't even know what Artscape
is...
Artscape is the zaniest and most cool
outdoor festival of the summer. www.artscape.org
It's the best thing ever, and you should go. It's right
on the Light Rail, in the same neighborhood as MICA,
and features tons of great music and art, including
performances from Martin Sexton, The Isley Brothers,
Los Lonely Boys, Lupe Fiasco, and Burning Spear, as
well as tons of local acts.
http://www.artscape.org/index.cfm?page=schedules
In case you missed the Red
Room show last weekend, it was one
of the better local avant shows of the year.
 This
weekend features 26+ hours of experimental music goodness
courtesy of Artscape
and the Red Room. Most of it free. Come swing by. I'll
be there:
Baltimore
Exotic Hypnotic - all weekend long at Artscape
Langsdale Auditorium
University of Baltimore
1420 Maryland Ave.
Oliver Street entrance
FREE
2pm
- 10pm, Friday, July 20
12noon
- 8pm, Saturday, July 21
12noon
- 8pm, Sunday, July 22
 Some
standout offerings on the schedule:
Friday, 7pm - 8pm: Avant garde saxophonist Brian
Sacawa. Bringing the saxophone repertoire into the
21st century, Sacawa plays a mean version of "Music
in the Shape of a Square" by Baltimore's native
minimalist Philip
Glass, jams with turntable artist DJ
Dubble8 and tackles both extremes of consonance
and dissonance from living composers. This guy is cool.
Saturday, 2pm - 3pm: John
Dierker/Will
Redman/Marc Miller Trio. I'm a big fan of drummer
Will Redman's graphic notation (pictured).
Sunday, 3pm - 4pm: Neil
Feather. Instrument inventor and composer. Baltimore's
version of Harry
Partch. You have to admire someone so far out there
he has to invent his own instruments to realize his
musical vision.
Sunday, 7pm - 8pm: Shodekeh Bouma. Human beat box. Best
beat boxer I've ever heard.
Also happening, the inaugural After
Now concert at the Red Room.
 Saturday,
July 21
pre-concert discussion at 8:15pm
concert at 9:00pm
$6
Red Room @ Normal's Books and Records
425 E. 31st St., Baltimore, MD
If you miss Brian Sacawa's set at Artscape on Friday,
you get a second chance to hear him perform at this
venue.
Here's another fun thing to check out--the Fluid
Movement Water Ballet! This annual crazy extravaganza
boasts upwards of 70 amateur water performers, all decked
out in glitter and costumes. The shows are running this
weekend and next, so you can make Artscape and still
hit the water ballet.
SPEND THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
WITH FLUID MOVEMENT'S
"WAR & FLEAS," OUR SIXTH ANNUAL WATER
BALLET
Because we didn't read it either, Fluid Movement has
properly glitterized Tolstoy's classic story of Russian
society during the battles and excesses of Napoleonic
era to unleash the high stakes drama of the modern day
dog park! See Salty Russian Dogs take on Continental
French Squirrels in a heated battle for park turf! And
because one pool alone can't hold this fun-tabulous
hydro epic, BOTH the Riverside Park Pool AND the Patterson
Park Pool will go to the dogs.
Who: Fluid Movement (www.fluidmovement.org
,) Baltimore's favorite community arts group, presents
more than 70 of your friends and neighbors in its 2007
public pool extravaganza.
What: "War and Fleas" (Like
CATS! But without leggings or felines)
When: Hot Dog And Beer Benefit --
Saturday, July 21 (5:30 pm) at Riverside Pool
Sunday, July 22 (5 and 7 pm) at Riverside Pool.
Saturday, July 28 (5 and 7 pm), and Sunday July 29 (5
and 7 pm) at Patterson Park pool.
Where: 7/21 and 7/22 at Riverside
Park Pool, 1800 Covington Street, Baltimore MD and 7/28
and 7/29 at Patterson Park Pool, Linwood at Pratt, Baltimore,
MD
How: General Seating - $8. Seating provided;
no food or beverages, please. Fluid Movement's "Dog
Days" Hot Dog and Beer Benefit is $20.00 and includes
show admission, beer, and hotdogs.
Advance tickets available through www.brownpapertickets.com
(Type the following key words in the Search Event box:
"Fluid Movement" or "War and Fleas").
Tickets will also be sold at the door one hour prior
to each performance.
 Harry
Potter fan? Planning to be at the release? Check out
this fire group!
Hot Event to Celebrate the LAST Harry Potter Book at
Daedalus Bookstore.
Kate Guntermann will be performing with Suzy, Albert
and Rachel of the Calefaction
Society this Friday night
starting at 11:45pm. You can also be
among the first to buy the newest Harry Potter Book,
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", which
goes on sale at the stroke of midnight! The Harry Potter
list price is $35.00, but Daedalus' price is only $23.95,
a savings of $11.05!!
Daedalus Books
5911 York Road
Baltimore, MD
(across from the Senator Theater)
Not enough line waiting for you? Spend the rest of
your weekend here...
 The
Baltimore Convention Center is hosting
Otakon 2007 Friday - Sunday. Pre Registration
is closed, but you can always get your pass at the door!
Join thousands of your fellow fans as we descend on
Baltimore to celebrate all anime, manga, and all facets
of Asian pop culture!
www.otakon.com
Action, Food and GORE!
July 09th, 2007
Need plans for this Friday night….as in Friday
the 13th?!?! Please email me if you are interested in
joining us so that I can get a headcount for ordering
food. Significant others are welcome as well!
- Monica
Stuff to put on the calendar in the coming weeks (since
I may not get to update the Happenings while on pitch
tour):
 Demolition
Derby in Upperco, MD on July 14th
Charm City Roller Girls on July 15th—likely
to be a Big Huge social event if Monica is not completely
overloaded
Make Bake Fake Cake “edible art exhibition”
(what’s not to like?) on Thursday, July 19th
Artscape
and
altsKape
July 20th – 22nd
Film Festivals Galore!
July 02nd, 2007
 It’s
the all-outdoor-film-festival edition of Baltimore Happenings!
One of the most enjoyable evening experiences for a
summer night in Baltimore is attending an outdoor screening
of an oldie but goodie movie. For my money, the best
“scene” can be found at the Little
Italy Film Festival at the intersection of High
& Stiles street. The entire block is closed off,
local restaurants offer take-out specials, and lots
of families spread picnic blankets and put out folding
chairs to watch a show. The festival kicks off this
Friday at 9 PM with Moonstruck. Every Friday is a new
movie until Labor Day, including Only You, For Your
Consideration, and Rocky Balboa. Monica will be organizing
a Big Huge social event to one of these movies…my
vote is for Rocky Balboa…
(Click on “movies” tab)
In addition to movies at avam on Thursdays and in little
italy on Fridays:
Outdoor Movies in Mount Vernon
The Friends
of Mount Vernon Place will host the second
summer of movies in the East Park of Mount Vernon with
four classic musicals. The movies will start at dusk...bring
your lawn chairs, relax, and enjoy.
Wednesday, July 11: An American in Paris
Wednesday, July 25: My Fair Lady
Wednesday, August 8: Singing in the Rain
Wednesday, August 22: West Side Story
Slightly less atmosphere but slightly better movies
may be found at the Johns
Hopkins Outdoor Film Series, also on Friday nights.
This week, bring the kiddos to see “Cars”
on the upper quad by Gilman Hall. In a couple of weeks
they are showing the first Harry Potter, and the series
wraps up with the underrated Hitchhiker’s Guide
To The Galaxy on 7/27.
Thursdays through August 9th, the American
Visionary Arts Museum is also running an outdoor
film fest, on the slope of Federal Hill that faces the
museum. Highlights include Edward Scissorhands on July
26th and Field of Dreams on August 9th.
“Art Car” preview and Caravan at American
Visionary Arts Museum July 21st
Did I say this was an all-outdoor-film-festival edition?
I LIED! There’s one other event worthy of note—another
Guitar Hero competition and hangabout at Atomic
Pop in Hampden. This time around, they have prizes
for Easy, Medium, and Hard levels, including a grand
prize voucher for the Guitar Hero 80s game!
-Tim
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