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Gary Kachadourian’s Forum of Champions

Artist, curator and former visual arts coordinator at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA), Gary Kachadourian has curated another large group show – that is, as large of a show he could manage within a 225-inch space. Currently on view in the ...

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By: Naomi Gassel

Published: March 10, 2010

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Sandglass Gives Bad Weather a Good Name

There's puppet thea-tah, and there's puppet theatre.  Puppet thea-tah (which is a lot of fun in its own right) is peppered with spooky shadow play, life size puppets, Jungian motifs, and tantalizing visual imagery. "All Weather Ballads" by Sandglass Theatre at the Theatre Project, fits ...

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By: John Barry

Published: March 9, 2010

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Blood Weather at Creative Alliance

Dichotomies present potentially powerful subject matter in contemporary art. A tension between two opposing artistic points of view is on display in Blood Weather, a new installation at the Creative Alliance by Becky Alprin and Lauren Boilini. Bolini’s works are massive paintings of explosive expression in ...

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By: Naomi Gassel

Published: March 2, 2010

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Hampden for Snowmagendon; Not Such a Bad Place to Be

February the third, two thousand ten was the first night I slept at my new place in Baltimore’s quirky little Hampden. There were many things I knew I would love about my wonderful new neighborhood prior to moving in; however being here for “snowpacolypse 2010” ...

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By: Julie Medina

Published: February 26, 2010

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Harsh Words, Sweetly Spoken: Avery Brooks in Let There Be Love

When an old man in a play calls his daughter a pussyhole, you’re right to cringe. But there’s something about Alfred, principle character in Kwei-Armah’s Let There Be Love at Centerstage, that makes one want to give him a pass even as that phrase hangs ...

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By: John Barry

Published: February 24, 2010

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The Art of Losing Yourself in the 21st Century

What brought the women of Losing Yourself in the 21st Century, a new exhibition at Maryland Art Place, together in both real time and cyberspace?  The exhibit is a complete exploration of new media art from the curation itself to the art on display; the ...

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By: Naomi Gassel

Published: February 22, 2010

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Dubious Identity and the Narrative Theater of Sculpture

I like to think about sculpture as a type of narrative theater. It uses the pedestal or the gallery space as a stage and presents itself as a possible reality. As the viewers, we suspend our disbelief like we would in the movies, and the ...

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By: Peter Boyce

Published: February 21, 2010

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Get Your Kicks on Route 66 – The Healing Power of Jazz in Let There Be Love

“You once said that Nat and Lillie had answers to every question in the world. What should I play to give me answer to stop this?” In this line, Maria (Gretchen Hall), a Polish immigrant in her twenties, appeals to the music of Nat ...

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By: Amy Morgan

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A Rainbow at University of Baltimore

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a choreopoem by Ntozake Shange - essentially a series of monologues by woman of color that incorporates dance and music, both choreographed and improvised. What makes this production unique is that ...

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By: Amy Morgan

Published: February 17, 2010

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Alena Smith and Yaroslava Pulinovich: Two Playwrights Deal With the Fourth Wall

Alena Smith’s The Lacy Project, directed by Josh Bristol, plays at the Strand Theater through February 27th. It hasn’t received a lot of notice in the local papers, but this production deserves a second look, especially by those who say theatre is losing its younger ...

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By: John Barry

Published: February 16, 2010

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