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RED / Rothko in Shades of Cliché

The play Red begins as Mark Rothko stands up, lights a cigarette, and examines his towering, crimson hued painting. His visage contorted with concentration, the epitome of a tortured artist, he is abruptly shaken from reticent trance by his awkward and bumbling teenaged ...

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By: Jasper Chisolm

Published: June 18, 2010

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Strange Beauty: Naoko Maeshiba Talks About Paraffin, Kibism, and the Undefinable

When asked to explain the one-hour dance/theater production of Paraffin – which plays from June 17-20 at Baltimore’s Theater Project, Naoko Maeshiba says, simply, that there’s nothing to understand. Speaking as someone who's seen it twice, I'll second that. The production leaves the ...

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By: John Barry

Published: June 16, 2010

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EAT / #1

I have been asked by the editors at RADAR REDUX to contribute a series of summer photo essays about food. My husband Mike and I love to eat and talk about food.  I will  photograph as much of what we eat as possible—of course, ...

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By: Ding Ren

Published: June 15, 2010

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Whimsy/Reason Boutique

The story behind Baltimore’s Magazines Best New Boutique winner. Who said that in this economy and in Baltimore it is too whimsical of a thought to follow your dreams on the premise that “if not now, when?” Jennifer Solomon always wanted her own women’s and men’s wear ...

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By: Carla Escoto

Published: June 10, 2010

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The Super/Prime PAVILION: Adventures in Curating

About three months ago, my brother Harry and I began to discuss a joint curatorial venture. What started as a conversation over a beer at Corner Bistro in NYC recently came to fruition as the Super/Prime PAVILION – a site-specific, independently curated annex ...

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By: Naomi Gassel

Published: June 3, 2010

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Sculpture at Evergreen 6: Simultaneous Presence

Ronit Eisenbach and Jennie Fleming are wise to use vague language in the catalog for Sculpture at Evergreen 6, Simultaneous Presence, since no work’s content can ever be fully circumscribed by hermeneutics.  While the catalog posits a thesis– “artists and architects developed ...

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By: Peter Boyce

Published: May 21, 2010

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Art for Social Change Exhibition / Towson Arts Collective

Art for Social Change is an exhibition of cutting-edge art with a purpose at the Towson Arts Collective through June 3rd. There's an art movement currently gaining steam: Art for Social Change. We heard about an exhibition at Towson Arts Collective, a three-year old arts-education ...

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By: Molly O'donnell

Published: May 17, 2010

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Religious Art: Santería

Everywhere you look in Baltimore there is a church. It is impossible to ignore the religious diversity of Charm City, so what about Santería? “I need three pigeons and a rooster for the sacrifice as soon as possible.” This wasn’t ...

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By: Carla Escoto

Published: May 14, 2010

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Do the Rite Thing / Mobtown Modern Takes on Stravinsky Classic – Performance Recorded Live!

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was possibly the first no-wave composer. A Russian music revolutionary.  The guy wrote the Rites of Spring in 1913, an infamous pillar of classical modernity, and the audience flipped. Not in a “this is far out” way but ...

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By: Jack Livingston

Published: May 12, 2010

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Cinco de Mayo

While the majority of Mexico ignore this date, in Baltimore, we celebrate. The celebration for the “fifth of May” spilled onto Baltimore St. a few days early this year. There were booths bordering the streets selling uniquely spiced foods typical of the country. Many attendees enjoyed ...

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By: Carla Escoto

Published: May 10, 2010

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