Community Calendar

Between 1946 and 1953, Henri Matisse created 28 lithographic portraits for Poésies Antillaises (Antillean Poetry), a book of poems by John-Antoine Nau. Published posthumously in 1972, this rare volume remains one of Matisse’s least-known illustrated works.

Inspired by his brief 1930 visit to Martinique, Matisse translated Nau’s evocative poems—celebrating travel, music, and oceanic landscapes—into vibrant portraits. These reflect the artist’s collaborations with notable Caribbean and international models and are presented alongside works by two leading artists from Martinique and Guadeloupe, Germaine Casse and Serge Hélénon. This focus exhibition illuminates aspects of the transatlantic artistic circles active during the late French colonial period.

On View February 4 - May 16 (closed March 15 - 22)

Explore the remarkable artistic journey and cultural legacy of Lain Singh Bangdel (1919–2002), widely regarded as the “Father of Modern Art” in Nepal. This collection of paintings—spanning the 1940s to the 1980s— reflects and reframes the cultural, political, and emotional realities of Bangdel’s time and traces his evolving vision as he navigated multiple worlds: colonial and postcolonial South Asia, cosmopolitan Europe, and an emerging modern Nepal.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Highwire Improv has a Mother's Day event you will never forget - food, laughter, and connection all in one place!

This special event aimed at mothers and children (whatever that means to you, chosen family very welcome) features food, and an improv workshop focused on lighthearted fun! We have everything to make this day memorable right in our cozy theatre space.

You'll start with drinks and food from local Highlandtown businesses. An introduction to improv workshop follows, led by two of our trained instructors. You will learn the basics of improv comedy, make new friend, and laugh a ton in a safe, supportive environment.

Sign up now - space is limited! We have two timeslot options; 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm; reserve one ticket for each person attending (mother included)!

​About Highwire Improv
Highwire Improv’s mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater. Learn more at https://www.highwireimprov.com

For anyone looking for that special gift for mom, Art with a Heart (AWAH) has the solution! The nonprofit will host a hands-on workshop where beginners and seasoned DIY enthusiasts can honor their moms through art.

Participants will decorate a custom keepsake mosaic vase with found objects and ceramics, and fill it with a bouquet of fresh, locally grown flowers from Brookfield Blooms. Each finished vase is intended to be elegant, enduring and worthy of display. This unique keepsake can be refilled and enjoyed long after Mother’s Day 2026.

Attendees will receive a floral bouquet and all supplies needed to create a keepsake vase, along with guidance, encouragement and design inspiration from the AWAH staff. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Founded in 2000, Art with a Heart uses visual art for positive civic and economic change in its community programming, workforce development, community art, service learning and leadership development initiatives. Since its inception, AWAH has provided access to high-quality, hands-on art programming across Baltimore City and beyond. In 2025 alone, the nonprofit facilitated more than 13,000 art classes, collaborated with 95 community partners and engaged over 6,000 volunteers in service to its mission. For more information, visit www.artwithaheart.net or follow on social media: @AWAHBaltimore on Facebook and @artwithaheart_ on X & Instagram.

Adventure awaits! Learn how to play D&D in this four-hour workshop designed for brand new players. Together with your professional Game Master Keith E, you will spend the first hour devising fun characters to portray, with the rest of your time spent adventuring in a world designed to teach you the mechanics and general flow of the beloved role-playing game.

All necessary materials will be provided to you, but feel free to bring a pen or pencil, paper, a set of polyhedral dice (typically found in sets of 7), a snack, and most importantly, your imagination!

Only six spaces for this tailored workshop experience!

This adventure is intended for adults 18+.

About your facilitator:

Keith Estrella (he/him) has been makin’ stuff up on a stage since November 2017, when he took his very first improv class at the Harrisburg Improv Theater in Harrisburg, PA. Since then he’s performed, taught, or coached there and in multiple locations within both Pennsylvania and the Baltimore, MD area. He’s taken the Zoom stage several times as well, learning and performing through World’s Greatest Improv School during the height of the pandemic. Last year, he even took his first transatlantic flight to perform at the Edinburgh International Improv Festival in the incredibly stony city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently he enjoys performing at the Baltimore Improv Group with his house team, Snake Oil, and a myriad of other indie teams in the Baltimore area including A++, Brad’s Dad, and Tabletop Live!. He is a proud cat-uncle to his housemate’s orange tabby Reece. Don’t let him talk to you about Dungeons and Dragons (unless you’re into that kind of thing).

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.

Arthur and Friends Make a Musical!
Book and Lyrics by John Maclay
Music and Lyrics by Brett Ryback
Based on the Arthur book series by Marc Brown

Directed by Zack Callis
Choreographed by Kiersten Gasemy

Run time: Around one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minutes with no intermission.
This show is appropriate for audiences of all ages.

About: Mr. Ratburn's class is putting on a show – but Arthur's not so sure he's ready! With help from his family and friends, Arthur learns that being yourself is the best part of any performance. A fun, feel-good musical for the whole family!

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Continues Vagabond Players’ 110th Season
Apr. 10 – May 3, 2026
Before hashtags and headlines, there was Heidi—searching for connection, purpose and a place in a rapidly changing world. This spring, Vagabond Players brings Wendy Wasserstein’s THE HEIDI CHRONICLES to the stage, directed by Lee Conderacci in her Vagabond Players debut.
In this sparkling and oh so relevant comedy, art historian Heidi Holland and her friends travel from the 1960s through the 1980s making life-changing choices relating to dating, mating and career paths. Will the brilliant and perceptive Heidi find the partner of her dreams? Do “women’s libbers” consider Heidi’s decision about having a child to be a betrayal? Can Heidi attain the fulfillment that she—and millions of other women—fought for? Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, The Heidi Chronicles remains a sharp, insightful and deeply relatable look at friendship, feminism and the search for meaning and continues to serve as a reminder of what’s been accomplished and how much remains to be achieved.
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES runs April 10 – May 3, 2026, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. And check out a special “Thursdays on Broadway” performance April 30 at 8 p.m. when all tickets are just $12.
For tickets, cast and show info visit www.vagabondplayers.org. Special discounts and group rates are available online.

Exiled, the magician Prospero rules over a remote island with his daughter. As past betrayals resurface, redemption and forgiveness collide in a storm of magic in Shakespeare’s spellbinding, final masterpiece.

The show runs Friday, April 24 through Sunday, May 17.

Based on the beloved Newbery Medal- and National Book Award-winning novel—and the hit 2003 film starring Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, and Jon Voight—this theatrical adaptation is a thrilling ride for audiences of all ages. When teenager Stanley Yelnats is hit by a pair of falling sneakers, his unlucky family curse strikes again. Wrongly convicted of stealing the sneakers and sent to the mysterious Camp Green Lake, Stanley joins a ragtag group of boys digging endless holes under the blistering sun—all in the name of building character. But as the layers of dirt pile up, so do the secrets buried beneath them. Part mystery, part adventure, and packed with heart, Holes is a wildly imaginative tale about friendship, fate, and the courage it takes to rewrite your story. Holes is “a fast-paced and inventive family show that works on every level” (The Stage).

1999 Newbery Medal
1998 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
1999 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction

Join the Towson University Choral Society for its annual Spring Concert — an inspiring evening of music celebrating hope, strength, and the power of the human spirit, featuring Rollo Dilworth’s stirring Weather: Stand the Storm.

Choral Society is a non-auditioned choir open to all Towson University undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the Towson and Baltimore communities who share a love for singing.

Each semester, the choir performs a diverse repertoire, ranging from classical and folk traditions to gospel and Broadway selections. Choral Society frequently collaborates with other TU choirs and ensembles, with past performances including Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla.

More than just a choir, Choral Society is a welcoming and vibrant community. As one member beautifully put it, “There is magic in the collaboration and fellowship when people sing together.”