Community Calendar

Playwright Paula Vogel wrote "The Baltimore Waltz" in the late 1980s during the height of the AIDS crisis in response to the loss of her brother to the disease. It is a poignant — and very funny — look into the confusion and guilt that surrounded the early years of the epidemic.

When Anna is diagnosed with ATS (Acquired Toilet Syndrome), which she contracts by sitting on a toilet seat in the elementary school in which she teaches, she and her brother Carl set off on a wacky, sexy adventure across Europe searching for a cure. Is any of it real, or is Anna just trying to deal with the guilt and trauma of another, very real, disease?

This is Ardeo Theatre Company's second major production (after last year’s stunning production of Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie) and is being co-produced by the Humanities Council at Hood College. The production features three of the DMV’s most celebrated actors: Jeremy Myers, Evan Crump, and Ardeo’s co-artistic director, Gillian Shelly. It is directed by Aaron Angello.

Join us for a unique outdoor movie experience under the stars! Bring your blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the classic comedy “Friday” (1995) like never before—with sound delivered through wireless headphones for an immersive, silent cinema experience.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 27
🕖 Check-in opens at 7 PM | 🎬 Movie starts promptly at 8 PM
🎧 $10 per person – includes headphone rental
📸 A valid photo ID is required for headphone rental

🎧 Silent Movie Nights are part of Baltimore City Recreation & Parks’ Rhythm & Reels series, offering fun, family-friendly entertainment in our city’s beautiful parks.

🍿 Free bag of popcorn while supplies last
🍔 Food and drinks available for purchase on site
🍺 Mobtown Brewery will be serving up local brews for adults

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Angelica Baylor will be celebrating the music of Erykah Badu & Jill Scott at Keystone Korner Baltimore on September 27th! Bringing all of Erykah & Jill's hits to Keystone including "Tyrone", "Next Lifetime", "On & On", "Didn't Cha Know", "It's Love" ,"The Way", "Golden", "So in Love" and many more!

Singer. Songwriter. Arranger. Vocal Consultant. Multi-talented vocalist Angelica Baylor is no stranger to the stage, studio or the entertainment industry. Angelica is the embodiment of soul, faith, and favor. Her career as an international vocalist, has taken her all over the world; from London, England to the country of Uganda in East Africa. She has shared the stage with Ginuwine, The Isley Brothers, Faith Evans, 112, and the iconic family, The Jacksons. In 2014, she competed in the competition, “I Want To Be Signed” produced by Lil’ G of SILK and was awarded with prestigious honors.

Back for its second year, Abbott and the Big Ten Conference are hosting the We Give Blood Drive competition to entice students, alumni, fans, and community members to rally around their Big Ten school to donate blood, save lives, and address the country's ongoing critical blood shortage.

From August 27 to December 5, anyone eligible to donate blood can do so anywhere, anytime in the U.S. to count for their school. The school with the most donations at the end of the competition will receive $1 million to advance student or community health.

New this year, everyone who donates or attempts to donate blood throughout the competition will receive an exclusive, limited-edition, Homefield-designed T-shirt specific to their school. To receive the shirt:

1. Show up to donate
2. Submit your donation (or attempt to donate) at BigTen.Org/Abbott or by texting DONATE to 222688 (ABBOTT).
3. Click the link sent to your email
4. Use your redemption code
5. Your shirt will be shipped to the address of your choice. 

Last year, the University of Nebraska won, and is using the funds to advance student health on campus. The University of Maryland is competing this year and will host several blood drives on campus and in the surrounding area throughout the competition. To find a blood drive near you, please visit: https://bigten.org/abbott/maryland

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

This focus exhibition of 10 works explores the relationship between burning fossil fuels—namely, coal—and the emergence of European modernism. Drawing on research conducted by climate scientists and art historians, the exhibition presents a range of paintings and works on paper by Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, James McNeill Whistler, and others to explore the ways that their artistic practices and style emerged, in part, in response to widespread pollution in London and Paris.
Presented as part of the Turn Again to the Earth environmental initiative.

More than 50 works on paper investigate how artists working in Europe and French-occupied northern Africa watched and participated as nature became a resource for people to hoard or share.

Drawn from the BMA’s George A. Lucas Collection, this exhibition of 19th-century art foregrounds the many ways that human relationships, including imperialism and capitalism, affect the environment. Deconstructing Nature is organized thematically, focusing on five environments and the ways artists explored them in their work: The Desert, The Forest, The Field, The City, and The Studio.

Born and raised in Baltimore, George A. Lucas (1824–1909) spent most of his adult life immersed in the Parisian art world and amassed a personal collection of nearly 20,000 works of art. In 1996, the BMA, with funds from the State of Maryland and the generosity of numerous individuals in the community, purchased the George A. Lucas Collection, which had been on extended loan to the Museum for more than 60 years.

In this focus exhibition of approximately 20 photographs, prints, drawings, and textiles, the natural environment is a source of creative inspiration worth celebrating and protecting.

Works by artists such as Winslow Homer, Richard Misrach, Charles Sheeler, and Kiki Smith, among many others, depict the elements of air, water, earth, and fire and address broader themes of ecological awareness and preservation. These themes range from how artists have used visual language to convey the act of locating oneself in nature; works that depict natural forms through the physical integration of environmental components; and artists’ commentary on sites of environmental disaster, the sociopolitical ramifications of human impact, and the potential of symbiotic healing for this planet and its occupants.

For thousands of years, East Asia’s cultures have viewed human life as part of a much larger system that encompasses the natural world. Drawn from the BMA’s collection, this exhibition boasts more than 40 objects—from magnificent ink drawings to beautifully crafted stoneware and poignant contemporary photographs and prints. They bring into the galleries the mountains and seas, wild and supernatural animals, and plant life that are extensive across East Asian imagery and often carry symbolic meaning.

Works on view include robust 13th-century ceramic vessels, delicate porcelain, carved jade, intricately sewn textiles, and large-scale photography; collectively, these artworks represent the impulse to fully understand the natural world as foundational to our existence, as shaped by human life, and as an enduring metaphor of survival.

September 10 - December 6 (closed October 17 & November 26 -29)
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Opening reception Wednesday, September 10, 7:30 p.m.

How have recent upheavals—from the pandemic to global conflicts, amplified by media—reshaped our private lives? How do personal memories become collective history? In a world forever changed, how do we find our way forward? Elaine Qiu’s awe-inspiring installation of painting, video, and sound invites visitors into a multi-sensory exploration of communal consciousness, connection, and healing in a fragmented, post-pandemic world.
For parking information visit towson.edu/parking/visitors