Mar 08 Sunday
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
BY BESS WOHLDIRECTED BY PETER WRAY
FEBRUARY 13 – MARCH 15
Preview February 12ASL Interpreted Performance February 20
Six strangers find themselves at a silent retreat in the woods, each seeking connection while struggling with their own, silent, inner demons. Both awkwardly hilarious and strangely compassionate, Small Mouth Sounds asks how we address life’s biggest questions when words fail us.
Saxophonist and flutist Paula Atherton makes soulful, groove-oriented contemporary jazz with blues, Latin, and R&B flourishes. Her acumen on her instruments are poised and adept. Her full-length album Can You Feel It has already begun to garner real accolade with her single also titled “Can You Feel It,” landing a #1 hit, three weeks in a row on Billboard. Paula Atherton’s long and varied career has allowed her to share the stage with such jazz notables as Hank Jones, The Rippingtons, Nick Colionne, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chuck Loeb, Cindy Bradley, Brian Simpson, Althea Renee, Four80East, David Sanborn, Bob James, Marc Antoine, Hiroshima, Gerald Albright and Chieli Minucci.
Mar 09 Monday
ExhibitionTransformations: Lain Singh Bangdel, Art, NepalFebruary 4 – May 16 (closed March 15-22) Monday – Saturday 11 am – 4 pmAsian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Towson University1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204
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.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a free Twelve Step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, under-eating, bulimia or other food-related issues. Weekly meetings every Monday from 7:00-8:30 pm at Christ Episcopal Church, 6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia. All are welcome.
For more information, see www.foodaddicts.org.
Mar 10 Tuesday
Jewish Community Services offers a group for those Living with Parkinson’s Disease on the 2nd Tuesday each month. This group provides support for coping with the physical, emotional, and social impact of the disease. For more information, contact Michelle Goldberg, LCSW-C at [email protected] or 410-843-7355.
Mar 11 Wednesday
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.
Mar 12 Thursday