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Belly up to the bar at BMI and get schooled in art history at BMA!

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published October 10, 2023 at 10:06 AM EDT
George and Babe Ruth bartending at one of the family’s saloons, located at 38 South Eutaw Street. Photo: Courtesy Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
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George and Babe Ruth bartending at one of the family’s saloons, located at 38 South Eutaw Street. Photo: Courtesy Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
Saloon on the corner of Bank and Durham Streets, ca. 1914. Photo: courtesy Enoch Pratt Library Special Collections
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Saloon on the corner of Bank and Durham Streets, ca. 1914. Photo: courtesy Enoch Pratt Library Special Collections
Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas by Riviera and workshop Photo: Mpls. Institute of Art
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Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas by Riviera and workshop Photo: Mpls. Institute of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art/Minneapolis Institute of Art / Minneapolis Institute of Art
A Blue and Yellow Macaw; Stone Photo: Art Gallery of Ontario
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A Blue and Yellow Macaw; Stone Photo: Art Gallery of Ontario
Youth in an Embroidered Vest, Marie Lemoine. Photo: BMA
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Youth in an Embroidered Vest, Marie Lemoine. Photo: BMA
Douglas J. Eng
Convolvulus and Metamorphosis, Merian. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art
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Convolvulus and Metamorphosis, Merian. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art
David Brichford/Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland Museum of Art

Art and history lovers get ready: a new show at Baltimore Museum of Industry dives into the late-nineteenth-early- twentieth century role of the neighborhood corner bar. And the Baltimore Museum of Art turns ideas about male-dominated artmaking on their head in 'Making Her Mark.’

Links: 'The Neighborhood Corner Bar' at BMI, 'Making Her Mark' at BMA, BMI neighborhood bar walking tour, Corner Bar author event, Baltimore Heritage 5-minute history of Baltimore neighborhood bars, BMA Art After Hours, Art and Object article about Making Her Mark.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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