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by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 21, 2020 | Arts & Life, Museum, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
“The arts and society share a symbiotic relationship.Just as society needs art to add meaning to life,the arts need the support of society in difficult times.”– Manasi Prasad, director of the Indian Music Experience, India’s first interactive... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 9, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Museum, The Arts
Christopher Bedford, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, was gearing up for “2020 Vision,” a yearlong celebration of female-identifying artists, when the coronavirus forced him to close the museum’s doors back in March. “We have an entire museum of new... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 7, 2020 | Arts & Life, Museum, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
Get your creative juices flowing this fall with these virtual arts and cultural events: VISUAL ARTS Virtual Happy Hour with Francisco Loza | September 16, 5:30 p.m.American Visionary Art Museumavam.org Discover the creative process of Mexican press yarn artist... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | May 11, 2020 | Arts & Life, Gallery ONLY, Museum
The Victorian-era glass palace immediately catches the eye when driving through midtown Baltimore, and its floral flourishes and offerings nourish the soul and fill one with a sense of wonder and awe. Some would even dare say it’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets,... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | May 7, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Museum, The Arts
Shattered windshields. Police officers in riot gear. A mother and her two daughters gazing nervously through a window during the 2015 Baltimore Protests. Those are just a few of the images taken by award-winning photographer J.M. Giordano that are now part of his... read more
by Staff Report | Apr 21, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food & Entertainment During The Pandemic, Museum
With its red-brick façade, arched windows and projecting turrets, the castle-like Hebrew Orphan Asylum building is a striking image along the streets of West Baltimore’s Greater Rosemont community. The four-story, Victorian Romanesque structure, located at 2700 Rayner... read more
by Staff Report | Apr 15, 2020 | Arts & Life, Museum
This week marks the 155th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by Bel Air native John Wilkes Booth. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick is closed. But... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jan 30, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Fun, Museum, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Visual Arts
Bagels and banjos. Hebrew and harmonicas. Isaac Bashevis Singer and Pete Seeger. You could say that Jewish culture and the American folk music tradition are a natural fit. Do banjos and Yiddishkeit mix? (File photo) The staff at the Jewish Museum of Maryland realized... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 21, 2019 | Arts & Life, Museum
In the early years of the 20th century, Jewish immigrant Simon Pinckovitch delivered milk for a living on the hardscrabble streets of Southside Chicago. “On the way home from his deliveries, he would often pick up scrap metal and rags, and bring them to his backyard,”... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Sep 5, 2019 | Art, Arts & Life, Fashion, Film & TV, Fun, Museum, Music, Performing Arts, The Arts, Uncategorized, Visual Arts
We get it. The end of summer can be bittersweet. The days get shorter, the temps are cooler, school’s back in session and the pace picks up immeasurably. But fall is also a season of great beginnings. The High Holidays mark the beginning of the Jewish new year,... read more