The Arts
The Ivy Bookshop Relocates to a New Space in Mount Washington
Since its founding 18 years ago, The Ivy Bookshop, located at 6080 Falls Rd., has been like a second home to Baltimore’s book lovers. Now, The Ivy is preparing to move to its second home. But no worries, The Ivy’s new location is just a few blocks away from its old...
Fall Arts 2020: Creative Alliance’s Quick Change Artists
It was around March 12 or 13 that Josh Kohn, performance director at the Creative Alliance in Patterson Park, realized the landscape had changed. “We didn’t know how long [the pandemic] would last,” he says. “We had to start immediately canceling programs.” Naturally,...
Fall Arts 2020: At Baltimore Center Stage, The Show Must Go On
Baltimore Center Stage was just about to open a new one-woman show called “Where We Stand” when the pandemic forced the closing of its Calvert Street venue. “Quickly, we captured the play on film, put it on video, got it out and sold pay-what-you-want tickets,” says...
Fall Arts 2020: For Baltimore Museum of Art, A Vision Deferred
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...
Fall Arts 2020: Events Guide, Virtual and Otherwise
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...
Fall Arts 2020: The Gordon Center’s Virtual Reality
Owings Mills’ Gordon Center was preparing to open its 32nd annual William and Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival when the coronavirus struck and necessitated the closing of the venue. “We spent a lot of time pivoting and decided to put the film...
Baltimorean Julia Mann Helps Bring Tel Aviv-based Film Festival to the Masses
Julia Mann first fell in love with the art of documentary filmmaking as a junior at Friends School of Baltimore. “I was taking a comparative religion class,” she recalls. “For my final, I made a film that looked at the importance of the ritual use of water in six...
Food for Thought about Local Grocery Stores
In the Baltimore-Washington corridor, many Jewish families and businesses trace their origins back to the economically challenging years of the early 20th century and the beginnings of a grocery store establishment. Some corner groceries eventually became major...
Book Smarts – August 2020
Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop at 11 E 33rd Street, Baltimore, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children. Fiction “These Ghosts are Family” (Hardcover)By Maisy Card, Simon & Schuster, 288 pages, $26 A “rich,...Upcoming Events
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