WHAT WEEKLY

Top 5 Events :: Feb. 20th 2014

19 February 2014

★ Ezra Lefko

Top 5 Events

(in no particular order)

Each week we round up the most fun goings-on in the city.  Please submit your event to our calendar if you’d like to see yourself here!  We are pleased to partner with car service Uber Baltimore to help you get to your events in style!  Download the Uber app and get a free ride ($20 credit) when you sign up with code WhatWeekly.  No subscription or obligation required!  Just get the app, use the code and off you go!

1. Creative Alliance Open House with Horselords

Behind the scenes at Creative Alliance

An annual highlight for everyone, the Creative Alliance Resident Artists open their studios once per year for this annual blockbuster walk on the arty side.  Make direct connections with pillars of our artistic community, be the first to find a special work of art for your developing collection, and stay for FREE performances by Horselords.

2. Greg Fox at the Red Room

East Coast Experimental

Baltimore’s foremost sound playground, the Red Room hosts Greg Fox, a New York City native and a music maker. He is primarily known for his drumming with past and present collaborations and projects including but not limited to Guardian Alien, Ben Frost, Colin Stetson, ZS, the Dan Deacon Ensemble, Liturgy, Teeth Mountain, Man Forever, Oneida, The Dreebs, PC Worship and Family of Love.   With Twig Harper and Carly Ptak also performing.

3. Glitter Thighs Presents: 2500N?

Dance back to the early oughts

2000s themed dance party kicking off in Highlandtown.  From the promoters: “Remember the 2000s? Your rent was like $100 for a giant warehouse. Baltimore was drinking Sparks at the Talking Head and New York was making mistakes in the basement at MisShapes. The Bush administration was in the White House, but Daft Punk was playing in my house, in my house.”

4. Suffocation at Metro Gallery

Just Remember to Breath

Veterans of death metal Suffocation return to Baltimore to let loose some fast and furious guitar riffs at Metro Gallery.   This evening of mayhem also f Strong Intention, Visceral Disgorge and more.  What Weekly will be out front selling ear plugs – come say hi!

5. 10+1 Show at Gallery 788

Group Exhibition

A show themed around collaborative works is having it’s exciting opening reception.  A host of Baltimore’s creative class will be showing work including What Weekly contributor Daniel Stuelpnagel and the former roommate of your humble events curator, McKenzie Ditter.



fashion

From Russia, With Lace

Polina’s Prive Photography by Sarah Thrower Just because it is underneath what most people see on a daily basis, lingerie…

Navigating Victoria’s Secret

La Cakerie

Smart Textiles

The Interrupted Show

Fighting Rape in Underwear

nightlife

Bent Ear

In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…

New Year’s Eve 2010

Infernoland

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Emily Wells: Symphony 1 In the Barrel of a Gun

Emily Wells at Cyclops Books

social innovation

When It Works

This 5th film installment in WhoWeAm’s series on education is an interview with an Art Teacher who looks at her…

Building Genuine Diversity

Elf Night

Both-And

The 99%

“Hi” Art

artist profiles

Brady Starr

Brady Starr is a paradox in that the more you get to know him the more mysterious he becomes. As…

Cara Ober

Alex Hacker

TOVEN

Infinite Games: Mixtum

Mathew Bainbridge

sustainability

Baltimore Free Farm

All photos by David London Nestled just blocks from The Avenue in Hanpden is a leafy utopia known as the…

Big Green Pirate Party

Welcome to the Free Farm

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Small Time