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

Tailor Made Cocktails

There comes a point when that new beer of the moment has lost its luster, the wine list just isn’t…

Glenford Nunez

The Littlest Fashion Truck Ever

The Tailor at Hour Haus

From Russia, With Lace

RAW Artists: Cultivating Creativity

nightlife

Let’s Mess With Texas

Many of the two-hundred-plus people gathered at MICA for the CreateBaltimore event on January 15 were hacker/ techies, so tons…

The Death Set: Slap Slap…

Boite: Show and Tell

Peace Spore

Shodekeh at The Meyerhoff

Bent Ear

social innovation

Amplify Baltimore

Amplify Baltimore boasts an impressive list of notable ambassadors that includes the likes of Elijah Cummings, Mike Galiazzo, Ph.D., Rebecca…

Little Free Libraries

The Merchants of Dissonance

Living my Dream in Cherry Hill

Baltimore Time Bank

Educulture

sustainability

An Ambitious New Charter School Comes to West Baltimore

Publishers’ Note: Green Street Academy is a client of What Weekly’s sister company, What Works Studio. We are proud to have…

Small Time

Fixing The Future

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Farmageddon

Welcome to the Free Farm

technology

Education Hack Day

Photos and words by Jess Gartner Saturday, November 12 7:30 am – The alarm trills a tune too happy for…

Pure Bang Games

Create Baltimore, Take 2

Netflix Premiers Its First Exclusive Documentary

Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot

Betamore