Plenty to keep you busy this week!  It’s a good week to go see a comedy show, lots of options!  Treat your Mom on Mother’s Day at her favorite restaurant.  It’s not too late to get a reservation on Open Table!  Where will you have food and fun in Baltimore this week?

Monday, May 8

An Italian Song Recital
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Peabody Conservatory
1 E Mount Vernon Pl, Baltimore
Come enjoy an hour of beautiful music sung by rising vocal artists of the Peabody Conservatory. “An Italian Song Recital” will feature songs and arias from Italian repertoire of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century periods, performed by students of the “Italian Song” class, under the direction of Profssa. Patrizia DeCarmine Conte. Cohen Davison Family Theatre, Peabody Conservatory. Program is free and open to the public.

East Coast/ West Coast C2 Battle
5:30PM – 6:30PM
CorePower Yoga
727 West 40th Street, Baltimore
Join Alexa Rose Pancza and Amber on Monday April 8th at 5:30pm for a battle C2! Are you on team East coast beast coast? Or West coast west coast? Come find out during this FREE class! Bring your friends and get ready to sweat! Remember, your first week is free at CPY!

Baltimore Peoples Climate Celebration
6PM – 8PM
Heavy Seas Alehouse
1300 Bank St, Baltimore
Join the Baltimore Peoples Climate Movement’s first gathering after the People’s Climate March to connect with organizers and marchers, tell your stories from the march, learn about upcoming actions, and help plan what’s next for the Baltimore Peoples Climate Movement!

Free Monday Night Fitness Class
6PM – 7PM
Center Plaza
222 N Charles St, Baltimore
Come join us as we partner with Downtown Partnership of Baltimore to give you FREE Fitness class every Monday night. Join us from 6-7pm for a fun and energetic TRANSFORM BODYCamp workout at the Center Plaza in Baltimore.  FREE classes will start May 1st through the end of October.  Bring a mat, water, and a friend. Center Plaza is located off the Purple Circulator route at N. Charles & Fayette Street. Parking is available in the garage under the plaza, or along Liberty street. The plaza is bike, stroller, and pet friendly, and has free WiFi. There is a Baltimore Bike Share stop in the plaza for easy accessibility.

Pub & Paint: Wine and Glass
7PM – 9PM
Joe Squared
33 W North Ave, Baltimore
Enjoy a fun night of ART and COCKTAILS with Pub & Paint at Joe Squared! The instructor will demonstrate simple steps to paint your own version of the picture. Save 50% on tickets, use coupon code: DRINKSMILEPAINT
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Preoccupations w/ Natural Velvet at Metro Gallery
7PM – 11PM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Preoccupations with NATURAL VELVET
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Vinyl Power at Idle Hour
9PM – 12AM
Idle Hour
201 E Fort Ave, Baltimore
It’s (I’m) back. And I’m ready to spin the black. Not much new yet. Of course, what’s new is mostly old anyway. So, come enjoy the wide variety of music you’ll know, love and wonder about. Have a drink. Choose Chartreusse. Laugh. Cry. Live.

Tuesday, May 9

PortAbility Autism Day
9:30AM – 5PM
Port Discovery Children’s Museum
35 Market Pl, Baltimore
Join us for Portability Autism Day, a day dedicated to children with Autism and their peers. Parents, educators and caretakers can connect with community organizations that specialize in providing services for children with special needs, while children are free to play and explore the Museum in a quieter, calmer Museum environment. Activities include a special performance from the Kindersinger, up close encounters with wildlife at the Wildlife Adventures Petting Zoo, and more family fun activities!
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Treveri Cellars Comes to Schola
6PM – 9PM
Schola
1005 N Charles St, Baltimore
Nobody can argue that food and wine are inseparable on the table and winemakers tend to be great cooks! Schola Cooking School will spend the evening cooking with guests, creating dishes that are either family recipes or true to the regional cuisine from which these wines come. Then sit at the table to learn more about wine, the winemaker’s philosophy, and why these wines uniquely compliment the dishes prepared. Join Christian for an evening of cooking Pacific Northwest cuisine that pairs perfectly with the sparkling wines of Treveri such as west coast oysters with berry mignonette, roasted salmon and mushrooms, butter poached shrimp with spring greens and pork with cauliflower and hazelnuts. To finish the evening, we’ll craft Nanaimo Bars, introduced to this country by Starbucks, the Washington-based coffee giant, and made a Seattle favorite! $79.
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Grounded: Open Mic and Jam Session feat Marc Evans
6PM – 9PM
Terra Cafe Bmore
101 E 25th St, Baltimore
What is it that connects us with the Earth? When do we feel most human? How do we orbit around the universe, move around the world, connect with other people? Every month during our residency, we are featuring a stellar artist/performance for inspirational storytelling, the best open mic-ers, and the atmosphere of Charles Village staple Terra Cafe 2.0, evolved for more and better community building!
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Return of PINTS and POSES – Healthy Harbor
6:15PM – 8:30PM
Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC
401 E 30th St, Baltimore
We’re FINALLY back again for another pints and poses at Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC! This class will be a fundraiser to support Healthy Harbor andMr. Trash Wheel The event is still FREE if you can’t donate anything at the moment! 10% of bar sales after the class will go back to Healthy Harbor. the Healthy Harbor Plan is a ten-year strategy for making the Baltimore Harbor safe for swimming and fishing. Such awesome things include Mr. Trash Wheel, floating wetlands, and oyster sanctuarys! Meaghan McDermott from The Yoga Service Project will be instructing the class! Space is limited, so RSVP as soon as possible. Christopher John Metz and John Love of The Milestones will be performing dope zen like jams to rock you guys like a wagon wheel (AKA happy baby pose). Please be sure to check them out.

Chef Egg Live @The Local Oyster: Shellfish Fest!
6:30PM – 9PM
The Local Oyster
520 Park Ave, Baltimore
Join Chef Egg and Nick Schauman of the Local Oyster for another Chef Egg Live/Local Oyster collaboration of the minds. These two are going to set up shop in the middle of Mt. Vernon Marketplace for a pop up cooking class featuring fresh, international shellfish dishes that will blow your mind! Chef Egg is going to give the the skills you need to succeed in the kitchen and Nick is going to give you the inside scoop on how to choose, purchase, prep and enjoy fresh shellfish like pro.
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Drinks and Dessert Night at The Chasseur
6:30PM – 8:30PM
The Chasseur
3328 Foster Ave, Baltimore
Join us at The Chasseur to decorate our Peanut Butter Madness Cake! Our rich chocolate cake, filled with peanut butter Italian meringue buttercream, iced in chocolate Italian meringue buttercream, and topped with chocolate ganache and chocolate peanut butter candies! If you are a chocolate and peanut butter lover this cake is for you!
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Cooking Class
7PM – 10PM
Trinacria Ristorante & Bar
111 W Centre St, Baltimore
Join us for a night of learning how to cook! We will make gnocchi with a bacon rose cream sauce from scratch. We will also be sampleing 3 wines as we learn how to cook. Cost is 50 dollars per person, which includes dinner with wine. Seating is limited so please call the restaurant for reservations!!! 443-759-4082

Thank You Scientist, Bent Knee, Dark Water Transit, Hollywood Blanks
7PM – 10PM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Thank You Scientist, Bent Knee, Dark Water Transit, and Hollywood Blanks
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Evolution Contemporary Music Series: Julia Wolfe
7PM – 9PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
7:00pm conversation with the composer, 8:00pm concert
Composer Julia Wolfe, co-founder of the legendary Bang on a Can collective and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music, joins the Evolution Series for a celebration of her work, inspired by and erasing boundaries between folk, classical and rock music.

Writers & Words, May reading
7PM – 9PM
Charmington’s
2601 N Howard St, Baltimore
We were going to just list a bunch of bands we’ve seen and ask which ones you think we’ve seen and which ones you think we haven’t, but then we decided not to do that because we’re no one and it’s not about us, it’s never about us, it’s only about the readers, the writers, the words, the audience, the coffee and the beer (there’s nothing more wonderful in the world than coffee and beer, and words, and writers), and if you want to ask them–the readers for May–what bands they have or haven’t seen, you can do that because you can always do whatever it is you want to do, but remember, the writers and the words and the audience, they come first and you have to show up to hear and be and see and it’s coming up in May on May 9th, so why don’t you come out and see and hear?

Weekly Team Trivia
7:30PM – 10:30PM
The Brass Tap at The Fitzgerald
1205 West Mt. Royal Avenue
Team Trivia Baltimore provides a fun and entertaining night for all those who come to play and enjoy getting together for a great time. Best of all, Team Trivia is FREE TO PLAY!

A Cultural History of Trilliums
7:30PM – 10:30PM
Cylburn Arboretum
4915 Greenspring Ave, Baltimore
Connections between trilliums and humans have existed since indigenous peoples employed their medicinal powers. They are coveted for their beauty, celebrated in song and rhyme, featured on stamps, and their perfect symmetry has been abstracted into logos, symbols and art. Their name is exploited to sell products and housing developments. Join us for a romp through the culture and the cultural history of this captivating genus. The story of trilliums is one of obsession and exploitation. Come early to check out our plant raffle and stay for light refreshments after the lecture. $10 at the door.

Alex Meixner Band in Baltimore, MD at Creative Alliance
7:30PM – 10PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Grammy nominee Alex Meixner is a unique character. A virtuoso accordion player who embodies both the energy and the camp of a music some might shrug off as the sound of a bygone era. Believe us, with the Alex Meixner Band, polka is alive and well. Meixner carries on a family polka tradition brought to America four generations ago by his Austrian violin and cornet ­playing great ­grandfather Leopold who emigrated from the Austrian province of Burgenland to the U.S. in the mid-1920s. Home to Germanic, Hungarian, and Croatian-speaking inhabitants, Burgenland’s blend of diverse musical traditions shaped Leopold Meixner’s repertoire and that of subsequent generations of Meixner musicians, including Alex’s grandfather Alfred.
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Us and Us Only / Overlake / Rosemary Stretch at Joe Squared
8PM – 12AM
Joe Squared
33 W North Ave, Baltimore
Us and Us Only, Overlake (NJ), and Rosemary Stretch

Ryan Harvey, Eeverymen, and Water Cycle at the Sidebar
9PM – 1AM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
Water Cycle with Ryan Harvey and Everymen

Paul Cherry (Chi) w/ Reagan Cats and Colora at Metro Gallery
9PM – 12AM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Featuring: Paul Cherry (Chicago), Reagan Cats, and Colora
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Wednesday, May 10

The 2017 Charm City Comedy Festival
May 3 at 8 PM to May 14 at 10 PM
Zissimos Bar
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
Charm City Comedy Project is thrilled to announce our fourth annual all-comedy festival in Baltimore, MD. May 3rd – 7th is dedicated to sketch and improv, and May 10th – 14th showcases standup comedy. Events will include shows on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at the Charm City Comedy Project in residence in Hampden in the Lou Costello Room upstairs at Zissimos Bar.
Standup Week: Lauren Faber, Dorian Gray, Natalie McGill, Valance Michael, Liz Russo, Ian Salyers
Standup workshops will be held on Saturday, May 13th and Sunday, May 14th at Zissimos Bar. Our seasoned and hilarious instructors include standup comedians Valance Michael (MD), Lauren Faber (NC), and Michael Furr (CCCP) – who will teach beginning standup, joke writing, identifying funny premises, truth in comedy, etc.
Click here for a list of all events and to purchase tickets.

Golf on the Harbor
5PM – 9PM
Waterfront Kitchen
1417 Thames St, Baltimore
You and your party will have access to the private bay for hitting biodegradable/fish food golf balls into the harbor for a half hour time slot between 5pm + 9pm. Portion of proceeds will benefit First Tee Greater Baltimore, a program that seeks to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf; and Living Classrooms Foundation a program that strengthens communities and inspires young people to achieve their potential through hands-on education and job training, using urban, natural, and maritime resources as “living classrooms.”  For more information, contact us at 443-681-5310 or lauren@waterfrontkitchen.com

Wine Cruise: Wines by the Sea
6PM – 9:30PM
Waterfront Kitchen
1417 Thames St, Baltimore
Join us for an evening celebrating the Chesapeake Bay with wines, a private cruise and three-course wine dinner in support of Living Classrooms’ Tall Ships program. Each event will be hosted by an expert sommelier that will create a lively and educational discussion about each wine pairing. Your evening will begin with wine and cheese aboard the Lady Maryland and an 1 ½ hour guided sail down the Patapsco River toward the Chesapeake Bay. Following the cruise, guests will return to the Waterfront Kitchen Promenade to enjoy a themed, three-course paired wine dinner.
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A Lot Like Birds, Household, Hearts Like Lions, OWEL and Wvnder
6PM – 10:30PM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Featuring: A Lot Like Birds, Household, Hearts Like Lions, OWEL, and WVNDER.
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Monthly German Night
6PM – 9PM
Our House
1121 Hull St, Baltimore
We will be featuring German plates filled with homemade goodness and lots of love as always!

Oyster Recovery Partnership FUNraiser
6PM – 8PM
The Local Oyster
520 Park Ave, Baltimore
Eat, drink, and be charitable by enjoying one of the greatest pairings known to man—beer and oysters. The evening will include food and drink specials, Chesapeake Bay Trivia hosted by ORP, door prizes, 50-50 raffle and more!  All proceeds from the featured specials below will help fund oyster education programs for Baltimore City youth.
• $1 True Chesapeake Skinny Dippers & Hollywood Oyster Co. Sweet Jesus
• $5 Waverly Brewing Co. Oyster Stout & Brewer’s Art Choptank’d Saison

See the Museum behind the Musaeum
6:30PM – 7:30PM
The Peale Center
225 N Holliday St, Baltimore
Submersive Productions drew on the Peale’s eclectic past to create a fictional universe of their own. Learn more about the show’s inspirations and the Peale’s fascinating history in our behind-the-scenes conversation at the intersections of art, architecture, and history. The tour will be led by Peale experts, Dr. Alicia Puglionesi and Dean Krimmel, with the show’s producers. Peale members enjoy free admission to special events and exhibitions, the opportunity to purchase discounted and priority tickets, and a subscription to the Peale’s newsletter. As a member of the Peale, you’ll also contribute to the building’s and the city’s future by sharing your ideas, your cultural stories of Baltimore, and supporting the building’s restoration and reopening as The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture
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SN Grand Premiere
7PM – 10PM
The Charles Theater
1711 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join us at The Charles Theater on Wednesday, May 10th for a wonderous affair honoring Studio North’s student filmmakers and the excellent work they created this past year—complete with refreshments, a red carpet, and student film of the highest quality. Please wear cocktail attire to make the most of the nice spring air and our SN step-and-repeat! Doors to the Theatre will open at 6:30pm, the show will commence at 7:00pm. After the presentation, please join us for a reception (with a bar for individuals 21+) in The Charles lobby.

Wednesday Whiskey Night Featuring Powers Whiskies
7PM – 2AM
The James Joyce Irish Pub & Restaurant
616 President St, Baltimore
Every Wednesday: 7:00 pm – Close. 25% Off the Featured Whiskey. 10% off all Irish Whiskey and Scotch Whiskey. Tonight’s featured whiskies are Powers Whiskies.

Artists Compound Presents: Mashup
8PM – 1AM
The Windup Space
12 W North Ave, Baltimore
A collaborative show of the Artists Compound Members creating a fusion of Music & Arts. Hosted By: Shepsworth Bentley   Dj: Danny Baltimore
Mashup Performers:
O-Dollz: TheSteamdollz & Ollie Voso (House/Hip-Hop)
Frosted Flakes: Kim Gravatt & Dj Cornflake Hill (Disco/Jazz)
Space Bae: Steve Stellar & Joel Michael-Schwartz (Hip-hop/Jazz)
Conor Brendan & Guy Grams (Hip-Hop/Folk)
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Amanda Schmidt // Amy Reid // Curved Light (ATX) \\ Nerftoss
8PM – 12AM
EMP Collective
307 W Baltimore St, Baltimore
Amy Reid https://soundcloud.com/amsies
Amanda Schmidt  https://soundcloud.com/amanda-schmidt-dreams
Curved Light (ATX) http://incurvedlight.tumblr.com/music
Nerftoss https://nerftoss.bandcamp.com/

LITZ May Residency Week 2
8PM – 1:30AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
Join LITZ every Wednesday in May for a funky good time! Week 2 features The Southern Belles and ShwizZ.
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:3lon/Hexgirlfriends/Crisco Dreams/Wick & The Tricks
8PM – ?
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
Celebrate the full ~Flower Moon~ with us! Do ur soul a favor and observe this very special show with music of many flavors. Spring is the time of new life and new beginnings, so make sure you stop by the corner where Hexgirlfriends will be casting runes and reading tarot cards offering fortunes for a dollar (all fortune proceeds will go the Youth Empowered Society, a homeless youth drop in center right up the street from The Crown).
:3lon https://m.soundcloud.com/elonofficial Ethereal r&b and stardust
Hexgirlfriends  https://m.soundcloud.com/hexgirlfriends electromagic boprock
Crisco Dreams https://criscodreams.bandcamp.com/
Wick & The Tricks (NY)  https://wickandthetricks.bandcamp.com/

Super Freaky Fresh Punk Party at Joe Squared!
8:30PM – 12AM
Joe Squared
33 W North Ave, Baltimore
Punk show/ Party at Joe Squared!
The Neckbeards- Emo Punk Duo! https://theneckbeards.bandcamp.com/
Flabbercasters- Kickass Wizard Punx! https://flabbercasters.bandcamp.com/
Clairvoyant- brand spankin’ new Emo Grunge band!
Quilt Monsters- Nihilist Pop/ Anarcho punk pals on tour Fromm West Virginia!
https://quiltmonsters.bandcamp.com/releases

The Tool Shed at Paulie Gee’s Pizza!
9PM – 12AM
Paulie Gee’s Hampden
3535 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore
Eat Pizza! Drink Liquids! Listen to the Tool Shed!

Rock Em Sock Em Open Mic Comedy Night
9PM – 12AM
Venice Tavern
339 S Conkling St, Baltimore
Need a laugh? We’ve got jokes, drinks, food, & good times at the Venice Tavern in Highlandtown on Wednesday! Food starts at 6:00pm, comedy starts at 9:00pm. No cover charge – $3 craft drafts and eats by Chef Dan. Everyone who signs up to tell some jokes gets half-off food. Hosted by Mike Smith and Chris Colletti

Mix Master Mike at Ottobar
9PM – 12AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Mix Master Mike at Ottobar! Plus, special guest D.j. Remedy more! Currently on tour w/ Metallica, Mix Master Mike is an American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys!
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Thursday, May 11

The Mixtape with Copper & Kings American Brandy
4PM – 7PM
Modern Cook Shop-Fells Point
901 South Wolfe St, Baltimore
Join us for a special Happy Hour with Copper & Kings American Brandy, featuring cocktail interpretations of songs from Talking Heads & Paul Simon from our incredible bartenders! Join us for a Thursday afternoon with friends, drinks, and good vibes!

Anderson Valley Pint Night
4PM – 9PM
The Nickel Taphouse
1604 Kelly Avenue, Baltimore
Anderson Valley Brewing Company was founded on December 26th, 1987 in the town of Boonville, CA. In the beginning, we brewed out of a modest 10-barrel brewhouse located in the lower level of our original brewpub, The Buckhorn Saloon. At the time, we were one of only 20 craft breweries in the country and have long been considered one of the pioneers of the craft beer industry.

BSO Pulse: Lower Dens
Pre-concert Party starts at 5:30 pm, Concert starts at 8:30 pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore
Pre-concert lobby performance by Curved Light and TT THE ARTIST. BSO Pulse brings together the worlds of classical music and indie rock onto one stage. The concert begins with a BSO performance, followed with a set by Lower Dens, and culminates with both groups performing on stage together. Between sets, BSO Associate Conductor Nicholas Hersh andWTMD morning host Alex Cortright talk about the meaning behind the music, bringing the artists into the conversation to reveal insights and to draw parallels across genres. The night kicks off with a pre-concert party in the lobby of the Meyerhoff featuring live music, happy hour drink specials, and food from our favorite Baltimore restaurants and breweries.
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Evening in the Valley
6PM – 8PM
Caves Farm
11650 Park Heights Ave, Owings Mills
Benefitting Your Maryland SPCA! By attending this event, you’re ensuring that homeless pets in our community are provided with life-saving medical treatment, nourishing food, safe shelter and lots of love and care. Thank you for your support! Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres by Linwoods Catering. Music by Lonesome Foxhunters Bluegrass Band. Casual attire.
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How to Be Human Tour
6PM – 11PM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
BALTIMORE, MD | The Classic Crime album release tour for “How to Be Human” with Matt and Toby and CIVILIAN. VIP Tickets include: GA Ticket, Early Entry, Signed VIP Pass Keepsake Laminate, Photo w/band, Meet & Greet, Q&A before doors.
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Thursday Night Gallery Drawing: Landscapes
6PM – 8PM
The Walters Art Museum
600 N Charles St, Baltimore
Strengthen your observational drawing skills and build your portfolio while exploring works of art in the Walters’ collection. Facilitated by a museum educator who is a practicing artist, each month we will explore a different area of the museum. The program is a ‘drop-in’ format, allowing participants to stay for as little or as long as they like. Basic materials are provided. Beginners welcome! This program is designed for teens and adults. Adult chaperones are not required for teens age 13 and up; however, family groups are welcome. Pre-registration is required. When enrolling online, please include participant’s name and age.

Rose All Day!
6PM – 8PM
Bin 604
604 South Exeter Street, Baltimore
Drink Pink! Rosè wines can range from lightly sweet and fruity to full-flavored with lots of structure. You’d be suprised how many of your favorite foods pair well with these seasonal gems.

Bourbon & Bowties 2017
6PM – 9PM
Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore
Bourbon & Bowties is QG Community Charities’ annual fundraiser and the premier charity event of the year in the Baltimore area. Bourbon & Bowties is held at The Baltimore Museum of Industry. Along with the museum’s attractions, guests will enjoy an outdoor tent, fine bourbon, spirits, beer and wine, and world class cigars, all complemented by delectable food from the area’s best dining establishments. Live and silent auctions offer additional opportunities to support our charities. We ask attendees to wear bowties during the day of the event to raise awareness for the charities we are supporting and as a sign of commitment to making Baltimore a little more handsome (or beautiful).
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Lost Boys at the Windup Space
6:30PM – 9:30PM
The Windup Space
12 W North Ave, Baltimore
Come support the House of Ruth Maryland and enjoy this classic coming of age(less) tale. We will have themed treats available and the movie will start around 7p. You are encouraged to attend in your trampiest 80’s vampire attire and there will be a prize for best costume 🙂 The entirety of your $10 cover will go to benefit the House of Ruth.

EVO Tap Take Over
7PM – 10PM
Delia Foley’s
1439 S Charles St, Baltimore
Now that the St. Patrick’s Day and Opening Day madness is over with, we are back on track for our fourth takover of the year. As usual with each EVO purchase you will recieve a complimentary pint glass from the brewery and a chance to win one of three basket giveaways throughout the night. Each basket will include a six pack of EVO, swag from the brewery, and a $10 Foley’s gift card!

C3: Create, Connect ,Conquer- An Artist Mixer
7PM – 9PM
Hotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor by Red Lion
207 E Redwood St, Baltimore
If you are a performing artist or you a fan of the performing arts, this is an after-work event for you. This interactive event, hosted by Liberated Muse’s Khadijah Moon, will be a prime time to meet like-minded artists to network with and discuss upcoming collaboration opportunities. Throughout the night, engagement will be encouraged through impromptu activities, live performances and shares throughout the night on grant opportunities, performance opportunities and artist services. Make sure you have space in your phone to add numbers, take notes and click selfies with new and old friends. Do you have an opportunity you would like to get out to the artists at the mixer? Email us at info@liberatedmuse.com to let us know you will be there and want an opportunity to share.

John Waters Signing – Make Trouble
7PM – 9PM
Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins Bookstore
3330 Saint Paul St, Baltimore
On Thursday, May 11th at 7pm, John Waters will be signing copies of his newest book, “Make Trouble.”  When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person. Now we can all enjoy his sly wisdom in a manifesto that reminds us, no matter what field we choose, to embrace chaos, be nosy, and outrage our critics.

Thursday Night Trivia – May Edition!
7PM – 9PM
Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC
401 E 30th St, Baltimore
Pub Quiz and delicious local beer! What could be better?! Bar cash prizes for 1st through 3rd place.

Kung Fu with Squaring The Circle
8PM – 1AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
All Good Presents: Kung Fu w. Squaring The Circle
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Amplified Cactus vi: if I love myself, does fame matter?
8PM – 10PM
Spirits of Mt Vernon
900 N Charles St, Baltimore
Amplified Cactus vi: if I love myself, does fame matter? Art in response to this burning question + wine.

Darsombra / Ruckzuck / Salt Circles
9PM – 12AM
Reverb
2112 N Charles St, Baltimore
Darsombra- trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock https://darsombra.bandcamp.com/
Ruckzuck- do-it-yourself weirdo rock trio https://ruckzuck.bandcamp.com/
Salt Circles – Wailing sounds of scatter brained heavy grooves bashing back against transmisogny. https://baltcircles.bandcamp.com/

UFO vol 2.
9PM – 12:45AM
Featuring: KRYPTIC, KNOIMNOT, DJ DUDAT, GRAFFITITECH, and GALAXYBOY

Liz Fixsen and the Now-and-Then Jazz Quartet
9Pm – 12AM
Rye Fells Point
1639 Thames St, Baltimore
Liz (vocals), Dan Wallace (sax & vocals), Alex Meadow (bass), Steve CAballero (guitar). Come on out for some cool cocktails and hot jazz!

Thee Lexington Arrows, Devious Ones, Wood Fir
9PM – 1AM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
Thee Lexington Arrows:  Baltimore Garage theelexingtonarrows.bandcamp.com
Devious Ones: Motor City Proto Punk  deviousones.bandcamp.com/
Wood Fir: Melodic Indie/Punk woodfir.bandcamp.com

Mike Gambone Trio at Paulie Gee’s
9PM – 12AM
Paulie Gee’s Hampden
3535 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore
The Mike Gambone Trio will be providing musical entertainment, free of charge.
Mike Gambone – Drums, Savino Palumbo – Piano, Alex Weber – Bass

Friday, May 12

Market Day Preview Party
4:30PM – 7:30PM
Cylburn Arboretum Association
4915 Greenspring Ave, Baltimore
Enjoy beer, wine, and music at this festive preview party for our annual Market Day. Get first dibs to purchase plants and crafts from our vendors. Food will be provided by FLASH CrabCake Co and The Cow Ice Cream Truck. $30, members receive 10% off online registration.
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Marsapalooza Arcade 3: HANDS
5PM – 12AM
Grand Voyager Rock and Art Gallery
3317 Keswick Rd, Baltimore
Bringin’ the arcade scene back to Baltimore…one coin at a time. Help me to save the arcade! Event featuring classic and updated consoles and family expanded systems!

Pints in the Park
5PM – 8PM
Center Plaza
120 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore
This popular outdoor happy hour features live music, lawn games, and local beer on the second Friday of the month, 5-8pm. BricknFire at Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, The Tiki Bar, andLinganore Winecellars will join us all season long. Heavy Seas and Calvert beer are at solid happy hour prices – $3 each, or 2 for $5 (cash only). The band for the May 12th Pints in the Park is the The Swingin’ Swamis. And for our ping pong fans, we are rolling out a new table just in time.

Summer Social featuring The Kelly Bell Band
5PM – 8PM
West Shore Park – Inner Harbor
501 Light Street, Baltimore
Bring a blanket and enjoy a fun, family-friendly evening at West Shore Park, featuring live music by The Kelly Bell Band, Gypsy Queen food truck, beer (including Mr.Trash Wheel’s Lost Python Ale), wine and mixed drinks, Pixilated Photo Booth and the Walter Sondheim Interactive Fountain. Summer Socials are always free to attend.

Blacksauce + Ekiben Collaboration @ Union Brewery
6PM – 10PM
UNION Craft Brewing
1700 Union Ave, Ste D, Baltimore
Union is hosting Blacksauce and Ekiben at their brewery for a collaborative pop-up of epic proportions. We’re talking award winning, locally crafted food and beer on a beautiful Friday night in Charm City. There is no better way to kick off the summer. Real talk, this collaboration has been years in the making. Blacksauce’s dope food, endless grind and awesome staff was what inspired the Ekiben guys to dish out their own style of food at another Baltimore farmer’s market. Years later, Ekiben and Blacksauce are teaming up to bring Baltimore a one-of-a-kind culinary event. It took months to create this unique, collaborative menu and there is no better way to enjoy it than with live music and Union Brewery’s amazing beers.

Dead and Buried Tour at The Raven Inn
6:30PM – ?
The Raven Inn
8636 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore
Hardcore / Metal show. All ages / 21+ to drink. Let’s get wild. $7 at the door.
Misery Loves Company – Facebook.com/officialmiserylovescompany
Hot Gospel – Facebook.com/hotgospel
Silence The Requiem – Facebook.com/silencetherequiem
Deep Rest – Facebook.com/deeprestmd
Faceplant – Facebook.com/faceplantofficialband

Sound Immersion with Patricia Norton
7PM – 8:30PM
Baltimore Yoga Village
6080 Falls Rd, Baltimore
Totally supported in comfort on the floor, bring your awareness inward and fall into a deep relaxing state. A sonic environment is created using a variety of instruments including quartz crystal bowls, Himalayan bowls, gong and rain stick, along with mantra, vocal toning and chant.
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Observe Jupiter Night
7PM – 10:30PM
Maryland Science Center
601 Light St, Baltimore
Join Maryland Science Center staff for a special edition of our weekly “Friday Night Stargazing”. Jupiter is still as bright as it was at opposition, so come to see Jupiter at its best. We will feature Jupiter most of this evening (starting at 8pm). This event is weather permitting. Phone 410-545-2999 after 5:00 PM on Fridays to find out if the Observatory will be open that night.

The Music of Clifford Jordan
8PM – 10PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
This concert, led by James Weidman and Steve Williams, celebrates swinging and beautiful music of Clifford Jordan. Jordan was a tenor saxophonist born in Chicago. As writer Ted Panken expressed, Jordan’s narrative gifts (included) his lyricism, wit, mastery of changes-playing and vocalized tone, broad and burnished at all tempos and harmonic contexts, equally comfortable deploying the bright colors of the upper register and the dark hues of the tenor’s bottom. His compositions were perfect vehicles for his excellent artistry.

BROS Bands For Bucks II
8PM – 1AM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
5 bands! $10! Tons of music, all proceeds going to the BROS Forever Home! https://www.crowdrise.com/brosforeverhome/fundraiser/
Blood Mist https://www.facebook.com/bloodmistband/
Snakefeast https://www.facebook.com/Snakefeast/
Preston Boxing Club https://www.facebook.com/PrestonBoxingClub/
Pandas https://www.facebook.com/pandasdestroy/
Cowabunga Pizza Time! https://www.facebook.com/cowabungapizzatime/
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Diamond Hearts – the art of Stephanie Schafer with DJ JGray
8PM – 12AM
Rye Fells Point
1639 Thames St, Baltimore
DIAMOND HEARTS ♥ New work by artist Stephanie Schafer. Dope music by DJ J Gray. Special cocktail menu inspired by Stephanie’s work created by Perez Klebahn.

Dog-Collar Comedy Presents: The Dogfather
8PM – 9:30PM
Dog-Collar Comedy Troupe
1000 Hilltop Cir, Baltimore
Dog-Collar Comedy Troupe gives you… The Dogfather! The FINAL FREE IMPROV SHOW OF THE YEAR with all of your favorite UMBC Improvisers! You come into our show on the day our seniors are to graduate and ask us to do comedy… for free… and we say ABSOLUTELY! So leave the gun (at home) and take the cannoli (or comedy, or both if you want to bring us cannoli) to the final improv show of the year! Help us say goodbye to our friends Michael, Hannah, and Sim. (It’s not personal, it’s UMBC Student Org policy.) After all, Improv is a dish best served cold.

Crown Larks, Chris Pumphrey Sextet, Soul Cannon, Pocket Bells
8PM – 12AM
The Windup Space
12 W North Ave, Baltimore
Crown Larks: https://crownlarks.bandcamp.com/
Chris Pumphrey Sextet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFFQst4XGzQ
Soul Cannon: https://www.facebook.com/Soul-Cannon-25422798631/
Pocket Bells: https://pocketbells.bandcamp.com/

Psycho Killers (Talking Heads tribute) Live at the 8×10
8PM – 1AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
An evening with Psycho Killers, a tribute to Talking Heads!
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Strange Attractor, Seneca, CPB, SC&S at The Crown
8:30PM – 1AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
Baltimore friends, join us for a night of many dynamical systems!
Sam Cooper & The Sleepwalkers: 9:00-9:40
Chris Paterno Band: 9:55-10:30
Seneca: 10:45-11:30
Strange Attractor: 11:45-12:30

GK Presents: Jon Snodgrass / Mikey Erg / Indonesian Junk / MAMA
9PM – 1AM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
JON SNODGRASS (Fort Collins, CO) Drag the River/Armchair Martian/Scorpios
http://www.dragtheriver.com/
MIKEY ERG! (Everywhere) Every band https://mikeyerg.bandcamp.com/
INDONESIAN JUNK (Milwaukee)  https://indonesianjunk.bandcamp.com/
MAMA (Chicago) https://mamamamamama.bandcamp.com/

Emo Nite Baltimore
9PM – 2AM
Ottobar
2549 North Howard Street, Baltimore
Good day Baltimore, You are hereby cordially invited to join us on the evening of May 12th for another edition of Emo Nite Baltimore presented by the kids behind Emo Nite LA. Please join us at Ottobar to celebrate your favorite genre. It will be a nite filled with extravagant events and monumental possibilities. Advanced tickets are available now. Please do let us know what songs you’d like to hear in the comments section below.  so long and goodnight.
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gROOVE
9PM – 2AM
Reverb
2112 N Charles St, Baltimore
Host DJ. dUBZ. IF LOVE HOUSE MUSIC THIS PARTY IS FOR YOU ! SMALL VENUE, AWESOME PEOPLE, GREAT VIBES! With Dj Cheaky Willie and Dj Momentum. $5.00 at the door.

Boys Keep Swinging: A tribute to David Bowie
10PM – 2AM
Idle Hour
201 E Fort Ave, Baltimore
Join DJs Craven (Protean Records), King Gilbert (Save Your Soul & Supersonic) and The Noiseboy (Pretty Ugly) for an all vinyl tribute to David Bowie spanning a 50 year career. Venue will be at the Idle Hour and admission is free.

Saturday, May 13

Market Day 2017
8AM – 2PM
Cylburn Arboretum Association
4915 Greenspring Ave, Baltimore
The 49th Annual Market Day will be held on Mother’s Day Weekend. We’re counting on you to join us. Your presence promises a great selection of plants and gifts, and makes Market Day a huge success for everyone. Our visitors love to learn, have fun, and they love to shop! The sale is open to the general public, without charge. In addition to our invited Market Day vendors, food trucks, beverage sales, and entertainment make this event attractive to the gardening community, families and supporters of Cylburn Arboretum.

Yoga at the Zoo
8AM – 10AM
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
1 Safari Place, Baltimore
I will lead you through a 60 minute Vinyasa style yoga class right next to the penguin exhibit before the zoo opens!! Class will be from 8:30-9:30am, finishing up just in time for the zoo to open and give you all day to enjoy the animals. Ticket price includes admission to the zoo. Please arrive early ( entrance will be permitted starting at 8:00 am) to give yourself ample time to make your way to the penguin exhibit and set up your mat. All levels welcome. Hope to see you there!
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Free Yoga
8:15AM – 9:30AM
Belvedere & Co.
1 E Chase St, Baltimore
Come experience the Conservancy’s sponsored free Yoga – in the Ballroom at the Belvedere. Bring your own mat and water bottle. Appropriate for all levels. Thanks to instructor Jude Asher for leading this group!

Big Truck Day
9AM – 1PM
Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore
Baltimore City’s Department of Public Works lets kids see and climb on work trucks, emergency vehicles, construction equipment and more at this free outdoor event! The festivities will take place in BMI’s parking lot.

Delysia Cole Makeup Artist Presents: Shade 101: The Basics
9AM – 12:30PM
The Motor House
120 W North Ave, Baltimore
As a Makeup Artist, I pride myself on being able to make sense of the trends for my clients, as well as, give the best product recommendations for their particular beauty needs and wants. Having me as your Makeup Artist, I can help YOU create the MOST FLAWLESS LOOK that is both simple and VERSITILE enough to go from office to night out.
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Pile of Craft 2017
10AM – 5PM
St John’s United Methodist Church
2640 Saint Paul St, Baltimore
Pile of Craft features high quality handmade goods from over 50 talented artists. The show will be a perfect place to pick up that amazing handmade gift just in time for Mother’s Day. View our vendor gallery and sponsors here.  Enter our raffle to win a gift basket of handmade goodies donated by our vendors to benefit this year’s charity, Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School. There will be pizza from Dizzy Cow Pizzeria, coffee and doughnuts fromSundays Bakehouse and shaved ice from Hula Honeys Hawaiian Shave ice. Baltimore Jewelry Center will be on hand giving demonstrations.

Littles’ Day
10AM – 5PM
Port Discovery Children’s Museum
35 Market Pl, Baltimore
Gather the little ones for Littles’ Day, a special day designed for children five and under! Sing and dance along with the Kindersigner, enjoy our signature Circle Time, create family art projects at Art a La Cart, and enjoy face painting with Landre SFX!
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SoPro Turns 1!
10AM – 2AM
Southern Provisions
3000 O’Donnell St, Baltimore
Southern Provisions is turning 1 and we want you all to come out and celebrate with us! We will have music all day starting with acoustic sets inside during brunch moving into bands outside for the evening. We will be capping off the night with a band inside downstairs and a DJ upstairs! Drink specials and things to be announced as we confirm all the details. Make sure to save the date and come on down!!

For The Greater Goods Market
11AM – 4PM
R. House
301 W 29th St, Baltimore
Join us at R. House in Remington for the 5th Greater Goods Market! Each market we pick a different charitable cause to raise funds for. This time, we will be raising funds for our neighbor, Remington Village Green! Shop from a variety of Baltimore-based makers, grab some lunch at R. House, and enjoy a beautiful spring day with us! Mother’s day is May 14th- you’ll definitely be able to find something for Mom. We began the Greater Goods Market in December 2015, in an attempt to expand opportunities for small businesses, makers & artists to sell their wares. We hope that by gathering small donations from a large volume of people, we can highlight a cause that is worthy of funding and acknowledgement within the Baltimore community.

The Odyssey Works Beautiful Experience Design Workshop
11AM – 3PM
Single Carrot Theatre
2600 N Howard St, Baltimore
Join Stoop Storytelling and Odyssey Works for a four hour workshop where participants can quickly and intensively jump into the process of experience design from the point of view of empathy. Participants will design experiences using the concepts of the Odyssey Works development process and practice interview and design techniques. Every participant will receive an experience custom designed just for them.
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Concert for Mom and activist Fair
12PM – 3PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Join the Milkshake Band as we celebrate moms with a concert and mini-activist fair featuring pro-mom, pro-family non-profits. Chocolate and flowers for moms; face-painting and card-making for kids. Bring a donation of diapers and/or diaper ointment for ShareBaby and get a Milkshake CD or DVD of your choice.

AARF Adoption Event – Pet Valu Quarry Lake
12PM – 3PM
Pet Valu
2570 Quarry Lake Dr, Baltimore
Come fall in love with AARF adoptables at Pet Valu Quarry Lake and help us celebrate the first anniversary of its opening!

DIPA Series Tasting Room Release
12PM – 5PM
Oliver Brewing Company
4216 Shannon Dr, Baltimore
Join us in the Tasting Room for our next DIPA release. Can releases for this series have become some of our biggest and most anticipated events! This time around won’t be any different! GrrChe – Gourmet Grilled Cheese Truck will be serving up all kinds of amazing grilled cheese creations to accompany our beer line up for the day!

Weekend Walk-In: Visionary Luminaries
1PM – 4PM
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Hwy, Baltimore
Join us for a hands-on, drop-in, art-making workshop once a month in the AVAM classroom! Our Education staff will help you explore new creative territory and make a project inspired by one of our beloved visionary artists. Supplies and boundless inspiration provided! Create a lantern using a jar and colorful paper, complete with a flameless candle!  Cost: $5 per participant (museum admission not included) • All ages welcome (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult) • Location: 2nd floor Classroom of AVAM’s Jim Rouse Visionary Center.

Binology 101: The Basics of Wine Tasting
2PM – 3:30PM
Bin 604
604 South Exeter Street
We look at the typical characteristics of popular grape varietals and explain the terminology and techniques of wine tasting and learn how to recognize the subtle and subjective flavors of wine. Tickets are $29.
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Finding Your Footing w/Michael Furr: CCCFest Workshop
3PM – 5:30PM
Zissimos Bar
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
In this workshop, Michael will teach us how to broadcast confidence, present our best public selves, and prepare to perform in front of an audience. We’ll talk about networking, building a fan base, and standup world etiquette on AND OFF stage – and there will be some observation and diagnosis from the instructor. Through the discussion of premise, style, and content, the participants in this workshop will leave feeling more sure of their path towards being a successful working comedian.
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Eat to Thrive Health and Wellness Expo and Book Release Party!
6PM – 8PM
Oliver Brewing Company
4216 Shannon Dr, Baltimore
Come out and celebrate the hard-copy book release of EAT TO THRIVE: THE ANTI-DIET COOKBOOK with local author and personal trainer Katie Sampayo at Oliver Brewing Company!  Drinks, food, vendors+samples, music, raffle, and MORE. This is going to be an event you will NOT want to miss!  Oliver Brewing Company will be serving up craft beers in their brand-new, hip brewery space along with a dinner fit for guests to THRIVE served by Nalley Fresh (gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options available)!
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Effie Gereny | Opening Reception
6PM – 9PM
Y:ART
3402 Gough St, Baltimore
Y:ART Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its twelfth exhibition and second solo show, featuring the remarkable work of abstract painter Effie Gereny.

Alive and Kicking Screening and Panel
6PM – 10PM
Mobtown Ballroom
861 Washington Blvd, Baltimore
Dear Mobtown Folks and Lindy Hop enthusiasts. On Saturday, May 13, we have the opportunity to screen the new film “Alive and Kicking” at the Mobtown Ballroom, and we’re going to use it as a chance to discuss the film in a group setting with a diverse set of panelists. Our panel will use the film to approach the broader Lindy Hop and swing dance scene from perspective of race, gender, and power dynamics (as well general fun and hijinks). The ballroom doors will open at 6 for a brief cocktail hour, and the screening will begin at 7, followed by a panel discussion. This event is free, thanks to the magnanimity of Sommer Gentry and Dorry Segev. After all the formal activities are finished, we’ll dance and jump around, ’cause that’s what we do.

B’more Social Dance Fusion!
7PM – 12:30AM
Ministry of Swing
905 W 36th St, Baltimore
This event is designed to bring together as many of Baltimore’s social dance communities as we can! Blues, Lindy Hop, Salsa, Bachata, Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing! We’ll be offering 45-minute beginner level crash courses in 3 of our 6 dances. If you’ve been wanting to try one, this is the perfect time to take your dream dance for a test drive!
7:00-7:45pm – WCS Class
7:50-8:35pm – Salsa Class
8:40-9:25pm – Blues Class
9:30pm – ??? – open social dances with music for all 6 dance styles!
Class pass (unlimited classes plus admission to the social dance) $20 at the door. $16 if you register in advance.
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Bang The Druids Loraxx Klockwick Strange Hate at Reverb
7PM – 11:45PM
Reverb
2112 N Charles St, Baltimore
70s rock jams come to Baltimore !! BANG will lay down the serious riffs !! Mountain of Wizard ( members of Eyehategod ) as direct support.
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Hardcore Cares: Charm City Benefit
7PM – 2AM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
This event is to raise money for a local Baltimore animal welfare entity Baltimore Bully Crew.  Featuring: Cop Stabber, Stout, Last Call Hooligans, Oldham Boys, and BUST OFF.

Stillpointe Theatre’s BEACH BALL
7PM – 11PM
The Chesapeake Building – Baltimore
1701 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join StillPointe Theatre Saturday May 13th 2017 for a night of summer time fun! From the heavy hor’duvre’s catered by “PEN & QUILL” to the island themed cocktails, luau performances, Season Announcement and “SURFS UP” silent auction; you’re night will be one to REMEMBER!! All proceeds go directly to Stillpointe Theatre’s 2017/2018 Season, and our development towards becoming a non profit.
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Hein Koh | Joy & Pain: Opening Reception
7PM – 10PM
Platform Gallery
116 W Mulberry St, Baltimore
Platform Gallery is pleased to present JOY & PAIN , on view at 116 W Mulberry Street. JOY & PAIN is a solo exhibition of works by HEIN KOH , an artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. JOY & PAIN i s a new body of work by Koh that is complete with programming throughout span of the exhibition.

Photo Flesh | International Group Exhibition
7PM – 10PM
Terrault
218 W. Saratoga St. 3rd Floor, Baltimore
Terrault is excited to announce ‘Photo Flesh’, a group exhibition featuring international artists, Alberto Condotta (1987, Italy), Jodie Wingham (1991, UK), and Andrea Jaeger (1978, Germany). Photo Flesh is a collective exhibition exploring the sensuous quality of photography through the logics of other artforms (and vice versa). Photo Flesh presents paintings and installations exploring the photographic, in which photography takes the role of the protagonist to seduce its audience, not for what it represents, but for its own sensual quality. Far from indexing frozen time, here photography makes its voice heard only to state its presence, which is both hard and fragile at the same time.

Free comedy night! w/ Jason Weems! The Second Saturday S#!t Show
7:30PM – 9:15PM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
‘The Second Saturday S#!t Show’! Baltimore’s longest running monthly comedy event! This month’s headliner: Jason Weems (Last Comic Standing). w/ Mike Quindlen, Kathy Carson, Jon Yeager, Donnie Sengstack, Danny Charnley & T Moon Fields * Hosted by Kimberly Ambrose.

Slanguage Arts & Griot Glimpses: A Book Release
7:30PM – 9PM
Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse
30 W North Ave, Baltimore
We’re thrilled to host a book release event for one of our favorite local poets, the inimitable Slangston Hughes! Slanguage Arts & Griot Glimpses is both a chronicling of one individual’s growth as a writer over a 15 year period of poetic evolution. (2002-2017) It is also a record of some of this era’s most pressing sociopolitical issues and happenings as witnessed and responded to in arguably some of the most radical and profoundly truthful incantations ever written down via the medium of poetry in a manner where the political and personal merge. Slanguage Arts & Griot Glimpses is very much “a research guide for the soul.”

We Three: Mark Whitfield, John Lamkin & Kris Funn
8PM – 11PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
John Lamkin III, drums
Mark Whitfield, guitar
Kris Funn, bass

Depth Perception: Levitation Jones, Ludge, Image.Nation and more
8PM – 2AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
Depth Perception is an exploration into the depths of electronic music in celebration of our diversity and roots as well as our vast future ahead.
Featuring: Levitation Jones, Orchestrobe, LUDGE, and Image.Nation.
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Ebb&Nova at West Madison
8PM – 10PM
West Madison Craft Beer & Wine Bar
311 W Madison St, Baltimore
Come down to West Madison to enjoy Ebb&Nova performing original and cover music 8-10. The only thing you need to pay for is the food, which is delicious! There is also an extensive beer and wine list, all in a casual and comfortable atmosphere.

Fancy Hats and Bowties
8PM – 1AM
Mex Baltimore
26 Market Pl at Power Plant Live!, Baltimore
Show off your fancy hats and bowties before Preakness! We will be having a Best Hat and Bowtie contest! Winner gets infield tickets to Preakness!

REHAB 2nd Saturdays with SHE Productons
8PM – 2AM
Grand Central Nightclub
1001 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join us for REHAB 2nd Saturdays with S.H.E. Productions, Baltimore’s Largest LGBTQA party for the community and friends. This month we have DJ Kim Brannan on the tables and are excited to have her back. Double power hour from 9-11 with $3 domestics and rails and $5 bombs all night. .

Bailar sin Miedo! Latin Dance Party & Safe City Celebration
8PM – 12AM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Our evening begins with participatory salsa and bachata dance lessons, followed by Latin Mix DJ sets from Sam Rodriguez, and two sets by Joe Falero and his band. There will be authentic Mexican food for purchase by Artesanas Mexicanas and drink specials in the Marquee Lounge. Tonight we promote Baltimore as a Sanctuary City for all immigrants! Organized by the Artesanas Mexicanas, we ignite the dance floor with the best Latin dance band in the region, Joe Falero Band! Melt xenophobia to salsa, meringue, cumbia, cha cha cha, bachata, bolero and more!
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Box Of Rain Essential Grateful Dead 68-74
8PM – 1AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
BOX OF RAIN is the classic six piece that pay’s tribute to the most prolific and finest period of the GRATEFUL DEAD, 68-74. Featuring an all star linup with former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Living Earth , Zen Tricksters and Dead On Live, BOX OF RAIN channels the sound and magic that could have only happened at that special time.

Mirah & Tara Jane O’neil w/ Purrer at Metro Gallery
8PM – 12AM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Mirah & Tara Jane O’Neil with purrer
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Melanin Free / Gemtone / Brandon Hurtado
9PM – 1AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join Baltimore locals Melanin Free along with RICHMOND cuties Gemtone and Brandon Hurtado for a night of earthly delights.
Gemtone https://gemtonemusic.bandcamp.com/
Brandon Hurtado https://bhurtado.bandcamp.com/
Melanin Free https://melaninfree.bandcamp.com/

Americana night with The Highballers and The Harlan County Kings
9PM – ?
Joe Squared
33 W North Ave, Baltimore
Aw yeah. It’s a night for those who like their rock with a bit of twang to it. DC’s Highballers are coming to Joe Squared on Saturday, May 13th, and their bringing The Harlan County Kings with them! Doors open at 9:00, show starts at 10:00. $5.00 people!

Izzy True, Maxine & Wipeout:: at EMP
9PM – 12AM
EMP Collective
307 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore
Izzy True (Don Giovanni Recs), Maxine, & Wipeout
*~* live at EMP *~* All Ages/ $8, Doors at 9pm/ Show at 9:30

Mark Whiskey & the Sours
10PM – 1AM
Rye Fells Point
1639 Thames St, Baltimore
Rockin Rockabilly!

Girls Rule! Dance Party – MAY ’17
10PM – 2AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
The second Saturday of every month… Ottobar presents Girls Rule! PARTiCOL will be taking your requests and selecting dance hits from all your favorite female artists! Beyonce, Rihanna, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, MIA, Missy Eliot, Grimes, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, J-Lo, Angel Haze, etc.

Version 1.5 with Trillnatured | MAY
10PM – 2AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
My monthly function continues at The Crown & I’m bringing you all of the vibes, all night–and it’s FREE. If you don’t know, ask somebody!

Sunday, May 14

Stroller Strides Mother’s Day Kickoff
9AM – 10AM
Center Plaza
120 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore
Join Stroller Strides @ FIT4MOM Baltimore City and DPOB to kick off our season of monthly FREE fitness classes each Sunday in Center Plaza. Fit in a family-friendly workout before Mother’s Day festivities on May 14 at 9am. Stroller Strides is a free fitness class designed for parents with stroller-aged kids. Each 60-minute, total body workout incorporates power walking, strength, toning, songs, and activities.

GRAND Opening Celebration
9AM – 7PM
The GruB Factory
1210 N. Charles St., Baltimore
We are pleased to announce that The GruB Factory is officially open for business on Sunday May 14th (Mother’s Day). For the loyals, we’ll have everything you know and love… For the newcomers, come taste what all the hype is about… For the faithful, we appreciate your patience. Celebrate with us in a great atmosphere, with great music, a few guest artists, some good people and of course, quality GruB!

Mother’s Day Brunch & Prix Fixe Dinner
10AM – 10PM
Butchers Hill Society
32 N. Chester Street, Baltimore
Treat Mom on May 14th! Come join us for Brunch, featuring special menu items and beverages designed with Mom in mind! Already have plans early in the day? We are also offering a $35 Prix Fixe, 3-course menu for dinner! OpenTable reservations highly recommended!

Fell’s Point Historic Harbor House Tour
11AM – 5PM
The Preservation Society & Fell’s Point Visitor Center
1724 Thames St, Baltimore
This Fell’s Point Mother’s Day Annual Event showcasing the rich history and beautiful homes and gardens of Fell’s Point is a self-guided House Tour within the Fell’s Point Historic District located along Baltimore’s dramatic waterfront. Included are a marvelous variety of individual homes, condominiums, and apartments including 18th and 19th Century buildings, conversions of historic warehouses, and newly constructed properties. The Event will take place, rain or shine. Come see inside Fell’s Point! Tickets $20 in advance. $25 on tour day.

CycloFemme Ride: Baltimore 2017
11AM – 2:30PM
Mount Vernon Place
699 Washington Pl, Baltimore
CycloFemme is a socially-driven grass-roots celebration of women on bikes. Occurring in cities around the world, the annual Mother’s Day ride unites riders, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or bicycle preference to share in the joy of cycling. Join the women of Bikemore for a Sunday Fun Day ride celebrating all that is great about being a woman who rides in Baltimore! We will meet at the Washington Monument, in the west side of the park near the fountain and depart at 11am. This ride will be a casual 13 miles (roundtrip) up to Cylburn Arboretum for lunch, with a rest stop/bathroom break in Druid Hill Park. Bring lunch and/or snacks for the Arboretum and we’ll spend some time hanging out and exploring the grounds. We should be back at the Washington Monument by 2:30.

Mother’s Day Brunch
11AM – 1PM
Mutt Mart
2904 Hamilton Ave, Baltimore
Bring Mom and join us for Baltimore’s Best dog-friendly brunch! We will serve you a delicious doughnut and bottomless cup of Zeke’s coffee for a suggested donation of $5 to the Maryland SPCA.

Mother’s Day Tea
11AM – 4PM
Mount Clare Museum House
1500 Washington Blvd, Baltimore
On this special day, Mount Clare Museum House offers half priced admission tours for mothers, mothers-in-law, grandmothers or any other special mother-figure in your life. The tour will conclude with tea and cookies.

Mother’s Day Brunch at La Cuchara
11AM – 7PM
La Cuchara Baltimore
3600 Clipper Mill Rd St 125, Baltimore
Join us on Sunday, May 14th for a special Mother’s Day brunch from 11am – 7pm! Chef Ben Lefenfeld will be featuring a three course brunch for $32/pp with Basque-inspired cuisine and several of his brunch favorites! Make your reservations today at www.lacucharabaltimore.com

Mother’s Day
12PM – 9PM
Sotto Sopra Restaurant
405 N Charles St, Baltimore
We have expanded our hours for Mother’s Day to accomodate additional reservation requests. We are now taking reservations at noon and up through 9 pm. We are offering our standard ala carte menu. Bring the whole family!

Tell It Like It Is w/Valance Michael: CCCFest Workshop
12PM – 2:30PM
Zissimos Bar
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
In this workshop, Michael will teach us how to become a student of life – and how to become hyper-observant of the humor in our relationships, past, and personal idiosyncrasies. Through participation in truth exercises – and performance and discussion of your jokes – you’ll learn how to specifically tailor his method for you and your material. Once you learn how to focus on the connection between comedy and personal truth, you’ll find yourself clicking with your material – and audiences clicking with you.
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Make a Crankie! Master Class
May 14, 21 & Jun 4, 1-4pm
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
For 3 Sundays, now on May 14th, May 21st, and June 4th, join renowned artists Katherine Fahey and Matt Muirhead for a special master class workshop for adults where you learn how to make old-fashioned, hand-cranked movies from scratch! Both Fahey and Muirhead have participated in numerous Crankie Festivals, including Creative Alliance’s own annual CrankieFest. In the first session, Fahey will guide you through the conceptualization process for your idea or story. Muirhead will lead the second class and demonstrate how to make a housing appropriate for your Crankie-in-progress. During the last class, students will work with Fahey to finalize and show off their creations!
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Mothers Day Mt Vernon Wicked History Pub Tour
1PM – 3PM
Baltimore Wicked History Tours
Sidewalk Outside of Max’S Sidebar, 731 S Broadway, Baltimore
This Mother’s Day spend some quality time with the wild, wicked women of Baltimore’s Mount Vernon. From the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age, Mount Vernon, Baltimore has it all. Day-drink with mom while learning about the bizarre origins of the holiday as well as the history of some of the more colorful women who lived here. Mount Vernon was where Mary Garrett Jacobs ruled Baltimore society, Zelda Fitzgerald’s disastrous 5 hour play was staged, and Wallace Warfield Simpson first worked her wiles. The neighborhood has hosted kings and presidents, and not a few famous writers. What better place to take your favorite wild woman? Join us to revisit the intrigue of the past along these hallowed streets.
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Poe & Poets Poetry Reading Series Returns!
2PM – 4PM
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum / Poe Baltimore
203 N Amity St, Baltimore
Our popular Poe & Poets live poetry reading series has returned! Doors at the Edgar Allan Poe House have re-opened to visitors, and it’s time to welcome poetry back into the house. Join us on the second Sunday of each month for a reading of selected poetry and open mic!

Pro Musica Rara concert: “Bohemian Baroque”
3:30PM – 5:30PM
The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore
Baltimore’s premier early music ensemble, featuring returing guest artist Paul Leenhouts, recorder; Cynthis Roberts, violin; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord; and artistic director Allen Whear, cello. The performance includes works by Bertali, Biber, Schmelzer, Mainerio, Vodicka, and Zelenka.
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Easy Vol. 1 w/ James Nasty, DJ Fleg, and Dogan
4PM – 8PM
Waverly Brewing Company
1625 Union Ave, Baltimore
Come wind down the weekend on the patio and feel the smooth breeze coming off the mighty Jones Falls while the soothing sounds of James Nasty, DJ Fleg, and Dogan lull you to…wait, no; come drink beer on the patio, eat some Snake Hill sausages, and listen to some great music being spun.

Mother’s Day Chef Takeover with Chef Gilda
6PM – 8:30PM
Dovecote Cafe
2501 Madison Ave, Baltimore
Every 2nd Sunday, we turn over our kitchen for a “TAKEOVER” by a guest chef! The Chef offers a Prix Fixe meal and provides a full after hours restaurant experience in the cafe! We are excited to celebrate our Mother’s Day Edition of Chef Takeover with our very own Chef Mother Gilda! Kick-off Cocktail Hour | 4 courses | 2 Signature Drinks. Tickets and menu released Friday 4/21: www.dovecotecafe.com $75. BYOB is ALWAYS an option!

Robin and Linda Williams in Baltimore
7PM – 10PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
For more than four decades now, Robin and Linda Williams have made it their mission to perform the music that they love by blending bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country. Today some listeners might call their music Americana, but these two revered music masters were living and breathing this elixir 20 years before that label was turned into a radio format.
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Sheer Mag, Wildhoney, Bugg & Weed::
8PM – 11PM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Unregistered Nurse Booking presents….
Sheer Mag https://sheermag.bandcamp.com/
Wildhoney (Bmore, Topshelf Recs)
WEED https://weed.bandcamp.com/
BUGG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO2-CSi9SQg

Manners Manners, O Paradiso, The Two Youths, Wishing Rock @ Windup
8PM – ?
The Windup Space
12 W North Ave, Baltimore
Manners Manners – throwing shade with noise pop
The Two Youths (NC) – beeps and boops with sensuous songwriting
O Paradiso (NY) – atmospheric synthpop
Wishing Rock – baltimore’s own powerpop supergroup feat. Jeff Brunell and mems of 20ooo, Faults, Woodfir

Bathing In Wax Vol II W/ DJ Bilebather ft MC Harry Butz
9PM – 2AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Spinning some vinyl and playing some weird videos on the big screen.

Enjoy!

– Lindsey