It’s not going to be miserably cold this week, yay! I feel like I haven’t made enough plans this week. My calendar is unusually open despite all the wonderful options out there. I am for sure going to see Cloud 9 by Iron Crow Theatre on Friday though. If you haven’t noticed, I go to see at least one theatre production a week. It’s hard not to with all the great theatre options we have here in Baltimore! What is stopping you?

Monday, January 22

POP UP: Burnt Coat
Jan 22 – Feb 11, 11:30AM – 9PM
R. House
301 W 29th St, Baltimore
om January 22 through February 11, Cai Lindeman of Burnt Coat Popup is flipping burgers at R House! Cai has always focused on sourcing quality products from local purveyors, and looks forward to applying that philosophy to one of his favorite foods. The burger is simple— two patties, cheese, pickles and red onion. Feeling hungry? Add an extra patty, fried egg, avocado, or a slab of our homemade smoked maple bacon. Still hungry?? Banana pudding!

Baltimore Bride’s Aisle Style Wedding Event
5:30PM – 8:30PM
Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore
200 International Dr, Baltimore
Join Baltimore Bride for our annual showcase featuring the area’s premier wedding professionals. Take in an evening of spectacular harbor views at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. Sip bubbly, enjoy hor d’oeuvres, taste treats from local caterers, and enter to win tons of fabulous giveaways. Plus, be inspired by a runway show, produced by Stephanie Bradshaw‘s design team, highlighting the latest styles in bride and groom fashion.
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Goose Island Bourbon County Release Party
6PM – 2AM
Southern Provisions
3000 O’Donnell St, Baltimore
GOOSE ISLAND LOVERS ASSEMBLE! Thanks to all the loyal Goose Island drinkers at So Pro, we’ve been allocated the very rare Bourbon County Stout AND Northwoods. These only come out once/year! We’ll have a limited supply of 2016 Bourbon County Bottles and we’ll be selling the GI IPA on draft all night. Order a GI during the release party and you’ll take home a GI pint glass!

The Exterminating Angel
7PM – 8:35PM
Charles Revival Series
1711 N Charles St, Baltimore
”In the best surrealist tradition, Buñuel claimed that his brilliant, disconcertingly funny joke – after an upper class dinner party, the guests find some mysterious compulsion making it impossible for them to leave the premises – has no rational explanation. True enough, but there are meanings aplenty in his powerful central image of decay as the vast, magnificently appointed bourgeois salon is gradually reduced to a sordid rubbish-heap where the once elegant guests squat and gnaw at bones. Significantly, the whole thing takes place under the sign of the church, but what still delights about the film is the way it refuses to be pigeonholed. Devastatingly funny, illuminated by unexpected shafts of generosity and tenderness, it remains one of Bunuel’s very best.” (TimeOut London) 

BBP: January Pre-Ride
7PM – 9PM
St. Mary’s Park
600 N Paca St, Baltimore
This is the pre-ride for the Baltimore Bike Party: January Ride. At a faster pace, but doable for all skill levels, this 8 mile jaunt traces the plotted Bike Party path to see if it’s juuuust right for the main event.

Monday Django Jazz Jam at De Kleine Duivel
7PM – 11PM
De Kleine Duivel
3602 Hickory Ave, Baltimore
Monday acoustic swing jam session hosted by Tom Mitchell, Lucas Chohanyand bassist John Previti. Horn players, accordionists, violinists, guitarists, mandolinists, vocalists, dancers welcome! Enjoy a wide variety of Belgian beers! Feel free to bring takeout food from any of the numerous restaurants in Hampden! Come play. Come listen. Come dance! Voted best Monday night in Baltimore by City Paper!

Teavolve’s Open Mic w Birds With Teeth
7PM – 10PM
Teavolve Cafe & Lounge
1401 Aliceanna St, Baltimore
The Teavolve Open Mic’s been running for about 10 years in Harbor East, Baltimore – signup from 6-7, performances from 7-10pm – “PG13”, 2 pieces / 10 minutes whichever’s shorter, no amps, drumkits or pre-recorded material. Every week we’re joined by a special featured artist in the middle of the night – and though the admission’s free, we hope you’ll bring something for their tip jar! Tonight we’re joined by Birds with Teeth : Birds With Teeth writes odd songs about solar panel skins and steaming seas, vampires and campfires, silver tongues and storytellers, college towns and corn fields, little yellow flowers and, of course, birds with teeth. Tonight is hosted by rob Hinkal of ilyAIMY. The night is video recorded and broadcast at youtube.com/robsopenmics shortly after the performance.

Jazz Jam w/ guest Jeff Antoniuk
7:30PM – 9:30PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
Jeff Antoniuk: Jam Session Guest Artist. Jeff Antoniuk defines his musical life by creating and expanding community, whether improvising a solo, connecting with an audience, or in his numerous workshops and master classes. His Digging Deeper Jazz videos on Your Tube and Face Book are approaching half a million views. An Eastman Saxophones Artist, Jeff is internationally respected as both a master performer, and as an engaging and inspirational educator. He has received numerous awards and commissions, and has produced over 10 critically acclaimed albums over the past several decades. He is currently the Artistic Director of both Maryland Summer Jazz and Jazz Band Masterclass, and has performed with the likes of Jimmy Haslip, Marcus Miller, Ingrid Jensen and Helen Sung.
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Beat the Brewers Trivia w/ Jameson
7:30PM – 9:30PM
Brewer’s Cask
1236 Light St, Baltimore
Beat the Brewers Trivia **Distillers Edition w/ Jameson Irish Whiskey in house. $2 – Tacos & Happy Hour till 7, so get in here early and save your trivia seat!

Sparky’s All Metal Karaoke Birthday!
9PM – 2AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Join us at Ottobar Metal Monday on January 22nd to celebrate Sparky Voyle’s birthday! To celebrate, Pat Storck will be hosting a special, ALL METAL KARAOKE! All metal. All night long. Plus, buy Sparky a drink and he might air guitar while you sing. To round it out: Hockey and Voylermaker specials all night!

Tuesday, January 23

Network After Work Baltimore at Barcocina
6PM – 9PM
Barcocina
1629 Thames St, Baltimore
Join our community of millions across the US and expand your network at our next event. Meet executives and professionals for new opportunities on Tuesday at Barcocina. You’ll make great connections in a relaxed and upbeat atmosphere while expanding your network of contacts to fuel your career or business goals. We’ve become America’s premier face-to-face networking organization with hundreds of events each month, in over +100 cities across the US. Grab your business cards to get out and network with Network After Work.
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B. Willow x The Foundery DIY Succulent Terrarium Workshop
6PM – 9PM
The Foundery
101 West Dickman Street, Baltimore
Join B.Willow and The Foundery for a DIY Succulent Terrarium Class! Each participant will learn how solder their own geometric stained glass and copper terrarium! You will be guided through every step, no experience necessary, just the desire to set down your phone and pick up a new craft. Once your terrarium is constructed the plant experts from B. Willow will take over and show you everything from planting your succulents to giving detailed care information. Learn everything necessary to grow happy, healthy succulents! $75 ticket includes all materials and supplies for planting. For beverages during the planting portion of the workshop, feel free to BYOB!
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WYPR Trivia Night
6PM – 9:30PM
Cypriana
109 W 39th St, Baltimore
Think you’re the biggest public radio nerd? Do you train all week for Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and Ask Me Another? Then come test your knowledge of public radio-themed trivia at WYPR’s first ever trivia night! WYPR’s Nathan Sterner will be the master of ceremonies. Questions will vary between NPR, WYPR, & current events trivia. TEAMS MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE. Tickets will not be sold at the door. 100% of ticket sales support WYPR. $100 to register one team of up to 8 people – that’s just $12.50 a person for a team of 8! The game begins promptly at 7:30 p.m. Cypriana has a special menu for purchase, and a portion of the evening’s proceeds will support WYPR.
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Weekly Team Trivia
7:30PM – 10:30PM
The Brass Tap at The Fitzgerald
1205 West Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore
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!

Improv Conservatory: Imaginary Friends, Nature’s Dirt & Surprise
7:30PM – 9PM
Baltimore Improv Group
1727 North Charles Street, Baltimore
BALTIMORE! See the NEW Fall BIG Improv Conservatory Teams! The Conservatory throws together players for 4-month stints of intensive coaching, rehearsal, and performance; you reap the benefits watching the talent flourish before your eyes! Featuring conservatory teams Imaginary Friends, and Nature’s Dirt. Guest is the best of the best troupe called Surprise Party.
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Fiesta Latina
8PM – 12AM
Sajoma Restaurant
1708 fleet st, Baltimore
It’s here! Another great party, Fiesta Latina!! every Tuesday night at Sajhoma! Come party with us to the best Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia, Kizomba and more! Come and try our authentic Dominican Food!!! You won’t be disappointed!

Winter Bingo!
8PM – 10PM
Smaltimore- Burgers, Sushi and Craft Beer
2522 Fait Ave, Baltimore
Each week we will discount drafts from Terrapin and Blue Moon Brewery for bingo night. The games will spread across six rounds over two hours with prizes each round and a grand prize for the blackout winner(s). Smaltimore will be providing gift cards and swag to the winners of each round plus some cool prizes from the brewery and one grand prize for the blackout round. This event is free [to play] and open to the public.

Winter Bingo
8PM – 10PM
Delia Foley’s
1439 S Charles St, Baltimore
Winter is upon us and so is bingo! We are happy to announce that bingo will become a staple at Delia Foley’s on Tuesday nights during the winter season of 2018. Join us every week for some Tuesday night fun, great drink specials, and $3.00 off all egg roll starters and combos.  Bingo will spread across six rounds over two hours with prizes for each round and a grand prize for the blackout round winner(s). Delia Foley’s will be providing gift cards, bar swag and cool prizes rotating each week. This is a free event to play and open to the public. Just a reminder to come early on Tuesday’s, we fill up before bingo starts!

Flabbercasters / Looming (2-piece) / Pale Lungs / Caraway + MORE
8PM – 11PM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
Big Red Booking presents:
Flabbercasters (MD) – Smash Bros meets hype emo flabbercasters.bandcamp.com
Looming (IL) – refreshingly authentic punk/emo loomingband.bandcamp.com
Pale Lungs (TN) – Nashville tone lords palelungsband.bandcamp.com
Caraway (MD) – riffy emo/rock carawaymusic.bandcamp.com
Human Travesty (MD) – acoustic emo centered on mental illness
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Two For Tuesday Dance Party
9PM – 1AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Each week, our rotating cast of resident DJ’s spin Indie – Electro – New Wave – Hip-Hop – Britpop – Soul & more! featuring Two For One Drinks!

Karaoke Forever – Every Tuesday
9PM – 2AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
Come sing some Karaoke! No cover with food and drink specials.  Voted Best Karaoke by Baltimore City Paper!

3rd Annual Bartending Competition
9PM – 2AM
El Bufalo Tequila Bar & Kitchen
2921 O’Donnell St, Baltimore
It’s that time again Charm City! El Bufalo’s 3rd annual bartending competition starts Tuesday January 23rd, with 5 different teams of 2 bartenders each competing every Tuesday for thousands of dollars in cash prizes. Bartenders will be scored on guests through the door, a skill and accuracy challenge, and sales; so get out and show your favorite bars and mixologists some love!

Wednesday, January 24

Pop-up Mother Goose on the Loose
Wednesdays 10:30AM – 11:30AM,  Dec 6, 2017 – Mar 14, 2018
Single Carrot Theatre
2600 N Howard St, Baltimore
Join us each week for this exciting fun-filled story time that uses rhymes, songs, puppets, musical instruments and more to stimulate the learning process of babies and toddlers. Our programs attract a large group of parents and caregivers and can be a great way to meet families in your neighborhood. This is a free program. We hope you join us each week.

Beer Can Appreciation Day
11AM – 2AM
The Brass Tap at The Fitzgerald
1205 West Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore
Come to the Tap and join us to celebrate Beer Can Appreciation day with the Brewery that started the can revival, Oskar Blues Brewery! We’ll have 3 great OB cans for $4 each all day. Remember what Oskar Blues says – we’ll give it to you in the can!

10×10 Exhibit Reception
4PM – 7PM
The Motor House
120 W North Ave, Baltimore
Get warmed up by the viewing the beautiful student artwork in our second annual 10×10 Exhibit! Please join us for the reception on January 24th, 4-7pm featuring performances by dancer and actress Maria Broom. This is a free event.

Beer Can Appreciation Day
4PM – 10:30PM
JD’s Smokehouse – Canton
623 S. Luzerne Avenue, Baltimore
Beer Can Appreciation Day recognizes the great day in 1935 when beer was first sold in cans. We’re here to help you celebrate this monumental date with $3 CRAFT CANS and HALF OFF BURGERS!

Open Studio
4:30PM – 8PM
Local Color Flowers
3100 Brentwood ave, Baltimore
Drop in for self-directed floral design fun! As a supplement to our formal design classes (which are perfect for the beginner student), Open Studio is aimed at the intermediate floral designer who wants to hone their skills and practice at their own pace. We’ll provide flowers, vases and all the tools you need to design your own floral masterpiece! Prices range from $35-$75 per arrangement and are based on vase size. You can also make a wrapped bouquet (not in a vase) if you prefer. No need to RSVP. Please arrive at least 30 minutes prior to closing.

New Year, New Beer, a Hoppy Hour series #3
5PM – 8PM
Blue Hill Tavern
938 S Conkling St, Baltimore
Grab your crew & join ours at Blue Hill Tavern for one in a series of Heavy Seas happy hours! At these happy hours, patrons will have the opportunity to taste a BRAND NEW member of the Heavy Seas “Cannon Crew” — AmeriCannon, a double dry hopped American Pale Ale! We will also be raffling off 2 tickets to our most popular brewery event, the Heavy Seas Oyster Festival, happening on Saturday, February 3rd. Our Oyster Festival is SOLD OUT, so this is the only opportunity for one lucky person to snag a pair of tickets!

Black Flag Release Party
5PM – 2AM
Wet City
223 W Chase St, Baltimore
Black Flag is releasing 3 beers so lets throw down! Not only will we be tapping their beers but we’ll be giving away branded glassware as well.

Behind the Bar Cocktail Tour
6PM – 7PM
Sagamore Spirit
301 E Cromwell St, Baltimore
Tour the distillery and taste three cocktail samples made with our award-winning rye whiskeys. Perfect for group outings or that friend who just won’t give up vodka-sodas. There’s no wrong way to drink whiskey!
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Misery of Alice: Episode 1 – The Phantom Heir
6PM – 9PM
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
Misery of Alice: Episode 1 – The Phantom Heir is a tour featuring the bands, Misery Loves Company, Go Ask Alice, and I am Heir, along with a number of local bands at each date.

Adventures in the Meadhall
6PM – 10PM
Charm City Meadworks
400 East Biddle St., Baltimore
We’ll be opening our doors for a Dungeons & Dragons night at the new Meadworks taproom. All experience levels welcome; no characters, dice, or books required. Doors Open: 6:00p, Games Start: 6:30p – 8:00p, Games End: 9:30p – 11:00p. There will be multiple games available, so bring yourself out, even if you’re running late or leaving early. Drop-in drop-out whenever you’d like with no need to attend prior or future sessions.

Filipino x Soul Food
6:30PM – 9:30PM
Ida B’s Table
235 Holliday Street, Baltimore
On Wednesday, January 24th, join us for a special collaboration with Calasag Pop Up as we explore the ways Filipinos and African-Americans relied on resourcefulness and flavor-building techniques to survive and thrive as a people and diaspora. Both communities deal with uniquely brutal histories of colonization and subjugation — and both are creating delicious and modern food that honors the ingenuity and determination of their ancestors. The menu features classic Filipino dishes with those flourishes of Modern Soul Food that you’ve come to love at Ida B’s Table. Chef David Thomas and Dylan Ubaldo will share their thoughts with us throughout the evening. Tickets include an amuse, 3 courses and 2 paired cocktails.
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Kokedama Building Workshop
6:30PM – 8PM
B.Willow
220 West 27th, Baltimore
Kokedamas, aka “moss balls” are a Japanese style of planting, using moss and specialized soil wrapped around the roots of a plant. These can be hung or set on a dish, creating a beautiful & natural looking way to grow your plants! Each participant will choose their own plant, and learn how to create a kokedama to hang or sit on a surface. $40 ticket includes all supplies. Attendees will also receive 15% off plants in the shop. For beverages during the workshop, feel free to BYOB!
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Kitchen Table Series – Heritage Pork
6:30PM – 8:30PM
Wit & Wisdom
200 International Dr, Baltimore
Wit & Wisdom is excited to announce the return of the Kitchen Table Series! Join us at our intimate counter-style table for a 4-course interactive experience that brings guests up close and personal to our talented culinary team. Hail to the pig! A dinner prepared by Executive Chef Zachary Mills featuring heritage pork. Optional wine pairings are available for purchase. Tickets include tax and 18% gratuity.
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Trivia Happy Hour + Karaoke Night – Upstairs at Ottobar
7PM – ?
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Upstairs opens at 6pm. Every Wednesday! Team Trivia Happy Hour 7pm – 9pm…hosted by Showtime Trivia! Weekly Prizes + Cash Prizes for the Top Teams in the Region at the End of the Season! Every Wednesday late,10pm-close….Ottobar’s Karaoke Night!

Salsa y Bachata Wednesdays
8PM – 12:30AM
Sangria Patio Bar
930 North Charles Street, Baltimore
From Baltimore’s premier annual social dance event – the Baltimore Congress, and Baltimore’s fabulous Latin Dance Company Sentimento, we bring you a weekly night of dance lessons, and social dancing.  We invite you to a night of fantastic dance experience with the best dancers in Charm City in regular attendance. Dance Lessons with Brandon of Sentimiento. $5 per class // 8:00 PM Bachata // 8:45 PM Salsa. Dance with DJ Raj starting 9:30.

Joshua Davis’ Love Salad
8PM – 10PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
Founded and directed by composer/bassist Joshua Davis, Love Salad is groovy multi-layered voices, electro-acoustic bass and loops, marimba, and fierce pot and pan percussion. This dynamic orchestration features a loop pedal, a device that captures, repeats, and layers segments of live recording.
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Drag & Trivia Hosted by Venus Fastrada
9PM – 2AM
Grand Central Nightclub
1001 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join us Every Wednesday for Drag & Trivia! We have multiple rounds of trivia – after each round the winning team will be awarded a $25 bar tab! Hosted by Venus Fastrada Every Wednesday along with one special guest drag queen! HAPPY HOUR PRICES ALL NIGHT- TRIVIA IS FREE TO PLAY

Thursday, January 25

Beer, Bolsitas, Bullsh*t!
4PM – 8PM
Showroom Café + Bar Lounge
120 W North Avenue, Baltimore
EVERY THURSDAY IN JANUARY! What’s this all about? It’s simple: come shoot the sh*t with your friends, drink beer & eat a bolsita! One more reason to come? 2$ off draft beer, $1 off bolsitas! From 4-8pm. Haven’t eaten a bolsita? Don’t worry, be happy! We’ve gotta “Jammin’”, it’s coconut braised pork shoulder, pickled carrot, mango salsa, ripe avocado, homemade plantain chips. Or, perhaps, you’re a vegetarian or vegan. Then you’ll want a Rock the Casbah! It’s a Moroccan spiced charred vegetable tagine, over housemade plantain chips. Dollop of Greek yogurt (or not, if you’re vegan!). Mostly, come, come with friends, and start building the community we all want to become in Station North!

Oyster Nights with the Urban Oyster
5PM – 8PM
R. House
301 W 29th St, Baltimore
Every Thursday is oyster night at R. House! Stop by and have your oysters shucked by The Urban Oyster herself. Get your dinner on with a plate of oysters to start. Have one or have a dozen, but get here before shell-out.

“Lord, Help My Poor Soul” Happy Hour
5PM – 8PM
Annabel Lee
601 S Clinton St, Baltimore
“Lord, help my poor soul.” were Edgar Allan Poe’s last words. Come celebrate the Baltimore Beat’s Liquor Issue and the macabre man himself. Dress like Edgar Allen Poe or Annabel Lee and win prizes! Everyone’s Last Words will get printed in 1/31 Issue of the Beat! Food and drink specials!

Whiskey Rocks Baltimore
6PM – 9PM
La Cuchara
3600 Clipper Mill Rd, Baltimore
1057 The Fan and La Cuchara Restaurant invite you to attend the second annual Whiskey Rocks Baltimore Tasting Event. Come sample and savor some of the finest Premium Whiskeys. There will be 15 of the finest distillers onsite including Whistle Pig Rye, New York Distilling Company, and West Cork Irish Whiskey to name a few. Meet with whiskey experts while hobnobbing with some of your favorite Baltimore radio personalities including Rob Long ; your morning talk show hosts on 105.7 The Fan. Enjoy signature samplings from La Cuchara Restaurant located in Historic Woodberry off I-83. This unique location used to be home to the London Fog Coat Factory- Now an industrial chic restaurant hot spot. A percentage of the proceeds to benefit Pathfinders for Autism. Whiskey always tastes best when in good company so buy your tickets now! Must be 21 years or older to attend.
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Free Karaoke with DJ Mr. Kevin’s Magic Music
6PM – 10PM
Mount Vernon Marketplace
520 Park Ave, Baltimore
Check out DJ Mr. Kevin on instagram @mrkevinsmagicmusic!

Under the Tuscan Sun
6PM – 8PM
Bin 604
604 South Exeter Street, Baltimore
Ahhhh, Tuscany. Rollings Hills, a Renaissance sun, Chianti and Montalcino. Join us as we take a tour through the regional wines of Italy’s most picturesque landscape. Sorry, pasta not included! Tickets are $15 with a $5 credit toward featured wines.
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Trivia For A Cause: Moveable Feast
6PM – 9PM
Blue Pit BBQ & Whiskey Bar
1601 Union Ave, Baltimore
This week, Blue Pit BBQ and Trivia Maryland bring you a benefit for Moveable Feast! Serving the Baltimore area and beyond for over 25 years, Moveable Feast has helped thousands of individuals with life-threatening illnesses by providing meals and other nutrition-based services. 10% of this evening’s food and drink sales will be donated to Moveable Feast so they can continue to serve the state of Maryland. So come on down and impress your friends with your knowledge of obscure facts and events! Trivia buffs: this is but the second installment of a 6-week long season with a chance to win $2,500 at the end! And, hey, if trivia isn’t your thing, but charity is, all you have to do is show up and grab some drinks and dinner!

DJ Mom Jeans
7PM – 10PM
Waverly Brewing Company
1625 Union Ave, Baltimore
WBC is proud to welcome back DJ Mom Jeans! She’ll get you moving and grooving as you enjoy WBC fresh brews.

Naomi & Markele
7PM – 11PM
Sidebar Artist Pop-Up Series
218 E Lexington Street, Baltimore
Join us for a night of performance art and photography!

Field Notes at Metro Gallery
7PM – ?
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Field Notes features five artists working in abstraction informed by their relationship to nature. Capturing texture, pattern, palette and form experienced in the outdoors, these artists craft their aesthetic around an admiration of the landscape from expansive vistas to minute, imperfect details. The exhibition includes paintings, site-specific wall work, sculpture, drawings and prints. Together, these works help to satisfy the mid-winter contradiction missing the outdoors but wanting to stay inside.
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Dice & Slice: Dungeons & Dragons
7PM – 10PM
Paulie Gee’s Hampden
3535 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore
Dungeons & Dragons in the Paulie Gee’s Backbar! Second and last Thursdays of the month. This will be our very first D&D night and we are pumped. All experience levels welcome. Doors at 5pm. Games begin at 7pm and end at 10pm. We’ve got the dranks, pizza and food to fuel your campaign.

Monument City Pint Night
7PM ?
JD’s Smokehouse – Canton
623 S. Luzerne Avenue, Baltimore
Come enjoy a beer by Baltimore City’s own Monument City Brewing and get a Monument City pint glass to take home with you! We’ll have our usual Thursday specials running all night – ribs and $1 wings!

Roland’s Bday Party with Trongone Band – Colin Thompson + more!
7PM – 12:30AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
Join us on Thursday, January 25, 2018 as we celebrate Roland Ray’s birthday with THE TRONGONE BAND – Colin Thompson Music – Jonathan Sloane Trio!!!
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Impropourri: Bring Your Own Troupe Show!
7:30PM – 8:30PM
The BIG Theater
1727 North Charles Street, Baltimore
FREE SHOW. Every Thursday Night, we throw our doors open for any troupe that wants to come and play. Bring a troupe, put your troupe’s name in the blue bucket, and you’re part of the show. Or, come by your self, and we’ll try to team you up with other players. See you here!

Papi’s Mucho Grande Taco Eating Contest
7:30PM – 8:30PM
Papi’s
1703 Aliceanna St, Baltimore
Join us on January 25th for the Grande Taco Eating Contest! (the biggest taco we can make!)  Flour tortilla (no substitutions), gringo meat, pico de gallo, lettuce, queso chihuahua & crema. First to finish the Grande Taco & a Tecate/Tecate Light wins!
1st & 2nd place prizes available! 21+ to enter. Limited spaces available. Sign up at papistacocontest@gmail.com by January 24.

FILM: Rebels on Pointe
7:30PM – 10:30PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Exploring universal themes of identity, dreams and family, REBELS ON POINTE is the first-ever documentary film celebrating the world famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The notorious all-male, drag ballet company was founded over 40 years ago in New York City on the heels of the Stonewall riots, and has a passionate cult following around the world. The film juxtaposes intimate behind-the-scenes access, rich archives and history, engaging character driven stories, and dance performances shot in North America, Europe and Japan. Rebels on Pointe is a creative blend of gender-bending artistic expression, diversity, passion and purpose. A story which ultimately proves that a ballerina is not only a woman dancing—but an act of revolution in a tutu.
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On “Player Piano”
7:30PM – 9:30PM
Federal Hill Main Street
42 E Cross St, Baltimore
For Vonnegut enthusiasts, initiates, and the unacquainted; anyone interested in reading thoughtful and entertaining science fiction/literature with a humanistic bent. Join us for a casual discussion of the book at the Federal Hill Main Street Office. The door will be open around 7.15pm, discussion begins around 7.30pm, but feel free to drop in later if you can’t make it on time. The meetings generally run to sometime between 9 and 9.30pm.

Thrifty Minett Thursdays
8PM – 9:30PM
Nest Nightclub
2022 North Charles Street, Baltimore
Every Thursday in Nest Nightclub, join our favorite frugal queen, Whimsy Thrift and fabulous co-host Anita Minett for Thrifty Minett Thursdays! This show is now an 18+ event! Ages 18-20 pay $5 cover! No cover for 21 and over!

Trio Sefardi
8PM – 10PM
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
Trio Sefardi is a confluence of three performers who share a love of, and wide-ranging experience with Sephardic music, playing with La Rondinella, the Western Wind, and National Heritage Fellowship honoree Flory Jagoda. Washington Post chief music critic Ann Midgette praised the group’s “lovely and luminous performance of Sephardic songs” and vocalist Susan Gaeta’s voice as “compelling” in a review of a recent performance at the Kennedy Center with the Post-Classical Ensemble.
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Three Dollar Thursdays!
8PM – 10PM
The Lou Costello Room
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
3 comics for just $3 every other Thursday at The Lou Costello Room on the second floor of Zissimos Bar in Hampden! Thursday Jan 25 join us for HILARIOUS comedy from…Ian Salyers!! Scott Seiss!! Ronald James!! and host Michael Furr!! Great drink specials all night and hilarious comedy that won’t break the bank! Doors open at 7:30.

Diva to Diva: From Ella to Adele
8PM – 10PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore
Multi-Platinum selling Broadway star Ann Hampton Callaway fuses a unique blend of jazz and pop that keeps her in demand around the world. From Carly Simon to Carole King, Etta James to Ella Fitzgerald, join Ann and the BSO for a performance to remember.
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The Linemen at The Windup Space
8PM – 11PM
The Windup Space
12 W North Ave, Baltimore
An evening of Cold Fusion Americana with The Linemen, June Star, and Big Mama Shakes.
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Mood2Soul
8PM – 11PM
The Motor House
120 W North Ave, Baltimore
Every Thursday Motor House’s Turntabliss and Better on Foot records curate a weekly Happy Hour party in Station North. Resident dj/producer Discuji spins a mix of avant disco, deep house, and acid jazz. Free Admission | Drink Specials until the last record drops. Weekly Guest DJs & Producers.

Songwriter Round Robin at Joe Squared
8PM – 11PM
Joe Squared
33 W North Ave, Baltimore
A songwriter round robin featuring: 50 Foot Woman, honey boat, Sarah Pinsker, and Georgie Jessup.

Chumps / GrassRoots / Faceplant /Howzit
8PM – 12AM
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Featuring: Chumps, GrassRoots, Faceplant, and Howzit.

Throw Back Thursdays! Spotlight Drag Show & Karaoke
9PM – 2AM
Grand Central Nightclub
1001 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join us every Thursday for Throwback Thursday’s with DJ KB in the disco! Spotlight drag show hosted by Anastasia Mae Belladonna, Kyle Sharp( Washington Heights) and Dee Dee Derèon! NO COVER ALL NIGHT! $1 Vodka 9-1130pm, $3 Well drinks, $3 Fireball all night, $4 Jameson all night! Spotlight Drag Show at 10:30pm. You can also sing your heart out in the pub with Karaoke starting at 9pm!

Karaoke Federal Hill
9PM – 1:30AM
The Charles Baltimore
1110 South Charles Street, Baltimore
Karaoke makes its way to Federal Hill every other Thursday. Come early grab a bite to eat and stay for the fun as you and your friends sing the night away. You’ll be amazed at some of these singers you already know.

UFO vol 10
9PM – 1:30AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
UFO vol 10. ok UFO still up and running! first of 2018!
Jacob Marley – http://www.itsjacobmarley.com/
Tromac Pineapple- https://soundcloud.com/tromac
Alienood420- https://soundcloud.com/alienood420
Ta$hannie
Tensah

A Night Of Japanese New Wave & Obscure
10:30PM – 1:30AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
3+ hours of Japanese tunes & video projections
Featuring DJs:  DJ DOKI DOKI JEFF and FUNDAD

Friday, January 26

Green Machine with Galaxy // Can Drop
4PM – 11PM
Diamondback Beer
1215 E Fort Ave, Baltimore
We told you we had some fun announcements coming up. Green Machine is coming back in cans and this time it is heavily yet carefully dry-hopped with Galaxy hops. BricknFire Pizza Company- Mobile will be in-house for pizza night from 5-10pm.

Leatherneck Red Ale Draft Release Party & Charity Auction
5PM – 9PM
Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC
401 E 30th St, Baltimore
Join the Seawolf Brewery Team at Peabody Heights Brewery, LLC as we salute our United States Marine Corps with the draft release of our Seawolf Brewery LEATHERNECK Red Ale. Let’s give back to our Marines and their families. We’ll be auctioning Seawolf Gear and signed sports memorabilia items to benefit the Semper Fi Fund!

Winter Wine at the B&O Railroad Museum
6PM – 9:30PM
B & O Railroad Museum
901 West Pratt Street, Baltimore
Join the Maryland Wineries Association for an upscale evening at the B&O Railroad Museum. At this try-&-buy event you can experience the best wine that Maryland has to offer, as noted by critical acclaim and by the evening’s guest curators, in an exclusive and unique setting. Throughout the evening, attendees will engage with winemakers and owners, enjoy delicious stationary hors d’oeuvres, and tap their feet to light jazz music. This is your opportunity to experience wines that are leading the charge in the ever-developing Maryland wine industry.
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Baltimore Bike Party: January Ride
6:30PM – 11:30PM
St. Mary’s Park
600 N Paca St, Baltimore
Here’s hoping for a late-January heat wave! Mark your calendars, theme and details TBA soon! Meet as usual at St. Mary’s Park at 6:30 pm. In the meantime remember that The HandleBar Cafe, Baltimore’s first Bicycle Cafe, is hosting a Winter Roller Race Sprint Series every Tuesday 1/9 – 2/13. Come and sprint your heart out for $5 per entry. Proceeds go to support Bike Party!

Holdfast Release w/ Clear For Takeoff, One Life To Lead, TGHB
7PM – 11:45PM
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
Transcendent Events presents:  Holdfast: Album Release!, Clear For Takeoff, One Life To Lead, The Great Heights Band, and Front Royal.
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Open Crank! Free!
7PM – 10PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Hey Crankie makers! We know you are out there! Join us for this open mic style Crankie event. Maybe you made a Crankie in one of our workshops? Maybe you have created a Crankie on your own time? Maybe you have an idea for a Crankie but have no place to show? Crankier makers and Crankie lovers unite for this free, open mic-style Crankie event in our Marquee lounge. We will provide the space and a table, and you will do the rest. Let us know you are performing. Sign up here!

Normandy Wood, Smantx, Slow With The Ghost, and Shivering Isles
7PM – 12AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
Normandy Wood and SMANTX return to The 8×10 on Friday, January 26, 2018 featuring Slow With The Ghost.
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Be Free Fridays: It’s a New YEAR!
7PM – 10:30PM
Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
847 N Howard St, Baltimore
LOVE the poet presents BE FREE Fridays Baltimore’s Liveliest Open Mic!!! This month we celebrating our lives and giving thanks for all that we are! We are featuring one of the most amazing up and coming poets in Baltimore Nate Anderson aka A Poet Named Nate! We also welcome the amazing poets & musicians who will rock the open mic in the building! Come out to Baltimore’s liveliest and most diverse poetry event hosted by Shelly Says So & J. Tesla/ Black Chakra!

Floyds Row
7:30PM – 8:30PM
The Four Hour Day Lutherie
4305 Harford Rd, Baltimore
An intimate (trio) performance featuring works written, co-written, and arranged by Noël, Lykogiannis, and Arceci. A folk collective formed in Oxford (UK), Floyds Row explores traditional renditions and original works. Fusing several styles, Floyds Row explores the connections between classical, folk, roots revival, Americana, and bluegrass repertoire.
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Camp Adventure w/IMPROV JAM!
8PM – 10:30PM
Charm City Comedy Project
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
Acts: Silversmith, Peach Pit, Toe Money Improv, Lance Curran PLUS BONUS IMPROV JAM! Host: Ian Salyers. Welcome to Camp Adventure, a night for the wild ones! We’re showcasing some of the most exciting acts under the stars in this monthly show. First, we’ll get the fire started with standup from our host Ian Salyers and Ireland’s Lance Curran…then explore the darkness with improv from Bmore indies Toe Money and San Francisco’s all-lady team Peach Pit. After the break, we’ll follow the trail of house troupe Silversmith…and finally, we’ll go over the falls with an open improv jam, when anyone can play! $5 cash at the door, or online up until 7:30 PM the day of the show. Presented upstairs in The Lou Costello Room at Zissimos Bar by Charm City Comedy Project.
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The Shroom Pickers at Monument City Brewing Company
8PM – ?
Monument City Brewing Company
1 North Haven Street, Baltimore
Join The Shroom Pickers at Monument City Brewing on January 26th for a night of Dionysian revelry to the tune of psychedelic country-folk and shroomgrass! Cardinal Tavern will be in the building with food, so come hungry!

Release Party for Old Bay Thrashers w Clockbreaker, Idleminds
8PM – 12AM
TheDepot Baltimore
1728 N Charles St, Baltimore
Debut Album Release Party For Old Bay Thrashers (playing their debut album from start to finish) w/ Special Guests Clockbreaker and Idleminds.

Mwenso & The Shakes
8PM – 10:30PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Mwenso & The Shakes are an irrepressible musical force- part Sun Ra, James Brown, Kid Creole, Fats Wallers, and something alien altogether. Led by Sierra Leone born, London-raised, and New York-based front man and ring leader, Michael Mwenso, who the New York Times calls “a fervid vocalist and full-bore entertainer”, Mwenso & The Shakes take a past meets future meets distant future approach to jazz. As Mwenso states, “We’re figuring out ways to play this music as art, but as entertainment, too.” This freedom shines in their live shows that is a revue which includes tap dance, multiple vocalists, a full horn section and a rock solid rhythm section.
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Passion Friday Dance Night At Game
8:30PM – 1:30AM
Friday Salsa Bachata Night with SalsaNow
1400 Warner Street, Baltimore
Join SalsaNow at Game for the best dance party night in Baltimore. With two rooms of fun for all, we got it all! Front room for Salsa/Mambo, Bachata, Cha cha, and Merengue. Back room for Kizomba, Zouk, Bachata, and Semba. We have had a lot of good times and dances here, made lots of friends, and every Friday night getting better than the previous. Bachata lessons with guest instructor Aldo Ortega start at 8:30 pm for beginners and 9:15 pm for partnering patterns. Zouk basics with guest instructor Jason Collins starts at 8:30 pm. Zouk partnering lesson with Vanessa Scott and Jamiel Roberson starts at 9:15 pm. Special guest DJs: DJ Poli and DJ Rx Zouk! Get your body moving and grooving to the best tunes for your dancing and listening pleasure. DJ and dancing starts at 10 pm until closing. $10 Cover includes admission, lessons and dancing. 

Cowabunga Pizza Time Record Release Show
9PM – ?
Ottobar
2549 N Howard St, Baltimore
Cowabunga Pizza Time returns to Ottobar mutated and armed to the teeth with their new sophomore release “Secret of the Booze”. Overflowing with toxic slime soaked posi-party powered punk this follow up to CBPT’s self-titled debut release promises metric tons of fast licks, high kicks, catchy riffs and deadly sharp ninja goodness.
PLEASE. – Philly based indy rockers whose songs echo Weezer in their heyday.
Schroeder – Baltimore based rocky punky rollie.
Mallwalker – New bratcore punk featuring Sarah Danger, Sienna (Pearl, Wet Brain), Zach (Wildhoney), and Evan (Cold Feet, Big Boy)
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Hip-Hop Open Mic Night
9PM – 12AM
Reverb
2112 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join Reverb for its First Monthly Hip Hop Open Mic Night! First time performer? Wanna test out your new set? What better place to do it than here! Hosted by Yella Jesus and J. Sully. Sign-ups start at 9. Show starts at 930. $5 at the door. 21+

Swing Underground at The Elk Room
9PM – 1AM
The Elk Room
1010 Fleet Street, Baltimore
Deep acoustic swing vibes by the Baltimore Swing Drop. Show at 9, no cover.

GRL PWR Presents Sweat! Pretty Boi Drag Take Over
9PM – 1AM
EMP Collective
307 W Baltimore St, Baltimore
It’s GRL PWR’s BIRTHDAY! Yup Yup, Let the waters flow. Celebrate yer GRL PWR water bearers Amy Reid & Pangelica at SWEAT, A night of DRAG. As a special treat, Pretty Boi Drag is TAKING OVER BRINGING THE HOTTEST DRAG KINGS FROM DC. Sounds by Baltimore’s own DJ Trillnatured. With Musical Guest EunB1.

Blush + Brews
10PM – 1:45AM
The Crown
1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
A night of positivity and beauty Inspired by the complexity of femme Relating strength + empathy Practicing love + tenderness Empowering one another. Dance All Night Enjoy Yourself Be Yourself Embrace Your Palette Apply The Blush.

Saturday, January 27

Patterson Park Bird Watching Walk
8AM – 9:30AM
Patterson Park Audubon Center
2901 E Baltimore St, Baltimore
Join Audubon for a free guided bird watching walk for all ages! No registration is required, just arrive ready to explore. We have binoculars to lend you – please request them in advance via email at baltimore@audubon.org. Meet at the fountain in the northwest corner of Patterson Park, closest to the intersection of E. Lombard St. & S. Patterson Park Ave. There is no driving in the park.

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 at 1 East Chase St. Bring your own mat and water bottle. Appropriate for all levels. Thanks to instructor Jude Asher for leading this group!

Stranger Things Trivia
11AM – 1PM
The Outpost American Tavern
1032 Riverside Ave., Baltimore
Hurry up and finish season 2 in time for Stranger Things Trivia!

Boozin’ In Your Onesie Bar Crawl
12PM – 9PM
POWER PLANET LIVE
34 Market Pl, Baltimore
The first time EVER we ( The Founders of the Onesie Bar Crawl, duh ;P ) are bringing our #1 crawl to Baltimore, MD! The weather is cold & you want to be comfortable… what better way to be than Boozin’ In Your Onesie @ the TOP venues in Power Planet Live?! Get ready to drink comfortably with friends!
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Double Can Release & Fundraiser in Memory of Jim Forrester
12PM – 5PM
Oliver Brewing Company
4216 Shannon Dr, Baltimore
Join us in the Tasting Room for another amazing beer release on Saturday, January 27th! We will be releasing the next in our Long Live Roll and Roll DIPA, “The Wizard” and our bourbon barrel aged Speed of Darkness. Live music from Faith in Jane will start at 3PM. We will be using this event as a fundraiser in memory of Jim Forrester, who was tragically taken from his family, friends and community by a senseless act. 10% of the event day sales will go to his go fund me. There will be a raffle including some great music swag and Oliver Brewing Co. goods. 100% of the proceeds from the raffle will also go to his go fund me. If you are unable to make the event and would like to donate, please click the following link.

Commons Collaboration: Watershed Ecology in Our Communities
1PM – 2PM
The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore
This event is part of a suite of programs that connects the art and ideas in the Commons Collaboration between artist Phaan Howng and her non-profit partner Blue Water Baltimore. Blue Water Baltimore educator Michel Anderson will unpack the basics of watershed ecology and its connection to the climate crisis. We will look at the natural history of water and how human activities impact the Earth’s natural water cycle. We will brainstorm solutions and visitors will come away with a fresh toolkit of ideas to be ecological change agents. This event is FREE!

Food Sampling & Author Talk w/ Michael Twitty
1PM – 4PM
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
830 E Pratt St, Baltimore
Discover the cooking legacy and ancestral roots of African American cuisine with food historian Michael Twitty, author of The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. This illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture traces his ancestry through food, from Africa to America and slavery to freedom. A food sampling of African American cookery and book signing will follow. Included with Museum Admission.

Binology 103: Barolo and Barbaresco
2PM – 3:30PM
Bin 604
604 South Exeter Street, Baltimore
The world’s finest examples of Nebbiolo no doubt come from the regions of Barolo and Barbaresco. While close in proximity, the two famed zones each have very distinct expressions and microclimates that are capable of creating wines imbued with great power and elegance. Come see why these are some of the most famous wines in the world! Tickets are $39
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Baltimore Free Farm’s 7th Annual Fancy Dinner!
6PM – 10PM
2640 St Paul St
2640 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore
We invite you to join us in our 7th Annual Fancy Dinner! This year;s menu features cuisine for vegans and omnivores alike.  We’ll also have raffle prizes from over a dozen local business and live music! Your donations support Baltimore Free Farm and our food justice programs. Our organization is 100% volunteer run and donation driven, and every dollar goes towards basic operations of Free Food Wednesdays, Food Not Bombs, our gardens, and our community center. As a hub for diverse, community-oriented projects and events, and a meeting place for activists and organizers, Baltimore Free Farm is a strong thread in a national web of collectives, non-profits, and organizations that encourage positive sustainable change from the ground up. Tickets are sliding scale. We encourage you to purchase the ticket you can most afford. Limited tickets will be available at the door. Donation of $60 or over will receive a thank you gift basket.
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Drmcthr / Fadest / Birthright / Toy Cars / 96 Olympics
7PM – 11PM
The Raven Inn
8636 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore
Big Red Booking & In Your Face Booking presents
DRMCTHR (MD) – new LP ‘Hold Your Love’ out now drmcthrbnd.bandcamp.com
Fadest (MD) – melodick rock with a hint of grunge fadest.bandcamp.com
Birthright (MD)- gritty heavy emo/post-hardcore shreds birthrightmd.bandcamp.com
Toy Cars (NJ) – a bunch of rambling indie rock boys toycars.bandcamp.com
96 Olympics (MD) – time travelers playing crazy songs 96olympics.bandcamp.com
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The Tempest
January 12 – February 4, 8PM Fri & Sat, 4PM Sun
The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
3900 Roland Ave, Baltimore
Shakespeare’s final play about a shipwreck that finally brings in Prospero’s chance for revenge, a magical island, and allowing children to grow up. Featuring original music by BSF Resident Music Director Jamie Horrell.
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The Smoking Lounge
8PM – 10:30PM
Charm City Comedy Project
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
Acts: Trampus, Thighmeat, Moonbot, Siberia, OLGA. Host: Kathleen Williams
Welcome to The Smoking Lounge, a chill space where the heat is cranked up to HIGHlarious and the talent is sizzling. Tonight, we’re lighting a spark under our host Kathleen Williams, who will stoke your coals with standup alongside improv from Bmore indie duo OLGA and CCCP house teams Siberia and Moonbot. Then, we’re heating things up with Bmore longform team Thighmeat. Afterwards, CCCP resident team Trampus doles out the burns! $5 cash only at the door, or online up until 7:30 the night of the show. This show is presented by Charm City Comedy Project upstairs in The Lou Costello Room at Zissimos Bar in Hampden.
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Penntera w/ Clenched Fist and Psychoholic Slag
8PM – ?
Metro Gallery
1700 N Charles St, Baltimore
PENNTERA – Paying the ultimate respect and tribute to the heaviest band of all time, PANTERA!!!
CLENCHED FIST (tribute to Sepultura)
Psychoholic Slag (tribute to White Zombie)
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Monologue Slam! at Fells Point Corner Theatre
8PM – 10PM
Fells Point Corner Theatre
251 S Ann St, Baltimore
Fells Point Corner Theatre is proud to announce THE GREATEST BATTLE OF ACTING TALENT OF ALL TIME! FPCT’s FIRST ANNUAL…MONOLOGUE SLAM. We are opening our stage and adrenaline glands for a one evening event of awesome acting and friendlier WINNER TAKE ALL COMPETITION! We invite all lovers of theatre, actors, producers, artistic administrators and PRACTITIONERS OF AWESOME to compete and view this ONCE IN A LIFETIME battle royal of dramatic and comedic ability! Monologues must be under 2 minutes, performances will be timed. There is no restriction on type of monologue. Bring your best and throw down. There will be a panel of three judges from the Baltimore theatre community: An Actress, a Director and a Playwright. $50 Cash Prize will be allotted to the highest scored performance.
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SHOW: Half-Scripted
8PM – 9PM
The BIG Theater
1727 North Charles Street, Baltimore
Two performers. One has a published script they must stick to, but the other has to improvise their part. Watch two people desperately try to make sense of something — you know, like life!
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A weekend with Marilyn Crispell
Jan 27-28, 8PM Sat, 5PM & 7PM Sun
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
One of the finest modern jazz pianists, Marilyn Crispell has recorded some of the “most beautiful piano trio records in recent memory,” said Adam Shatz in the New York Times. Crispell came to prominence as a free jazz player and composer early in the 1980s, and over the next 20 years honed her reputation with the Anthony Braxton Quartet and as a leader of her own ensembles. Influenced strongly by the work of jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, Crispell first charted her own course in jazz piano with her up-tempo, percussive improvisations; in the late 1990s she once again broke new ground with a lyrical, introspective improvisational style.
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Melon Farmers at the Sidebar with Canker Blossom,Urban Crater, MSH, and Seesick
8PM – ?
The Sidebar
218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
Come See the Fantastic Canker Blossom, Super Awesome Urban Crater and Magnificent MSH! Come friends, & play with the Melon Farmers and SEESICK.
The Melon Farmers https://themelonfarmers.bandcamp.com/
Canker Blossom https://cankerblossom.bandcamp.com/
Urban Crater https://urbancratermd.bandcamp.com/releases
MSH
SEE SICK

Willard & Wood: An Evening of Impossibilities
8PM – ?
The Grand
225 N Charles St, Baltimore
Prepare to be shocked by uncanny mental feats and otherworldly occurrences at “Willard & Wood: An Evening of Impossibilities”, hosted by two of the Washington, DC area’s top magicians. In this intended-for-adults show at The Grand, Willard Royal and Peter Wood blend magic, mentalism and a healthy dose of clean comedy for an intimate and up-close performance that harkens back to the private parlor magic shows that dazzled high society crowds more than a century ago. Come dressed in your finest cocktail attire for this extraordinarily enchanting performance, now in its third year.
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Murdered Word III
8PM – 4AM
EMP Collective
307 W Baltimore St, Baltimore
Note: This will again be a total mess. Murdered Word is still an opera of simultaneous actions. A hyper-environment of party art and weirdness. A living sculpture of randomness. A bunch of things. A circus-like night of nonsense. Sculptural spiritual chaos. It’s just a party chill out, a celebration of Do What Thou Wilt, a promotion of a philosophy of conscientious hedonism. And some bozo. 30-50 artists doing whatever they want.

Let’s Danza! at The 8×10
9PM – 1:30AM
The 8×10
10 E Cross St, Baltimore
Whether you consider yourself a music enthusiast or just want to dance and meet new friends, NATURE OF THE BEATS will satisfy your soul. This new dance music experience features the finest cuts of deep house, swing, funk, disco, underground hip hop, and more while exploring new genres and paying tribute to the classics.
Nature of the Beats is proud to present: Let’s Danza. Conceived by Tom McKee and Clay Parnell LET’S DANZA! was created to be a vehicle for the thematic exploration of electronic music. Keyboard ninja IAN McGUIRE (Sonic Spank, CIA) was recruited to round out the trio, adding soaring melodies and electronic textures. The trio have performed alongside some of the top drummers in the country, including Mike Greenfield (LOTUS) and Kito Bovenschulte (PARTICLE.)
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Flying Faders/PLRLS/Spirit Plots at Holy Frijoles!
9PM – 1AM
Holy Frijoles
908 W 36th St, Baltimore
Eat some Mex, play some pinball, and catch some musics at Holy Frijoles, with…
The Flying Faders (4 hr erection surf jams)
PLRLS (new wave post punk turd blasters)
Spirit Plots (hail hail rock’n’roll from DC)

And &Enjoy
10PM – 2AM
The HandleBar Cafe
511 S Caroline St, Baltimore
Downtempo,House, R&B, Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, Moombah and all kinds of great music. Guest Dj’s constantly With your Host Cheakywillie.

3rd Grade Friends, Pygmy Hippo (DE), Pinkwench at Paulie Gee’s
11PM – 2AM
Paulie Gee’s Hampden
3535 Chestnut Ave, Baltimore
3rd Grade Friends – Casual Math Rock, World Music, Future Country, Astral-Billy
Pygmy Hippo – Psychedelic Galaxy Pop from Delaware
Pinkwench – Interstellar Shoegaze
FREE! Get some pizza and some drinks and hear some good tunes!

Sunday, January 28

Yoga & Whiskey
10AM – 11:30AM
Sagamore Spirit
301 E Cromwell St, Baltimore
Grab your yoga mat and join us at the distillery every Sunday in January. Start with a tour of the distillery and then head to the processing room, where you will begin your yoga practice with a local instructor from CorePower Yoga. Unwind and prepare yourself for the day ahead with the sweet and spicy aromas of our RYE whiskey. Following the class, each participant will receive a sample of our signature product, along with some local snacks and juices. Each class has a maximum of 20 people so click on the link and sign up today.
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F#@K the Rent Pajama Brunch
10AM – 2PM
Southern Provisions
3000 O’Donnell St, Baltimore
Come wake n bacon & day drink with us in your pajamas!!!! Onesies & fuzzy slippers welcome and encouraged. $35 gets you a bottomless brunch buffet, bottomless mimosas + bloody Marys + High Life (for the low life), and a raffle ticket to win some amazing prizes throughout the day! DJ Chris Caldwell is here from 10-4, along with random giveaways from Blue Moon Brewing Company, Miller Lite, Old Forrester and more all day!

Intro to Machine Sewing
11AM – 3:30PM
Baltimore Museum of Industry
1415 Key Hwy, Baltimore
Join quilting instructor Mary Wahl for a beginners’ workshop on using sewing machines. Sewing machines provided; bring your own fabric to make a tote bag. Space is limited. Ages 12+. BMI Members enjoy a discount! Free on-site parking available. 11am—3:30pm with 30 min lunch break.
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Queens Who Brunch
12PM – 2PM
Nest Nightclub
2022 North Charles Street, Baltimore
Every Sunday, Nest LIVE presents Queens Who Brunch, the most fabulous drag brunch in Baltimore! Now an 18+ event! Featuring rotating hosts including Betty Whitecastle, Lizzie Beaumont,Diamond Taylor, and Brie Devine AND a rotating cast of hilarious, fierce queens! $27.95 gets you a ticket to the show and an all-you-can-eat GRAND BUFFET! Don’t forget our $12 bottomless mimosas OR Bloody Mary bar!
Reservations HIGHLY recommended!
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Cheese Making Class
2:30PM – 4PM
Molina Pizze & Polpette
301 West 29th Street, Baltimore
Join Us & Caputo Brothers Creamery Sunday January 28th, @ R. House for a Mozzarella Cheese Making Class & Pizza Party. Learn how to stretch the nation’s best mozzarella, take home your own hand-stretch ball, & sample All of Molina Pizze & Polpette Stone Hearth Pizzas!
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The Tempest
January 12 – February 4, 8PM Fri & Sat, 4PM Sun
The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
3900 Roland Ave, Baltimore
Shakespeare’s final play about a shipwreck that finally brings in Prospero’s chance for revenge, a magical island, and allowing children to grow up. Featuring original music by BSF Resident Music Director Jamie Horrell.
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Long Day’s Journey: Them to Us
4PM – 6PM
Everyman Theatre
315 W Fayette St, Baltimore
Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night” was written 75 years ago, but its revelations on substance use, alcoholism, family dynamics and emotional pain are as resonant and relevant today as ever. Join Everyman Theatre and the New Day Campaign as we welcome artists, performers, addiction experts, and families to share through art, song, and words reflections and experiences. Related to and inspired by O’Neill’s award-winning play, we will explore what affects those touched by addiction the most: the allure of using as an escape from our pain; the role of guilt and blame; the inevitability of suspicion and harm that comes with broken trust; the confusion and ambivalence we feel.
New Day Campaign founder Peter Bruun uses excerpts from the play as a catalyst for a facilitated conversation with clients, families, and staff from Ashley Addiction Treatment, Black Mental Health Alliance, Marian House, and Maryland Coalition for Families—Baltimore area treatment and family-support programs who share their expertise, experiences, and resources. All is punctuated with art by Anthony Ness, Elisif Bruun, and Ben Cricchi, music from ellen cherry and QueenEarth, and poetry and spoken word from Clarence Brown and Kondwani Fidel.
Free, but Tickets Required

19th Annual Animation Show of Shows
4:30PM – 6:30PM
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns to theaters across North America this fall, presenting 16 exceptional and inspiring animated shorts from around the world. At a time of increasing social instability and global anxiety about a range of issues, the works in this year’s show have a special resonance, presenting compelling ideas about our place in society and how we fit into the world. Funny, moving, engaging, and thought-provoking, the ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS not only has something for everyone, but is a remarkable and insightful microcosm of our world.
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A weekend with Marilyn Crispell
Jan 27-28, 8PM Sat, 5PM & 7PM Sun
An die Musik
409 N Charles St, Baltimore
One of the finest modern jazz pianists, Marilyn Crispell has recorded some of the “most beautiful piano trio records in recent memory,” said Adam Shatz in the New York Times. Crispell came to prominence as a free jazz player and composer early in the 1980s, and over the next 20 years honed her reputation with the Anthony Braxton Quartet and as a leader of her own ensembles. Influenced strongly by the work of jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, Crispell first charted her own course in jazz piano with her up-tempo, percussive improvisations; in the late 1990s she once again broke new ground with a lyrical, introspective improvisational style.
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Intro to Botany Workshop
5:30PM – 7PM
B.Willow
220 West 27th, Baltimore
Learn all of the basics to indoor gardening. You’ll have a bright green thumb in no time! Workshop includes a detailed intro to botany booklet, air plant, and choice of 4″ plant that we will pot together towards the close of the workshop. Choose from an assortment of vintage & repurposed containers to plant in! $40 ticket includes all supplies. For beverages during the workshop, feel free to BYOB! Workshop attendees will also receive 15% off plant purchases before or after the workshop!
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OPERA NIGHT – 5 Course Italian Dinner & Live Opera Performances
6PM – 9PM
Sotto Sopra Restaurant
405 N Charles St, Baltimore
Cozy up on a brisk winter night and join us for an evening of tantalizing Sotto Sopra cuisine. Our performers will regale you with your favorite arias that tell the stories of lives and loves both won and lost. Hear their amazing voices as they envelop Sotto Sopra’s 19th century dining room. The acoustics are amazing, the singers engaging and the food—aah, the food reflects the deft hand that is Italian.
Call 410 625 0534 for Tickets

Strange Family Variety Show
6PM – 9PM
13.5% Wine Bar
1117 West 36th Street, Baltimore
Come out and join us for the first STRANGE FAMILY VARIETY SHOW! We’re puttin’ all our friends on that we think you should know about. It’s Live at 13.5 on 1/28 from 6-9pm. And it’s FREE! This is going to be an awesome night featuring a plethora of local talent!! Come out and support some of Baltimore’s best.

Otherworld Return Engagement at Germano’s
6PM – 9:30PM
Germano’s Piattini and Cabaret at Germano’s
300 S High St, Baltimore
Otherworld is honored with a return engagement at Germano’s, Baltimore’s prime venue for jazz and cabaret. Otherworld will play premieres of new tunes as well as fan favorites from our award-winning debut album. Doors open for dinner at 6:00 and the music starts at 7:30. Admission is $15 and dinner is additional.
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Third(ish) Sunday Spotlight Showcase and Mic
7PM – 9PM
The Lou Costello Room
1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
The third….er um fourth….Sunday Night Sunday Mic is back with an all new host, the wonderfully funny Greg K! Sign up, get some time, bring your jokes, bring a troupe, bring yourself and LAUGH the night away! Sign up starts at 6:30, mic runs 7 to 9!

Enjoy!

– Lindsey