Redeeming Ray-Ray

The Baltimore Block blog has been quiet of late. Let me tell you, the block hasn’t been on fire with late summer parties. What remains of the non migratory block population has been ensconced in the library, cramming for biostatistics. But an unseemly headline from the local rag B the Spot has roused us from [...]

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Plotting an Artscape Frenzy

The 2009 installment of Artscape is coming up this weekend. At America’s Largest Public Arts Festival, there’s a little something for everyone (and we mean it, everyone and your mom will be there, all sweaty and eating funnel cakes).
We can’t wait to get Going the Distance with Cake,  Say A Little Prayer (or even better, [...]

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Happy Birthday to Country, Love, Baltimore

It’s 4th of July weekend. America, our America, land of Stars and Stripes tees, anemic hot dogs in buns, pudgy dogs in red collars, porky men in too-tight shorts, yellow-haired children clutching glowing light sabers, whistling Chinese fireworks in the sky, and cold beer.
Top 10 ways you can tell you’re in Baltimore on Independence Day [...]

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On Deck at the Weekend

Celebrate… And Have a Good Time. No, really, take a hint from Kool and the Gang, and enjoy this weekend. It’s for all the ladies and gents taking a breather from the back-to-back nuptials of wedding season.
DON’T get tipsy before noon, wear spike heels in grass, smear cake on your face, or freaky dance with [...]

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Baltimore’s Got Swag

“It’s hard to find counterculture in America,” says M.I.A. in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, “and Baltimore has the strongest one. New York used to have it — Baltimore is the place“.
Ya heard?
The outspoken Sri Lankan rapper shouts out Baltimore in giving props to local rap princess Ryeisha “Rye Rye” Berrain, pictured on page [...]

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Wet Hot American Summer Begins

Before big drops began falling on Camden’s manicured green fields, at or around the 7th inning of yesterday’s Blue Jays-Orioles game, we reveled in a hot sunny Memorial Day weekend. Random highlights of Activity:
Panting After the Dreaded Druid Hills — “at least 7 significant hills” –we collapsed gasping at the finish line by the reservoir’s [...]

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Monsoon in Mayo

The weather is forever-rain, reminding me of a horrible dystopian movie they showed in grade school, All Summer in a Day. Like, I’ll tell my grandkids, I remember the afternoon when the sun came out: We were walking dogs around a lake… Then it started to rain again.
Anyway, we put on galoshes and met on [...]

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Transfixed with Transmodern

We are still wrapping our minds around what we saw during our odyssey through the H&H building, tricked out for the Transmodern festival. From the outre–giant teeth-like installations jutting up from the ground–to terrifically engaging exhibits like human Foosball, foot baths, and a DIY tamale stand, the festival pretty much had us at hello.
Truthfully, our [...]

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Transmodern Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Baltimore, how do I love thee?

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Transmodern Unleashed

The Washington Post, totally sweating Baltimore as of late, gave up more props in Sunday’s art section.
“As much as Washington’s art scene is transforming, we have yet to unleash anything like Baltimore’s Transmodern Festival” wrote reporter Lavanya Ramanathan. Girlfriend does not exaggerate.
Held in and around gritty Lexington Market and darling Seton Hill, Transmodern organizers [...]

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