Baltimore City Paper, Vol. 32, No. 21 (Part 2 of 3)

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heroes and Baltimore unknowns took the titles. This year we’re hoping for a Charm City sweep. Baltimore Women’s Classic, June 22, Baltimore Museum of Industry,1415 Key Highway, www.baltimoreswomensclassic.com, registration $15-$35. The nation’s second oldest 5K promotes health and benefits cancer. Cal Ripken World Series, Aug. 8-16, Ripken Stadium, 873 Long Drive, Aberdeen, (410) 823-0808, worldseries.ripkenbaseball.com. Future Cals fulfill World Series dreams in this national championship. Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Aug. 9-17, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, (202) 721-9500, www.leggmasontennisclassic.com, $185-$450. So you missed Preakness and wanted to hobnob and highfa-lute it? Find your Ray Bans and Lacoste polo and get on it, buddy. C I T Y

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★ SIZZLIN’ SUMMER ★ Baltimore’s July 4th Fireworks Celebration, noon-9:30 P . M ., Inner Harbor, (410) 752-8632, www.harborplace.com, free. Baltimore Museum of Industry’s Fourth of July Celebration, Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, (410) 727-4808, ext. 144, www.bmi.org. Independence Day Fireworks Cruise, 6:30-10:30 P.M., Inner Harbor, (410) 7273113, www.thebmi.org, $40 per car, $30 members, $5 walk-in. The Glorious Fourth , noon-4 P.M. Fort McHenry, 2400 E. Fort Ave., (410) 9624290, www.nps.gov/fomc, $7, under 15 free. USS Constellation Museum’s Independence Day Deck Party Picnic, 7-10 P.M., Inner Harbor, Baltimore, (410) 539-1797, www.constellation.org, reservations required. Concert on the Beach, 8 P . M ., North Division Street and the beach, Ocean City, (800) 626-2326, www.oceancity.org, free. Brunswick’s Independence Day Celebration, 9:30 P . M ., Cummings Drive, Frederick, (301) 834-7500, www.brunswickmd.gov, free. Deep Creek Fireworks Celebration, Deep Creek Lake Area, McHenry, (301) 387-4386, www.deepcreeklake.info, free.

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ART AND STUFF ATTRACTIONS Academy Art Museum, 106 S. South St., Easton, (410) 822-2787, www.art-academy.org. Already noted for its impressive collection of American and European art, AAM takes its reputation to the next level by forging a partnership with the National Gallery to show work from American impressionists Tarbell, Benson, Hassam, and Chase while DC renovates its American artist galleries. African Art Museum of Maryland, 5430

Vantage Point Road, Columbia, (410) 7307106, www.africanartmuseum.org, $3, seniors $2, AAA guests $1.50, children under 12 $1, AAMM guests free. AAMM hosts events, offers an hour-long African Experience tour, and exhibits baskets, masks, and art. Alzacar Gallery, Baltimore School of Arts, 712 Cathedral St., (410) 347-1478. Somewhere in this building are the next Marios, Rye Ryes,

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SUMMER CONCERT GUIDE SHERYL CROW PLAYS MAY 28

May 21: Mint Condition (Birchmere) May 22-24: Gershwin (Meyerhoff) May 23: Jazz Up Your Fridays (Belvedere Square) Punch Brothers (Birchmere) May 23-25: Maryland Deathfest IV (Sonar) DelFest family-friendly music festival (Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, www.delfest.com) May 23-Sept. 5: Summer Sounds at the Square (Belvedere Square, Fridays) May 24: Alex Bugnon (Birchmere) May 24-Aug. 31: Harborplace Concert Series (Harborplace Amphitheatre, Saturdays and Sundays) May 25: David Grisman Experience (Birchmere) May 26: Tax Lo Six Year Anniversary Party (Talking Head) May 27: Duran Duran

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(Merriweather Post Pavilion) Nylon Magazine Music Tour (Ram’s Head Live) May 27-28: The Raconteurs (9:30 Club) May 28: Sheryl Crow (Merriweather Post Pavilion) May 29: Eric Hutchinson, Marie Digby (Birchmere) May 30: Making the Band 4 T\the Tour (Pier Six Pavilion) Emily King, Anthony David (Birchmere) Nylon Magazine Music Tour (9:30 Club) May 31: Sugarland (Nissan Pavilion) James Taylor (Pier Six Pavilion) MSTRKRFT (9:30 Club) May 31-Aug. 31: Lurman Woodland Theatre Concert Series (Lurman Woodland Theatre, Saturdays and Sundays) June 1: Holly Cole

(Birchmere) Ryan Cabrera (Ram’s Head Live) June 3: Ryan Cabrera (Birchmere) June 1-28: Lexington Market Summer Concert Series (Lexington Market, Fridays and Saturdays) June 4: U.S. Air Guitar Championships (9:30 Club) June 5 Squirrel Nut Zippers (Birchmere) Blondie (Ram’s Head Live) June 5: First Thursday Concerts with Langhorne Slim (Mount Vernon Place) June 6: Rilo Kiley (9:30 Club) June 6-8: Capitol Jazz Fest (Merriweather Post Pavilion) June 7: Rilo Kiley (Ram’s Head Live) Ultraworld presents Starscape (Fort Armistead Park, starscapefestival.com) June 8: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood (Nissan Pavilion) June 6: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Wolf Trap) Lisa Loeb (Recher Theatre) June 7: moe., Rusted Root (Wolf Trap) True Colors Tour (D.A.R. Constitution Hall) June 9: Death Cab for Cutie (Merriweather Post Pavilion) June 11: R.E.M., Modest Mouse, the National (Merriweather Post Pavilion) The Breeders (9:30 Club) June 12-15: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3

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(Meyerhoff) June 13: Robert Plant, Allison Krauss (Merriweather Post Pavilion) Alicia Keys, Neyo, Jordin Sparks (Verizon Center) June 14: Battles (9:30 Club) June 15: Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Halfway to Hazard (Nissan Pavilion) Seed Is . . . (Patterson Park) The Crawdaddies (Ladew Gardens) Cyrus Chestnut (Ram’s Head Tavern) Alicia Keys (1st Mariner Arena) June 16: Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy (Birchmere) Pink Spiders (Sonar) June 17: Natasha Bedingfield (Ram’s Head Live) June 18: Iron Maiden (Merriweather Post Pavilion) James Taylor (Wolf Trap) June 18-19: Abba (9:30 Club) June 18-Aug. 21: Summertime Maritime Concert series (Annapolis Maritime Museum) June 19: Rain: the Beatles Experience (Wolf Trap) June 20-22: Beethoven’s Ninth (Meyerhoff) June 20-Aug. 28: 148th Annual Outdoors Summer Concert Series (Varying locations, [410] 396-7900) June 21: Frankie Beverly, Maze (Pier Six Pavilion) June 22: Emmy Lou Harris (Wolf Trap) Pearl Jam (Verizon Center) Lipbone Redding (Ladew Gardens) School of Rock Maryland Region (Ram’s Head Live) June 24: George Benson (Wolf Trap) Blue Sky 5 (Patterson Park) Pat Benatar (Ram’s Head Live) June 25: Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Kentucky Thunder (Wolf Trap) Melissa Etheridge (D.A.R. Constitution Hall) June 26: The Temptations, Four Tops (Wolf Trap) June 27: Ladytron (Sonar) Insubordination Fest (Recher Theatre) The Hold Steady (Ram’s Head Live) June 28: Dave Matthews Band (Nissan Pavilion) The Outernational Music Tour (Merriweather Post Pavilion) P A P E R

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Red House Records 25 Anniversary Tour (Birchmere) Insubordination Fest (Sonar) June 29: Maggie Sansone and Friends (Ladew Gardens) Raheem DeVaughn and Chrisette Michele (Merriweather Post Pavilion) George Michael (Verizon Center) June 29-30: Etta James (Birchmere) June 30: Russian Circles, Daughters (Ottobar) The Neville Brothers (Ram’s Head Tavern) July 1: Sergio Mendes, Zap Mama (Wolf Trap) Neville Brothers (Birchmere) July 2: Lyle Lovett (Wolf Trap) July 3: Lyle Lovett (Pier Six Pavilion) First Thursday Concerts (Mount Vernon Place) July 5: Donna Summer (Wolf Trap) July 6: Trinidad and Tobago Baltimore Steel Orchestra (Ladew Gardens) The Beach Boys (Ocean City Convention Center, www.ticketmaster.com) July 7: Ani DiFranco (Wolf Trap) July 8: Marianne MathenyKatz (Patterson Park) July 11: Weird Al Yankovic (Pier Six Pavilion) Bo Bice (Recher Theatre) Alkaline Trio (Ram’s Head Live) July 12: Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks, Julian Hough (Nissan Pavilion) Old Time Banjo Festival July 13: Crue Fest (Nissan Pavilion)

John Mayer (Merriweather Post Pavilion) Hootie and the Blowfish (Wolf Trap) July 14: Shelby Lynne (Ram’s Head Tavern) July 15: Al Green, Amos Lee (Wolf Trap) July 16: Vans Warped Tour (Merriweather Post Pavilion) Earth Wind and Fire (Wolf Trap) Donna Summer (Pier Six Pavilion) July 17: Steve Miller Band, Joe Crocker (Merriweather Post Pavilion) Indigo Girls, Brandi Carlisle (Wolf Trap) July 18: Pat McGee Band, Sister Hazel (Wolf Trap) Phil Vassar (Pier Six Pavilion) Bow Wow, Ray J (D.A.R. Constitution Hall) July 18-19: All Time Low (Ram’s Head Live) July 19: Rush (Nissan Pavilion) Gladys Knight (Wolf Trap) The Charlie Daniels Band, 38 Special (Pier Six Pavilion) July 20: Unity Tour: 311, Snoop Dogg, Fiction Plane (Nissan Pavilion) Orquesta Son de Aqui (Patterson Park) July 22-23: Kenny Loggins (Birchmere) July 25: Leon Fleisher (Meyerhoff) July 26: Rascal Flatts (Nissan Pavilion) O.A.R. (Merriweather Post Pavilion) BSO Goes Bluegrass (Meyerhoff) Dru Hill (Ram’s Head Live) July 27: Projekt Revolution (Nissan Pavilion) Roots, Rock, Reggae

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★ SIZZLIN’ SUMMER ★ Festival (Wolf Trap) STS9, Umphrey’s McGee (Pier Six Pavilion) David Bach Consort (Ladew Gardens) July 28: Crosby Stills and Nash (Wolf Trap) Strykers Posse (Patterson Park) July 29: Yes (Pier Six Pavilion) July 30: Hippiefest Concert for Peace and Love (Wolf Trap) July 31: Poison, Sebastian Bach, Dokken (Nissan Pavilion) Aug. 1: Dead Symphonic: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (Meyerhoff) Aug. 2: BSO Performs Led Zeppelin (Pier Six Pavilion) Aug. 3: Mambo Cambo (Ladew Gardens) Jazzy Sunday Evening (Druid Hill Park) Aug. 4: Return to Forever (Merriweather Post Pavilion) Gladys Knight (Pier Six Pavilion) Aug. 5: Neil Diamond (Verizon Center) Aug. 7: Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament (Nissan Pavilion) Aug. 7-8: Gypsy Kings (Wolf Trap) First Thursday Concerts with Nicole Atkins (Mount Vernon Place) Aug. 9: Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry (Nissan Pavilion) Gretchen Wilson (Wolf Trap) Edwin McCain (Birchmere) Aug.9-10: Virgin Mobile Festival (Pimlico Race Course, www.virginmobilefestival. com) Aug. 10: B.B. King (Wolf Trap) Hedge Band (Patterson Park) Aug. 11: Herbie Hancock

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(Wolf Trap) Peter Frampton (Birchmere) Aug. 12: Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos (Wolf Trap) Hootie and the Blowfish (Pier Six Pavilion) American Idols Live! Tour (1st Mariner Arena) Aug. 14: Smokey Robinson (Wolf Trap) American Idols Live (Verizon Center) Aug. 15: G. Love and Special Sauce, John Butler Trio (Wolf Trap) Paetec Jazz Festival (Pier Six Pavilion) Peter Frampton (Ram’s Head Live) Aug. 16: Counting Crows, Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles (Nissan Pavilion) Hot August Blues and Roots Festival (Oregon Ridge Park, www.hotaugustblues.com) Aug. 17: Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (Nissan Pavilion) The Beach Boys (Wolf Trap) The Bridge (Ladew Gardens) Aug. 18: Jonas Brothers (Nissan Pavilion) Backstreet Boys (Wolf

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Aug. 23: Robert Cray Band, Keb Mo Band (Pier Six Pavilion) Aug. 24: Rod Stewart (Nissan Pavilion) Aug. 25: Shai Halud (Ottobar) Aug. 26: Regeneration Tour: The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, A Flock of Seagulls (Wolf Trap) Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen (Patterson Park) Ted Nugent (Ram’s Head Live) Aug. 27: Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick (Nissan Pavilion) Aug. 30-Sept. 1: Jimmy Buffet (Nissan Pavilion)

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fers classes in various disciplines with ongoing exhibits from the community and the center’s teachers. Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, 215 Giles St., Havre de Grace, (410) 939-3739, www.decoymuseum.com, $6-$2, kids and members free. It’s more than floating decoys and jokes made from the highway. It’s about history, the ecosystem, and those sweet carvings. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th and Independence avenues SW, Washington, (202) 357-2700, www.hirshhorn.si.edu, free. The Smithsonian’s contribution to modern, pop, and contemporary art fills its spaces with every interpretation of “visual art” you can think of, focusing this summer on cinema. Maryland Art Place, 8 Market Place, Suite 100, (410) 962-8565, www.mdartplace.org, free. Stunning art from the locals hung in a gallery in the Power Plant Live! of all places. Maryland Institute College of Art Galleries, 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 P.M. Sundays, 1300 Mount Royal Ave., (410) 225-2300, www.mica.edu, free. Within these walls lies the future of Baltimore art. What’ve ya got to lose by being the first to know? McBride Gallery, 215 Main St., Annapolis, (410) 267-7077, www.mcbridegallery.com, free. Just because we ooh and ahh over the weird stuff doesn’t mean there’s no love for sailboats on the water or trees; we can love all that traditional stuff too. Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum, 6019 Chambersburg Road, Orrtanna, Pa., (717) 3523792, www.mistereds.com, free, but the peanuts will cost you. Mr. Ed has been collecting elephants since 1967 and moved his

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EVENTS Painting Our Natural Surroundings, May 24, Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon, (410) 461-5005, www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/central/patapscovalley.html, $2. You’re new to painting but you know you’re the next Thomas Kincade, given the right materials and explanation. Materials are supplied (wear clothes you won’t mind ruining) and Patapsco Valley is serene. Now’s your chance to find your calling. Baltimore and Beyond Photography Exhibition, through May 31, Belvedere Square, 518 E Belvedere Ave., (410) 464-9773, www.belvederesquare.com, free. Commercial photographer, photojournalist, and erstwhile City Paper contributor Jennifer Bishop explores unique moments in and out of Charm City. Baltimore Ink: Patterns on Bodies, May 31, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, (443) 573-1700, www.artbma.org, $20, members $10, students $15. Exploring the connection between African body art and American tattoo art, Skin and Ink editor Bob Baxter is joined by renowned tattoo artists in a discussion about modern tattoo art, followed by a Baltimore-centric runway show. Graduate Art Sale, noon-4 P . M ., June 7-8, MICA’s Studio Center and Mount Royal Station, www.mica.edu, free. In part with MICA’s graduate exhibition 15 x 15, this sale gives you a chance to snatch the work from the next Jeff Koons now (so you can make mad bank by selling it from your esteemed private collection to the BMA later). ClayFest!, June 6-8, Baltimore Clayworks, 5706 Smith Ave., (410) 578-1919, www.baltimoreclayworks.org, $10-$30. Hands-on activities include the biggest ceramic bargain of the year with the Clayworks’ seconds sale. Celebration of Textiles, June 7-8, Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW, Washington, (202) 667-0441, www.textilemuseum.org, free. Washington’s Textile Museum is celebrating its 30th year of textile love, so get on board, take the train south, and enjoy the museum’s grounds and interiors dedicated to demos and activities for the whole family. Homeless Art Show, 6-9 P.M. June 12, John Fonda Gallery, Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., (410) 837-5533, www.theatreproject.org, www.hchmd.org, free. Healthcare for the Homeless brought together community artists and homeless artists in collaboration; this is a show of their multimedia works. Come see what a little creative action can accomplish. Artscape at the BMA: Sondheim Prize Finalists, June 21-Aug. 3, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, (443) 573-1700, www.artbma.org, free. Special exhibition for the Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, for which six artists and historians vie for a $25,000 prestigious prize.

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Manayunk Arts Festival, June 28-29, Manayunk, Pa., (215) 482-9565, www.manayunk.com. Delaware Valley’s largest arts festival means you’re a savvy shopper with an eye for art with a juried show and 275 artists. Sondheim Prize Semifinalists, July 17-Aug. 2, MICA’s Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, www.mica.edu, free. Take a look at works by all the talented folks in the running for number one. Flicks from the Hill, 9 P.M., June 19-Aug.7, 800 Key Highway, (410) 244-1900, www.avam.org, free. The AVAM screens films relating to its exhibition All Faiths Beautiful every Thursday on Federal Hill. Films will be screened in the Jim Rouse Visionary Center if it rains, but

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fingers crossed for clear skies for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. An alien invasion under a roof just seems wrong. Free admission to the museum 5-9 P.M. Body and Soul Lecture Series, through June 18, AVAM, 800 Key Highway, (410) 244-1900, and Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., (410) 685-5225, www.avam.org, $10, students and seniors $5. Body Worlds 2 meets All Faiths Beautiful in this weekly series blending religion, visual art, and medical science. One-Day Mosaic Workshop, 10 A . M .-4 P . M ., June 7, AVAM, 800 Key Highway, (410) 2441900, and Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., (410) 685-5225, www.avam.org, $100, members $75. Join Baltimore Clayworks cofounder Rick Shelley to make mosaics like the AVAM’s exterior on wood, with mirrors, and stained glass. C I T Y

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and leave thankful for the technology we have today. National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, (301) 447-5318. You could fly to France, or you could stay in Maryland and see the world’s oldest known replica, built in 1875 following apparitions in 1858. The area includes a great park and a statue

of Jesus you can see from the road, too. Radio and Television Museum, 2608 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, (301) 390-1020, www.radiohistory.org. They’re dedicated to preserving history and have all the great radio show plus a self-service tube tester. It’s like a time machine, but in a good way. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine, 333 S. Seton

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EVENTS History of the Avalon Dam and Iron and Nail Works, May 25, Patapsco Valley State Park, Avalon, (410) 461-5005, www.dnr.state. md.us/publiclands/central/patapscovalley.html, $2. Learn about the life and times of the Avalon dam before it became the remnants it is now. We’re talking Revolutionary War, people. It’s old. Bike Through History, May 28, Gunpowder Falls State Park, Cockeysville, (410) 472-3144, free. Evening bike ride through the 10-mile TCB Ride Trail exploring historical sites. Brigade of the American Revolution Firelock Match and Tactical Exercise, 10 A.M.-4 P.M., June 8, Fort Frederick State Park, 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, (410) 842-2155, www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/fortfrederick.html, $4. A weekend of living demonstrations: Go back in time to the American Revolution for life during the war and battle re-enactments. Juneteenth, 2-4:30 P.M. June 19 at the President Street Station (Civil War Museum), 2-4 P.M. June 22, Fort McHenry, and 1 P.M. Antiedam NPS, Sharpsburg, juneteenth@gmail.com. Celebrate the first and only true AfricanAmerican independence celebration (according to Morning Sunday, founder and executive director of the National Juneteenth Museum and Juneteenth International) with multiple events including living history presentations , dance, and music at Fort McHenry. Quick History Series, 1-2 P.M., June 21, North Point State Park Visitor Center, 9000 Bayshore Road, Edgemere, (410) 592-2897, www.dnr. state.md.us/publiclands/central/gunpowder.html, free. An interactive blitz through time covering the history of North Point though the War of 1812 to the present. Not only is it quicker than your high school history class, but it’s more interesting, too. Artillery Program, June 21, Aug. 23-24, Fort Frederick State Park, 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, (301) 842-2155, www.dnr.state.md. us/publiclands/western/fortfrederick.html. Ka-Pow! Learn about the role of cannon weaponry over the course of Fort Frederick’s history. Includes demonstrations. Think they’ll let us light the fuse? Joshua Beall’s Maryland Company, 10 A.M.4 P.M. July 12, 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, (301) 842-2155, www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/fortfrederick.html, $3. Beall’s company garrison the fort and re-enact the French and Indian War.

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you only see but don’t get to do in Williamsburg. It’s like that reality television show but supervised and more fun. After School Nature Explorers, June 19, Oregon Ridge Nature Center, 13555 Beaver Dam Road, Cockeysville, (410) 887-1815, www.oregonridge.org, $2. Summer installment of ongoing series that turns 1st-4th graders into pint-sized Indiana Jones and Mick Dundees. Wilderness Survival Camp, July-August, 1901 Ridgetop Road, (410) 396-0808, $175 per week. Six-week traditional summer camp: swimming in the lake, mud between the toes, campfires, and insects. Otherwise they’ll never get “Hello Muddha, Hello Fadda.” Hooked on Fishing, 8-11 A . M . and noon-3 P.M., July 7-Aug. 8, Greenbrier State Park, 21843 National Pike, Boonsboro, (301) 791-4767, www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/western/greenbrier.html, $15. Kids ages 8-15 learn to fish in morning or afternoon sessions using the parks 42-acre freshwater lake filled with trout, bass, and bluegill. For an application, visit www.dnr.state.md.us/education/hofnod.html. Mini Nature Camp, 1-3 P.M., July 7-11, Ladew Garden, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, (410) 557-9466, www.ladewgardens.org, $100$125. Ah, childhood: mudpies, puddle jumping, and playing with bugs before snack time. Maybe that’s not such a good idea for your four-year-old in the city? In Ladew Garden it’s totally safe, and educational to boot.

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electricity and television when you leave. Six Flags America, 13710 Central Avenue, Bowie, (301) 249-1500, www.sixflagsamerica.com, $40. Some of Wild World’s water park attractions still remain, now joined by splash parks from Six Flags, which range from the intense adventure rides to wading pools. Check out the First ever Tony Hawk water slide and “skate the wake.”

EVENTS Family Fishing Fun, Thursdays through Aug. 28, Patterson Park, 27 S. Patterson Park Ave., (410) 396-9392, www.pattersonpark.com, $1. Catch and release fishing without the pain of the Jennifer Garner movie of the same name. (Because Patterson Park would never do that to you.) Seeds, Seeds Everywhere, 1:30-2:30 P.M., May 28, Tawes Garden, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, (410) 260-8189, www.dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/tawesgarden.html, $1. Children ages 3-5 learn about seeds and flowers, are guided through the grounds by a naturalist, and plant their own seeds. Story Time, May 28-July 23 Ladew Gardens, 3535 Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton, (410) 5579466, www.ladewgardens.org, $5-10, reservations required. The little ones brush up on zoology, geology, and meteorology through, well, story, and when all’s said and done, you get to examine the foliage-formed version of whacha just talked about.

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Scales and Tall Tales, 7-8 P.M. June 7, Pocomoke River State Park, 3461 Worcester Highway, Snow Hill, www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/pocomokeriver.html. Why is the turkey vulture bald? How did the owl get its name? We don’t know, but they do. Assateague/AMSA Youth Fishing Derby, 10 A . M .-2 P . M . June 14, Assateague State Park, 7303 Stephen Decatur Highway, Berlin, (410) 641-2120, www.dnr.state.md.us/publi-

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FOOD ATTRACTIONS Crab Place, 384 W. Main St., Crisfield, (877) 3282722, www.crabplace.com. Lump crab is rarely from the bay. You’re a Marylander, why would you subject yourself to anything less than what you know is the best? Here, it’s local. Dolles, 500 S. Boardwalk, Ocean City, (800) 337-6001, www.dolles.com. You can get just about anything you want, including a lifesize chocolate Santa, but dive into the saltwater taffy in every color and flavor you can think of. Then chew on it during your arduous drive home. Dumser’s Dairyland, 49th Street and Coastal Highway and 124th Street and Coastal Highway, (410) 524-1588, www.beachnet.com/dumsers. Open since 1939, Dumser’s is the best ice cream in Ocean City. Cool off on a bench and lick it up before it melts. Fisher’s Popcorn, 200 S. Boardwalk, Ocean City, (410) 289-5638, www.fisherspopcorn.com. The wafting scents of fresh hot caramel corn can pleasantly overpower the smell of fresh tar and sunscreen. Our tip: bring ziploc bags with you and seal the contents of the white tubs to guard against humidity. Losing it all because of Maryland weather would be devastating. Hershey’s Chocolate World Visitor Center, 800 Park Blvd., Hershey, Pa., (717) 534-4900, www.hersheys.com. Yeah, the amusement park is great, too, but the “tour” of the facilities, the nostalgic advertisements, the retro Mr. Rogers-like video are reason to come. See if you don’t sing about Hershey Chocolate Land for the next week. Homestead Farm, 9 A . M .-6 P . M . daily, near Poolesville, (301) 977-3761, www.homesteadfarm.net. Bring a metal pail and pick your own summer berries. Plunk, plunk plunk, we hear the sounds of a strawberry pie.

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Pungo Strawberry Festival, May 24-25, 1776 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Va., (757) 721-6001www.pungostrawberryfestival.info. Delaplane Strawberry Festival, May 2425, Delaplane, Va., www.delaplanestrawbeeyfestival.com. Brandywine Strawberry Festival, May 29June1, www.brandywinestrawberryfestival.com. Strawberry Day, June 1, Furnace Town Historical Museum, Snow Hill, www.furnacetown.com. Blueberry Festival, July 18-20, Historic Bethlehem Pa., www.historicbethlem.org.

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MARKETS Baltimore Farmers’ Market, 8 A.M.-noon Sundays, Holliday and Gay streets, www.bop.org. Under an overpass is where you’ll find us getting our leafy greens, veggies, fruits, and breads. And when it closes at the end of season, you’ll find our Sunday mornings tragic and bereft.

Thrasher’s French Fries, several locations on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, (410) 289-7232. You’d think all we do in OC is eat the way we list these epicurean delights. You’d be right, actually. There’s a lot less sand in our car this way. Thrasher’s are always hot, the line is always long, and it’s always worth it.

Belvedere Square, Belvedere and York roads, (410) 464-0740, www.belvederesqurare.com. Small boutiques, the best bagels at Greg’s, fresh organic goods and soup at Atwater’s, a fine deli, and live music at night.

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Carroll County Summer Farmers Market, 8 A.M.-noon Saturdays, 700 Smith Ave., Westminster, (410) 848-7748. All the stuff you need-butter, milk, eggs, produce, emubut organic and local, too.

Sundaes in the Park Sundays through August, Northside Park, 127th and Bay Street, Ocean City, (800) 626-2326, www.ococean.com, free. Listen to music, watch the sun set, and hang out near Assawoman Bay with makeyour-own sundaes. It’s like a sock hop, but with sand. Taharka Bros. Original American Ice Cream Culture Grand Opening 2 P.M. June 1, Taharka Bros., 1405 Forge Ave., (410) 433-6800. Sylvan Beach changed names and they’re celebrating a new location, too (next to the Mount Washington Whole Foods) with all-you-caneat ice cream along with live music and prizes. Ocean City Restaurant Week, June 1-8, Ocean City, (800) 626-2326, www.oceancityrestaurantweek.com, $20-$30. Enjoy fine dining on the beach in three-course meals from OC’s best chefs. Safeway 16th Annual National Capital Barbeque Battle, June 21-22, Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 9th and 14th streets, www.bbqdc.com, $10, children $5. Sorry veggies, but sometimes the only sizzle we want to hear is the meat on the grill. The victor in this showdown goes home with $40,000 and major bragging rights. We’re more than happy to oblige in helping the judges find the best cook—bring us the meat! Seafood Festival, June 28, Tilghman Island, www.tilghmanislandmd.com. Bushels and bushels of crabs from a professional cook. We don’t know how that compares to your family recipe—maybe there’s no difference at all—but it means it’s good. If the kids aren’t into crabs yet, there’s hot dog and hamburgers, too. Let’s hope so, because then there’s more for us. Baltimore Chefs and Wine Experience, noon6 P.M. July 13, Tremont Grand, 225 N. Charles St., www.baltimorechefsandwine.org, $55, VIP $100. Right up a food and wine lover’s alley, this “Experience” features Ted Allen, food television personality and cookbook author. Breakfast with Penguins, 8:30-10:30 A.M. July 19, Maryland Zoo, Druid Hill Park, (410) 5395000, www.marylandzoo.org. Enjoy breakfast with the early birds. Havre de Grace Seafood Festival, Aug.9-10, 350 Commerce St., Havre de Grace, (410) 9391525, www.hdgseafoodfestival.org. Try 20 variations on somethin’ pulled from the sea and test our theory that as long as it’s made in Maryland, it’s tasty. C I T Y

Boordy Vineyard Farmers Market, 4-8 P.M. Thursdays, Boordy Vineyard, 12820 Long Green Pike, Hydes, (410) 592-5015, www.boordy.com. Local farmers plus local wine? Sounds like one-stop shopping.

Cross Street Market, open daily, Cross Street between Market and Light streets, southbaltimore.com/shop/crossmkt.html. Farmer’s market by day and bar by night? That’s what we call a hybrid. Lexington Market, 400 W. Lexington St., (410) 685-6169, www.lexingtonmarket.com. The nation’s oldest market is home to Berger’s and some of the city’s best hot dogs. Grab a bite and people watch from the tables above. If parking seems a hassle, the light rail, buses, and subway all have stops. Pennsylvania Dutch Market, open daily, Cockeysville, 11121 York Road, (410) 316-1534, www.padutchmarket.com/indexc.html. Inside an old supermarket building are baked goods (try Erma’s), meats, cheeses, produce, and homeland crafts from the Pennsylvania Dutch. Plus, crafts from the locals, but it’s hard to deviate when we smell the roasted chicken or fresh rolls. Waverly Farmers’ Market, 7 A . M .-noon Saturdays, the 400 block of E. 32nd Street, (410) 366-6362, www.32ndstreetmarket.org. Wavery is special in that it’s open yearround, but come summertime the selection is in season. There’s a lot to choose from, with vendors from all over the tri-state area, so you can get it all in one-go and locally, too.

DRINKS cellar methods. You can stop by to try the wine and meet BASIGNANI the winemaker Wednesday WINERY through Sunday afternoons, or contact them for a tour. Boordy Vineyard, 12820 Long Green Pike, Hydes, (410) 5925015, www.boordy.com. Organic wine from Baltimore Country grapes, tours, tastings, and regular events. Elk Run Vineyards, 15113 Liberty Road, Mount Airy, (410) 775-2513, www.elkrun.com. The facilities are charmingly old, but not run down, making us feel further removed than we really are. Makes tasting a min-vacay. ATTRACTIONS Frederick Wine Trail, 18125 Comus Road, Basignani Winery, 15722 Falls Road, Sparks, Dickerson, (301) 600-2888, www.frederick(410) 472-0703, www.basignani.com. This winetrail.com. Six wineries and 120 acres of 18-acre vineyard in Maryland’s pretty horse grapes make this trail, covering half of country produces wines using old-school Maryland’s wine production. With numbers P A P E R

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like that, it’s shocking and charming that the trail can be covered in one day. Start at the furthest point, in Dickerson at Sugarloaf, and work your way back through Loew, Frederick Cellars (which recently acquired Catoctin Vineyards), Elk Run, Berrywine, and Linganore Wine for a grape-fueled field trip. Little Ashby Vineyards, 27549 Ashby Drive, Easton, (410) 819-8850, www.littleashbyvineyards.com. The first winery on the Eastern Shore, Little Ashby uses its own microclimate—science we can use!— to control its grape production. Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard ,18125 Comus Road, Dickerson, (301) 605-0130. Montgomery County’s only winery is unassuming with its quiet red barn but houses a diverse collection on its 92-acre farm. Terrapin Station Winery, 80 Ricketts Mill Road, Elkton, (301) 916-5415, www.terrapinstationwinery.com. Terrapin does more than name its product line after native animals; it donates proceeds to research and rescue efforts for the turtle it’s named for.

EVENTS Wine and Herb Fest, 1-5 P.M. May 24-25, Boordy Vineyard, 12820 Long Green Pike, Hydes, (410) 592-5015, www.boordy.com, $12, children $5. Potted herbs, plants, and flowers, spring release wines, and live music in Boordy’s Woodstock version of wine tasting. A Taste of Spring, 6-9 P.M. May 29, Boordy Vineyard, 12820 Long Green Pike, Hydes, (410) 592-5015, www.boordy.com, $65. Fresh organic foods from eco-friendly farmers, vineyard tours, and wine tasting. Chesapeake Bay Wine Festival, May 31June 1, Terrapin Nature Area, Stevensville, www.chesapeakebaywinefestival.org, $20. It’s just classier to wiggle in the sand with a glass or wine. Fourteen wineries participate in a juried festival with tastings and entertainment. Evening of Traditional Beverages: Vino Veneto at Homewood Museum, 6 P.M. June 6, Homewood Museum, 3400 N. Charles St., (410) 516-5589, www.museums.jhu.edu, $25, members $20. Reservations are required for this popular annual evening of drinking on the lawn of the Homewood Museum; this year’s bevie of choice is the wines of Italy’s Veneto region. Great Grapes!, noon-6 P . M . June 21-22, Oregon Ridge Park, Cockeysville, www.uncorkthefun.org, $20. Over one hundred wines from the fruity to dry, dinner to dessert, beg your taste. Gourmet cooking, demonstrations, art, and nature accompany the day of finding your new favorite pinot noir. Wine Down the Music Trail, July 5-8, Floyd Va., www.atwproductions.com/index. php?pr=wdhome, $25. Enjoy nature in the Blue Ridge with classical, jazz, and folk music and fine wine.

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THEATER Hauptmann, through May 24, drama, the Colonial Players, 108 East St., Annapolis, (410) 268-7373, www.cplayers.com, $15, seniors and students $10. The Happy Time, through June 1, classic musical, Signature Theatre, 3806 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, Va., (703) 820-9771, www.sig-online.org, $22-$69. Athony and Cleopatra, through July 6, Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Theatre, 450 7th St. NW, Washington, (202) 547-1122, www.shakespearedc.org, $35.50-$79.75. Julius Caesar, through July 6, Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Theatre, 450 7th St. NW, Washington, (202) 547-1122, www.shakespearedc.org, $35.50-$79.75. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, May 21-June 8, musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia, (410) 730-8311, www.tobysdinnetheatre.com, $30-$49. The Wizard of Oz, May 21-June 8, musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre Baltimore, 5625 O’Donnell St., (410) 646-1600, www.tobysdinnetheatre.com, $32-$51.25. The Taming of the Shrew, May 21-June 15, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. The Merchant of Venice, May 21-June 14, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. C I T Y

Henry V, May 21-June 14, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588,www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. Shear Madness, May 21-Aug. 24, comedy, Kennedy Center Theater Lab, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 444-1324, www.kennedy-center.org, $40$50. The Internationalist, May 21-June 22, comedy, the Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, Washington, (202) 332-3300, www.studiotheatre.org, $46-$49. Art, May 21-June 29, comedy, Everyman Theatre, 1727 N. Charles, St., (410) 752-2208, www.everymantheatre.org, $16-$35. The History Boys, May 21-May 31, drama, the Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW, Washington, (202) 332-3300, www.studiotheatre.org, $46$49. Hamlet, May 22-June 1, Shakespeare, Carter Barron Amphitheatre, 16th Street and Colorado Avenue NW, Washington, (202) 5471122,www.shakespearedc.org, free. Seussical School Show, May 23, musical, Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts, 194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, (410) 6366597, www.chesapeakearts.org, $10. A Prairie Home Companion, May 23-24, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $ 20-$48. On the Town, May 23-June 21, comedy, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 143 Compromise P A P E R

St., Annapolis, (410) 268-9212, www.summergarden.com, $18, students, seniors, and groups of 20 or more $15. Measure for Pleasure, May 26-June 29, comedy, Woolly Mammoth, 7th and D streets NW, Washington, (202) 289-2443, www.woollymammoth.net. Nixon’s Nixon, May 28-June 22, comedy, Round House Theatre, Bethesda, East West Highway Bethesda, (202) 644-1100, www.round-house.org, $50-$55. Riverdance, May 29-June 1, dance, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $ 20- $70. Carmen, May 29-June 15, drama, the John F. Kennedy Center, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 4441324, www.kennedy-center.org, $35-$40. SOLO: A Two-Person Show, May 30-June 1, comedy, Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., (410) 752-8558, www.theatreproject.org, $10$20. Polish Joke, May 30-June 29, comedy, Spotlighters Theatre, 817 St. Paul St., (410) 752-1225, www.spotlighters.org. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, May 31-June 15, mystery, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www.totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. The Mystery of Irma Vep, June 6-July 13, comedy, Arena Stage, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington, Va., (202) 554-9066, www.arenastage.com, $49-$54. Anastasia, June 6-29, drama, Vagabond Theatre, 806 S. Broadway, (410) 563-9135, www.vagabondplayers.com, $15. Hello Dolly!, June 6-22, musical, Church Hill Theatre, 103 Walnut St., Church Hill, (410) 758-1331, www.churchhilltheatre.org. Pryor Experience, June 6, comedy, Hippodrome

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Theatre, 12 N. Eutaw St., (410) 481-7328, www.francemerrickpac.com, $100. The Comedy of Errors, June 8-July 13, Shakespeare, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in the Ruins, Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3691 Sarah’s Lane, Ellicott City, (877) 639-3728, $25, 18 and under free. The Tempest, June 8-July 13, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in the Ruins, Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park, 3691 Sarah’s Lane, Ellicott City, (877) 639-3728, $25, 18 and under free. The Imaginary Invalid, June 10-July 27, comedy, the Shakespeare Theatre, 450 7th St. NW, Washington, (202) 547-1122, www.shakespearedc.org, $35.50-$79.75. The Mousetrap, June 11-July 6, mystery, Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, (301) 925-3400, www.olneytheatre.org, $25-$43. All Shook Up, June 12-Aug. 24, musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia, (410) 730-8311, www.tobysdinnetheatre.com, $30-$49. Arabian Nights, June 13-July 29, drama, Theatre Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University, Mattin Center, Charles and 34th streets, (410) 516-7159, www.jhu.edu/theatre, $5-$15. Nunsense, June 13-29, comedy, Cockpit-inCourt Theatre, Essex campus, Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd., (410) 780-6369, www.ccbcmd.edu/ cockpit/shows.html, $7-$18. Sacred Circle: Adult Wellness, June 14, dance, Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., (410) 752-8558, www.theatreproject.org, $10-$15. The Lion and the Mouse, June 14-Aug.16, kids, Classika Theatre, 4041 28th St., Arlington, Va., (703) 824-6200, www.classika.org. Lying in State, June 17-29, comedy, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www.totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. Pilobolus, June 17, dance, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $8-$38. ¡Gaytino!—My Fabulous Life in Story and Song, June 17-18, comedy, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 4441324, www.kennedy-center.org, $38. Twelfth Night, June 17-Dec. 5, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. King Lear, June 18-Dec. 6, Shakespeare,

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Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. Stuff Happens, June 18-July 20, drama, Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, (301) 925-3400, www.olneytheatre.org, $25-$43. West Side Story, June 19-Aug.24, musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre Baltimore, 5625 O’Donnell St., (410) 646-1600, www.tobysdinnetheatre.com, $32-$51.25. Measure for Measure, June 20-Dec. 6, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18-$34. Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., June 20-29, comedy, Cockpit-in-Court Theatre, Essex campus, Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd., (410) 780-6369, www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit/shows.html, $7-$18. The Exonerated, June 20-July 12, drama, Mobtown Theater, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, (410) 467-3057, www.mobtownplayers.com. H.M.S. Pinafore, June 20, musical, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $8-$48. The Gondoliers, June 21, opera, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $8-$48. the UnPOSSESSED, June 21-22, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 4441324, www.kennedy-center.org, $38. Dance Baltimore: Ageless Grace, June 22, dance, Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., (410) 752-8558, www.theatreproject.org. Disney’s The Lion King, June 26-Aug. 24, musical, Kennedy Center Opera House, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 444-1324, www.kennedycenter.org, $25-$135. Twelfth Night, June 27-July 13, Shakespeare, the Meadow at Evergreen Museum and Library, 4545 N. Charles St., (410) 366-8596, www.baltimoreshakespeare.org, $15-$25. Forever Plaid, June 27-July 26, musical, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 143 Compromise St., Annapolis, (410) 268-9212, www.summergarden.com, $18, students, seniors, and groups of 20 or more $15. Rent, June 27-29, musical, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $25-$80. Inside/Out, June 27-29, drama, the Kennedy Center’s Family Center, 2700 W St. NW, Washington, (202) 467-4600, www.kennedycenter.org, $20. The Underpants, July 1-13, comedy, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www.totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. Candide, July 6, opera, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 255-1900, www.wolftrap.com, $20-$55. Willy Wonka Junior, July 11-20, musical, Cockpit-in-Court Theatre, Essex campus, Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd., (410) 780-6369, www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit/shows.html, $7$18.

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The Gondoliers, July 12-20, opera, Young Victorian Theatre Company, Bryn Mawr, 109 W. Melrose Ave., (410) 323-3077, www.yvtc.org. Bell, Book, and Candle, July 15-27, comedy, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www. totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. Russian American Kids Circus on Stage, July 15-19, kids, Prince George’s Little Theatre, Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, (301) 277-1710, www.pgparks.com/ places/artfac/publick.html, $7-$10. Urine Town, July 18-Aug. 3, musical, Cockpitin-Court Theatre, Essex campus, Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd., (410) 780-6369, www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit/shows.html, $7-$18. Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, July 19-27, drama, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 444-1324, www.kennedycenter.org, $25. Proof, July 25-Aug. 3, drama, Cockpit-in-Court Theatre, Essex campus, Community College of Baltimore County, 7201 Rossville Blvd., (410) 780-6369, www.ccbcmd.edu/cockpit/shows.html, $7-$18. Oatmeal and Kisses, July 29-Aug. 10, comedy, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www.totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Aug.1-23, Mobtown Theater, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, (410) 467-3057, www.mobtownplayers.com. All Shook Up, Aug. 1-30, musical, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 143 Compromise St., Annapolis, (410) 268-9212, www.summergarden.com, $18, students, seniors, and groups of 20 or more $15. Rabbit Hole, Aug. 6-31, drama, Olney Theatre Center, 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, (301) 925-3400, www.olneytheatre.org, $25-$43. Greater Tuna, Aug. 9-24, comedy, Church Hill Theatre, 103 Walnut St., Church Hill, (410) 758-1331, www.churchhilltheatre.org. The Taffetas, Aug.12-24, musical, Totem Pole Playhouse, Caledonia State Park, Chambersburg, Pa., (888) 805-7056, www.totempoleplayhouse.org, $38-$46. DOUBT, A Parable, Aug. 27-Oct. 5, drama, Everyman Theatre, 1727 N. Charles, St., (410) 752-2208, www.everymantheatre.org. The Producers, Aug. 28-Nov. 23, Musical, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia, (410) 730-8311, www.tobysdinnetheatre.com, $30-$49. Les Misérables, Aug. 29-Sept.7, musical, Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Va., (703) 2551900, www.wolftrap.com, $25-$80. Resurrection, Aug. 29-Oct. 5, drama, Arena Stage, 1800 S. Bell St., Arlington, Va., (202) 554-9066, www.arenastage.com, $8. Page-to-Stage Festival, Aug.31-Sept.1, Kennedy Center Various Theaters, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street NW, Washington, (800) 444-1324, www.kennedy-center.org. Hamlet, Sept.1, Shakespeare, Blackfriars Playhouse, 10 S. Market St., Staunton, Va., (540) 885-5588, www.ishakespeare.com, $18$34. ★ C I T Y

USEFUL INFO MARYLAND www.visitmaryland.org Maryland Office of Tourism Development, www.mdisfun.org. Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, www.choosemaryland.org. Portal to Maryland, www.portaltomaryland.com.

BALTIMORE CITY

African-American Heritage and Cultural Guide, www.baltimore.org/africanamerican/tours.htm. Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, www.baltimore.org. Baltimore City ArtsNet, www.baltimorecity.gov/arts/index.html. Baltimore City Paper, www.citypaper.com. Baltimore City Paper Weekly events, www.citypaper.com/calendar. Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, www.bop.org.

BALTIMORE COUNTY

BaltimoreCounty.com, www.baltimorecountymd.com. Baltimore County Conference and Visitors Bureau, www.visitbacomd.com. Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks, www.baltimorecountyonline.info.

ALLEGANY COUNTY

Allegany County, www.alleganyco.com. Allegany County Department of Tourism, www.mdmountainside.com.

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

Anne Arundel Citizen Information Center, www.aacounty.org. Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, www.visitannapolis.org.

CALVERT COUNTY

Calvert County, www.co.cal.md.us.

CAROLINE COUNTY

Caroline County Office of Tourism, www.tourcaroline.com.

CARROLL COUNTY

Carroll County Tourism, www.carrollcountytourism.org.

CECIL COUNTY

Cecil County Tourism, www.seececil.org.

CHARLES COUNTY

Charles County Office of Tourism, www.visitcharlescounty.com.

DORCHESTER COUNTY

Dorchester County Tourism, www.tourdorchester.org.

FREDERICK COUNTY

Tourism Council of Frederick County, Inc., www.fredericktourism.org.

HARFORD COUNTY

Harford County Tourism Council, www.harfordmd.com.

HOWARD COUNTY

Howard County Tourism, www.visithowardcounty.com.

KENT COUNTY

Kent County Tourism, www.kentcounty.com.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Montgomery County Visitors Guide, www.cvbmontco.com.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

Prince George’s County Home Page, www.goprincegeorgescounty.com.

QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY

Queen Anne’s County Department of Business and Tourism, www.qac.org.

ST. MARY’S COUNTY

St. Mary’s County Travel and Tourism, www.co.saint-marys.md.us/Tourism.

SOMERSET COUNTY

Somerset County Tourism, www.visitsomerset.com.

TALBOT COUNTY

Talbot County Office of Tourism, www.tourtalbot.org.

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Washington County Government, www.washco-md.net.

WICOMICO COUNTY

Wicomico County Convention and Visitors Bureau, www.wicomicotourism.org.

WORCHESTER COUNTY

Ocean City, www.ococean.com. Worcester County Tourism, www.visitworcester.org.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Washington, D.C. Convention and Tourism Corporation, www.washington.org. Washington City Paper, www.washingtoncitypaper.com.

VIRGINIA

C-Ville, Charlottesville’s News and Arts Weekly, www.c-ville.com. Virginia is For Lovers, www.virginia.org.

WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia Division of Tourism, www.wvtourism.com. Graffiti, West Virginia’s News Alternative, www.grafwv.com.

DELAWARE

Delaware Tourism Office, www.visitdelaware.net. Rehoboth Beach, www.rehoboth.com.

PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania Tourism, www.visitpa.com, www.pennsylvania.com. Philadelphia City Paper, www.citypaper.net. Philadelphia Weekly, www.philadelphiaweekly.com.

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IN THE WEEKLY: CLUBS/CONCERTS 117 CLASSICAL 122 DANCE & DANCING 124 GAY & LESBIAN 124 STAGE 126

COMEDY 129 ART 129 WORDS 136 BENEFITS 137 COMMUNITY ACTION 137 SPECIAL EVENTS 140 TALKS PLUS 143 BUSINESS 143 TOURS 143 SCREENS 143 KIDS 144 HEALTH & FITNESS 146 SPORTS & RECREATION 146 FILM 148

WEDNESDAY 21 STARBUCKS HELPS SAVE THE BAY Through June 3, Starbucks, prices vary. One grande vanilla latte: $3.87. An extra shot of espresso: 55 cents. But a preserved Chesapeake Bay? As those MasterCard commercials are fond of saying: priceless. This month, customers with their own reusable mug receive a 10 cent discount off their Starbucks drink, in any Washington, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, or West Virginia location. Starbucks then forwards that dime saved to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its conservation efforts—yet another reason to forego the paper cup. (Christina Lee)

THURSDAY 22 CREATIVITY IN EDUCATION: ARTS EVERY DAY 9:30 A.M.-3:30 P.M., Center Stage, 700 N. Calvert St., (410) 685-1172, www.baltimore partners.org, free, registration required. Arts Every Day, a foundation dedicated to supporting the arts in Baltimore’s public school system, poses the question: Why can’t our students have art every day? With equitable access programs, including visits from volunteer artists and trips to the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center, the foundation wants to enrich the students’ educational experience by broadening the ways they learn and fostering creativity. With keynote speaker Sir Ken Robinson and others, the summit challenges the traditional forms of public education, advocating the use of divergent thinking to generate original ideas, and the importance of creativity as the seed of innovation. (Sean Allocca)

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FRIDAY 23

RHYMES WITH OPERA

ART Through June 29, 8 P.M. Fridays, 2 and 8 P.M. Saturdays, 2 and 7 P.M. Sundays, 7:30 P.M. Tuesday through Thursday, Everyman Theatre, 1727 N. Charles St., (410) 7522208, www.everymantheatre.org, $22-$35. French playwright Yasmina Reza exploded into international theater with her 1994 Art, in which three old friends argue about a white-on-white contemporary painting that one of them has recently procured. The comedy unfolds in various conversational pairings and monologues, at first asking that banal question—“What is art?”— before venturing into much richer territory about what it means to be friends and how a man defines his own value and worth as a human being. In a way, it’s a play that explores the arbitrariness and inadequacy of linguistic definitions—perhaps no word is more elastic and argued than the play’s very title—even though, as a piece of drama, it relies exclusively on the its characters’ language to drive the plot and themes toward any richer meaning. A wily bit of structural shenanigans. (Bret McCabe)

9 P.M., Load of Fun, 120 W. North Ave., www.rhymeswithopera.org, $5 donation. Current Peabody Conservatory composition graduate student Ruby Fulton and Duke University composition student George Lam met and staged their first collaborative opera production at Boston University in 2003. They’ve now formed the Durham, N.C./Baltimore project Rhymes With Opera, which is dedicated to bringing original contemporary opera works out of the concert hall and into unconventional performance spaces. Rhymes With’s first local production is “One-Track Mind”— which features two chamber operas, “Closer to Mona” (libretto by Amy Kirsten, music by Fulton) and “Heartbreak Express” (libretto by John Clum, music by Lam), and includes local performers, vocalists, and musicians—and it launches the company’s summer minitour, which takes it down to Durham and up to New York. DIY touring opera: That’s the punkest thing we’ve heard about this week. (BM)

beds include Blushing Beauty, Texas Gold, Negrita, Fringed Elegance, and Sherwood Gardens’ own variety (a red flower with a cream-colored edge). Download a map of the tulip beds at GuilfordNews.com, hit the gardens, and start digging. For a mere 30 cents a bulb, you can recreate a mini Sherwood Gardens in your own backyard. (Erin Sullivan)

GLITTERAMA!

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7 A.M., Sherwood Gardens, 4100 Greenway, (410) 516-7382, rene@pallace.org, 30 cent donation per bulb. Get out your hand trowels and garden gloves, because it’s time for the best gardening bargain of the season. Sherwood Gardens in Guilford today hosts its annual tulip dig, in which gardeners from near and far are invited to harvest their own tulip bulbs from the garden’s display beds. If you’ve been to Sherwood Gardens in spring, when the tulips are in full bloom, you know the place is home of a fantastic array of colorful blooms. If you’re a tulip connoisseur, some of the varieties you’re likely to find in the

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GLITTERAMA! 7 and 10 P.M., Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, www.creativealliance.org, $12, members $10. A one-night, two-show extravaganza of a variety show, Glitterama! promises something for the whole family. OK, the 10 o’clock show might get a little blue. Actually, maybe both shows. Think about getting a baby sitter. THRILL to the flaming fan swingers and Noelle Powers’ Hula-Hoop action! DELIGHT in the burlesque stylings of Shortstaxx, Sugar Ann Spice, and a host of others! WONDER at the stand-up of

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WEEKLY Mason Ross! DO . . . well, whatever it is one does to a Dawn Swartz and the Degenerettes “puppet-punk ode to ZZ Top.” HEAR Alisa Grundmann sing the songs of Kurt Weill. FEEL the absurdity of a universe devoid of meaning with Mara Neimanis’ existential clown! Host Greggy Gliterati presents an evening that should definitely put the variety in variety show at the Creative Alliance and promises “an evening of wonderment.” (Chris Landers)

KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT

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cuts, the melodic sample breaks—take more sounds, take them apart in more ways, and put them back together into an even more coherent, faster, and surprisingly heavy whole: tape music with a touch of folk and a legit vein of rock. (Michael Byrne)

SAY WUT

NATIONAL TAP DANCE DAY 3-5:30 P.M., School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light St., (410) 3964641, www.school33.org, free. Tap dance history, tap dance lessons, and the movie Tap, starring the great Gregory Hines, fill out a celebration of National Tap Dance Day (Mr. Bojangles’ b-day, natch) at School 33. There is no sad tap dancing. There is only happy tap dancing, jubilant tap dancing, manic tap dancing, and angry tap dancing. If the tango is the soap opera of dance, tap is the X Games, a pure percussive performance spectacle. Take it seriously, people—or Savion Glover will stomp you. (Edward Ericson Jr.)

KEMIALLISET YSTAVAT 8 P.M., Floristree, www.myspace.com/floristree, $5. Good g-d, what a swirl of sound Kemialliset Ystavat creates. Ostensibly it’s collage-work, but taken to a cross-eyed, blurry next level of sampling that feels like listening through a kaleidoscope with various world folk musics subbing in for the color. Think, perhaps, of the Books, but then accelerate the ideas—the quick

HIGHLIGHTS May 21 through May 28

TUESDAY 27 BE YOUR OWN PET 7 P.M., Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, (410) 244-1131, www.ramsheadlive.com, $18, $16 advance. Why Jemina Pearl isn’t being championed as the fiercest woman in rock right now is one of g-od’s own little mysteries. The 21-yearold Be Your Own Pet frontwoman is a perpetual-motion banshee when howling through BYOP’s punky racket, in which she threatens former BFFs who broke her trust, retells Beyond the Valley of the Dolls inside of three minutes, and calls BS on a girl who says she takes it in the rear. That she scowls all this with one of the most impudent sneers and greatest howls since “Suck My Left One”-era Kathleen Hanna only makes BYOP’s adrenaline jolts even more the mostest bestest. Tonight’s lone problem: You have to survive the Nylon magazine tour, which includes She Wants Revenge, the Virgins, and Switches. Bitches, leave. (BM) ★

Pro-choice? See the Critic’s Choice picks sprinkled throughout the Baltimore Weekly calendar.

MONDAY 26 SUNDAY 25

WEDNESDAY-TO-WEDNESDAY

Talking Head, 407 E. Saratoga St., (410) 962-5588, www.talkingheadclub.com, $6. We love a club DJ with his own theme song; we love a club DJ with a floor-banger mix of the NFL theme song; we love gratuitous use of frog “ribbit”s. We love our club raw and fun; we love it sexy and dirty. Oh, and, Mike D’s classic “drop!”— anywhere and anytime— we love it. All of this is to say that Say Wut, part of Scottie B and Sean Caesar’s Unruly family, is one of Baltimore club’s finest at this moment, holding tight to club’s raw mixes while lighting his party up with rabid hip-hop and some of the freakier synth work to make its way into SAY WUT club yet. (MB)

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Friday, July 18, 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Saturday, July 26, 8 pm (Oregon Ridge)

Performed by full orchestra and chorus, Play! A Video Game Symphony features award-winning music along with exciting visuals. Music includes selections from classic childhood games and current popular games, such as Final Fantasy®, Halo®, Sonic the Hedgehog™, Super Mario Bros.® and many more!

Bluegrass and classical music fuse in a toe-tapping program. Featuring Billy and the Hillbillies, the BSO goes a bit bluegrass in this hilariously fun evening of fireworks and musical selections like Orange Blossom Special, Mountain Music Medley, Banjo in the Hollow and Pops Hoedown. Complete with a pie-eating contest!

Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor Join the BSO for an all-American holiday celebration, featuring Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever and more, choreographed to an amazing fireworks display. Plus hear the BSO’s Oh Say Can You Sing contest winner perform the National Anthem.

Four Seasons Friday, July 11, 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Jonathan Carney, leader and violin A perennial favorite, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is led by BSO concertmaster Jonathan Carney, cleverly intermingled with Piazzolla’s tango-infused Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.

Hocus Pocus Saturday, July 19, 8 pm (Oregon Ridge) Join the BSO in a magical program of wizardry and adventure, culminating with a fireworks display at the end of the evening. Grab your wand and participate in the Harry Potter costume contest while enjoying selections from Harry Potter, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and more! Wear your best wizardry costume to compete for prizes!

Leon Fleisher – 80th Birthday Celebration Artscape Weekend featuring a FREE BSO CONCERT Saturday, July 19, 3 pm Whirl into a medley of visual art and music, as the BSO performs a free concert for those attending Artscape, the largest free public arts festival in the country! Enjoy delicious food, an array of visual art exhibits and live performances. The Meyerhoff lobby will open at noon for free tours and an instrument petting zoo.

Friday, July 25, 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Leon Fleisher, conductor and piano Mozart: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major Mozart: Symphony No. 40 Join us in honoring Baltimore native Leon Fleisher as he celebrates his 80th birthday and a career spanning more than 60 years.

Dead Symphony: A Symphonic Tribute to the Grateful Dead World Premiere! Friday, August 1, 8 pm (Meyerhoff) An orchestral tribute to the music of the Grateful Dead, Dead Symphony No. 6 is a one-of-a-kind exploration of the Dead’s legacy. Join the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for this world-premiere, plus a tribute museum!

BSO Rocks with the Music of Led Zeppelin Saturday, August 2, 8 pm (Pier Six Pavilion) Brent Havens, conductor The Zeppelin lands in Baltimore! Join the BSO and a full rock band as they combine passion and power to perform some of your favorite Led Zeppelin classics, such as Whole Lotta’ Love, Kashmir, Immigrant Song, Going to California, Stairway to Heaven, Heartbreaker, plus many more.

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Looney’s Pub North, 312 N. Main St., Bel Air, (410) 803-7080, www.looneyspubmd.com

Mick O’Shea’s, 328 N. Charles St., (410) 539-7504, www.mickosheas.com Mirage Café and Grill, 204 Maryland Ave., Frederick Mosaic Lounge, 34 Market Place, (410) 262-8713, www.mosaic-lounge.com New Haven Lounge, 1552 Havenwood Road, Northwood Shopping Center, (410) 366-7416, newhavenlounge.net

(New) Turntable Club , 2139 Jefferson St., (443) 801-5743, www.myspace.com/turntableclub

9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW, Washington, (202) 265-0930, www.930.com Nottingham’s, 8850 Stanford Lane, Columbia, (410) 290-0077, www.nottinghams.net

The Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., (410) 662-0069, www.theottobar.com Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place, (410) 244-1131, www.ramsheadlive.com Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis, (410) 268-4545, www.ramsheadtavern.com

Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson, (410) 337-7210, www.rechertheatre.com The Red House Tavern, 2239 Essex St., (410) 522-3220, www.myspace.com/redhousetavern

Red Maple, 930 N. Charles St., (410) 547-0149, www.930redmaple.com Rock And Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE, Washington, (202) 388-7625, www.rockandrollhoteldc.com

Rush Hour Sports Bar and Grill, 9820 Liberty Road, Randallstown, (410) 521-4050

Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub and Restaurant, 600 E. Belvedere Ave., Belvedere Square, (410) 464-1000, www.rdirishpub.com

SCarey Studios, 122 S. Stockton St., www.scareystudios.org Shorty’s, 3301 Foster Ave., (410) 327-8696 Sidebar, 218 E. Lexington St., (410) 659-4130, www.sidebartavern.com Sista’s Place, 8521 Liberty Road, Randallstown, (410) 922-9218 Sonar, 407 E. Saratoga St., (410) 327-8333, www.sonarbaltimore.com Talking Head, 407 E. Saratoga St., (410) 783-7888, www.talkingheadclub.com 13th Floor at the Belvedere, 1 E. Chase St., (410) 347-0888, www.trufflescatering.com/13th/index.html

Tyson’s Tavern, 2112 Fleet St., (410) 342-2112, www.tysonstavern.com The V.I.P Lounge, 2324 Boston St., (410) 522-7770 Waterfront Hotel, 1710 Thames St., (410) 537-5055, www.waterfronthotel.us Ze Mean Bean Café and Wine Bar, 1739 Fleet St., (410) 675-5999, www.zemeanbeancafe.com

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THE SHORT LIST BY MICHAEL BYRNE

CLUBS

Baltimore’s Tremonts. Jazz night. The Barn. Trivia MD. Birchmere. Mint Condition. Black Cat. Suns of Guns, Pontiak. The Black Hole. Tayland Promotions. Cat’s Eye Pub. Barn Burners. Club 347. Blues Jam Session: Jake Jacobs, Current Situation. Club One. Salsa Uno with guest DJs. The Depot. Cabal featuring Medic. Explorer’s Lounge. Dick Smith. Grand Central. ‘80s Dance Club Classics with DJ Delroy. Horse You Came In On. Hump night. Howl at the Moon. Piano show. Jaxx. Scum of the Earth, Ekotren, Rikets. Judge’s Bench Pub. Wellesley Widows, Valerio. Looney’s Pub North. DJ Will. Mosaic Lounge. DJ Knowledge. 9:30 Club. X, Detroit Cobras. The Ottobar. King Vitamin, Whistlin’ Charlie, Even So, Very Emergency. Rams Head Tavern. Tab Benoit and Louisiana Laroux, Seth Walker. Recher Theatre. Subnoize Souljaz, Potluck, Fear Nuttin’ Band. Red Maple. Oasis. Rush Hour Sports Bar and Grill. Ladies night with DJ Spontaneous. SCarey Studios. Teeth Mountain, the Mutators, Modern Creatures. Shorty’s. Breakout with Just Josh and Identity. Sidebar. The So So Gos, We Are the Union. 13th Floor at the Belvedere. FireFly Entertainment. Tyson’s Tavern. Dave Huber, Ed Lauer and DGL Dave Miller. Waterfront Hotel. Double-Wide Joyride.

CONCERTS

Be More Jazz Performance Series. Be More Jazz intends to honor its rich and historic past, celebrate its presence, and ensure the future of jazz music and culture. 6-9 P.M., Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum, 1417 Thames St., (202) 3963520, www.douglassmyers.org, www.bmorejazz.com, $7, students and seniors $5.

WEDNESDAY: Pontiak, the latest Baltimore Thrill Jockey acquisition, stirs up a stoned rock haze at Washington’s Black Cat with Suns of Guns. THURSDAY: Quirk poppers Islands come to the Black Cat with Magic and Street Carnage. Rams Head Tavern brings in Aussie classic rock outfit Little River Band. Swamp bluesman Tab Benoit plays the 8X10 with Seth Walker. KRS-One teaches to the taught—but we’re glad he’s still around—at Sonar with Salim and the Music Lovers, Unreal, and Knotsworth. Augustana brings enough wuss rock to strip the testicles from half the MidAtlantic male population to Washington’s 9:30 Club. Seldom seen Baltimore psych-punk outfit the Convocation pokes up its head at the Talking Head with Pygmylush, Gunna Vahm, and Turboslut. The White Barons brings their punk ’n’ roll ’n’ burlesque to the Sidebar with the Go-Devils and the Living Wrecks.

homage Jah Works plays the 8X10 with Can’t Hang and Twenty for Seven. An die Musik brings back its Creative Differences series with contemporary jazz outfit the Marcin Wasilewski Trio. At Sonar, the Maryland Deathfest kicks off its first day of daily marathons—bring earplugs and a couple sets of spares. Methinks being a Godspeed descendant doesn’t give a pass for a name like Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band, but, oh well, we’ll take our orchestral gloom with a healthy dash of pretense if we have to; it’s joined at the Black Cat by Vic Chesnutt. Pretty enough emo-folk quartet the Apathy Eulogy plays Rams Head Live with the Dangerous Summer, the Great Escape, Oh, the Story!, and Stupid Hero. Up at New Haven Lounge, Greg Hatza shows off his jazz organ chops for the start FRIDAY: The Cowsills, the “real- of a two-night run. life inspiration behind the hit television series, The Partridge SATURDAY: Annapolis songwriter Family,” dishes out the flashbacks Jordan Page sings his protest at Rams Head Tavern. Northern songs for the hometown crowd at State, which made white girl unironic Rams Head Tavern with an early (sorta) college rap cool for a minute 1 P.M. show. Danielia Cotton, a rock a ways back, hits the Ottobar with ’n’ roller with some mean soul American Princes and Odd Girl Out. vocals, belts it out like it’s her last College country duo Drag the River night on Earth for the evening spot plays Fletchers with Tim Barry (aka at Rams Head Tavern with the the dude from Avail), Clint Maul, Alternate Routes. Haven’t heard and the Mishaps. Oxter brings the much from the once kinda funk to Joe Squared with DJ Dubble8 ubiquitous funk-hop duo Beatnuts and Your Daddy’s Trio. Local reggae in a while, so check up on ’em at

the Ottobar with Yak Ballz, Cubbie Bear Snapz, and For the People Entertainment The Heroine Sheiks snarl at us to “be a man” at the Nerve Center; Dactyl, Perestroika, and Prideswallower all take their own shots at pissing off the neighbors. Bukkake Party Tonight is a hardcore band, not an announcement, and it’ll trash your ears at the Sidebar with the Pfisters, Blinding Eye Dog, and Paper Tongue. Metro Gallery gets its vibe tested tonight with a garage- and punk-centric lineup of Thee Lexington Arrows, Press Black, the Cheapshots, and the Nervous Habits. Pop suckerpunch the Niki Barr Band plays the 8X10 with the Cheaters and the Vespertine Movement. Adam Caine and Nick Lyons improvise on guitar and sax, respectively, while Jenny Graf Bibulah works on electronics at the Red Room at Normals Books. The Maryland Deathfest keeps on for its second day at Sonar—yes, you should be concerned about that ringing in your ears. Seattle’s Two Loons for Tea brings its wideeyed dream pop to Baltimore Chop. SUNDAY: Future Islands brings their quite awesome synth punk to the Ottobar with Teenage Soul. Basshound sniffs out some hippietechno at the 8X10 with Woo-Yellow Dubmarine. Sensitive boymanwith-a-guitar Eric Hutchinson plays Towson’s Recher Theatre with Justin Nozuka and Marie Digby. And it’s day three of Maryland Deathfest at Sonar—how are you holding up?

XXXchange and Tax Lo’s Cullen Stalin and Simon Phoenix. TUESDAY: Sidebar finds its

(relatively) pretty side with the instrumental catharsis of Moscow Telephone, the melodic if grubby lo-fi punk of the Traumas, Dropsonic, and the Have Mercys. Yeah, Duran Duran tonight at Columbia’s Merriweather Post Pavilion is already on your radar, but just reminding. I’m gonna have to declare some kind of injustice at Be Your Own Pet getting billed below She Wants Revenge tonight at Rams Head Live. The Starlings bring their dusty Cascadian country to Baltimore Chop. WEDNESDAY: We’re getting excited something fierce for Ponytail’s Ice Cream Spiritual, an all-out-crazy fever dream of rock instrumentals pierced and threaded through with squeals, so you really ought to come get a glimpse of it tonight at the Talking Head; the Carrots, Lizz King, and the Methamphetamines round out the bill. Sidebar hosts the Red Vines, a highly recommended local folk-pop outfit, Bellman Barker, Ryan Little, and Among Wolves. IN THE WINGS: One of indie’s

favorite debates, Rilo Kiley comes to Rams Head Live June 7 with Thao With the Get Down Stay Down and Benji Hughes. (For more information visit www.ramsheadlive.com or call [410] 244-1131.) The giddy good fun of Swede pop fiend Love Is All comes to the Ottobar June 10. (For more information visit www.theottobar.com or call [410] MONDAY: Things go mad thump 662-0069.) And for more show tonight in the Talking Head with reviews, previews, and any other Unruly Records prodigy Say Wut music info fit to print online please dropping his oddball, fun as all hell visit City Paper’s music blog Noise club along with Spank Rock DJ at noise.citypaper.com.

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Angels Rock Bar. Late for August, the Perfect Excuse, Blind Rhetoric, Uncrowned, XOversa. The Barn. The Koozies. Black Cat. Islands, Magic, Street Carnage. Brass Monkey Saloon. Til Sunrise, the Dice. Canton Dockside. Mark and Mark. Cat’s Eye Pub. Timmy Shelley Band. The Claddagh Pub. DJ John Anthony. Club 347. Elliott Levine, Jazz Journey and Baretta. The Depot. Juice. The 8x10. Tab Benoit, Seth Walker. Explorer’s Lounge. Dick Smith. Fletcher’s. The Autumn Sun, Interstate North, Gun Click Panic Sunday Night, the Promise. Grand Central. Ladies night. Hippo. DJ Kuhmeleon, DJ Rosie. Horse You Came In On. Angelique Henle. Howl at the Moon. Piano show. James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant. Ken Gutberlet. Judge’s Bench Pub. The Arrangement. Latin Palace. Cacoteo Nights with DJ Tito. Looney’s Pub North. Reggae Night. Mac’s Bar and Grill. 98 Rock presents rebel inc.

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CLUBS/CONCERTS (CONT.) Metro Gallery. Ed Schrader Show! Mick O’Shea’s. Marc Evans. Mosaic Lounge. Logo, Miguel Lush. New Haven Lounge. DJ Rich. (New) Turntable Club. Open mic with Shaka Pitts. 9:30 Club. Augustana, Wild Sweet Orange, David Ford. Rams Head Tavern. Little River Band. Red Maple. Gay Night. Rock And Roll Hotel. The Known Unknowns, No Compromise, In Technicolor. Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub and Restaurant. Uncle Dave. Shorty’s. Radar. Sidebar. The Go Go Devils, the Living Wrecks, the White Barons. Sonar. KRS One, Salim and the Music Lovers, Unreal, Knotsworth. Strapazza. Music Duo with Ron Capitol and Sean Terrell. Tabrizi’s. Jazz night with Marianne MathenyKatz. Talking Head. Pygmylush, the Convocation, Gunna Vahm, Turboslut. Tsunami. Cosmopolitan featuring DJ Phaze. Tyson’s Tavern. Ray Joswiak. Village Coffee House. Open Mic Thursdays. Waterfront Hotel. Loose Caboose.

SATURDAY 24

Rams Head Tavern. Jordan Page Band, Danielia Cotton, the Alternate Routes. Recher Theatre. Gorilla Productions Battle of the Bands with Anil Rock, Expressway, Asbestos, We Are Automatic, Rites of Ash, Carsinogen, Scarlet Ransom, the Runaways, Silverware Snatchers, Dormatic. The Red House Tavern. Hold Your Head, Paul Harrie and Second Nature, Carter James Band. Red Maple. Jaunt with DJ Brooksie and the Jazzdropper. Rock And Roll Hotel. Black Moth Super Rainbow, Subtle, Efterklang, Slaraffenland. Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub and Restaurant. Misty Letts. SCarey Studios. DJ Mark Brown, DJ On, and VJ Sidious. Sidebar. The Pfisters, Blinding Eye Dog, Papaer Tongue. Sonar. Maryland Deathfest VI Day Two featuring Anaal Nathrakh, Monstrosity, Repulsion, Deranged, Ghoul, Fuck...I’m Dead, Coffins, Disfear, Flesh Parade, Defeated Sanity, Behold...The Arctopus, Waco Jesus, Kalibas, Defeatist, Decrypt. Talking Head. The Heroine Sheiks, Dactyl, Perestroika, Prideswallower. 13th Floor at the Belvedere. Noche Caliente, Speeze Prod. Tyson’s Tavern. One Brick Thick. The V.I.P Lounge. DJ T.E.C. Waterfront Hotel. Nell, the New Heathens.

CLUBS

CONCERTS

Red Maple. Rhythm! with DJ Soulstar. Rock And Roll Hotel. Deep Sang presents the Nightshift. Ryan’s Daughter Irish Pub and Restaurant. Angie Miller. Sonar. Maryland Deathfest VI Day One featuring Grave, Martyr, Squash Bowels, Phobia, The Day Everything Became Nothing, Ingrowing, Torsofuck, Afgrund, the Arson Project. Tyson’s Tavern. Woody Lissauer.

CONCERTS

Live music. Read Street Books and Coffee, 229 W. Read St., (410) 669-4103$5 BYOB, $5$10 for music, whatever you can afford. Paleface. From Brooklyn, NY and Concord, NC. 8 P.M., BaltimoreChop.com, 625 Washington Blvd., (410) 752-4487, www.baltimorechop.com, free. Raise 4 Jazz Quintet.Members of Towson High School’s Jazz Ensemble perform. 4-6 P.M., Daedalus Books and Music, 5911 York Road, (410) 464-2701, www.salebooks.com, free. Marcin Wasilewski Trio.A Creative Differences ECM Series concert with Marcin Wasilewski on piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz on doublebass, and Michal Miskiewicz on drums. 8 and 9:30 P.M., An die Musik, 409 N. Charles St., (410) 385-2638, www.andiemusik.com, $20, students and seniors $18, both shows $30.

FRIDAY 23 CLUBS

Baltimore’s Tremonts. Jazz night. The Barn. Awaken. Bedrock. Appetite for Destruction: The Ultimate Guns and Roses Experience. Birchmere. Punch Brothers. Black Cat. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band, Vic Chestnutt, Bike Prom Dance Party featuring Djs MaryMack, Jennder, Vinnie von Blotto. The Black Hole. Steel Bars Entertainment presents Heavy Hitters 3 Guess Who’s Back Edition with Whitefolkz, Trigga, Savage, Lenwood, Enhouze Ent, Profitt, Dreko, TuKhindz, 5 Mill, BOMB, Shy, Rip the Ruler, Rawdog, Killa Kab, Unreal, S.O.S, and 1st Family, Ce’ZAR, Secret Society. Cat’s Eye Pub. Nate Myers and the Aces. Celebrities Lounge. Larzine! The Claddagh Pub. DJ John Anthony. Club 1722. Sugar presented by DJs Ultra Nate and Lisa Moody. Club 347. DJ Biskit. Coffee East. Peter Cooper. Eden’s Lounge. Flavor Fridays with DJ Titan. The 8x10. Jah Works, Can’t Hang, Twenty for Seven. Explorer’s Lounge. Brent Hardesty. Fletcher’s. Drag the River, Tim Barry (Avail), Clint Maul, the Mishaps. Good Love Bar. Pure. Gordon’s Lounge. LAVISH with Claudette Monet and Sam Prather and Co. with guest DJ. Grand Central. DJ Nick Sid. Howl at the Moon. Piano show. Huckas. Ladies night with DJ Benny Stixx. James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant. Kirt. Judge’s Bench Pub. Zach. Leadbetters Tavern. Drinkin’ With a Lincoln. Looney’s Pub North. West Skyy, Faded Image. Mick O’Shea’s. Whale Show. (New) Turntable Club. Chip Fu of the Fuschnickens, the Dubber, DJ Eskimo. 9:30 Club. The Sketches, the Dreamscapes Project, Honeychuck. Nottingham’s. Vs the Earth. The Ottobar. Northern State, American Princes, Odd Girl Out. Rams Head Tavern. The Cowsills. The Red House Tavern. VOX.

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The Barn. Starcrush. Bedrock. SOWEBO Music Festival pre-party. Birchmere. Alex Bugnon. Black Cat. KRS-One, Kokayi, Bliss Dance Party with DJ Will Eastman. The Black Hole. Illahpalooza featuring DJ Forums. Brass Monkey Saloon. The Spookz, McTwist. Cat’s Eye Pub. Brother Bill and Friends, the Remnants. Celebrities Lounge. Spice. The Claddagh Pub. DJ John Anthony. Club One. Boombox with DJ RobCee. Club Orpheus. Rapture with host K and DJs Xy, Threshold, and VJ Umbris. Coco’s Butter Cafe. Live jazz. Eden’s Lounge. Chic Saturdays. The 8x10. Niki Barr Band CD release, the Cheaters, Vespertine Movement. Explorer’s Lounge. Brent Hardesty and David Smith. Fletcher’s. No Compromise, Son of Avery, Corrin Campbell. Frisco Grill and Cantina. ORNAmuseMENT. Grand Central. Elektroshock with DJs Neska, Warring, and Retrofit. Harvest Table. Woody Lissauer. Hippo. DJ Kuhmeleon. Howl at the Moon. Piano show. James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant. James Gallagher and Off the Boat. Jaxx. Permanent Ascent, Shrine of the Silver Monkey, Eden Burns, Reticle, Divine Chaos, Johnny 3 Legs, Rebel Inc, Switch 56, Lastman. Judge’s Bench Pub. Ken Fischer. Looney’s Pub North. Versus the Earth. Metro Gallery. Thee Lexington Arrows, Press Black, the Cheapshots, the Nervous Habits. Mick O’Shea’s. Man Down. Mirage Cafe and Grill. DJ_ioglyphics presents Narghile Nights. Mosaic Lounge. DJ Lovegrove, Adam Auburn. (New) Turntable Club. Copywrite, Derelikts, Dank Charnley, Digga S. DJ Minus -9. 9:30 Club. \“Something Strange\”, Martin Royle. The Ottobar. The Beatnuts, Yak Ballz, Cubbie Bear Snapz, For the People Ent. Rams Head Live. Infraction, Block Funksion, Voodoo Pharmacology, All Four Nothing, Red Ink. C I T Y

Dierks Bentley. Country music star Dierks Bentley performs benefit concert. 7 P.M., Calvert Marine Museum, State Route 2, Solomons, (410) 326-2042, www.calvertmarinemuseum.com, $40-$50. Woody Lissauer. All original acoustic evening. 8 P.M., Read Street Books and Coffee, 229 W. Read St., (410) 467-9663, free. The Mobtown Hipcats. 3-5 P.M., Village of Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Road, (410) 323-1000, free. Red Room Concert. With Adam Caine on guitar, Nick Lyons on sax, and Jenny Graf Bibulah on electronics. 8:30 P.M., Red Room, Normals Books and Records, 425 E. 31st St., (410) 243-6888, www.redroom.org, $6. 7th Annual Bluegrass in the Park Music Festival. The Brandywine Lions Club will holds its annual music festival, bull roast, and classic car display. 1-8 P.M., Brandywine Lions Park, Route 301 and Cherrytree Crossing Road, Cheltenham, (301) 292-3238, $20, $15 advance. Carl Stevens. Vocalist Carl Stevens performing classics by Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Eva Cassidy and more. 8-10 P.M., Gallery Imperato, 921 E. Fort Ave., Suite 120, (443) 257-4166, www.galleryimperato.com. Two Loons for Tea. Pop from Seattle. 8 P.M., BaltimoreChop.com, 625 Washington Blvd., (410) 752-4487, www.baltimorechop.com, free.

SUNDAY 25 CLUBS

The Barn. The Wes McDonough Band. Birchmere. David Grisman Bluegrass Experience. Black Cat. Prince vs. the World Dance Party with Live Visuals by Optical Grooves. The Black Hole. DJ Leko Presents. Cat’s Eye Pub. Steve Kraemer, the Bluesicians, Timmy Fields, Paddy’s Mongrels. Club One. Sunday Steam with DJ Tanz. The Depot. DJ Neska, DJ Jose, and DJ Matt. Eden’s Lounge. Flirt Sundays with DJs Kenny K and Rod Madd Flava. CONTINUED ON PAGE 122

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The Barn. Karaoke with the Godfather. Black Cat. Red Room, Food for Thought. Cat’s Eye Pub. Phil Cunneff Jazz Trio. The Claddagh Pub. Ed Lauer, Frank Florence. The Depot. Maximum Soul Mondaze with Selector Pablo Fiasco. The 8x10. Open mic. Fletcher’s. Matt Davis’ Noise in the Basement. Grand Central. Karaoke with Gregory Latin. Horse You Came In On. Rockin’ Karaoke. Judge’s Bench Pub. Snorkelkat. Looney’s Pub North. Dennis Shockett. Sidebar. Kids Like Us, Lion of Jonah, Mongoloids, Bad Habit, Jerk City. Sista’s Place. Mega Mondays with DJ Spontaneous. Talking Head. Taxlo, Say Wut, XXXChange, DJ Cullen Stalin, DJ Simon Pheonix. Waterfront Hotel. Bonnie Boswell.

CONCERTS

Peabody Jazz Quartet. Playing their originals as well as jazz standards. 7:30 P.M., An die Musik, 409 N. Charles St., (410) 385-2638, www.andiemusik.com, $8, students $5.

TUESDAY 27 CLUBS

The Barn. DJ Grode. Black Cat. The Bellrays, Architects. The Black Hole. Revenge of the Riff with Christoff from 98 Rock, Remember the City, Over the Counter, Heschent, This Message. Cat’s Eye Pub. Rob Hughes and the Heaters. The Claddagh Pub. Will Hill. Club 347. Jazz Jam Session with Jessie Powers, Dawoud Said, Johnnie Johnson. Eden’s Lounge. Organic Soul open mic and spoken word with Fertile Ground and Olu Butterfly. The 8x10. The Dice, Butterfly Chuck, the Atomic Brides.

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Be More Jazz Performance Series. Be More Jazz intends to honor its rich and historic past, celebrate its presence, and ensure the future of jazz music and culture. 6-9 P.M., Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum, 1417 Thames St., (202) 3963520, www.douglassmyers.org, www.bmorejazz.com, $7, students and seniors $5.

THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA AND TRA-LA-LA BAND

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MONDAY 26

CONCERTS

CRITIC’S CHOICE: CLUBS

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The 8x10. Basshound, Woo-Yellow Dubmarine. Floristree. Kemialliset Ystavat, Axolotl, the Skaters. Grand Central. Rize and Wet Undies Contest with DJ Delroy. Harvest Table. Woody Lissauer. Horse You Came In On. Rob Fahey. Joe Squared Pizza and Bar. Jazz with Gentleman George. Judge’s Bench Pub. John Fahres. Looney’s Pub North. Starcrush. Metro Gallery. Karmella’s game, Second Saturday, Your Black Star. Mosaic Lounge. DJ Kristen. New Haven Lounge. DJ. Nottingham’s. The Rockets. The Ottobar. Future Islands, Teenage Soul, DJs. Rams Head Tavern. Alex Bugnon. Recher Theatre. Eric Hutchinson, Marié Digby. Red Maple. Professional Soul. Rock And Roll Hotel. Seawolf, the Jealous Girlfriends, Don’t Be Glib. Shorty’s. Delivery. Sonar. Maryland Deathfest VI Day Three featuring Nuclear Assault, Blood Duster, Macabre, Impaled, Dead, Disavowed, Gadget, Decomposition, Sublime, Cadaveric, Hellnation, Bruesome, Stuff Relish, Engorged, Japanische Kampforspiele, Keitzer, Infected Malignity, Cop. 13th Floor at the Belvedere. Basshounds. Waterfront Hotel. The Radio Dials. Waterman’s Crab House. Big Cam and the Lifters. Ze Mean Bean Cafe and Wine Bar. Alex McNamee.

Tyson’s Tavern. Dave Huber, Ed Lauer and DGL Dave Miller.

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Let’s get it out of the way: SMZ (pictured) is the closest descendant of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, featuring genius/pretentious prickwad Efrim Menuck. So, for many of us believers in the imminent end of the world and pretty, gloomy music made with a lot of instruments, voices, noise, and indie-bent chamber music, this show is a given. SMZ never really touched, or even grazed, the greatness of its predecessor, but the descendant has something all its own built on Menuck—who may have the worst/most broken singing voice you will ever hear, but that’s 100 percent the point—leading a ragtag (in sound) troupe of rock and classical musicians and a choir through marches and epic instrumentals that espouse the we’re-all-inthis-together ideal with a marvelous grace. “When the world is sick, can’t no one be well?/ But I dreamt we was all beautiful and strong”—simple, yes, but it lingers. 9 P.M., Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW, Washington, (202) 667-7960, www.blackcatdc.com, $14. (Michael Byrne)

Explorer’s Lounge. Dick Smith. Grand Central. Karaoke with Gregory Latin. Horse You Came In On. Open mic. Judge’s Bench Pub. Jazz Jam with Bill Freed. Looney’s Pub North. DJ Will. New Haven Lounge. Spoken Word and Live Music. 9:30 Club. The Raconteurs, the Black Lips. Rams Head Live. She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, the Virgins, Switches. Rams Head Tavern. Kentucky Headhunters. Red Maple. Live Flamenco with guitarist Ricardo Marlow. Shorty’s. Jukebox Jezebel / BOH. Sidebar. Dropsonic, Moscow Telephone, the Have Mercys. 13th Floor at the Belvedere. Storm. Tyson’s Tavern. Uncle Dave Huber. Waterfront Hotel. Jettison.

CONCERTS

The Starlings. Folk/rock/Americana from Seattle. 8 P . M ., BaltimoreChop.com, 625 Washington Blvd., (410) 752-4487, www.baltimorechop.com, free.

WEDNESDAY 28 CLUBS

Baltimore’s Tremonts. Jazz night. The Barn. Trivia MD. Black Cat. Clinic, BBQ, Joe Lally, Glorytellers. C I T Y

Cat’s Eye Pub. Dogs Among the Bushes. Club 347. Blues Jam Session: Jake Jacobs, Current Situation. Club One. Salsa Uno with guest DJs. The Depot. Cabal featuring Medic. The 8x10. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk. Explorer’s Lounge. Dick Smith. Fletcher’s. Earl Greyhound and the Parlor Mob. Grand Central. ‘80s Dance Club Classics with DJ Delroy. Horse You Came In On. Hump night. Howl at the Moon. Piano show. Judge’s Bench Pub. Aaron Shadis. Looney’s Pub North. DJ Will. Mosaic Lounge. DJ Knowledge, Teddy Douglas. 9:30 Club. The Raconteurs, the Black Lips. The Ottobar. Muscle Twin, T-Shirt! T-Shirt!, History (my ex-hotel year), Albatross, Magick Bullet Theory. Rams Head Tavern. Ryan Bingham, Dead Horses. Red Maple. Oasis. Rock And Roll Hotel. Eyedea and Abilities, Educated Consumers, Math Panda. Rush Hour Sports Bar and Grill. Ladies Night with DJ Spontaneous. Shorty’s. Breakout with Just Josh and Identity. Sidebar. Bellman Parker, Red Vines, Ryan Little of Tereu Tereu, Among Wolves. Talking Head. Ponytail, the Carrots, Lizz King, the Methamphetamines. 13th Floor at the Belvedere.FireFly Entertainment. P A P E R

Portrait of Peace. Four members of the BSO perform a mixed media recital. 8 P.M., UB Student Center’s Performing Arts Theater, University of Baltimore, Maryland and Mount Royal avenues, $15, seniors $10, students $5.

THURSDAY 22 Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano. Program includes Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Concerto in F,” along with Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin.” 8 P.M., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston streets, (410) 783-8000, www.baltimoresymphony.org, $25-$57.

FRIDAY 23 Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano. Program includes Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Concerto in F,” along with Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin.” 8 P.M., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston streets, (410) 7838000, www.baltimoresymphony.org, $25$57.

SATURDAY 24 All Gershwin.Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano. Program includes Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Concerto in F.” Coffee and pastries will on sale at 10 A.M. pre-show. 11 A.M., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston streets, (410) 783-8000, www.baltimoresymphony.org, $15-$57. Monument Piano Trio. BSO Assistant Concertmaster Igor Yuzefovich, pianist and composer Michael Sheppard, and BSO Assistant Principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski performing Dvorak f minor, Bloch Nocturnes, and work by Schoenberg. 8 P.M., An die Musik, 409 N. Charles St., (410) 385-2638, www.andiemusik.com, $16, students and seniors $13.

SUNDAY 25 Tai Murray. Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra’s Concert Season Finale with Tai Murray. With 3 P.M. pre-concert discussion. 4 P.M., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston streets, (410) 783-8000, www.baltimoresymphony.org, $44, students $22.50.

TUESDAY 27 Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. 8 P.M., 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St., (410) 481-7328, www.baltimorearena.com, $52-$77.

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I.M.P. PRESENTS AT Merriweather Post Pavilion • Columbia, MD THIS TUESDAY!

DURAN DURAN w/ YOUR VEGAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHERYL CROW w/ RAY LAMONTAGNE & INGRID MICHAELSON .

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feat. Boney James • Brian McKnight • Chris Botti • Roberta Flack • Joe Sample and Randy Crawford and more! With special guest host Patti Austin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRI. JUNE 6 - SUN. JUNE 8 For a full lineup for each day go to www.capitaljazz.com

Augustana w/ Wild Sweet Orange & David Ford The Sketches & The Dreamscapes Project

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The Urban Verbs w/ Martin Royle Filter w/ Ours & Opiate for the Masses

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w/ LAUREN HARRIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNE 18 In association with

The OuternationalMusic Tour

THIEVERY CORPORATION (live) with Seu Jorge

She Wants Revenge w/ Be Your Own Pet • The Virgins • Switches ............................................................................F 30 BLISSPOP PRESENTS

w/ DWELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNE 29

JUNE

Bell X1 w/ Brooke Waggoner U.S. Air Guitar Championships SOJA w/ Rebelution

DROPKICK MURPHYS & THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES . JULY 9

JOHN MAYER w/ BRETT DENNEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 13

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Vans Warped Tour feat. ANGELS AND AIRWAVES, COBRA STARSHIP, GYM CLASS HEROES and more! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 16 Visit www.warpedtour.com for full lineup. In association with

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THE BREEDERS w/ Montana Boys

STEVE MILLER BAND w/ JOE COCKER . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 17

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Swervedriver w/ Longwave & Terra Diablo

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Jakob Dylan

w/ TV ON THE RADIO • LADYTRON • TURNTABLES ON THE HUDSON • FEDERICO AUBELE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SATURDAY, JUNE 28

RAHEEM DeVAUGHN & CHRISETTE MICHELE

w/ Will Eastman & Nouveau Riche DJs

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Nas • Mos Def and more! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULY 27 Go to www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells for full lineup

RETURN TO FOREVER

(Chick Corea • Stanley Clarke • Lenny White • Al DiMeola) . . . . . . . . . . . . AUGUST 4

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Sa 14 WWW.MERRIWEATHERMUSIC.COM

BOB MOULD & RICHARD MOREL 21+ to enter. ......................................................................Sa 14

Jose Gonzalez w/ Twi the Humble Feather Su 15 ABBA The Music 2008, The Official ABBA Celebration W 18 & Th 19 Fish Su 22 Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine ....................................................................

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To benefit the Human Rights Campaign

Verizon Center • Washington, D.C.

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Pimlico Race Course • Baltimore, MD

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Cute Is What We Aim For w/ Ace Enders • Danger Radio • Powerspace ................................................................................Tu 1

Kidz Bop Seun Kuti + Egypt 80 RZA as Bobby Digital feat. Stone Mecca

D.A.R. Constitution Hall • Washington, D.C.

DREAM THEATER OPETH • BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME • THREE . . . . MAY 26

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Butthole Surfers Pat Green

w/ THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SATURDAY, JULY 26

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AUGUST 9 & 10

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Death Cab for Cutie w/ ROGUE WAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JUNE 9 R.E.M. w/ MODEST MOUSE & THE NATIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JUNE 11 Robert Plant AND Alison Krauss

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Belly Dancing. Held by the Meridian Dance Company. 7:30-8:30 P.M., Homewood Friends Meeting House, 3107 N. Charles St., (410) 627-9357, $10. Tango Fundamentals. Six-week series of fundamental lessons in Argentine Tango. No experience or partner needed. Instructor Mark Longerbeam. 7-8 P.M. and advanced 8-9 P.M., Kiss Cafe, Can Company, (410) 5634200, www.theotherkiss.com, $10-$12 per class, $50-$60 per person for series.

THURSDAY 22 Belly Dance Technique and Musicality with Shems. 8:15-9:15 P.M., Maryland Athletic Club, Harbor East, 655 President St., (202) 320-8749, www.shemsdance.com, 6-week session $75, MAC members $60, drop-in $20, MAC members $15. Dance Dance Party Party. Freeform women’s dance experiment with no instructors, no fitness goals, and nothing to prove, plus no boys, no booze, and no judgment. 6:30 P.M., Aura Movement, 1715 Aliceanna St., (512) 797-7335, www.AuraMovement.com, www.dancedancepartyparty.com. Nia Movement/Dance classes. Nia combines dance with martial arts and yoga into a fun and dynamic workout that will you energized and wanting more. Bring a friend and get 1/2 off. 8-9 P . M ., Homewood Friends Meeting House, 3107 N. Charles St., (443) 845-6224, $13 drop-in.

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Dance Lessons. Waltz, rumba and tango lessons for beginners and advanced dancers. 7:50 P.M., Johns Hopkins University, Homewood campus, (410) 599-3725, www.jhu.edu. El Otro Beso Milonga. El Otro Beso Milonga tango to traditional and alternative music provided by DJ Mark Longerbeam. Every Friday except for last Friday of every month. 9:30 P.M.-1 A.M., Kiss Cafe, Can Company, (410) 977-0254, www.theotherkiss.com, $12, if from DC Beltway or further $10. Krump Sessionz. Open dance party for hip-hop, street, krump, and club dancers. Come network, learn, and have fun. 7-9 P.M., Studio 1528, 1528 W. Baltimore St., (410) 5663570, free. Memorial Weekend USO 30s and 40s DressUp Dance. Beginning swing/jitterbug workshop followed by The Shades of Blue Big Band. 8 P.M., Friday Night Swing Dance Club, 8520 Drumwood Road, (410) 583-7337, users.erols.com/hepcat/.

Belly Dancing. The class focuses on getting people to feel comfortable no matter the body type. 6:15-7:15 P.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com. Charm City Swing Dancing. Beginner dropin lessons 8 P.M. with open dancing until 11 P . M . Austin Grill, 2400 Boston St., (410) 534-0606, www.charmcityswing.com, lesson $10, dance $5. Nia Movement/Dance classes. Nia combines dance with martial arts and yoga into a fun and dynamic workout that will you energized and wanting more. Bring a friend and get 1/2 off. 8-9 P . M ., Homewood Friends Meeting House, 3107 N. Charles St., (443) 845-6224, $13 drop-in.

TUESDAY 27 Charm City Swing Dancing. Eight-week series, beginner 7:30 and beginner/intermediate 8:30, and intermediate/advanced 9:30 P.M. Austin Grill, 2400 Boston St., (410) 534-0606, www.charmcityswing.com. Live Flamenco at Red Maple. Special night with world renowned singer Jesus Montoya and DC’s own flamenco dancer Edwin Aparicio. 8:30-10 pm, Red Maple, 930 N. Charles St., (410) 547-0149, www.930redmaple.com.

WEDNESDAY 28 Belly Dancing. Held by the Meridian Dance Company. 7:30-8:30 P.M., Homewood Friends Meeting House, 3107 N. Charles St., (410) 627-9357, $10. Tango Fundamentals. Six-week series of fundamental lessons in Argentine Tango. No experience or partner needed. Instructor Mark Longerbeam. 7-8 P.M. and advanced 8-9 P.M., Kiss Cafe, Can Company, (410) 5634200, www.theotherkiss.com, $10-$12 per class, $50-$60 per person for series.

DANCE CONCERTS

FRIDAY 23 Baltimore’s Premiere Belly Dancing Show. Reservations recommended. 9 P.M., Cazbar, 316 N. Charles St., (410) 528-1222, www.cazbarbaltimore.com.

SATURDAY 24 Baltimore’s Premiere Belly Dancing Show. Reservations recommended. 9 P.M., Cazbar, 316 N. Charles St., (410) 528-1222, www.cazbarbaltimore.com.

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The Goat, or Where is Sylvia? The Bay Theatre presents this Edward Albee story of inexplicable love with New York actors Tom Gregory and Bret Jaspers. Also showing 8 P.M. May 27 and June 5 and 12. Through June 14. 8 P.M. Fridays-Saturdays, 3 P.M. Sundays, Bay Theatre Company, West Garrett Building, Annapolis, (410) 268-1333, www.baytheatre.org, $25, seniors $20, students $17. The Immigrant. This story by Mark Harelik tells of a young jew fleeing Czarist Russia in 1909. This musical is directed by Bill Kamberger. Through June 8. 8 P.M. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 P.M. Sundays, Fells Point Corner Theatre, 251 S. Ann St., (410) 276-7837, www.fpct.org, $20, students and seniors $17. Mad Breed. A historical comedy about a teenaged John Wilkes Booth, an AfricanAmerican actress on the run, and a whole barnyard full of Shakespeare. Through June 1. 8 P.M. Fridays, 4 and 8 P.M. Saturdays, 5 P.M. Sundays, Joe’s Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Bladensburg, (301) 5269921, www.joesmovement.org, www.activecultures.org, $12. Oedipus. Performance Workshop Theatre presents the area premiere of a new version of Sophocles’ classic play by Ellen McLaughlin, an American playwright. Through June 1. 8 P.M. Fridays-Saturdays, 3 P.M. Sundays, Performance Workshop Theatre Company, 28 E. Ostend St., (410) 659-7830, www.performanceworkshopth….org, $15$20. These Shining Lives. Centerstage’s world premiere of award-winning playwright Melanie Marnich’s drama directed by David Schweizer, experienced Centerstage director. Through June 1. 8 P.M. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 8 P.M. Saturdays, 2 and 7:30 P.M.Sundays, Centerstage, 700 N. Calvert St., (410) 332-0033, www.centerstage.org, $10-$60.

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tion in the BMA’s Meditations on African Art series. Features around 60 objects, many on view for the first time, including textiles, adinkra dye stamps, carved ivories, painted shields, and figurative works that explore the role of pattern in culture and design. Through Aug. 17. Looking Through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960. A major exhibition of approximately 150 rarely shown vintage prints by some of the world’s best known 20th century photographers including Man Ray, Max Burchartz, Dorothea Lange, and Paul Strand. Through June 8. Bonnard and Vuillard. This two-gallery exhibit features works on paper and paintings by the two experimental artists from the turn of the century, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) and Edouard Vuillard (18681940). Through Aug. 10. Front Room: Notes on Monumentality. The latest installation in the BMA’s experimental project space reconsiders historic and contemporary conceptions of the monumental and monumentality through the presentation of photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, video, and sculpture. Through May 25 (closing lecture and reception 6-9 P.M. May 22 with guest curator Mark Alice Durant). 11 A.M.-5 P.M. Wednesdays-Fridays (11 A.M.-8 P.M. the first Thursday of each month), 11 A.M.-6 P.M. Saturdays-Sundays. Baltimore Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Highway, (410) 727-4808, www.thebmi.org. 100th Anniversary of Modern Road Building. The centennial celebration of Maryland’s road system displays a 72-foot mural of historic photos, as well as artifacts and video footage from the last century of in-state road-building. Through Dec. 31. Local Scenes on the Silver Screen: Featuring “The Wire”. Exhibit of original artifacts, objects, and behind-the-scenes footage of HBO’s The Wire. Through Dec. 30. 10 A.M.-4 P.M. TuesdaysSaturdays, 11 A.M.-4 P.M. Sundays. Baltimore Yoga Village, 3000 Chestnut Ave. #15, (410) 662-8626, www.baltimoreyogavillage.com. Rachel Steffan. Art exhibit featuring Rachel Steffan. Through June 11. By appointment. Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District, 7700 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, (301) 718-9651, www.bethesda.org. I Love a Parade. This exhibit features Annapolis artist Cindy Cole’s works in acrylic paint, cut/torn paper, pastels, oil crayons, and photographs. www.cindycole.com. Through June 30 (closing reception 6-9 P.M. June 13). C. Grimaldis Gallery, 523 N. Charles St., (410) 539-1080, www.cgrimaldisgallery.com. The Elusive Surrounding. Exhibition features the works of nine artists from across the U.S., displaying painting, photography and video to communicate images of displacement, space, and identity. Through May 31. 10 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Carroll Arts Center Theater, 91 W. Main St., Westminster, (410) 848-7272, www.carr.org/arts. Re-Stating the Arts: A Five Year Journey. The Carroll Arts Center is celebrating its 5th anniversary by presenting an exhibit that will focus on new work and the artistic journey of 24 Maryland artists. Through June 7. 10 A.M.-4 P.M. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10 A.M.-8 P.M.Thursdays, 10 A.M.-4 P.M.Fridays-Saturdays. Carroll Mansion, 800 E. Lombard St., (410) 605-2964, www.carrollmuseums.org. Memories. Artists Carol McGraw and Paula Franklin exhibit their works. Through May 29. Noon-4 P.M. Wednesdays-Sundays, and by appointment. Columbia Art Center, 6100 Foreland Garth, Columbia, (410) 730-0075, www.columbi-

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Big fat disclosure: Turn to page 4 of the paper and check out the names under “Contributing Photographers and Illustrators” on the City Paper masthead. Most of them are taking part in this weekend’s Freeeeeeelancer’s Art Show! (that’s seven “e”s), curated by City Paper art director Joe MacLeod, plus some other affiliated folks, too. Like, seriously, if you’ve ever been looking through the paper (or the web site) and thought, My, what a handsome photograph/illustration, that’s the type of artistry we’re talking about here. And it’s not just a show, it’s a party, with music and food and drink and prizes. Admission is free, just like the paper, but you can buy the stuff you like, if you want. In fact, why dontcha do that. We don’t pay that hot. (2640 is also open Sunday in case you wake up and just can’t stop thinking about that Jess Harvell original you passed on the night before.) 5-10 P . M . Saturday, noon-5 P . M . Sunday, 2640, 2640 St. Paul St., (443) 452-1550, www.citypaper.com, free. (Lee Gardner)

Oils and pastels by Sandra Dietzel, stoneware clay by Carbery Morrow, and photographic collage by Katherine Dilworth. Through May 31. 10 A.M.-5 P.M. Mondays, 10 A.M.-6 P.M. TuesdaysSaturdays. Gallery Four, 405 W. Franklin St., (410) 9628941. Archimage. Presents works by the graduating class of the Mount Royal School of Art, MICA. Through June 28. By appointment. Gallery Imperato, 921 E. Fort Ave., Suite 120, (443) 257-4166, www.galleryimperato.com. Orbs. Featuring new epoxy resin paintings by Eric Finzi. Through May 31. 11 A.M.-7 P.M. Tuesdays-Saturdays, and by appointment. George Peabody Library, 17 E. Mount Vernon Place, (410) 659-8179. Harmony to the Eyes: Charting Palladio’s Architecture from Rome to Baltimore. An interactive exhibition featuring copies of all of Palladio’s published works, mounted in celebration of the architect’s 500th birthday. Through June 15. 9 A.M.5 P.M. Mondays-Fridays, 9 A.M.-1 P.M. Saturdays. The Gordon Center for Performing Arts, 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave., Owings Mills, (410) 3567469, www.gordoncenter.com. Women’s Art Exhibit. Artworks by 27 women. Through June 25. Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press, Mill Center, 3000 Chestnut Ave., Suite 214, (410) 366-2001, www.goyagirl.com. Louisa Chase: Drawings and Paintings. Works by the artist. Through July 5 (reception 6-8 P.M. May 30). Christine Neill: Paintings from the Urban Forest Project. Works by the artist. Through July 5 (reception 6-8 P.M. May 30). 10 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-5 P.M. Saturdays, and by appointment. Grill Art Café, 1011 W. 36th St., (410) 366-2005. The Morton Street Group Figure Drawing and Painting. Works by Christy Bergland, Lois Borgenicht, Joe Giordano, Paul Moscatt, and Ira Peregoff. Through June 22. James L. Pierce Fine Art Framing and Gallery, 2360 W. Joppa Road, Lutherville, (410) 337-

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exhibition. Through June 26. 11 A.M.-5 P.M. Mondays-Tuesdays and Thursdays-Fridays, 11 A.M.-4 P.M. Saturdays. Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., (410) 547-9000, www.thewalters.org. Art of the Ancient Americas. Drawn from a private collection, these approximately 135 objects rank among the most beautiful pieces created by these cultures. Long-term exhibition. Palace of Wonders: The New Galleries of Renaissance and Baroque Art. A celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Palazzo Building. A reinstallation of over 1,500 objects- plus never before seen paintings from the 14th-18th centuries. Salviati and the Antique: Ancient Inspiration for Modern Glassmaking. This exhibition contains 14 glass objects: the ancient glasswork that served as the inspiration for Italy’s Salviati & Co.’s designs as well as their own 19th century creations. Through Nov. 2. Mapping the Cosmos. Scheduled to coincide with Maps: Finding Our Place in the World, this focus show will present images of the universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Through July 27. Maps on Purpose. Art on Purpose project in partnership with the Walters. Working with Baltimore community organizations, schools, and artists, Art on Purpose participants will use a selection of maps from the Walters to inspire mapping projects in Baltimore city neighborhoods. Through June 8. Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. This celebration of cartography showcases, among other artifacts, maps used in ancient Rome and Babylon and others made by Leonardo DaVinci and Lewis and Clark. Through June 8. 11 A.M.-5 P.M. Wednesdays-Sundays, until 8 P.M. on Fridays. Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick, (301) 228-2828, www.weinbergcenter.org. Entr’acte. Hollywood and Broadway meet mythology in paintings by Patricia Di Bella. Through June 29. Weinberg Park Heights Jewish Community Center, 5700 Park Heights Ave., (410) 5424900. Fine Art of Freedom Exhibit. The exhibit showcases 20 artists from Maryland and elsewhere who deal with and celebrate the concept of freedom. Through June 15. Wynn Bone Gallery, 161 Main St., Annapolis, (410) 280-8840, www.wynnbonegallery.com. Bijous: Small Works. Works by Paula Stark. Through June 4. 10 A.M.-6 P.M. daily.

WORDS WEDNESDAY 21 The Big Read: Bless, Me Ultima. A discussion of the book by Rudolfo Anaya. 5 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Washington Village branch, 856 Washington Blvd., (410) 396-1099, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/washvillage, free.

THURSDAY 22 The Big Read: Bless Me, Ultima. A discussion of the book by Rudolfo Anaya. 6 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Cherry Hill branch, 606 Cherry Hill Road, Suite 100, (410) 3961168, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/cherryhill, free. Jibber Jabber Open Mic. With a featured poet every show hosted by Ryan Mergen. All are welcome but there may be some adult content. For more information, visit myspace.com/JibberJabberOpenMic. 8:30 P.M., Java Grande, 9050 Baltimore Pike, Suite 109, Ellicott City, (410) 480-3865, www.javagrande-md.com, free. Rick Levy. The author gives an introductory talk and signs his book, Miraculous Health:

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FRIDAY 23 Balticon 42. The Maryland regional science fiction and fantasy convention with hundreds of authors, publishers, artists, scientists, musicians, and fans! Many areas of the convention go 24-hours. Through May 26. Hunt Valley Marriott Hotel, 245 Schawann Road, Hunt Valley, (410) 493-4979, www.balticon.org, $59 covers all four days.

Groove Phi Groove’s ‘Black and White Wednesdays’. A monthly happy hour event held every third Wednesday, all monies from admission will be contributed to the Chapter’s general scholarship fund to assist local college students with tuition, room and board expenses, and the purchase of textbooks. 6-9 P.M., Vulcan Blazers, 2811 Druid Park Drive, (410) 807-6474, $5. Spring Swing for the Cure. Rally for the Cure charity golf tournament in which the proceeds benefit Komen Maryland with silent auction items include a 1-hour private glass blowing class, 3-hour private flight instruction, and other really neat items. 8 A.M. shotgun start with lunch following play, Woodlands Golf Course, 2309 Ridge Road, (410) 887-1349, www.springswingforthecure.com, $125 per player.

Through May 31. RA Sushi Bar Restaurant, 1390 Lancaster St., (410) 522-3200, www.RAsushi.com.

TUESDAY 27 Health Care for the Homeless Night. Enjoy drinks specials every Tuesday for Health Care for the Homeless, a Baltimore non-profit who help facilitate health care for Baltimore’s homeless. 4-8 P.M., Bedrock, 401 W. Baltimore St., (410) 685-7665, www.bedrockbaltimore.com, free admission, donations accepted.

creativity into the lives of all Baltimore City Public School students with the organization, Arts Every Day. Keynote address given by Sir Ken Robinson, expert in the field of creativity and innovation in business and education. 9:30 A.M.-3:30 P.M., Centerstage, 700 N. Calvert St., (410) 230-0200, www.centerstage.org, free, registration required.

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Liberal Drinking Club. The Baltimore Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month to share some drinks and ideas. 7 P . M ., Club Charles, 1726 N. Charles St., (410) 727-8815.

SUNDAY 25 Nicky’s Week. RA Sushi Bar Restaurant will host its fourth annual fundraiser to benefit the internationally renowned St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. RA Sushi locations including RA Baltimore, will donate all proceeds from the sale of various food and beverage items to help treat and cure children with life-threatening illnesses.

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SATURDAY 24 Fiction and Poetry Reading. To celebrate the release of Philadelphia’s newest magazine, the First City Review, Minas Gallery will welcome Jen Michalski, Johannah Rodgers, and Chad Willenberg for a reading. 5 P . M ., Minas Gallery, 815 W. 36th St., (410) 732-4258.

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TUESDAY 27 Spirit of the Flame Spoken Word. Poetry readings, visual artists, open mic, and networking. 7-9 P.M., Milton’s Grill, 336 N. Charles St., (443) 220-0180, free admission, $20 table minimum.

WEDNESDAY 28 Write Here, Write Now Anthology Release Party. Launched in 2005 by CA Resident Artist Christine Stewart with CityLit’s Gregg Wilhelm and the Creative Alliance, Write Here Write Now is a writer’s training program that has published their first anthology and celebrates the release with readings. 7:30 P.M., Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, www.creativealliance.org, free.

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SPECIAL EVENTS (CONT.) Saturday Wine Samplings. Enjoy a sample flight from a selection of 8,000 wines. Different wines are featured every weekend, celebrating a theme or highlighting old or new-world varietals. Noon-6 P . M . Saturdays, Beltway Fine Wine, 8727 Loch Raven Blvd., Towson, (410) 668-8884, www.wineaccess.com/store/-beltwayfinewine, free. 7th Annual Federal Hill South Wine Tasting. Presented by the Federal Hill South Neighborhood in the AVAM Sculpture Barn and Wildflower Garden. 7-10 P.M. May 22, American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, (410) 244-1900, www.avam.org, $30 includes museum admission and a glass! Sherwood Gardens Tulip Dig. The Tulip Dig is an annual rite of spring for many who travel from near and far to harvest bulbs from Sherwood Gardens for their own; tulips may be dug from the display beds so they may be cleared for the summer. Gardeners should bring their own tools and bags or containers for transporting the tulip bulbs. Tulip bulbs are sold for the benefit of Sherwood Gardens future for $0.30 each. 7 A.M. May 24, Sherwood Gardens, Greenway Stratford Highfield Underwood Roads, (410) 516-7382, www.guilfordnews.com, donations appreciated. Sweet Thursdays. Sculptor Herman Williams hosts dessert and art showings at his studio. 4-9 P.M. Thursdays, Herman’s Sculpture Studio, 130 S. Highland Ave., (410) 732-1189, free.

TALKS PLUS SATURDAY 24 “Declaration: Introduction to Buddhism.” Two-month special teaching program taught by Professor Jigma Lodre Rinpoche; participants who attend all sessions will be presented with a certificate. 10 A . M .noon, Ja Ling Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Center, 1417-19 E. Layette St., (443) 6920972. Maps on Purpose: The Big Picture Coffee and Conversation. Meeting to discuss the Maps on Purpose project’s successes and shortcomings during workshops and the partnership between artists and community leaders. 10:30 A.M.-noon, School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light St., (410) 396-4641, www.school33.org, free.

4545 N. Charles St., (410) 516-0341, www.museums.jhu.edu/evergreen, $20, members $15.

BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 21 Business Plan Basics. Learn the resources needed to create a business plan in less than 30 minutes. 7:15 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, central library, 400 Cathedral St., (410) 3965430, www.prattlibrary.org/locations, free. 2nd Annual Maryland Women Spanning the Globe. Hear the success stories of high profile women in leadership positions; connect, learn, and grow with fellow fun, fearless females from Maryland; and expand your network and make valuable connections. 9 A.M.-2:30 P.M., World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt St., (410) 576-0022, $75, $50 advance.

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SATURDAY 24 The Original Fell’s Point Ghostwalk. Awardwinning haunted tour that departs from Max’s Darthouse. Visit www.baltimoreghosttours.com for more information. 7 P.M., Max’s Taphouse, 737 S. Broadway, (410) 522-7400, www.maxs.com, $15, children under 12 $10, $13 advance, children under 12 $8 advance. Treasures at the BMA. Get to know some of the highlights in the BMA’s collection in this 45-minute Docent-led tour. 11:30 A.M. and 2 P.M., Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, (443) 573-1700, www.artbma.org, free. Walk-in Tour: Medieval Europe and Ethiopia. 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M., Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., (410) 547-9000, www.thewalters.org, free.

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SUNDAY 25 Mold-making Demonstration. Life Cast will conduct a hands-on demonstration of the five basic mold/cast techniques. Make your own and take it home with you. Noon4 P.M., Utrecht, 229 W. Chase St., (410) 7277004, $5 pre-registration.

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Sunday Shorts. Discover the wonder of a single work of art or gallery in this half hour Docent-led tour. 2:30 P.M., Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, (443) 573-1700, www.artbma.org, free.

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Body & Soul Lecture Series. A Scientific and an Artistic Exploration for Evidence of Spirit with Liz Lerman and Georgia Dunston. Pretalk tour take place 6-7 P.M. Series continues through June 18 with some talks taking place at the American Visionary Art Museum. 7 P.M., Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., (410) 685-5225, www.mdsci.org, $10, students and seniors $5. “Fit for a King: the Furniture Design of Maison Jansen.” Lecture by author and curator of Evergreen James Archer Abbott. Book signing and catered reception follows. 6:30 P.M., Evergreen Museum and Library,

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Just For Teens: Anime Warriors. Discussion and screening. 3 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Cherry Hill branch, 606 Cherry Hill Road, Suite 100, (410) 396-1168, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/cherryhill, free. 6 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Hamilton branch, 5910 Harford Road, (410) 396-6088, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/hamilton, free. Teen Cinematheque. Film, discussion, and refreshments. 5 P.M., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Cherry Hill branch, 606 Cherry Hill Road, Suite 100, (410) 396-1168, www.prattlibrary.org/locations/cherryhill, free. C I T Y

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Free Translators: Video plus Live Performance. Through videos and performance, the Free Translators dole out alternate readings of contemporary culture. With filmmaker Mary Billyou and media artist Sabine Gruffat; local performance artist Theresa Columbus opens with a new ten-minute play. 8 P.M., Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, www.creativealliance.org, $10, members $8, students $6.

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Darren McDonnell and David James. Featuring Toby’s regulars David Bosley Reynolds, David James, Adam Brabau, and Jamie Ecker. Through June 8. 6 P.M., Toby’s Dinner Theatre, 5625 O’Donnell St., (410) 649-1660, www.tobysdinnertheatre.com, $31-$51.25. Yoga Playgroup for Families. All ages of children and babies welcome, ideal for children under 10 years old. 10:30-11:30 A.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com.

SUNDAY 25 Metaphysical Movie: Timewave 2013. Timewave 2013 is set in the Sacred Valley of Peru and speculates on humankind’s future. 7:15 P.M., breathe books, 810 W 36th St., (410) 235-7323, www.breathebooks.com, $12.

KIDS WEDNESDAY 21 Wonders of Water. Exhibit for kids and families will consist of four distinct components: the Stream Table and Water Cycle; On The Dock; the Fountain Garden; and

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SATURDAY 24 Drop-in Art Activities:. Fun projects having to do with Color Wheels and Deals. 11 A.M.-3 P.M., Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., (410) 547-9000, www.thewalters.org, free. Robots: The Interactive Exhibition. The exhibit is based on the 20th Century Fox animated feature film. Ongoing. 10 A.M.-5 P.M., Port Discovery, 35 Market Place, (410) 7278120, www.portdiscovery.org, $12. Saturday Morning Science. Cool science programs that are different every Saturday including programs that look at the body, ecology, weather, and alternate energy. Includes admission. 10:30 A.M., Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St., (410) 685-5225, www.mdsci.org, $20, members $10.

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FRIDAY 23 The Baltimore City 4-H Youth Expo. The event will showcase the talents, skills, and interests of youth between the ages of 5-18. 10 A.M.-6 P.M., War Memorial Building, 101 N. Gay St. Professor Edison’s Story Time. Every Friday morning Professor Edison shares books on math and science and reads favorite stories selected by the children themselves. 10:30 A.M., Barnes and Noble, 601 E. Pratt St., (410) 254-2786, www.bn.com, free.

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MONDAY 26 African Dance and Drum Circle. This class is a fun way to introduce African dance and drumming to your kids. For ages 4-10. 5-6 P.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com.

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HEALTH & FITNESS WEDNESDAY 21 Plus Size Yoga for Every Body. Every body can practice yoga with a few modifications. A class specifically for those who want to find out what yoga can do for them. Avalon Yoga Studio, 15 Mellor Ave., Catonsville, (410) 869-9771, www.avalonyogastudio.com. Tai Chi For Senior Citizens. Classes are held on Wednesdays. 10-11 A.M., Southwest Senior Center, 100 S. Calhoun St., (410) 566-1311, $1 per class if paid member.

THURSDAY 22 Gentle Yoga Classes. These class focuses on gentle yoga poses as well as teaching students deep relaxation techniques to help manage stress. 7:30-8:45 P.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com. Reiki and Intuitive Energy Work. This hands-on interactive lecture will serve as an introduction to Reiki and intuitive energy work. 7:30-9 P.M., evolvewell healing arts studio, 4800 Roland Ave., (410) 235-1120, www.evolve-wellstudio.com, free.

FRIDAY 23 Advanced Yoga Classes. Practice advanced yoga safely with educated/experienced yoga teachers. 9-11 A . M ., Quantum Yoga and Wellness, 6080 Falls Road, (410) 3774800, www.quantumyoga.com, $20 dropin.

SATURDAY 24 The Yoga of Writing. A writing class to stretch the imagination. The class is offered the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month. The Living Well, 2122 St. Paul St., (410) 764-7322.

Community Acupuncture. Acupuncture in a group setting by licensed acupuncturists. by appointment, Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (443) 831-7072, www.greatsoulwellness.com, sliding scale. Largely Positive. A support group to promote a healthy lifestyle and build self-esteem for adults of size. Meetings take place at 5710 Newbury St.Contact D. Kauffmann at (410) 982-9667 or healthateverysize@comcast.net. 7-8:30 P.M. Baltimore, free. Yoga in the William Paca Garden. Certified yoga instructor Lara Bontempo teaches the weekly, beginner level class. 9:30-10:30 A.M., William Paca House, 186 Prince George St., Annapolis, (410) 267-7619, $150, members $130, drop-in $20.

WEDNESDAY 28 Living Calmness the Way of Mind-Body Coordination with Irwin Hoenig. Features the “Oneness Rhythm Exercise”, Ki breathing, Ki meditation, and gentle rhythmic movements to allow living calmness. 7 P.M., breathe books, 810 W 36th St., (410) 235-7323, www.breathebooks.com, $15. Nia Movement/Dance classes. 7 P . M ., HarmoNia Center for Movement, 3004 Ailsa Ave., Suite F, (443) 845-6224, www.harmoniacenterformovement.com, first class free, $12 drop-in. Tai Chi For Senior Citizens. Classes are held on Wednesdays. 10-11 A.M., Southwest Senior Center, 100 S. Calhoun St., (410) 566-1311, $1 per class if paid member.

SPORTS & RECREATION FRIDAY 23 Senior Friendly Fridays. With activities like water aerobics, line dancing, performers, art lessons, and more. 11 A.M.-4 P.M., Patterson Park Recreation Center, 2601 E.Baltimore Street, (410) 396-9156, www.pattersonpark.com/Activities/recreationcenter.html.

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SUNDAY 25 Community Yoga. Yoga at a discounted price. 7:00-8:30 P.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com, $7. Yoga Nidra. Deeply meditative yoga. Bring your own mat. 5-6 P . M ., breathe books, 810 W 36th St., (410) 235-7323, www.breathebooks.com, donation.

Let’s Play Ball: 30 and Over Co-ed Softball. Teams now forming; volunteer coaches and team coordinators desperately needed. For info, call or contact softball@becoalition.org for more info. 9:30-11:30 A.M., Belair-Edison New Life Family Asset Center, 4400 Parkside Drive, (410) 485-2776, www.becoalition.org.

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MONDAY 26 Gentle Yoga Classes. These class focuses on gentle yoga poses as well as teaching students deep relaxation techniques to help manage stress. 7:30-8:45 P.M., Great Soul Wellness Studio, 4711 Harford Road, (410) 254-2786, www.greatsoulwellness.com. Kung Fu and Qi Gong classes. Baguazhang and Tai Chi classes available. Catonsville Presbyterian Church, 1400 Frederick Road, Catonsville, (410) 325-7284, www.pakuachang.com.

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Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees. Inter-league MLB ball between Baltimore and NY. 1:35 P . M ., Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 333 W. Camden St., (410) 685-9800, call for ticket availability and prices.

TUESDAY 27 Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees. Inter-league MLB ball between Baltimore and NY. 7:05 P.M., Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 333 W. Camden St., (410) 685-9800, call for ticket availability and prices.

WEDNESDAY 28 Advanced Yoga Classes. Practice advanced yoga safely with educated/experienced yoga teachers. 9-11 A . M ., Quantum Yoga and Wellness, 6080 Falls Road, (410) 3774800, www.quantumyoga.com, $20 dropin.

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FILM CLIPS BABY MAMA How to cook a romantic comedy: Follow along as your chef, writer/director Michael McCullers, bakes Baby Mama. First, take as many name-brand comedians as possible—in this case Tina Fey, Steve Martin, and Greg Kinnear—and flatten them until dry and stale. Then, embroil them in a minimal plot and give at least one character an ugly secret that would upset the others: Angie (Amy Poehler) has volunteered as a surrogate mother to carry the wealthy but infertile Kate’s (Fey) baby, but Angie hasn’t told Kate that her implanted eggs didn’t take. Toss in a love interest (Kinnear) for good measure, and maybe even a secret for Kate to keep from him, too. Add to this cloying story some flaky humor—bad dancing, crotch shots, and off-key karaoke. Sprinkle in a few marginal but racially diverse characters for presentation (the amusing Romany Malco as Kate’s butler), and make sure that your characters wait for a late, dramatic scene to reveal their secrets to each other. After no more than 100 minutes (an audience can only stomach so much sugar), remove from screen, and voilà! A pretty but tasteless romantic comedy, good for little but earning the studio money. (GBD)

CHOP SHOP CHOP SHOP Manhattan’s skyline, familiar from so many films, is but a glittering, almost miragelike background to one shot in Chop Shop. The director/cowriter Ramin Bahrani brings vivid life to here is workaday Willets Point, Queens, in particular a strip of grimy body shops and tire stores where 12-yearold Ale (Alejandro Polanco) spends his days and nights, sleeping in the garage where he works and hustling up extra money selling candy and bootleg DVDs whenever he can. He’s thrilled when his older sister Isamar (Isamar Gonzales) moves into his plywood-walled room, but her presence ultimately gives him more to worry about as he scrapes to save enough for their own American dream: a brokendown catering truck. By some miracle, Bahrani and his amateur cast never put a foot wrong, embodying Ale and Isamar as the kids they are—grown up too soon but not hardened—and keeping the challenges they face realistic but heartbreakingly difficult just the same. Unexpected, unpredictable, nearly perfect. (LG) At the Charles Theatre. COLLEGE ROAD TRIP Poor Raven-Symoné. After growing up on air as a Cosby kid and having to deal with loud sweaters, she now faces another wacky father figure with an equally loud mouth. Thankfully her career is young, so there’s hope left, which is not the case for Martin Lawrence, who might be wondering where his went. Symoné plays Melanie in Disney’s latest family flick about a college-bound girl dying for a little freedom from her overzealous and overprotective father (Lawrence). The quirky, pepped-up teen finds herself on the road with her pops to scope out prospective colleges. and, as expected, he plans diversions to sway her to a school closer to home, he screws up along the way, and goofy antics ensue. The plot is family friendly, but one you’ve seen before, and mediocre at best. What saves the movie is the adorable Trey Porter (Eshaya Draper), a child prodigy destined to develop genet-

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ically engineered superpigs in order to defend the United States, a twist that sounds crazy but adds desperately needed comic touches—unless you find Donny Osmond finding new ways to be annoying remotely funny. (CB) At Beltway Movies 6. 88 MINUTES If only it only lasted that long. Al Pacino dons his Heat dark-on-dark suit and tie, gets his hair did like Patti LaBelle, and chews his way through this interminable thriller as Jack Gramm, a hardboiled forensic psychiatrist with a monster ego to match his media profile. Gramm’s testimony put away Jon Forster (Neal McDonough), set to be executed on the day when Gramm starts getting threatening phone calls saying he’s got but 88—surely you’ve seen the trailer. One of Gramm’s students turns up copycat-murdered, other students start to look suspect in Gramm’s eyes as they eye him suspiciously, and as a man in motorcycle leathers stalks him and his Porsche gets vandalized and the cellphone threats keep coming, almost every Seattle woman under the age of 45 near Gramm is both a potential victim and/or possible lover. Director Jon Avnet has pinched out brain-rotting genre fare before (see: Red Corner), but this time he at least remembered to dial up the preposterous, making it easy to guffaw along the way. Meanwhile, Pacino spends the entire movie looking like he’s the only man on Earth who knows shit from shinola. Shit it is. (BM) At Beltway Movies 6. THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Imagine that Star Wars were set in ancient China and hybridized with The Lord of the Rings and The Neverending Story, dumbed down to an archetypal fantasy adventure, and handed over to a terrible director. Then imagine, somehow, that director was given blockbuster funding and hired the best martial-arts stars, the best visual-effects staff, the best cinematographer, and the best technical team that money can buy. This should offer some idea of the idiotically written, visually gorgeous, campy fun romp that is The Forbidden Kingdom. A boy (it doesn’t matter what boy) is whisked off to a faraway land (it doesn’t matter what land), to be told he’ll fulfill a prophecy (wait . . . no, doesn’t matter either), meets beautiful women and wise teachers, learns to fight, and saves the world. It’s recycled fantasy fodder that might have been original 40 years ago, but there’s something nostalgic about the timelessness of such a simple tale, and the lush visuals and beautifully executed action sequences make it look new again. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that all those stunning acrobatics are performed by masters Jackie Chan and Jet Li, either. (GBD)

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL Forgetting Sarah Marshall springs from an inherently flawed premise. Namely, that Peter (Jason Segel)—someone so emotionally thin-skinned that he must impulsively fly to Hawaii for a week-long recuperation after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell)—is someone with whom you should empathize. Crying, weeping, and bawling his way through most of the first half of the movie, you expect that Segel (who also wrote the screenplay under the watchful eye of producer Judd Apatow) is attempting to gin up sympathy for his character, but all it does is make it more clear why his girlfriend broke up with him. Remember that Apatow and his boys are much more firmly planted on the “comedy” side of the romanC I T Y

tic-comedy formula, and, thankfully, what Sarah Marshall lacks in believability it more than makes up for in laughs—even if it’s on the crude side and isn’t subtle. Peter’s broken heart is endlessly wrung for comedy, but it’s the wry characters who surround him who provide the funniest moments—especially Russell Brand’s libertine rock star, who steals not only Sarah Marshall’s heart but also the movie. (JF) GIRLS ROCK! This is the sort of thing you just can’t dis on without going to cynic hell. Girls Rock! is a documentary covering a five-day session at Portland, Ore.’s Rock Camp for Girls, a summer camp of sorts where a boggling array of young women learn how to be “rock stars.” It’s as sweet as you can imagine, and then some, without being hokey. You wind up caring about these kids in a way that belies the documentary’s reality-television pretensions. Misty is a 17-year-old ex-drug addict/gang member/[insert parental nightmare here]; Amelia is an 8year-old obsessed with Sonic Youth who writes songs about her Chihuahua; 8-year-old Palace helps take care of her younger brother with Down syndrome and writes a pissed-off song about her mom’s business trips with a chorus that goes, “San Francisco sucks sometimes.” The camp counselors, including star power Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and the Gossip’s Beth Ditto, are just as awesome. At times Girls Rock! feels a bit like a commercial for the camp, the whiteness of everything is a little unnerving, and the feminist rehash is just that, but its heart is way too big to dwell on such shortcomings. (MB) At the Rotunda Cinematheque. HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY The Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle ending’s promise to follow Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) to Amsterdam gets tripped with a midair bong misunderstanding that lands them in Guantanamo Bay as terrorists. Escape they do, shortly after arriving and just before they eat their initiatory cock-meat sandwiches. With the help of illegal Cuban immigrants, they arrive in Miami and begin a road-trip adventure across the American South. Their goal is Texas, where Kumar’s ex-girlfriend is getting married to a politician with ties to Homeland Security—surely he can help them. Along the way, they strip off their pants for a “bottomless party,” smoke pot with surprisingly cultured inbred hillbillies, join in a Klan rally, and, of course, run into none other than Neil Patrick Harris, who is still tripping on ’shrooms and desperate for a little trim. Escape is a fun ride that exploits stereotypes to comment on America’s so-called melting pot, but it lacks the originality and big laughs of White Castle, relying on a crude joke instead of a smart one. Still, compared to most broad comedies, it’s a work of genius. (CH) HORTON HEARS A WHO! Yeah, and Jim Carrey (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Number 23) hears a great big ka-ching! in his second outing as a neighbor of Dr. Seuss’ Whoville, this time voicing the largeand-in-charge Horton, a genial, gentle elephant who finds himself defending a teensy-weensy li’l sound from a speck on a flower against a whole jungle’s worth of conformity. Lots of other famous voices—Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen—get a workout, and the straight Seussicalbook narration is handled by the worthy pipes of Charles Osgood, who’s on that show we never get up early enough to see on Sunday Morning. This one’s a solid bet for captivating kiddee entertainment, weighing in at just under 90 minutes and loaded (mostly) with lots of nonviolent violence, with the characters running, jumping, diving, flying, and crashing into things in the lush, colorful, and frighteningly detailed CGI jungle and Whoville. (JM) At Beltway Movies 6. IRON MAN For a comic-book movie, Iron Man is pretty good. If that sounds like a case of damning with faint praise, it’s not. The minefield of comic-book movies is littered with movies that either attempted seriousness unbecoming of them or failed to take P A P E R

themselves seriously enough. The ones that have succeeded—like Iron Man—deftly navigate that minefield by delivering marginally believable human protagonists who get to do some truly wicked shit. Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Tony Stark/Iron Man is the comic-book equivalent of the lovable libertine Johnny Depp delivered as Capt. Jack Sparrow, except, being a comic-book hero, Downey has to evidence something of a moral core. His transformation from playboy arms dealer into armor-clad superhero is quite believable; after all, if you were a weapons genius who got kidnapped by terrorists (who happen to be customers of your munitions firm) and could only escape by fashioning a badass, plate-metal getup to your body, you also might have second thoughts about your original profession. As his long-suffering assistant, Gwyneth Paltrow makes the best of a thankless role, as only she can redeem a line such as, “Come quick! Obadiah’s gone insane!”

IRON MAN As the aforementioned insane person, Jeff Bridges is an unconventional bad guy, but it’s unclear if that’s because it takes half the movie to reveal he’s a villain or if it’s because he’s Lebowski as evil puppet master. With astonishing effects and enough gadget porn to keep fanboys in fantasyland until the inevitably disappointing sequel, Iron Man turns out to be pretty good. For a comic-book movie. (JF) LOVE SONGS Writer/director Christophe Honoré makes obvious and in some ways contrived allusions to his French director forefathers—most specifically Jacques Demy, Jean-Luc Godard, and François Truffaut—throughout Love Songs, his fifth feature, but such cheeky awareness remarkably doesn’t wear thin. Ismaël (Louis Garrel) and his girlfriend, Julie (Ludivine Sagnier), have already brought Alice (Clotilde Hesme) into their relationship at the movie’s start, and the ménage is already fraying every seam of the relationship. So Ismaël surprises Julie at a movie, and when she’s still a little mad at him, he bursts into a randy pop song about how much he loves and hates her. It’s an artificially flamboyant moment that Honoré treats matter-of-factly, and such interesting choices run throughout Love Songs, a very Godard-like love essay that straddles Truffaut’s romanticism and Demy’s bittersweet fatalism. It’s a precarious balance that Honoré maintains by not taking a sweet course, as what starts out as a romance soon turns into a tragedy, and the movie morphs into looking at how people try—or avoid or fail—to deal with death. An uneven but inspired movie. (BM) At the Charles Theatre.

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MADE OF HONOR MADE OF HONOR In the same vein as My Best Friend’s Wedding but with a sex-role twist, Made of Honor tells the story of Tom (Patrick Dempsey) and Hannah (Michelle Monaghan), who have been best friends since the night in college when Tom crawled into bed with Hannah, mistaking her for his current one-night stand. Ten years later, Tom finally realizes he wants to get serious with Hannah when she goes away to Scotland on business and he has to spend six weeks without her. But Hannah meets a man overseas, and instead of having a romantic dinner upon her return, Tom realizes he’s being asked to be her maid of honor in her upcoming wedding. The comedic elements in this romantic comedy work a lot better than the dramatic parts, and Dempsey and his basketball-playing guy pals have a couple of hilarious lines. The physical comedy is not as successful, and a scene in a restaurant with not one but two embarrassing food-flying-through-the-air slapstick moments is eye-rollingly cheap humor. Monaghan is responsible for the more honest emotional parts with her sweet face and the down-to-earth, almost naive nature of her character. And the leading couple works wonderfully together, making Made of Honor funny enough for men to sit through and cheesy enough for girly girls everywhere to applaud. (LS)

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic sleight of hand runs afoul of its first rough patch in My Blueberry Nights, his ninth feature and first in English. Elizabeth (Norah Jones) is a woman searching for her boyfriend; the English Jeremy (Jude Law) is a New York café owner who unknowingly reveals that boyfriend’s cheating. Over the next night and day Liz stops by the café to talk with Jeremy before finally leaving the city in search of herself. Her journey takes her first to Memphis—where her sleepless nights find her working in a diner by day and a bar after dark, where she meets a melodramatically separated couple: a police officer (David Strathairn) still pining for his wife (Rachel Weisz)—and on to Nevada and Las Vegas, where a professional gambler (Natalie Portman) teaches her a thing or two about truth by being a pathological liar. Throughout, Liz sends postcards back to Jeremy, and he tries, in vain, to track her down. Something is amiss, though, through all the romantic longing, reflective voiceovers, and casually inserted flashbacks: Blueberry doesn’t accrue the sort of emotional momentum Wong’s movies usually snowball into, and it’s difficult to pinpoint why. Blame the beautiful but superficial cast. (BM) At the Charles Theatre.

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MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD Calling My Brother Is an Only Child a baby-boomer nostalgia trip may not entirely be accurate. Its depiction of 1960s radical politics isn’t exactly flattering; nevertheless, it’s definitely enamored of that period’s Italian cinema. It kicks off in 1962, when Accio (played as a 13-year-old by Vittorio Emanuele Propizio and an adult by Elio Germano) struggles through Catholic school, burdened by his sexual urges. His elder brother Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) becomes a factory worker and then gets involved in the local communist party. Accio falls in love with Manrico’s girlfriend, Francesca (Diane Fleri). He eventually abandons right-wing politics, but Manrico’s views— and his willingness to act on them—become increasingly extreme. Where 1970s Italian cinema

MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD tended to interpret fascism as a product of repressed homosexuality, Only Child blames it on sibling rivalry. Rather than really digging into ’60s Italian politics and the reasons why leftists ultimately resorted to violence, Only Child views it all with a fashionable cynicism. For director Daniele Luchetti, politics is primarily a game of posturing, indulged to attract women or impress other men. By viewing one Italian family as a microcosm of the nation’s struggles, Only Child inadvertently trivializes its subject matter. (SE) At the Charles Theatre. NIM’S ISLAND Living out many a young people’s fantasy (and a few mommies out there, too), preteen Nim Rusoe (played with spark and emotion by Little Miss Sunshine’s Abigail Breslin) occupies a tropic island with her scientist father, Jack (the yummy Gerard Butler), and assorted domesticated beach/forest/sea animals such as lizards, pelicans, and seals, but no monkeys—nor anyone else, since her beloved mother died at sea. Connected to the rest of the world by the internet and delivered packages filled with necessities including the latest Alex Rover adventure books, the two are less The Ballad of Jack and Rose and more Robinson Crusoe with their tree house (decorated with Coach pillows?), beach playground, and Jack’s singleminded pursuit of a new something-zoa—which he sets off on a boat to secure a sample of when he’s caught in a storm. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, the agoraphobic author of the Rover books, Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster, using more physicality than she’s displayed in years), e-mails Jack for research help, which sends the independent Nim on more

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• • • NEW THIS WEEK • • • INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Twenty-seven years after Steven Spielberg and George Lucas introduced the old-fashioned adventure hero Indiana Jones to American cineplexes, they and co-stars Harrison Ford, and Karen Allen return for the franchise’s fourth installment. Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, and Ray Winstone co-star. Not reviewed as of press time. Opens May 22 PSYCHO In 1960, as various films from young European auteurs (see: L’Avventura, Breathless, Black Sunday, Shoot the Piano Player, La Dolce Vita) gained critical traction and other foreign directors were making respectable adult fare

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WEAA.ORG INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, Fred Zinnemann’s The Sundowners, Jack Cardiff’s Sons and Lovers), a fussy 60-yearold expatriate Brit turned bankable Hollywood name took his television show’s crew and quickly, quietly, and inexpensively reinvented the horror movie. The formula is easy: Take a movie star (Janet Leigh) and cast her as a hard-working woman who steals money so that

adventures than the little spitfire can handle, including volcano diving, and pushes Alexandra out of her seclusion with help from Alex Rover himself (Butler), who comes to “life” and eggs her on to be a hero of her own life story. Nim’s Island is great fun, and like the very best books for preteens, it never allows the story to veer too far from the girl hero. (WW)

REDBELT REDBELT The last thing anybody expected from writer/director David Mamet was a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as the typical Van Damme character, here a veteran of the first Gulf War. Ejiofor’s Mike Terry runs a martial-arts gym in Los Angeles, where he teaches local law-enforcement types not to fight, but to prevail. Mike purposefully differentiating between “fight” and “prevail” is just as important a foible as when he prevents action-movie star Chet Frank (Tim Allen) from getting his ass kicked in a bar. And then Redbelt puts Mike on a famil-

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iarly Mamet road to face off against a mixed martial arts TV champ, and Mamet orchestrates it with his usual streamlined aplomb. Just as JeanPierre Melville and Jim Jarmusch absorbed Asian movies into their own indelible styles in 1967’s Le Samouraï and 1999’s Ghost Dog, respectively, so Mamet takes the kung-gu movie form and infuses it with his scheming men and women, such as Ricky Jay, David Paymer, Joe Mantegna, and Rebecca Pidgeon. So, yes: Consider Redbelt David Mamet’s Bloodsport. (BM) SON OF RAMBOW Movies about making movies have a high chance of being tedious even when the fictional filmmakers aren’t precocious English lads attempting to remake Sly Stallone’s carnagechoked ’80s classic First Blood, the movie that gave us John Rambo. So be forewarned: Son of Rambow is toothache-cute, Wes Anderson quirky, and Hollywood heartwarming, a sugary cocktail you already know is/isn’t your thing. Set the early ’80s of Culture Club and shabby-looking British suburbs, Rambow stars Bill Milner as Will Proudfoot, the son of a fanatically religious widowed moth-

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SPEED RACER er who permissively lets him attend a local boarding school against the wishes of their Mennoniteish church. There, he runs afoul of Lee Carter (Will Poulter), the school troublemaker/goat who drafts budding rebellious cartoonist Will to be his co-pilot for a Rambo redux he’s putting together for a BBC young filmmakers contest, a conceit that provides both honest laughs (dressing up a nursing home resident in a ladies wig as “Rambo”) and cloying flights of animated fancy, where Will’s drawings of flying dogs and killer scarecrows come to life. The Brit-bro bonding goes well until foppish French foreign-exchange student Didier (Jules Sitruk) insinuates himself both into the production and between the two pals. Despite a few affecting/unexpected asides—Didier’s quiet comeuppance in the final moments is a knife twisted into a character who spends the entire movie as a running gag on new-wave fashion—Son of Rambow is standard family-friendly indie film festival fod-

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SPEED RACER Starting with a simultaneous track race and flashback sequence, the writing/directing Wachowski Brothers open full throttle and only rarely ease up. In the flashback, young Speed (Nicholas Elia) watches his idolized older brother Rex (Scott Porter) die in a racing accident, and in the present, adult Speed (Emile Hirsch) wins his race, intentionally falling short of his brother’s speed record. Still, his win affords him some attention, notably from Royalton (Roger Allam), CEO of an enormous racing conglomerate that wants Speed to drive for its team. When Speed refuses, Royalton lets him in on a few ugly industry secrets, ending with a soonto-be-fulfilled prophecy. Speed Racer’s first act is jarring: the brilliant hues, the machine-gun editing, the temporal shifts, the relentless action—it’s

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THEN SHE FOUND ME THEN SHE FOUND ME Directing, co-writing, coproducing, and co-starring in Then She Found Me, Helen Hunt has evolved into more than just a leading lady who can go head to head with Jack Nicholson. And she’s a wonder to watch as April Epner, a preschool teacher freshly married to Ben (Matthew Broderick). April’s inability to conceive hurts her, and her mother’s advice to adopt stings because she doesn’t want to. The fact that April herself was adopted into the loving Jewish household where she grew up isn’t ironic as much as it is illuminating. What she desperately wants is a blood connection, made more difficult when her louse of a husband leaves her. That’s a wealth of background

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21 Blackjack, so they say, is the only casino game you can win without cheating—if you’ve got the kind of calculator brain that can tally a roster of when the choicest cards are most likely to appear. It’s the kind of task that sounds custom-made for an MIT grad, which works out for Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a brilliant senior who won’t go to med school unless he coughs up $300,000 in tuition. Luckily, everyone’s favorite professor, Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), drafts him for a secret afterschool club where students, like Ben’s pretty classmate Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), learn to count cards for the purpose of making money on weekend jaunts to Las Vegas. Based on the very slimmest margin of a true story about the real-life (and more Asian than depicted here) MIT Blackjack Team, 21 is less about the romance of numbers or the reality of the Vegas system—think A Beautiful Mind meets Casino—than it is a teen drama shoehorned into an extended bachelor party. The movie feels bankrolled by the Nevada Chamber of Commerce, equal parts come-on—Strippers! Shopping! Comped penthouse suites!—and loss prevention: If our facial-recognition software spots you counting cards, Laurence Fishburne will break your face. Spacey, Bosworth, and Fishburne do their same-old with dependable results, but Sturgess, who was very appealing in Across the Universe and The Other Boleyn Girl, here expresses all emotions, from worry to lust to exhilaration, by appearing seasick. (VG) At Beltway Movies 6.

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Guerrilla gardening is my favorite kind of prank: a benevolent one. The practitioners of this growing global movement are fertility agitators who sneak onto unused fields under cover of broad daylight, often in urban landscapes, and cultivate flowers, herbs, and food crops. I recommend that you experiment with a metaphorically similar project in the upcoming weeks. Without necessarily seeking permission or expecting appreciation, cultivate beauty and value in a place that’s neglected or going to waste.

During America’s first war on Iraq in 1991, I prophesied that one day there’d be a Disneyland in Baghdad. It was a surrealistically sardonic send-up of my native country’s imperialism. But now, 17 years later, my absurd prediction is coming true. The same American company that designed the original Disneyland has announced plans to build the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience. If workers survive bombing, looting, and sniper fire, the first part of the 50-acre amusement park will open this year. While I question whether building a monument to fun is a good idea in a war zone, it’s an excellent metaphor for you to apply to your personal life. Even if you can’t extinguish a certain conflict that has been raging, introduce a spirit of play into the proceedings.

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After working for years in various jobs at San Francisco TV station KTVU, Frank Sommerville was promoted to the top of the heap—anchor of the 10 o’clock news. He promised that his new power wouldn’t make him lazy or complacent. “Nobody will out-curious me,� he bragged. I hope you will adopt the same motto for the foreseeable future. Your world needs you to be intensely inquisitive about what’s transpiring. Uncoincidentally, asking lots of smart questions (and even some dumb ones) will also be the best thing you can do for your mental health.

You are the only wizard who can save me. I have a bad job—just $72,000 a year—plus a lover who’s not all that cute and a home that’s not worth as much as it used to be. My health is good, but I hate my nose and ass. Can’t afford a BMW or a vacation to Spain. My world is unraveling! Hope is fading! Please tell me what to do! Virgo on the Verge

I suggest that you temporarily suspend your strident yearning. This is one time when it’s important to cultivate more appreciation for what you actually have. Turn your attention away from what you think you lack and devote your psychic energy to loving what is.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

I’m issuing a too-much-of-a-good-thing warning. Soaking up too much pleasure could dilute the value of your bliss. Expressing too much personal power could scare away valuable allies who are competent but not entirely confident. Pushing too hard on behalf of your creative pragmatism could subtly undermine the labor of love you’ve worked so hard on. Therefore, please accept my invitation to enjoy a period of rest and assimilation. You can return later for another round of pure intensity.

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Giuseppe Rebaudi and Silvie Basain started dating in 1952. This year they finally decided to take the next step. After a 56year courtship, the 101-year-old Italian man wed his 98-year-old girlfriend. I predict that a comparable event will bless your love life in the second half of 2008. Some romantic development that has been in the works for a long time will finally ripen into its full expression. Expect news about this soon.

Even if you’re not sick, you need some medicine. What kind of medicine? The kind that can transform what’s pretty good about your life into something that’s really great, the kind that will super-animate your merely average efforts and blast you free of any lackadaisical attitudes you accept as reasonable. This medicine won’t come in the form of a pill or a potion, but rather will be produced by your body if and when you slip away from your comfort zone and go out to play in the frontier. Be your own doctor. Break your own trance. Crack your own code. Escape your own mind games.

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If you’re normal, you periodically feel little surges of anger that you don’t express. Over time they may accumulate into a mass of blind rage that can hurt innocent bystanders, damage your relationships, and tempt you to punch holes in walls. Is there a way to keep this from happening? Yes, there is: It’s my patented Laughing Tantrum Release Therapy, a five-minute ritual that you perform once a week in a private place with no witnesses. For four minutes, you fume, seethe, curse, and yell. For the final 60 seconds, you laugh uncontrollably. This week would be an excellent time to start integrating Laughing Tantrum Release Therapy into your routine.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

Your life in the coming weeks may resemble a dream of sailing deep beneath the waves in a yellow submarine where a nonstop party is going on. It’ll be as if you’re plowing through deep, heavy, murky waters inside a brightly lit high-tech vessel controlled by slightly chaotic connoisseurs of fun. You may feel a bit claustrophobic, but that could encourage your imagination to run wild, which will be a good thing as long as you don’t believe everything it tells you. Get ready for entertaining adventures that will range from a bit creepy to totally delicious.

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Studies show that at least half the population would give up sex for a few months if they’d be rewarded for their abstinence with a free 60-inch plasma TV. But if you’re offered a deal like that anytime soon, I suggest you reject it. It will be crucial to your mental, physical, and spiritual health to have regular erotic experiences during the coming weeks. If you don’t have a partner, have fun with your invisible muse, the angel in your dreams, or your personal version of God or Goddess. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

A professional dominatrix I know says that many of her clients are men whose jobs give them excessive authority over other people. When she’s bossing around these honchos, she sees herself as an agent of karmic correction, counteracting a dangerous lopsidedness in their psyches. I bring this up, because you’re in a phase when you should rectify any imbalance of power that exists in your own sphere. If you’re a swaggering alpha, put in a stint as a humble servant. If you’re normally a timid soul, flex your willpower with feisty abandon. If you’re neither a control freak nor a doormat—and thus have no karma to balance— spend quality time meditating on how to gain more power over the wild ebbs and flows of your imagination. ★ Homework: Create a list of five words you consider bad and five words you consider good. Then make up a little chant using them all and speak the chant aloud 10 times. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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DO HARD LIQUORS HAVE DIFFERENT psychological effects on an individual? Is there any truth to the common understanding that gin makes people mean? Off to conduct personal research . . .

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Gin’s been associated with bad behavior ever since a change in laws governing distillation and a resulting drop in retail price helped make it the official beverage of the rowdy working classes in 18th-century London. But while a number of studies have looked at different drinks and their effects on the drinker’s comportment, none seems to have singled out gin for scrutiny. So what have the academics learned? Let’s survey the literature: • A 1975 experiment performed by Kent State researchers Stuart Taylor and Charles Gammon was one of many to use the “aggression machine” paradigm, developed by psychologist Arnold Buss at the University of Pittsburgh in the early ’60s. In Taylor and Gammon’s version, 40 male subjects were given either a small or large quantity of vodka or bourbon—mixed liberally with ginger ale and a dash of peppermint oil so they wouldn’t know what they were getting. (Oddly enough, this cocktail never caught on.) Then, after some time had elapsed, each was seated at a control panel with an electrode strapped to his wrist. He was told he’d be competing in a series of reaction-time tests against an unseen opponent; the winner of each round would select the intensity of an electric shock to be received by the loser. The whole thing was, of course, rigged—there was no opponent, and all the subjects “won” and “lost” the same number of trials and received shocks of the same gradually increasing intensity. The results: Subjects in the high-dose vodka group zapped their nonexistent opponents with stronger shocks and were much more likely to repeatedly select the highest possible voltage. In post-test questioning, the high-dose vodka group was also more likely to impute hostility to the opponent than the low-dose group, whereas the high-dose bourbon group was less prone than the low-dose group to describe the opponent as hostile. • In a McGill University study (Murdoch and Pihl, 1988), surveyors went out to Montreal bars, identified 38 men who had been drinking either beer or liquor exclusively, and then had confederates—posing as fellow patrons but wired for sound—bother the men with a scripted sequence of four mildly onerous requests (for the time, change for a dollar, a piece of paper to write on, and directions to a made-up street). Adjusting for estimated blood alcohol level, the researchers found that the liquor drinkers tended to become more aggressive in their responses as the interaction ensued, while the beer drinkers maintained a more even keel. P A P E R

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Swedish social scientist Roland Gustafson fired up the aggression machine again for a 1999 study. This time 90 subjects (again all male) were given beer, red wine, vodka and tonic, or a nonalcoholic placebo version of one of these drinks. Again hard-liquor consumption correlated with aggression; the vodka drinkers subjected their fictitious opponents to stronger and longer-lasting shocks than the beer and wine drinkers did. But the placebo vodka had the same effect— subjects who merely thought they’d drunk a significant quantity of vodka scored as more aggressive than those who actually had drunk beer or wine. What does all this tell us? Unclear. Lots of factors—how fast you drink, whether the drink is carbonated, etc.—can affect how alcohol makes it into your system and thus how it affects you. It’s also possible the secondary chemicals (i.e., besides the alcohol itself) that give different alcoholic beverages their distinct qualities—they’re called congeners—have pharmacological properties that account for the disparities in aggressive behavior. But this wouldn’t account for the placebo effect discussed above. Gustafson and others suggest that drinkers may expect to be affected by different drinks in different ways, then behave in accordance with their expectations. So it may be that gin makes you mean, but drinking gin may also provide an opportunity to act mean. A friend of mine told me that if I “drank” alcohol through my arse that I would get drunk really quickly and on far less alcohol. Can this be true? If so, how come you never see people doing handstands with a bottle stuck up their arse? D.B., Ireland

Well, a big reason one rarely sees such a sight is that enemas have the potential to get messy enough without getting all Cirque du Soleil about it. But another is that even when administered in a more controlled fashion, alcohol enemas are potentially lethal. (Some of you may recall an unfortunate Texas case involving several liters of sherry.) Ethanol can be absorbed very quickly through the intestinal walls, so bypassing the normal ingestion route may mean getting a lot more to drink than you bargained for. ★ Comments, questions? Take it up with Cecil at StraightDope.com, or write him at Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois St., Chicago, IL 60611. Cecil’s most recent compendium of knowledge, Triumph of the Straight Dope, is available at bookstores everywhere. May 21, 2008

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“Your reader shouldn’t make assumptions about what having sex or being sexual means to his friend,” says Cory Silverberg, coauthor of The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability. What if your friend doesn’t want to get into bed with a girl, but head into a dungeon with one? Or two? Or what if your friend is gay? Or what if all he really wants is to make it with a plush toy or a picnic table? “Just like we do with everyone,” Cory says, “we tend to assume folks with disabilities are straight and just want to have penile-vaginal intercourse and some oral sex. We’re almost always wrong. So the first thing he should do is ask his friend what he’s interested in.” Cory also suggests that you ask your friend if he’s having sex with himself, since masturbation is the easiest way for a person to explore his sexuality. “Mobility disabilities can make masturbation tricky,” Cory says, “but never impossible. Privacy and motor control can be challenging, but there are many workarounds.” If your friend has or finds a partner and needs physical assistance during sex, you might want to help him find an attendant, a person who works with physically disabled people, who is comfortable positioning him and a partner in bed, assisting with condoms, and cleaning up. “In my experience,” Cory says, “attendants who are queer tend to be more comfortable talking about sex and making that kind of assistance part of their job description, but that doesn’t rule out straight ones.” So if your friend has plenty of sex with himself and has a good idea what he’d like to do, but doesn’t have a partner to do it with, what do you do then? “I don’t have any new suggestions here,” Cory says. “He should get out there, use online and virtual spaces, join a social group related to something he’s pasMay 21, 2008

sionate about—all of these are good ways to meet people. Paying for sex is also an option, but avoid the escort ads and try to get a referral from someone you know and trust.”

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I’M WRITING ON BEHALF OF A 19-YEARold guy with cerebral palsy. As you may know, CP is a brain affliction resulting from insufficient oxygen at birth, and it causes the part of the brain responsible for motor function to work incorrectly. Troubles for people with CP include muscle spasticity, weakness, painful contraction, and in some cases a life spent in a wheelchair. My buddy is, like any 19-year-old, interested in finding out more about his sexuality. He has watched his peers develop sexually but hasn’t had the opportunity to do so himself. Intimacy aside, are there any services that you know of that could help him to experience sex for the first time? I don’t mean to buy the guy a hooker or anything like that, but I wondered if there are people who would assist him and a girl (disabled or otherwise) into bed. Thanks, and keep up the great column. I’ve been a reader for years.

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I was in a chat room today, and a guy asked if he could see my belly button. Of course, my fetish alarm went off. Turns out this guy is 19, disabled, and feels like a total social/sexual outcast. Because of his physical problems and his fetish, he said he felt like he’d never have a normal relationship. I couldn’t lie to the kid and say, “Don’t worry, pumpkin, your soul mate will find you someday,” so instead I offered, “Most people are assholes—and this comes from an able-bodied vanilla girl, so yeah, your life’s gonna be tough.” Then I thought there must be some kind of internet group out there for disabled fetishists. It might also make him feel more normal, and he may be able to arrange an amazing you-can-fetishize-my-disabilityif-I-can-jerk-off-in-your-belly-button relationship. I’m torn up thinking about this kid and want to do something for him. Trying to Help a Kid Out

“Your reader probably feels like she is doing a good thing,” Cory says. “But she should tone down the condescension” about fetishes and disability. Cory feels strongly that people with disabilities shouldn’t be told they must look exclusively to disability fetishists for partners. “But there are people who have a specific sexual preference for people with disabilities,” Cory says. “They identify themselves as devotees, and in most cases the disabilities they prefer are people missing limbs and people in wheelchairs.” ASCOT-World (www.ascotworld.com), Cory says, “is still one of the biggest and best devotee sites and offers links to discussion groups, which, if this guy is interested, are one place to look for people.” Now before angry able-bodied folks take offense on behalf of the disabled and fill my in box with angry letters about creepy devotees, please wrap your able-bodied heads around this: If you believe in equal treatment for people with disabilities—and you do, right?—then that extends to sex. We all want to be objectified from time to time, and a disabled person has just as much right to healthy objectification as any able-bodied person. There’s really not much difference between a leg man and a lack-of-leg man— well, except this: The more common a fetish is, the less likely we are to regard it as one. “But a lot of devotees don’t think of themselves as fetishists,” Cory adds. “They compare their interests to someone who likes red hair or big boobs, more of a preference or something they have an emotional connection to rather than something they absolutely need to get off.” C I T Y

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“The effects of the social isolation people with disabilities face can include depression,” Cory says. “And from this brief note, that’s my first concern.” Cory thinks you might benefit from seeing someone—le shrink—about your general mental health before you start looking for a boyfriend. “The reader wants to ‘fix’ the problem, but the truth is that there isn’t any quick or easy fix, especially when it comes to self-esteem. But taking some action to change your situation can make you feel more positive about yourself and what you have to offer others.” Once you’ve sought out some help for your depression, Cory suggests you “find some volunteer work that is accessible [or] join a social group or club”—basically follow the standard-issue advice for any lonely person, able-bodied or not. You also might want to check out these disability dating web sites: www.dawn-disabled-dating.com, www.disableddatingclub.com, www. enablelove.com, www.lovebyrd.com, and www.specialsinglesonline.com. Cory also wanted me to pass on these resources: Independent Living USA (www. ilusa.com); info on seeing a sexual surrogate (www.pacificnews.org/marko/ sex-surrogate.html); some practical suggestions from Outsiders, a U.K. disabilityrights group (www.outsiders.org.uk/ practical-suggestions); and Queers on Wheels (www.queersonwheels.com). Cory also writes for, and maintains, a sex and disability resources page at About.com. Finally, all three authors of The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability are happy to help others with suggestions and can be reached via sex.disability@gmail.com. Cory also takes questions this week on the Savage Lovecast, my weekly podcast, which you can download at www.thestranger.com/savage.

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