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MAESTRO SENSATIONAL PRESENTS: SHRUNKEN LOVE. An evening of puppet acts, songs, romance, and more for grown-ups from local artists with house band Walker and Jay. 8:30 P.M. Feb. 14, the Black Cherry Puppet Theater, 1115 Hollins St., (410) 752-7272, blackcherry.org, $5. TASSELS AND CHAMPAGNE: A BURLESQUE VALENTINES. With Baltimore’s Gilded Lily Burlesque; Richmond’s Sweet Tease opens. A Mason/Rhynes and CA Production. 8 P.M. Feb. 14, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, creativealliance.org, $15, $80 Champagne, choco and table for two, $55 Champagne and show for two. THE TEMPEST. Baltimore Shakespeare Festival presents its sixth annual Teen Performance Program. Through Feb. 15. 8 P.M. Thursdays-Saturdays, 5 P.M. Sundays, St. Mary’s Outreach Center, 3900 Roland Ave., (410) 366-3106, $15, students $10. TIL DEATH DO US PART. Riverside Stage presents an audience participation murder mystery. 8 P.M. Feb. 14, Riverside Stage, Salem Lutheran Church, 1530 Battery Ave., (410) 837-0971, salemsouthbaltimore.org, $15. THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES . A showing of Eve Ensler’s play for V-Day featuring a UB cast and music by the Dirty Mothers Band. Proceeds benefit V-Day and the House of Ruth. 8 P.M. Feb. 12-13, UB Student Center’s Performing Arts Theater, University of Baltimore, Maryland and Mount Royal avenues, (410) 837-4200, etix.com, $20, seniors and UB employees, students and alumni $5. WELL. Production of Theatre Hopkins by Lisa Kron. Opens Feb. 14. Through March 1. 8 P.M. Saturdays, 2 P.M. Sundays, Swirnow Theater, Mattin Center, (410) 5164695, jhu.edu/news_info/news, $15, students $5.
(443) 573-1700, artbma.org. African Art Collection at the BMA. Numbering more than 2,000 objects from ancient Egypt to contemporary Zimbabwean art. Ongoing. A Grand Legacy: Five Centuries of European Art. Features the monumental Rinaldo and Armida, one of the world’s finest paintings by Sir Anthony van Dyck, as well as masterpieces by Frans Hals, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin. Ongoing. C. GRIMALDIS GALLERY, 523 N. Charles St., (410) 539-1080, cgrimaldisgallery.com. Neil Meyerhoff: New Photographs, Children. Meyerhoff exhibits photographs of children that he has taken in Bhutan, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Vietnam, New York, and Maryland. Through Feb. 28. Hidenori Ishii: A little Earthshine. New paintings. Through Feb. 28. CHARLES THEATRE, 1711 N. Charles St., (410) 727-3456, thecharles.com. Yo! The Power of Love in 3-D! Works by members of the Charles Theatre Workers Union. Through March 31. THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, 100 W. Centre St., (410) 783-5720, contemporary.org. Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures. Bey photographed young people from all parts of the economic, racial, and ethnic spectrum in both public and private high schools. In cooperation with the Walters Art Museum. Through Feb. 16. CREATIVE ALLIANCE AT THE PATTERSON, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, creativealliance.org. The Rumors are True: Megan Hildebrandt and Christine Sajecki . Resident artists of the Creative Alliance Christine Sajecki and Megan Hildebrandt paint and perform. Through Feb. 21. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: Soft Animal. In this minature gallery, Sunstrum depicts her alter-ego Asme. Through Feb. 21. To the Teeth. Works by a group of artists made up of Creative Alliance Resident Artists and their colleagues. Through Feb. 21.
CURRENT GALLERY AND ARTIST COOPERATIVE, 30 S. Calvert St., currentspace.com. So Many Organs. A seemingly random yet cohesive collection of drawings, paintings, photographs and mixed media works by Liz Donadio, Dina Kelberman, and Ryan Syrell. Through Feb. 13. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY, CENTRAL LIBRARY, 400 Cathedral St., (410) 396-5430, prattlibrary.org/ locations. Enoch Pratt’s Living Legacy: Celebrating the Bicentennial of Enoch Pratt’s Birth. The library’s archives of photos, letters, and other memorabilia will be on display. Through Feb. 14. Edgar Allan Poe: More Than a Poet. An exhibition of letters, photographs, and other memorabilia belonging to Poe from the Pratt Library’s archives. Through April 25. EUBIE BLAKE JAZZ INSTITUTE AND CULTURAL CENTER, 847 N. Howard St., (410) 225-3130, eubieblake.org. Mammy’s, Watermelon and Coons. Explores the impact of stereotypes in a multi-racial society. Includes artifacts and print advertisements from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Through Feb. 28. The Golden Age of Black Broadway: 1890’s to 1930’s. Explores the construction and emancipation of a race in America. Through Feb. 28. EVERGREEN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, 4545 N. Charles St., (410) 516-0341, museums.jhu.edu/evergreen. It’s a Man’s Word: The Collections of Male Garretts. Student-curated focus show on the male collectors of the philantrhopic Garrett family. Through March 31. Evergreen as Muse. Unique photographic perspectives of Evergreen’s artistic and architectural riches created by 10 undergraduate students at the Johns Hopkins University. Through March 31. GALERIE FRANCOISE II, 3500 Parkdale Ave., suite 22, (443) 632-4785. Drawings by Reuben Kramer. From the Collection of Maryland Institute College of Art. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the draw-
COMEDY BALTIMORE COMEDY FACTORY, 36 Light St., (410) 547-7798, BaltimoreComedy.com. Mark Simmons. 8 P.M. Feb. 12; 8 and 10 P.M. and midnight Feb. 13; 7, 9, and 11 P.M. Feb. 14; $17. CREATIVE ALLIANCE AT THE PATTERSON, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, creativealliance.org. BIG’s Worst-Date-Ever Valentine’s Improv with the Baltimore Improv Group and Philadelphia Improv Theater. 8 P.M. Feb. 13; $12, members and students $10. THE MOBTOWN THEATER AT MEADOW MILL, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, (410) 367-3057-1, mobtownplayers. com. Drop 3. 8 P.M. Feb. 14; $10.
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AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM, 800 Key Highway, (410) 244-1900, avam.org. The Marriage of Art, Science, and Philosophy. Works by over 100 visionary artists/scientists/inventors and philosophers. Through Sept. 6. ART GALLERY OF FELLS POINT, 1716 Thames St., (410) 327-1272, fellspointgallery.org. Bernard McGibbon exhibits still lifes, landscapes, and portraits in watercolor and oil. Through Feb. 22. ART UNDER GROUND STUDIO, 826 W. 36th St., (410) 800-4230, quirkyspace.com. Friends with Benefits. Second annual Valentine’s Exhibit saluting the better half. Through Feb. 28. BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS, 5707 Smith Ave., (410) 578-1919, baltimoreclayworks.org. An Abundance of Cups. Personal porcelain cups by Deborah Bedwell. Through Feb. 27. Teapots IV. Works by multiple artists jurored by David MacDonald. Through Feb. 27. BALTIMORE HOSTEL, 17 W. Mulberry St., (410) 5768880, baltimorehostel.org. An opening for the art of Jess Garman and David Purcell. 8-11 P.M. Feb. 13. BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 10 Art Museum Drive,
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