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Baltimore Playwrights Festival takes scripts from page to stage

Michael Giuliano Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Baltimore Playwrights Festival has been introducing audiences to new plays for more than three decades. Learn more about some of the artists who will see their works produced this summer. 

Step OUT for Baltimore theater productions

Bmore Staff Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Theaters in Greater Baltimore are tackling love and marriage, Cleopatra's ill-fated romance and the joy of joblessness. Check out some of the summer productions.  

Q&A: Hometown girl Mink Stole sings a new tune

Martha Thomas Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Mink Stole may be best known for acting in all of John Waters' films. But her creative repertoire also includes singing. She recently chatted with BmoreMedia about her experience making her first CD, working with the "Hairspray" director and Catholicism.  

Slideshow: Take a peek inside the Bromo Seltzer Tower

Steve Ruark Tuesday, June 04, 2013
You've seen it plenty of times on your way home from work. But have you ever seen the inside of the Bromo Seltzer Tower? Now is your chance. Take a look at this slideshow by Managing Photographer Steve Ruark. 

Step OUT for an artists' conference in Station North

Bmore Staff Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Researchers, developers, artists and community members will discuss the challenges associated with development and gentrification at the Artists & Neighborhood Change Conference. The event takes place June 20-21 in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District. 

New Centerstage play rewrites the script on race

Martha Thomas Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Centerstage Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah talks about his new play, "Beneatha's Place." In it, he challenges the assumptions about whites and blacks in reaction to another play also currently running at the theater.

Expanded Maryland Film Festival to feature Matthew Porterfield's latest movie

Julekha Dash Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Baltimore filmmaker Matthew Porterfield talks about his latest film "I Used to Be Darker," showing next week at the Maryland Film Festival. The movie premiered at Sundance and picked up awards in Nashville and Buenos Aires.  

Step OUT for the CityLit Festival

Bmore Staff Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The CityLit Festival is holding its 10th annual festival April 13 at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. This year's event will feature poets, novelists, fiction and non-fiction writers. 

Step OUT to see 'God of Carnage'

Bmore Staff Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Everyman Theatre's second play in its new west side home tells the story of two couples who meet after their sons fight on the playground. 

Step OUT for a variety show celebrating great books

Bmore Staff Tuesday, March 12, 2013
See a variety show that celebrates great works of literature from Mary Shelley, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dr. Seuss. Fluid Movement will perform "Glitteracy: A Book Revue" March 16. 

Go behind the scenes of an underground house concert

Rachel Wilkinson Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Indie musicians are turning to concerts held in someone's home to promote their music and connect with fans. It's another manifestation of the DIY trend and a throwback to a time when people gathered around to tell stories and play music. 

Slideshow: Take a peek at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's new downtown Baltimore home

Steve Ruark Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Renovations are underway at the historic Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co. building, the future home of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Co. BmoreMedia Managing Photographer Steve Ruark took pictures of the building during a public open house. 

Break a leg: Baltimore actress Liz Chuday talks 'VEEP'

Julekha Dash Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The HBO comedy "VEEP" has employed nearly 1,000 extras, cast and crew during its first season of filming in Maryland. We talk to one extra, Liz Chuday, about what it's like working with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and how she got signed up by one of the world's biggest talent agencies. 

Slideshow: Budding potters spin clay into works of art

Steve Ruark Tuesday, January 29, 2013
BmoreMedia Managing Photographer Steve Ruark snapped photos of students sculpting clay into works of art. Check out his slideshow of a pottery class at Baltimore Clayworks’ Mount Washington studio.

Local musician sings the praises of urban gardening

Renee Beck Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Singer Karissa LaRen wants to see more community gardens in Baltimore. So she has teamed up with a local nonprofit to plant community gardens at city schools, using the proceeds from her debut album to fund the effort.
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