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Museum Monday: Human, Soul & Machine: The Coming Singularity!
Monday, December 2nd, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Human, Soul & Machine
When: From now until August 31st, 2014
Where: American Visionary Art Museum
“Two billion personal computers later, post DNA-sequencing, are we on the road to becoming a better, healthier, happier, less warlike, human race?” Computers have had such a large impact on our lives, but just how large? 40+ artists, cutting edge futurists, and inventors take on this view and attempt to show us through their eyes. This exhibit appeals to all ages, young and old. They take on the most complex subject, how artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, genetics, 3D printing and Big Data play a role in human life. This thought-provoking exhibit investigates technology’s influence on issues of privacy and surveillance, employment and manufacturing, longevity and health, defense and warfare, farming and food, access to global and personal information, creative invention, and entertainment. The American Visionary Art Museum’s 19th original thematic exhibition makes you think and question all aspects of human life.
For more information visit their website!
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Food Fridays: Fells Point Food Tour
Friday, November 29th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Fells Point Food Tour
When:Wednesdays-Sundays between 3:00 and 6:30 pm
Where: Meets near Broadway Market in Fells Point (The exact meeting location will be provided upon ticket purchase)
Explore parts of Baltimore’s best preserved historic district that was founded nearly 280 years ago! Experience and learn about the significance of the small town once separated from Baltimore on this guided, narrated tour. During the tour, you will stop to sample specially made dishes at unique family owned restaurants. you will gain a true appreciation of the areas heritage, history and local food!
For $58 dollars you can take this tour too! Click here for more information.
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Theatre Thursday: The Nutcracker
Thursday, November 28th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: The Nutcracker
Where: Lyric Opera House
When: December 20th,2013
It is a Christmas classic! Get in the holiday spirit and come see Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Watch the BSO and the Baltimore School for the Arts dancers come together for this unprecedented collaboration. Full of magic and wonder, The Nutcracker plot takes place in Germany on Christmas Eve. Two children named Clara and Fritz Stahlbaum are enjoying their family party. Their godfather, a toymaker named Herr Drosselmeyer, gives the children gifts, and Clara loves her life-sized nutcracker doll. That night, the girl falls asleep under the Christmas tree and dreams of The Mouse King and the Sugar Plum Fairy. After he turns into a prince, her toy brings her to an enchanted forest and the Land of Sweets, and they meet fairies and dancing snowflakes.
Enjoy the magic with The Nutcracker, this incredible family favourite, that really does have something for everyone.
For ticket information visit their website here!
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Wacky Wednesday: Moonlight Madness
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Moonlight Madness, shopping and tree lighting!
When: Friday the 13th, from 8pm-midnight
Where: Federal Hill
What better way to spend Friday the thirteenth than at night in Federal Hill? Roam the streets as all your favorite Federal Hill shops stay open late offering specials, discounts and refreshments. Carolers strolling the streets, free gift wrapping, a perfect time to get your holiday shopping done! Visit local business to enter the Moonlight Madness Raffle for a goody bag filled with Federal Hill items. Start off early at 7pm with the lighting of the Christmas tree! Bring out your inner child and wait for Santa’s visit with hot chocolate and cookies!
For more information on this fun filled night visit this link here!
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Tourism Tuesdays: Miracle on 34th Street
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
Photo courtesy of kbmoore.com
When: November 30th, 2013 to January 1st 2014
Where: 700 block of 34th street
Where most people think of the Christmas movie, Baltimore thinks lights! One block in Hampden, ironically the 34th street, puts on a Christmas light display that can be seen from blocks away. Inflatable snow globes, musical trains and blinking angles adorn the homes. The blocks’ residents hang outside selling cookies and taking donations for various charities and the true meaning behind the season overcomes you. Your best bet is to park the car and take walk with all the traffic coming in!
Check out the website for more information on this magical experience!
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Museum Mondays: Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter
Monday, November 25th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter
When: September 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014
Where: Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art presents a special exhibition of prints, drawings, paintings, and sculptures that provide a fascinating glimpse of Henri Matisse’s relationship with his only daughter, Marguerite. On view September 18, 2013 – January 19, 2014, Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter brings together more than 40 works from the BMA and other public and private collections to show Marguerite over the course of 45 years. Matisse made more portraits of his daughter than of all the other members of his family combined. He often shows a strong personal absorption with the character of his daughter—and reveals something about himself in the process of creating his art.
For more information visit the BMA website
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Food Fridays: Little Italy and Jonestown Food Tours
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Little Italy and Jonestown Food Tours
When: Thursdays-Saturdays between 3:00 and 6:30 pm. Check calendar for public tours, and call 202-683-8847 for private tours
Where: Meets near Jonestown (exact meeting location will be provided upon ticket purchase)
Take a walk with through Little Italy! An area rich with history and authentic Italian culture and cuisine. Meet the residents, shop owners and restaurateurs, and hear stories that make this neighborhood so culturally significant. You will enjoy different Italian specialties that have been passed down from generation to generation, and see important gathering spots as well as centers for sports and religion.
For $53 dollars you can be a part of this tour! Visit their website for more information.
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Theatre Thursday: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Second Quest
Thursday, November 21st, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Second Quest
Where: The Meryerhoff
When: Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Do you love video games? Journey back to the land of Hyrule with Second Quest, the next chapter in the acclaimed world tour, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, featuring new music and visuals from highly requested titles Skyward Sword, Spirit Tracks, and Link’s Awakening, while preserving perennial classics Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess,and A Link to the Past in the groundbreaking four-movement symphony that took the world by storm in Goddesses’ first season. With over a half-hour of new content, Second Quest is not only a feast for the eyes and ears, but the definitive Zelda experience, a magical event you won’t want to miss!
There are still tickets left! For ticketing information visit the website here
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Wacky Wednesday: The Holiday Express
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: The Holiday Express
When: November 24th, 2013
Where: Germano’s Trattoria
Want to enjoy both a great dinner and a show? Board the Holiday Express and travel from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah and all the way to the North Pole just in time for Christmas, singing holiday favorites and ushering in a festive holiday season with singer/songwriter Todd Harrison Twining and friends. They will be featuring songs from classic Holiday films both old and new, such as White Christmas, The Polar Express, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, and the Little Drummer Boy. This cabaret dinner will begin at 6PM.
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Tourism Tuesday: Passages through the Fire: Jews and the Civil War
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 by WLOY Staff
What: Passages through Fire: Jews and the Civil War
When: Now until February 18th, 2014
Where: The Jewish Museum of Maryland
Come explore a Civil War you have never experienced before! It tells the story of events of national importance, through the lens of one small group in the American populous. It looks at the ways in which the Civil War was a crucible for American Jewish identity, and how it laid the groundwork for their integration and Americanization on a large scale. It focuses not only on the battlefield, but on the difficult choices made by non-combatants throughout the struggle. The exhibition also looks at the role the conflict played in establishing a framework for the full participation of Jews in American life – militarily, politically, economically and socially – and how it set the stage for massive Jewish immigration decades later.
For more information check out their website!
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