Posted inExplore Baltimore Theater Thursdays

Theater Thursday: The Everyman Theatre

Want to see a fine theatrical production but don’t want to travel very far? Look no further than the Everyman Theatre, located down the street from Baltimore’s Penn Station. Founded in 1990, the Everyman Theatre is proud of the intimate environment that is presented between the player and the audience.

The current production is Shipwrecked! by Donald Margulies. Entertainment at its best, Shipwrecked! is a tale of adventure on the high-seas featuring sea turtles, wombats, a man-eating octopus and even Queen Victoria!

October 21, 2010Posted inExplore Baltimore, Theater ThursdaysNo Comments
Posted inMusic Top 40

Top 40 10.20.10

This week’s Top 40 is inspired by Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips! We all know that the Flaming Lips are a little “spaced out” and experimental, but Wayne has taken his experimental nature to a new level by printing band posters with his (Yes, his) blood! The design is a giant human skull with a psychedelic disco ball cranium. I’m sure thousands of fans are eager to acquire Wayne’s artwork, but this was only a one time deal. Kudos to Wayne for his artistic abilities and devotion to the Flaming Lips!

October 21, 2010Posted inMusic, Top 40No Comments
Posted inExplore Baltimore Wacky Wednesdays

Wacky Wednesday: The Baltimore Tattoo Museum

Art is known for its expansive array of subjects, materials, and mediums. One art form that pushes the limits of all those aspects is certainly tattoos. At the Baltimore Tattoo Museum, not only can you brush up on your history of electric tattooing but there’s a fully functioning tattoo studio as well.

Tattoos are gotten for all sorts of motives – aesthetic, spiritual, remembrance, etc – and it’s likely someone you know has at least one. Tattoos have been a large part of culture for a long time, but electric tattooing has sprung up just since the late 19th century. In the museum, you’ll get to explore the rapid history along with modern technology and masterpieces. From American to Japanese techniques, black and gray portraits, photo-realism and more, you’re sure to walk out knowing something you didn’t before.

October 20, 2010Posted inExplore Baltimore, Wacky WednesdaysNo Comments
Posted inExplore Baltimore Tourism Tuesdays

Tourism Tuesday: Lexington Market

Looking to get away from the touristy side of Baltimore and into the heart and soul of it? Then Lexington Market is the place to go. With over 140 merchant stands and small eateries, you’re sure to find a variety of food to satisfy any Baltimore appetite.

With the Market nearing its 225th anniversary, you can taste the tradition in the Market, as merchants have passed down their stalls from generation to generation. From meat to fruit, seafood to baked goods, and even candy, you can find many famed foods like crab cakes from Faidley’s Seafood, Polock Johnny’s Hot Dogs, and those shortbread cookies covered in fudge we’ve come to know as Berger Cookies.

October 19, 2010Posted inExplore Baltimore, Tourism TuesdaysNo Comments
Posted inExplore Baltimore Museum Mondays

Museum Monday: The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum

Ever wanted to stand toe to toe with some of the most inspirational figures in history? You’ll find your chance at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Not only will you be visiting the first ever wax museum in Baltimore, but the first wax museum of African American history in the nation.

Established in 1983, the museum focuses on the study and preservation of African American history through some of the most well-known role models, like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. You’ll also run into several lesser-known, but just as inspiring figures like the in the exhibit dedicated to the first three African American astronauts.

October 18, 2010Posted inExplore Baltimore, Museum MondaysNo Comments
Posted inExplore Baltimore Sports Saturdays

Sports Saturday: The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum

While the playoffs are in full swing, take a breather and brush up on one of baseball’s greats: Babe Ruth. Here in Baltimore, we have the great honor of being home to the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum.

The site consists of the house (and the three houses next door) where he was born in 1895 to serve as a tribute to the great Bambino, filled with many Babe artifacts like his boyhood bat and the official score book from Babe’s first professional game with the 1914 Orioles.

October 16, 2010Posted inExplore Baltimore, Sports SaturdaysNo Comments