Join Art with a Heart at the Zoo for a wildly entertaining night of painting and sipping with your favorite animal ambassador friends! Wild paint nights at the Zoo continue this Wednesday Jan 16 and Wednesday Feb 13, with Where The Wild Things Art at the Maryland Zoo’s (1 Safari Place Baltimore) Penguin Education Center at 5:30 p.m. Hosted by Art with a Heart, you are guaranteed to get in touch with your creative side as one of their artists guides you through re-creating the night’s featured painting step by step. Whether you are an aspiring Van Gogh or just looking to try something new, you... Read More

Central Plaza in Harbor Point (1310 Point Street Baltimore) will come alive for the Harbor Point Ice Festival on Saturday Jan 12 from 2 – 8 p.m. The plaza will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland with ice sculptures lining the walkways, live music, food vendors, family activities, and more! Watch the excitement as award-winning ice sculptors use chainsaws and chisels to create spectacular ice sculptures. The event is FREE and open to the public. An optional VIP ticket can be purchased for special perks at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harbor-point-ice-festival-vip-experience-tickets-53700500643.   VIP... Read More

In the Wild West days of early filmmaking — before Hollywood hardened into an assembly-line behemoth and boys’ club — talented women worked regularly as writers, producers, and directors, instrumental in shaping the very language of cinema as we know it. Nevertheless, figures like Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber are known today primarily by aficionados, and artists like Nell Shipman, Grace Cunard, and Marion E. Wong remain woefully obscure. Bringing together dozens of essential new restorations, this series spotlights the daring, innovative, and trailblazing work of the first female filmmakers... Read More

American Visionary Art Museum’s annual holiday art market returns! Check out the Bazaart Holiday Art Market this Friday Nov 23 from 12 – 6 p.m. and Saturday Nov 24 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the American Visionary Art Museum (800 Key Hwy Baltimore). Admission is free! Hundreds of original creations by regional artists and craftspeople, including paintings, sculpture, paper crafts, metalwork, jewelry, textiles, mixed media, apparel, and other work that simply defies categorization! Shop local on #SmallBusinessSaturday and support these original makers! The rest of the museum, the Sideshow... Read More

Kick off your holiday shopping this weekend with local handmade wares! You are invited to Maker Mart this Sunday Nov 11 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Open Works (1400 Greenmount Ave. Baltimore). Maker Mart is a platform for the community to shop with and support local makers and entrepreneurs. Browse a collection of handmade wares from books, body products, art, jewelry, accessories, apparel and more from up to 30 local vendors. If you are interested in becoming a vendor, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-ZJUiW9kQZIsF_PoD9tXQfxv_7uyZpuZteEJ0X3XpHBx8Qg/closedform. While admission... Read More

Poe Baltimore invites you to darken Poe’s chamber door at the Inaugural International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards. The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival takes place this Saturday Oct 6 and Sunday Oct 7 directly across the street from the Poe House at 203 North Amity Street Baltimore, in the newly-built “Poe Park” at Center/West. The festival grounds will be open on Saturday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. This free, two-day outdoor event will feature Poe-themed performances, art, vendors and food, celebrating Poe’s life, works and his influence in... Read More