The Wednesday Feature

Last weekend's highlight was Saturday night at Frazier's on the Avenue in the Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood. What a place! I never saw so many hard-drinking, chain-smoking, tattoo-wearing, hootin', hollerin', and cussin' people in one place at one time in my life. And that was just the women! It looked like a tough crowd but everyone seemed to be in good spirits -- just out for a good time. I didn't see anyone flash any guns or knives, although I'm sure there were plenty around. I give a lot of credit to the band for keeping the crowd focused on the music. I would imagine that if the band was no good, things might turn mean and nasty in a hurry. As it turned out, J.B. Beverly and the Wayward Drifters were just the kind of hard-driving, high-energy, honky-tonk band that this crowd was craving. Find music samples and a link to their myspace profile on the Media page of the Wayward Drifters web site.

So, onward to what's happening this weekend . . .

Calendars:

Dirty Linen

Saturday 3/4 ~ Croabh Rua ~ Common Ground on the Hill/Westminster ~ (410) 857-2771

Wednesday 3/8 ~ Robin Bullock ~ An Die Musik/Baltimore ~ (410) 385-2638

The DC Bluegrass Union

Saturday 3/4 ~ John Starling and Carolina Star ~ The Birchmere/Alexandria ~ (703) 549-7500

Venues:

Roots Cafe
The Cellar Stage
Institute of Musical Traditions
Music Center at Strathmore
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Common Ground on the Hill
Madam's Organ
The Birchmere
Tiffany Tavern

Theater:

Center Stage
Vagabond Players
Fells Point Corner Theater
Everyman Theater
Spotlighters
Theatre Project
Performance Workshop Theater

. . . additional Theater listings

Here's one from the "additional Theater listings" that I might try tonight . . .
Towson University Department of Theater Arts presents
Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet

Cinema:

The Charles
The Senator and The Rotunda
Openings and Top 10


At University of Maryland, College Park:

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
School of Music
Department of Dance
Department of Theater

Highfalutin:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
Baltimore Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress