"The Wednesday Feature" Vol. 2, No. 5

The Wednesday Feature for the week of Wednesday September 27 to Wednesday October 4.

I discovered, by way of a radio advertisement, a great FREE concert series which I have added to the Venues category. I heard the ad on Sunday around 2:00 pm and I was enjoying music by the Chris Norman Ensemle at 4:00 pm. I'm sure my legion of faithful readers will be disappointed to find out that they missed this one. I'm very sorry. It seems that this concert series is in it's sixth year and I am just now finding out about it. How do you think I feel? For all of you Cris Norman fans, there will be another opportunity to see him perform in Helicon's 21st Annual Winter Solstice Concert on December 16. Tickets are now on sale at Ken Kolodner's Site.

Baltimore Museum of Art and Walters Art Museum have announced year-round FREE admission for everyone beginning October 1st.

Calendars:

Dirty Linen

The DC Bluegrass Union

The Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore Fun Guide


Venues:

The Friendly Inn
Roots Cafe
The Cellar Stage
Baldwin's Station
Institute of Musical Traditions
Music Center at Strathmore
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Common Ground on the Hill
The Birchmere
"Sundays at Central" Concert Series


Theater:

Center Stage The Three Sisters closes October 29
Vagabond Players Joe Turner's Come and Gone closes October 1
Fells Point Corner Theater The Boys Next Door closes October 8
Everyman Theater Opus closes October 15
Spotlighters ANGELS IN AMERICA - The Millennium Approaches, begins October 13
Theatre Project Bonhoeffer closes October 1
Performance Workshop Theater Faith Healer begins October 27
Mobtown Players Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? begins September 29

. . . additional Theater listings

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 UM Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich and Prokofiev September 29
Department of Dance Big Dance Theater, "The Other Here" September 28 and 29
Department of Theater The Piano Lesson begins October 12

Highfalutin:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Institute Chamber Music, Monument Trio, September 27; Thursday Noon Recital Series, September 28; Peabody Symphony Orchestra, September 30
Pro Musica Rara
Sundays at Three
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee closes October 1
Baltimore Museum of Art
Walters Art Museum
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress

"The Wednesday Feature" Vol. 2, No. 4

The Wednesday Feature for the week of Wednesday September 20 to Wednesday September 27.

Baltimore Museum of Art and Walters Art Museum have announced year-round FREE admission for everyone beginning October 1st.

Calendars:

Dirty Linen

The DC Bluegrass Union

The Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore Fun Guide


Venues:

The Friendly Inn
Roots Cafe
The Cellar Stage
Baldwin's Station
Institute of Musical Traditions
Music Center at Strathmore
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Common Ground on the Hill
The Birchmere

Theater:

Center Stage The Three Sisters closes October 29
Vagabond Players Joe Turner's Come and Gone closes October 1
Fells Point Corner Theater The Boys Next Door closes October 8
Everyman Theater Opus closes October 15
Spotlighters MmmBeth and Hamlette, Saturday at 2 and Sunday at 7
An Evening of Short Plays, Friday at 8 and Sunday at 2
Theatre Project Bonhoeffer Begins September 21
Performance Workshop Theater Faith Healer begins October 27
Mobtown Players Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? begins September 29

. . . additional Theater listings

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 UM Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich and Prokofiev September 29
Department of Dance Big Dance Theater, "The Other Here" September 28 and 29
Department of Theater The Piano Lesson begins October 12

Highfalutin:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Institute Thursday Noon Recital Series, September 21, 12:00 noon
Pro Musica Rara
Sundays at Three
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee closes October 1
Baltimore Museum of Art
Walters Art Museum
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress

Severe Lack of Blogging This Week!

Oh well, here's an old photo I

dug up for your viewing pleasure.

Enjoy . . .

"The Wednesday Feature" Vol. 2, No. 3

The Wednesday Feature for the week of Wednesday September 13 to Wednesday September 20.

Last night I went to University of Maryland to see Boister perform at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In addition to their own original material, Anne Watts performed memorable versions of an Edith Piaf song and Jacques Brel's Ne Me Quitte Pas. On a personal note, it was good to see trombone player Craig Considine again. I have great memories of listening to Craig and some other friends play great jazz at the Peabody Book Shop and Beer Stube nearly thirty years ago. Sadly, that establishment became a parking lot in 1999. All good things come to an end .... ne me quitte pas ...

Baltimore Museum of Art and Walters Art Museum have announced year-round FREE admission for everyone beginning October 1st.

This weekend Marcia Ball performs the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Saturday but poor bloggers like you and me can catch her on Sunday at the Harford Music Festival. Peter Rowan and Tony Rice will be there too!


Calendars:

Dirty Linen

The DC Bluegrass Union

Venues:

The Friendly Inn Blue Daze, always on the 3rd Friday of the month
Roots Cafe
The Cellar Stage
Baldwin's Station Grada, Thursday, September 14
Institute of Musical Traditions
Music Center at Strathmore
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Common Ground on the Hill
The Birchmere

Theater:

Center Stage The Three Sisters begins September 15
Vagabond Players Joe Turner's Come and Gone closes October 1
Fells Point Corner Theater The Boys Next Door closes October 8
Everyman Theater Opus closes October 15
Spotlighters MmmBeth and Hamlette, Saturday at 2 and Sunday at 7
An Evening of Short Plays, Friday at 8 and Sunday at 2
Theatre Project High Zero Festival September 14-17
Performance Workshop Theater Faith Healer begins October 27
Mobtown Players Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? begins September 29

. . . additional Theater listings

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 UM Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich and Prokofiev September 29
Department of Dance José Limón Company September 14 and 15
Department of Theater The Piano Lesson begins October 12

Highfalutin:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Institute Thursday Noon Recital Series, Hee Youn Choue, Piano; Felix Hell, Organ, September 14, 12:00 noon
Pro Musica Rara
Sundays at Three Duo and Trio Selections for Piano, Violin and Cello by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms, September 17, 3:00 pm
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee begins September 19
Baltimore Museum of Art Film, Frida, Friday, September 15, 7:30; Concert, Chamber Jazz Society, Sunday, September 17, 5:00 pm (Pre-Concert Talk, 4:00 pm)
Walters Art Museum
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress

Metric Century

Today's Gettysburg ride was fantastic!
I did the Metric Century - 100 km, 62 miles.
The ride started in Thurmont, Maryland and went through Emmitsburg, Fairfield and Gettysburg and returned to Thurmont.
Data from my cycle-puter:

Maximum Speed: 34.3 miles per hour
Average Speed: 13.1 miles per hour
Distance: 62.59 miles
Time: 4 hours, 44 minutes, 45 seconds

Gettysburg Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the Gettysburg bike ride. There will be 5 routes to choose from; 105, 77, 62, 50 and 25 miles. I'm going to do the 62-miler.

"On this ride you get to look at the mountains, not climb them, as you meander along pleasant country roads through the lush rolling farmland of the Monocacy and Carroll Valleys to Gettysburg and back. As a bonus, you'll see five covered bridges on this route."

Awwwww ... sounds so sweet, doesn't it? Well, we'll see what they mean by "rolling farmland." It's probably going to be brutal.

I rode 50 miles yesterday as a warm-up for tomorrow. My sister-in-law Catherine and I rode the Northern Central Railroad Trail from Paper Mill up to Glen Rock, Pennsylvania and back. In Pennsylavania the name of the trail changes to Heritage Rail Trail.

The Lake Nockamixon ride was my final ride in August bringing my total miles for the month to 470 miles (750 km).

In September I have only done two rides so far; yesterday's 50-miler and 45 miles on the day of the Save A Limb ride with Bob Roll.

"The Wednesday Feature" Vol. 2, No. 2.1 Addendum

Here's another FREEBIE for tomorrow:

Mambo Combo Soca and Samba Music

Thursday, September 7

Noon - 2:00 pm

Hopkins Plaza Lunchtime Concert

Downtown Baltimore, Hopkins Plaza
Charles St, Baltimore St, Hopkins Pl, Lombard St

"The Wednesday Feature" Vol. 2, No. 2

This week's The Wednesday Feature is pretty much a copy of last week's. It's early in the season and things are just getting under way with plenty of local theater openings this weekend.

I went to New York last Wednesday and saw The Lieutenant of Inishmore which closed on Sunday. Last night I went to College Park and saw Meet the Squonkers, an entertaining piece of performance art by the two founding members of Squonk Opera.

For the coming week, the Baltimore Museum of Art is always FREE on the first Thursday of the month. That's tomorrow! On Monday, Musicalia from Italy looks interesting.

Drop/Add: I'm dropping Madam's Organ and Tiffany Tavern from the list of Venues. Under Theaters, I am adding Mobtown Players, even though their web site is not yet updated for the new season. Pro Musica Rara and the Sundays at Three Chamber Music Series have been added to Highfalutin.

Calendars:

Dirty Linen

The DC Bluegrass Union

Venues:

The Friendly Inn
Roots Cafe
The Cellar Stage
Institute of Musical Traditions Musicalia, Monday Sept. 11, 7:30
Music Center at Strathmore
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
Gordon Center for Performing Arts
Common Ground on the Hill
The Birchmere

Theater:

Center Stage The Three Sisters begins September 15
Vagabond Players Joe Turner's Come and Gone begins September 8
Fells Point Corner Theater The Boys Next Door begins September 8
Everyman Theater Opus begins September 6
Spotlighters MmmBeth and Hamlette begins September 9
Theatre Project Hip-Hop Spoken Word Sound Clash September 9 only
Performance Workshop Theater
Mobtown Players

. . . additional Theater listings

Cinema:

The Charles
The Senator and The Rotunda
Openings and Top 10


At University of Maryland, College Park:

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Left Bank Quartet, Sunday, September 10, 3:00 pm, FREE; Boister, Tuesday September 12, 5:30 pm FREE
School of Music UM Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich and Prokofiev September 29
Department of Dance José Limón Company September 14 and 15
Department of Theater The Piano Lesson begins October 12

Highfalutin:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Peabody Institute
Pro Musica Rara
Sundays at Three
Baltimore Opera
Lyric Opera House
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center Mamma Mia! through September 10
Baltimore Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art
Library of Congress

Bobke!

Hey! I had a beer with Bob Roll.