Category archives for: Music & Arts

A Mothers Love

A Mothers Love

I wanted to share with you which I though appropriate for Mothers Day weekend… a Mother and Son business collaborating for many years now helping each other and sharing their vision and passion for the Art. A few months ago, while meeting with Alberta Santora at Capelli Salon in Stevenson Village Maryland, I met a [...]

All Tied Up and Singing: “Passion of Persephone” at Women’s Expo

All Tied Up and Singing: “Passion of Persephone” at Women’s Expo

“What if somebody wrote a musical where the heroine would be tied-up for half of the show?” That was the question that came to Rosanna Tufts in a dream: “What would the story be about?” A few days later she had the answer:  the myth of Persephone, reinvented as a rock opera in the Gilded [...]

“Cendrillon,” composed by Pauline Viardot at 83, Proves You’re Never Too Old!

“Cendrillon,” composed by Pauline Viardot at 83, Proves You’re Never Too Old!

Classical music isn’t all Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Mozart . . . the women composers had plenty to say, too! One of them, Pauline Viardot, gets the spotlight as the Baltimore Vocal Arts Foundation presens her salon opera Cendrillon, Saturday, March 10, 1 pm at the Barn Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, part of the Mini-Fringe Theatre [...]

What Did Pilate’s Wife See, in her Dream about Jesus?

What Did Pilate’s Wife See, in her Dream about Jesus?

That’s the question Charles Butler asked . . . and he ended up with an entire series of theatrical monologues by seldom-seen Bible characters. Many of them are mentioned only once in Scripture, and are never heard from again. But the Jews have a custom called the “midrash,” which retells a Biblical event from the [...]

What Famous Woman would YOU like to see Brought Back to Life?

What Famous Woman would YOU like to see Brought Back to Life?

Kate Campbell Stevenson “brings them back alive” every day! The incomparable actress and mezzo-soprano brings her one-woman show, Women: Back to the Future, to the CCBC Women’s Expo on Saturday, March 10, at 11 am! If you ever wanted to “meet” Eleanor Roosevelt, now’s your chance. Relive Eleanor’s struggles to overcome her fear of public [...]

Competing For Her Dream, Performing For A Cause!

Competing For Her Dream, Performing For A Cause!

My name is Peri and I am fourteen years old. My dream has always been to become a professional singer and make it big. A few months ago I entered a voice contest for Ark Music Factory. The contest was national and out of thousand of entrants I made it into the top forty, then [...]

Bravo to ‘Second City Does Baltimore’

Bravo to ‘Second City Does Baltimore’

By: Andrea Keister On February 16th, the Jemicy Upper School theatre group attended a play at Centerstage, Second City Does Baltimore, which satirized the city. Six actors from Second City (a comedy group based out of Chicago) traveled from Chicago to Baltimore to perform. The students enthusiastically enjoyed the show because it was rather different [...]

Guitar in Hand…Damon Foreman is the Man

Guitar in Hand…Damon Foreman is the Man

Written by Tammy Bowers and Damon Foreman My neighbors and I decided to have dinner at Smokin Hot Bar and Grill in Glenwood a few months ago…and we were not only pleasantly surprised the food was amazing, but the entertainment was phenomenal.  It was as if we had our own private concert with a friendly, [...]

Local Country Singer, Jenny Leigh, Captivating Hearts and Souls

Local Country Singer, Jenny Leigh, Captivating Hearts and Souls

This Friday, December 10th, Jenny Leigh Freeman will be performing at The Woodstock Inn  – 1415 Woodstock Rd. at 9:00 PM.  I have had the good fortune to hear her music and it’s amazing! She is our local artist like Carrie Underwood; Miranda Lambert…and has performed with artists like Josh Gracin.  Hope you have an [...]

The Benefit for Bliss 9.19.10

The Benefit for Bliss 9.19.10

September 19, 2010 3 -7pm held at Sista’s Place, 8521 Liberty Rd, Randallstown, MD. This is an important gathering of friends and fans of Bliss – the Coffee and Wine Bar that has temporarily closed its doors. Based in Harford County – where an “estaBLISSment” like ours is desperately needed – we who care so [...]

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