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There is a lot to do
in and around Baltimore County. Check out the web links below to
find out what's happening in your neighborhood! BCPL specializes in
pointing out activities such as festivals, activities, and celebrations
so these listings are not meant to be comprehensive but focus instead on
those activities that are local and unique to our county and state...
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Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association
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Official tourism site for Baltimore
City and the surrounding area. Find local restaurant listings and
enjoy one of the many up-coming events happening in the city.
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Baltimore County Conference and
Visitors Bureau
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Fun stuff to do in and around
Baltimore County.
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Baltimore Events and Festivals
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from Baltimore Office of Promotion and
The Arts
City activities and
City-wide Events Calendar.
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Baltimore Fun Guide
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a project of the Greater Baltimore
Cultural Alliance
Great place to find out about what's happening
in the area.
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Baltimore Sun
Restaurant Search
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Searchable by cuisine and location.
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Calendars of
Local Events
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from Baltimore County Public Library's
Holidays and Events InfoCenter
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Crab Houses and Restaurants
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from BlueCrab.info
Locate
restaurants where hot steamed "Maryland-style hard crabs are
served".
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Festivals and
Celebrations
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from Baltimore County Public Library's
Holidays and Events InfoCenter
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Festivals and Events
by Festivals.com
Celebrating festivals and events around the
world. Search by keyword or name, map, subject, and location.
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International Association of
Fairs and Expositions Includes
the history of fairs and a "Find a Fair" button which is organized
by by name, location, month, or any combination.
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Maryland Wineries
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Includes a calendar of events and info
on regional wineries.
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Metromix Baltimore
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Local entertainment guide on where to
go and what to do in Baltimore, from the hottest restaurants and
bars, to the latest in events, music, movies, style, and television.
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Restaurant Association of
Maryland
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Dining guide for restaurant
promotions, grand openings, brunch locations and to find a
restaurant by cuisine, location and price. Catering service
information also available.
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Zagat
Excellent guide offers staff picks or lets you search for
restaurants by cuisine, feature, and locale in Baltimore and major
cities around the world.
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VideoHound's Golden Movie
Retriever is a massive guide to over 28,000 movie
reviews, on films ranging from the popular to the downright
obscure.
The Hound rates movies from 4 Bones (pick of
the litter, think The Godfather ) to "WOOF!" (baddest
of the bad, think Weekend at Bernie's 2 ) and
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Be sure to check out
new and on order DVDs at BCPL ♥.
Please see
DVD policies and fees for
important information about this collection.
Below are also some
great websites for the cinemaphiles among us...
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Drew's Scripts-O-Rama
Download hundreds of movie and television scripts.
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Entertainment Awards
from Infoplease
Lists award-winning movies, television
shows, music, performing arts awards, and more.
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Maryland Film Office
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Get the scoop on film-making and promotion in Maryland.
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Movie Review Query Engine
Links to reviews for more than 16,000 movies, add your own reviews.
Has button link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for storyline,
cast, release dates, and more. Find show times at local theatres.
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 Baltimore
County provides funding and enjoys access to a huge number of museums
and exhibit spaces including those which are physically located in
Baltimore City. And don't forget that some of the finest museums
in the World are just a day trip away in Washington, DC.
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African
American Local Museums and Historical Sites
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from Baltimore County Public
Library's African American InfoCenter. The Baltimore area, the
state of Maryland and the District of Columbia offer multiple
venues for exploring African American history and accomplishments.
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American Visionary Arts Museum
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Baltimore's museum devoted to
visionary and naive arts.
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Asian Arts and
Culture Center at Towson University
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Over 1,000 objects including
ceramics, paintings, wood-block prints, textiles, carved ivories,
wood, metal and stone sculpture, cloisonné enamels and furniture
displayed during the academic year.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Museum
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Birthplace of American
railroading.
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Babe Ruth Birthplace and
Museum
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Babe Ruth birthplace and official
Orioles history museum.
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Baltimore Basilica
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The first Roman Catholic
cathedral built in the United States, and the first major religious
building constructed after the adoption of the United States
Constitution. It is a National Historic Landmark and National
Shrine.
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Baltimore Maritime Museum
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Includes four historic landmarks:
the Lightship Chesapeake, USS Torsk which was one of only ten Tench
Class fleet type submarines to see service in World War II, USCGC
Taney which was in action against Japanese planes during the Pearl
Harbor Attack, and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse.
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 Baltimore
Museum of Art
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World renown art collection,
special exhibits, and programs for all ages.
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Baltimore Museum of Industry
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This museum in Baltimore
celebrates the past, present and future innovations of Maryland
industry.
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Baltimore Streetcar Museum
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Street railway history and rides
on original Baltimore streetcars.
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Contemporary Museum
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"Dedicated to broaden the
understanding of new art and exhibition ideas". Located in downtown
Baltimore.
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Dr. Samuel D. Harris National
Museum of Dentistry
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Discover fascinating hands-on
exhibitions, sing along to vintage toothpaste commercials, and
celebrate the heritage and future of dentistry at this historic
location near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Affiliated with Smithsonian.
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Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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Poe's home from 1832 to1835 with
links to other Poe sites.
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Fire Museum of Maryland
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Discover the history of fire
fighting, from colonial times to the present. Located in
Lutherville, Maryland.
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Fort McHenry National Monument
and Historic Shrine
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Preserves the legacy of Fort
McHenry as a national monument and historic shrine.
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Geppi's Entertainment Museum
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Where else can you revisit your
childhood and get back in touch with old friends that entertained
you in the past through comic strips and books, radio and television
shows, films, cartoons, and so much more? Located in historic Camden
Station at Camden Yards in Baltimore Maryland.
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Glenn L. Martin Maryland
Aviation Museum
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Dedicated to the promotion,
preservation, and documentation of aviation and space history in
Maryland, namely, the contributions of Glenn L. Martin and his
successful company. Located in the Middle River Essex area of
Baltimore County.
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Greater Baltimore History
Alliance: Museums
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Lists museums and historic homes
throughout the Baltimore area. Click on each name for additional
information and their web site is available.
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Hampton National Historic Site
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1790's Georgian Mansion with
furnishings and gardens located in Towson, Maryland.
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Jewish Museum of Maryland
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A major
museum of regional Jewish history, culture and community. The Museum
interprets the Jewish experience in America, with special attention
to Jewish life in the state of Maryland.
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Maryland Commission on Artistic
Property
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of the Maryland State Archives
includes Peabody Collection: works of art on loan to many
Baltimore institutions and the Annapolis Collection: displayed
in State buildings in Annapolis.
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Maryland Historical Society
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Maryland cultural artifacts from
past to present. Located in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Maryland Science Center
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Davis Planetarium, IMAX Theater,
and a wide variety of exhibits.
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MuseumLink's Museum of Museums
Official websites of national and international museums plus a
collection of virtual museums.
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Museums in the USA
Locate museums by name, type, or state.
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Port Discovery Children's Museum
in Baltimore
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"Provides experiences which
ignite imagination, inspire learning, and nurture growth through
play." Located near the Inner Harbor of Baltimore City.
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Reginald F. Lewis Museum of
Maryland African American History and Culture
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Largest museum of its kind on the
East Coast dedicated to sharing Maryland's African American history
with the world.
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Rosenberg Gallery
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This gallery located at Goucher
College in Towson, Maryland exhibits showcase work by regional
artists.
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School 33 Art Center
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Baltimore's home for regional
contemporary art
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Smithsonian
Composed of
19 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research
facilities in the United States and abroad.
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Sports Legends Museum at Camden
Yards
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The state's sports history
headquarters. Features exhibits on the Baltimore Orioles, the
Baltimore Colts, Ravens and Blast, Orioles Hall of Fame, Negro
League teams, the Preakness, the Maryland State Athletic Hall
of Fame, regional college athletics, and more.
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Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
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Home of Mary Pickersgill who
sewed the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
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Todd's Inheritance Historic Site
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Located in Edgemere area of
Baltimore County. Todd's Inheritance played a key roll in the
Battle of North Point
and helped prevent the British from capturing Baltimore
during the War of 1812.
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Walters Art Museum
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Exhibits, tours, and visitor
information about a premier Baltimore institution.
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All Music
Search this vast database of recorded music by artist, album, song,
genre, country, instrument, theme or mood. The database covers
popular music styles as well as classical and jazz. Requires free
registration to access extensive information.
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Choral Public
Domain Library In addition
to choral scores in the public domain, you'll find lyrics,
translations, and information about composers.
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Google
Directory: Lyrics Categories
include current hits, rock and pop, hymns, international and the
60's.
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Lester S Levy Collection of
Sheet Music
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from the Special Collections of the Sheridan Libraries of Johns
Hopkins University. Consists of over 29,000 pieces of American
popular music. The collection spans the years 1780 to 1980, but its
strength is nineteenth-century America. Search by title, composer,
first line of song or chorus and find a digital image of the sheet
music.
If the
music was published after 1923, it is not in the public domain, and
therefore there will be no images.
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Lyrics
from the Open Directory Project.Offers lyrics from many
categories of music, search by type, artist, other languages and
links to other lyric sites.
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MoJo's Song Lyrics
2,000+ children's songs. Search by title or subject.
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Mudcat Cafe Lyrics Search
Includes 9,000 songs in the Digital Tradition Database. Search by
title or keyword. Also a folk and blues e-journal.
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 Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
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Baltimore Choral Arts
Society
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Full Chorus and
Orchestra, Professional Chamber Chorus, and Educational Outreach
Ensemble
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Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra
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The BSO's homepage, with information on tickets, season calendar, and
musicians.
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Baltimore Theatre Alliance
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Find out what is playing on local theatre stages. Join their talent
registry and find out about auditions and professional development
workshops.
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CenterStage
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Baltimore's resident professional theater
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Community
College of Baltimore County: Performing Arts
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The three campuses at Catonsville, Dundalk, and Essex offer music, theatre,
and dance for audiences and artists of all ages throughout the year.
Lists auditions.
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Dance Magazine
Articles, reviews, links to professional dance companies and other related sites.
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DateLines
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Events for all ages taking place at Baltimore County Public Library.
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Directory of Outdoor
Drama in the United States from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this directory is organized by
location and category.
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Everyman Theatre
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Professional local theatre company with artists from the
Baltimore/Washington area presenting high quality plays that are
accessible and affordable to everyone.
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Fells Point Corner Theatre
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Community theatre in Baltimore City
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The incredible
auditorium in the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick
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France - Merrick
Performing Arts Center at the Hippodrome
Theatre
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Downtown Baltimore's newest performing arts venue.
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Gordon
Center for the Performing Arts
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Presents a variety of entertainment in music, theater, dance, family
programming, and film. Located in Owings Mills, Maryland.
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Goucher
College
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World-class guests present public discussions and performances throughout
the year. Located in Towson Maryland.
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Handel Choir of Baltimore
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Heritage
Players, Inc.
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Catonsville-based
community theater
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Internet Broadway Database Comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway dating from the
1700s to the present. Search by characters, theatres, songs, shows,
actor, director, producer and more.
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JamBase Searchable list of concerts by date, venue and location. Includes
concert news, reviews and music festival guide.
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Liberty Showcase
Theatre
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Randallstown area theater group
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Lorenzo's Timonium Dinner
Theatre
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Lurman
Woodland Theatre
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Summer outdoor music series in Catonsville
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Maryland Ensemble Theatre
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Theatre company in Frederick, Maryland
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Maryland Music Resources
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Prepared by the Sights and Sounds Department of the Enoch Pratt Free
Library, Maryland's State Library Resource Center
Local music venues, music festivals, production and recording resources,
band listings and much more.
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Maryland's Party Guide
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Night clubs and show schedules across
Maryland, plus local band information
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Murphy Fine Arts Center
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Morgan State University's venue for visual and performing arts -
including Broadway and off-Broadway productions, studio theatre, stand-up
comedy, musical and dance performances and art exhibits. Located in
Baltimore.
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Olney Theatre Center
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Professional regional theatre in Olney Maryland
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Oregon Ridge
Dinner Theatre
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Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland
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Pasadena Theatre Company
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Glen Burnie Area Community Theatre
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Playbill Theatre news and show listings for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional,
Tours and London.
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Pollstar Source of worldwide concert tour schedules,
ticket sales results, and trade news.
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Pumpkin Theatre
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Geared to "give your child and family theatrical memories that will last
forever." Held at St. Timothy's School for Girls, Stevenson, Maryland,
just off the Baltimore Beltway.
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Puppet Company Playhouse
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Glen Echo Park area puppet theater for
children
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Recher Theatre
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Concert venue for live national, regional,
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Lining up for a
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and local music in heart of
Towson.
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Reisterstown
Jazz Ensemble
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Schedule of
performances, photos; non-profit group
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Rep Stage
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A professional theatre company in residence
at Howard Community College
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Shriver Hall Concert Series
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A chamber music series held
on the Homewood campus of The Johns Hopkins University
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Spotlighters
Theatre
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Community theatre in
Baltimore City
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Theatre
Hopkins
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Community based, semi-professional theatre
housed by Johns Hopkins University
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Theatre
Project
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Non-profit
performing arts in Baltimore City
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Theatre on the Hill
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Professional summer musical theatre company at McDaniel College
in Westminster, Maryland.
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Toby's
Dinner Theatre
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Area dinner theatres located in Columbia and Baltimore.
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Towson
University Arts and Culture Calendars
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From jazz to chamber music, dramas to musicals, art exhibits to
dance, to films and lectures, Towson University's Center for the
Arts and other campus venues offer entertainment year round.
The Asian Arts and
Culture Center presents a full calendar of events designed to
promote the visual and performing arts of Asia.
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University of Maryland at Baltimore County Arts and Culture
Calendar
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Arts and culture abound on campus, including Humanities Forum and
Social Sciences Lecture series, Phoenix Dance company, Doug Hamby
Dance, Center for Art and Visual Culture.
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Vagabond Players
♠ Nation's oldest continuously operating
little theatre
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Other resources on the library's website to
help you connect with culture...
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African
American InfoCenter
♠ Museums and historic sites, arts and culture marking the history and
accomplishments of African Americans.
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Holidays and Events
InfoCenter
♠ Festivals, special events, and calendars of local events.
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Oxford
Art Online
Web access to the Oxford Art Online with a myriad of articles on painting, sculpture, graphic arts,
architecture, decorative arts and photography - from prehistory to the
present day. (Please note: a BCPL library card is required to use this
resources)
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Sports and Recreation InfoCenter
♠ Focuses on local recreational, collegiate, and
professional sports. nearby parks and campgrounds and
recreational activities.
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Arts and
Humanities from the Librarians' Internet Index. Animation, artists, clip art, galleries, movies, performing arts,
sculpture and more.
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Creative Alliance at the Patterson
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A Baltimore non-profit organization of artists, arts supporters,
writers, scholars and businesses that promotes the arts through
education, programs and community involvement
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Entertainment
and Leisure from the Internet Public Library
Sites selected by professional librarians covering movies, music, radio,
television, theater, and more.
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Fine
Arts from the Internet Public Library. Art history, architecture, photography, folk art, and more.
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Maryland
Info.com ♠ Statewide arts and
entertainment information.
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RADAR
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Baltimore arts and culture, including many events not found
elsewhere.
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Roadside America A searchable guide to offbeat tourist attractions.
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urbanite
♠ Information on Baltimore activities and events.
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