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Arts and Entertainment InfoCenter


Food, Festivals and Events


Baltimore Events
(local interest)
City activities and Calendar of Events

Baltimore Sun Restaurant Search (local interest)
Searchable by price, cuisine, and location

Crab House Restaurants of the Chesapeake Bay (local interest)
Locate restaurants where hot steamed "Maryland-style hard crabs are served"

Festivals and Events
Celebrating festivals and events around the world. Search by month, name, and location.

Holidays and Events InfoCenter
Local events, festivals and celebrations

International Association of Fairs and Expos
Includes the history of fairs and "Find a Fair", which is organized by date, region and association.

Maryland Wineries (local interest)
Includes a calendar of events and info on regional wineries.

Maryland is Fun (local interest)
Maryland Calendar of Events

Maryland Restaurants Online (local interest)
Dining guide of the Maryland Restaurant Association. Searchable by cuisine, location and price. Catering service information also available.

Smart Talk (local interest)
A celebrity-based spoken word tour featuring women at the Meyerhoff.

Zagat
Excellent guide offers staff picks or lets you search for restaurants by cuisine, feature, and locale in major cities around the world

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Movies and Film

Drew's Scripts-O-Rama
Download hundreds of movie and TV scripts. Note: Scripts are in ".ZIP" file format.

Entertainment Awards
Site with links to several different movie, television, music, and entertainment awards.

Entertainment and Leisure
from the Internet Public Library-Movies, Music, Radio, TV, Theater

Maryland Film Office (local interest)
Get the scoop on film-making and promotion in Maryland.

Moviefinder
From E! Online: Read/write reviews, get show times nationwide. Rent/buy videos online.

Movie Review Query Engine
Links to more than 16,000 movies, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and more

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Museums and Galleries


American Visionary Arts Museum (local interest)
Baltimore's museum devoted to visionary and naive arts

Asian Arts and Culture Center at Towson University (local interest)
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.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (local interest)
Birthplace of American railroading

Babe Ruth Museum
(local interest)
Babe Ruth birthplace and official Orioles history museum

Baltimore Museum of Art
(local interest)
World renown art collection, special exhibits, and programs for all ages

Baltimore Museum of Industry (local interest)
This museum in Baltimore celebrates the past, present and future innovations of Maryland industry

Baltimore Streetcar Museum
(local interest)
Street railway history and rides on original Baltimore streetcars

Contemporary Museum
(local interest)
"dedicated to broaden the understanding of new art and exhibition ideas"

Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
(local interest)
Poe's home, 1832-1835, with links to other Poe sites

Fire Museum of Maryland (local interest)
Discover the history of fire fighting, from colonial times to the present. Located in Lutherville, Maryland.

Fort McHenry National Monument (local interest)
Preserves the legacy of Fort McHenry as a national monument and historic shrine

Hampton National Historic Site
(local interest)
1790's Georgian Mansion with furnishings and gardens in Baltimore County

Maryland Commission on Artistic Property (local interest)
includes Peabody Collection: works of art on loan to many Baltimore institutions and the Annapolis Collection: displayed in State buildings in Annapolis.

Maryland Historical Society
(local interest)
Maryland cultural artifacts from past to present

Maryland Science Center
(local interest)
Exhibits, Davis Planetarium, IMAX Theater, Space Link to latest space discoveries and exploration.

MuseumLink's Museum of Museums
Official websites of national and international museums plus a collection of virtual museums.

Museums in the USA
Locate museums by name, type, or state.

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture (local interest)
Largest museum of its kind on the East Coast dedicated to sharing Maryland's African American history with the world.

Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College (local interest)
This gallery in Baltimore County exhibits showcase work by regional artists

School 33 Art Center
(local interest)
Baltimore's home for regional contemporary art

Smithsonian Institution
Composed of 16 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the U.S. and abroad.

Star-Spangled Banner Flag House (local interest)
Home of Mary Pickersgill who sewed the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812

Walters Art Museum
(local interest)
Exhibits, tours, and visitor information about a premier Baltimore institution.

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Music: Lyrics and Recordings

All Music Guide (AMG)
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 .

DigiTrad Lyrics Search
From Mudcat Cafe, a folk and blues e-journal. Search over 6,500 lyrics by title or keyword.

Google's Web Directory for Lyrics
Categories include current hits, rock and pop, hymns, international and the 60's.

Links to Music Lyrics
Includes sites that specialize in folk, civil war songs, hymns, and other music categories.

MoJo's Musical Mouseum
2,000+ children's songs. Search by title or subject.

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Performing Arts


Artist Direct
Music information, artists, genres

Baltimore Choral Arts Society (local interest)
Full Chorus and Orchestra, Professional Chamber Chorus, and Educational Outreach Ensemble

Baltimore Opera Company (local interest)
Based in the Lyric Opera House. Purchase tickets online here.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
(local interest)
The BSO's homepage, with information on tickets, season calendar, and musicians

Center Stage (local interest)
Baltimore's resident professional theater

Dance Magazine (local interest)
Articles, reviews, links to professional dance companies and other related sites.

Directory of Outdoor Drama in America
From the University of North Carolina, this directory is organized by location and category.

Everyman Theatre (local interest)
Professional local theatre company with artists from the Baltimore/Washington area presenting high quality plays that are accessible and affordable to everyone.

Fell's Point Corner Theatre (local interest)
Community theatre in Baltimore City

Heritage Players, Inc.
(local interest)
Catonsville-based community theater

Hippodrome Theatre (local interest)
Downtown Baltimore's newest performing arts venue.

Internet Broadway Database
Comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway dating from the 1700s to the present.

JamBase
Searchable list of concerts by date, venue and location. Includes concert news, reviews and music festival guide.

Liberty Showcase Theater (local interest)
Randallstown area theater group

Lurman Woodland Theatre (local interest)
Summer outdoor music series in Catonsville

Maryland Ensemble Theatre
(local interest)
Theatre company in Frederick, Maryland

Maryland Party
(local interest)
Night clubs and show schedules across Maryland, plus local band information

Murphy Fine Arts Center (local interest)
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.

Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
(local interest)
Professional regional theatre

Pasadena Theatre Company
(local interest)
Glen Burnie Area Community Theatre

Playbill Online Theatre News

Pollstar
The Concert Hotwire

Puppet Company Playhouse (local interest)
Glen Echo Park area puppet theater for children

Reisterstown Jazz Ensemble (local interest)
Schedule of performances, photos; non-profit group

Rep Stage (local interest)
A professional theatre company in residence at Howard Community College

Spotlighters Theatre (local interest)
Community theatre in Baltimore City

Theatre Hopkins
(local interest)
Community based, semi-professional theatre housed by Johns Hopkins University

Theatre Project
(local interest)
Non-profit performing arts in Baltimore City

Theatre on the Hill (local interest)
Professional theatre company at Western Maryland College

Toby's Dinner Theatre
(local interest)
Columbia area dinner theatre

Vagabond Players (local interest)
Nation's oldest continuously operating little theatre
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Seating Charts


Seating Chart for the Lyric (local interest)
Seating chart for the Baltimore Lyric

Seating Charts from ASC
Seating charts of theaters, sports and concert venues and includes "virtual view"

Ticketmaster
Enter a venue name in the search box on the left hand side to get the seating chart, or just browse

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Radio

Local Radio Stations
Links to Maryland radio stations, divided by genre, provided by Newslink (local interest)

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Television

Local Television
Links to all local television stations (local interest)

Networks
Links to major US networks, including cable, provided by Newslink

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General Resources

Arts Topics
from the Librarian's Index to the Internet
Animation, artists, clip art, galleries, movies, performing arts, sculpture

Creative Alliance at the Patterson (local interest)
A Baltimore non profit organization of artists, arts supporters, writers, scholars and businesses that promotes the arts through education, programs and community involvement

Fine Arts Reference
from the Internet Public Library
Period art, women's studies, and standard art genres.

Holidays and Events InfoCenter
Festivals, special events and calendar

Arts, Culture and History
from the Michigan Electronic Library
Art, dance, drama, literature, multicultural, music, etc.

InfoUSA
Guide to the historic and current info on traditional and popular culture and arts in America

Maryland Info.com (local interest)
Statewide arts and entertainment

RADAR (local interest)
Baltimore arts and culture, including many events not found elsewhere.

Roadside America
A searchable guide to offbeat tourist attractions.

urbanite (local interest)
Information on Baltimore activities and events.

Visiting Baltimore (local interest)
City of Baltimore's list of attractions

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This page is provided by the Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Maryland USA.
The text version of this page was last revised on 26 August 2008.
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