‘Belle Epoque’ at film fest
Published on February 09, 2012
The Carroll Arts Center is currently hosting the ninth annual Foreign Film Festival, coordinated by FLICC (Film Lovers in Carroll County). Award-winning films are screened every Friday in February. more »

For the Record: Radiolab,
Published on February 09, 2012
Look, ma. Someone found a four-track mixer and a keyboard and decided to record some music! It must be great because there are a bunch of electronic drum sounds! Let's check it out! more »

Ruut to play romantic concert
Published on February 09, 2012
An artist whose work is as different as her name, Ruut brings an innovative breeze into today's alternative pop music. She will perform at ThorpeWood on Sunday, along with husband-and-wife duo Naked Blue. Guests will be treated to a meal prepared by ML Carroll, owner and head chef of Canapés. Ruut recently finished writing and recording a full-length album and plans to release it in the spring. "Being a mother has really opened me up creatively, and with my daughter listening to everything I play, I tend to write a little more imaginative music these days," she stated. The show, which is BYOB, runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $100 per person, $180 per couple, and $200 for a sweetheart table for two (limited number). Go to www.thorpewood.org to purchase ticket and preview the menu. For more information, call 301-271-2823. Listen to a sample of Ruut's music at www.ruutmusic.com. more »

Seasoned actress, Broadway buff Bebe Neuwirth plays ‘Stories with Piano’
Published on February 09, 2012
Bebe Neuwirth is a true triple threat. She sings, she dances, and she acts. more »

Baltimore jam band to bring improv to Cafe Nola
Published on February 09, 2012
Like their name suggests, the Baltimore-based band Jesters of Kindness is all about emitting good vibes -- physically and musically. more »

The Temptations take the Weinberg stage
Published on February 09, 2012
More than 20 past members. Nearly 50 years of a career that has spawned an array of No. 1 hits, both in the pop and R&B music world. Numerous deaths. Countless arguments. One painfully long made-for-TV movie. Three songs The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame once pegged as tunes that "shaped rock and roll." And a legendary sound that even the most ignorant music fan can recognize at the drop of one particularly iconic guitar line. more »

Bagels by day, bagels by night
Published on February 09, 2012
I love bagels. I've always loved bagels. I will eat at least one a day, sometimes two or even three. I can't do without my daily bagel. more »

Spires Brass Band honors life of President Lincoln
Published on February 09, 2012
The Spires Brass Band presents "Abraham Lincoln: Music and Dance of his Time" on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Kussmaul Theater at Frederick Community College. The Lincoln bicentennial oratorio "For The People" by Gettysburg College composer John "Buzz" Jones will highlight the program. Narration of Lincoln's poetry, speeches and letters will be provided by James Getty -- "America's foremost Lincoln portrayer" (HistoryAmerica Tours). more »

Howie Mandel at the Weinberg
Star will provide evening of laughs
Published on February 09, 2012
Howie Mandel has remained a constant force in show business for over 30 years. In 2010, he embarked on his latest endeavor as a judge on NBC's talent competition series "America's Got Talent," alongside Sharon Osborne and Piers Morgan. Mandel recently received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Reality/Competition Host for "Deal or No Deal" and a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host for the syndicated version of the show. more »

Sean K. Preston & The Loaded Pistols
Published on February 09, 2012
If it sounds like Sean K. Preston sings about hard luck, lost love, long journeys, dark secrets, damnation and redemption like he's lived through them, it's because he has. He'll play Olde Towne Tavern in Frederick at 10 p.m. Friday, delivering his blend of blues, punk, country and rock 'n' roll. Preston was born in Australia, in the isolated desert town of Alice Springs, to an American father and a Japanese mother. As a music-hungry teenager in a small town with no record shop to fuel his cravings, save the local Kmart, Preston was forced to raid his father's record collection. It was there that he discovered, and fell in love with, early rock 'n' roll, country and blues. Eventually his family moved to a suburb of Baltimore, where Preston was introduced to his first rock concerts and the local punk scene. It wasn't long before he picked up the guitar to front his own band. Upon the invitation of a friend, Preston visited Ireland, and what started as a holiday turned into four years of busking. After returning to the U.S., Preston began work on a self-produced and released debut record titled "Hoarse Whisper" and began touring the East Coast. His music draws heavily on the influences of the classic heartbroken sounds of country and western music from the '40s through the '70s, the honesty of the blues by the likes of Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker, the bombast of '50s rock 'n' roll, the lyrical sophistication of musical poets like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Nick Cave and the raw energy of punk. His own songs range from delicate lullabies to fiery blasts. Olde Towne Tavern is at 325 N. Market St., Frederick. For more information, call 301-695-1454, or go to www.ottfrederick.com. more »

Local organization starts Traditional Folk Song Circle at Dublin Roasters
Published on February 09, 2012
Because the summer camp experience may be missing for younger generations, FAME wants to cross-level the Frederick community's collective folk experience, kind of like Nick at Nite with old TV shows. more »

Area photographer wins award for work in exhibit
The annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon on view in Hagerstown
Published on February 09, 2012
Local photographer Martin Heavner has won more than 120 national and regional awards for his work, and last month he added another to his list of achievements. more »

Valentine’s Day means fish, fruit and lard
Published on February 09, 2012
Animals at the Maryland Zoo will celebrate Valentine's Day, even if it's a tad early. On Saturday, they'll get some special treats, but these treats are species-specific, so wine, roses and chocolate are definitely out. more »

Carroll Arts Center set to run Foreign Film Festival in February
Published on February 02, 2012
The Carroll Arts Center in Westminster will be home to the ninth annual Foreign Film Festival, coordinated by Film Lovers in Carroll County. The award-winning films will be screened each Friday in February at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for CCAC members, students and seniors. McDaniel College students and faculty are admitted free, as the college is sponsoring the series. Series tickets are $20 and $15. The schedule is as follows: more »

Exhibit to preview local work
Published on February 02, 2012
Art collectors have an opportunity to preview an array of work by local, regional and national artists during the month of February at the Cultural Arts Center. The exhibit runs today through Feb. 28, with an opening reception Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. February's First Saturday is usually the highest-attended gallery opening of the year for the facility and several additional activities are planned to coincide with the opening. more »

Langley’s ‘Expanded Field’ features large paint works at Delaplaine Center
Published on February 02, 2012
The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center announces a new exhibit, "The Expanded Field," featuring new works by painter Matthew Langley. The exhibit includes large color field paintings that focus on space, compression and volume. "The Expanded Field" will be on view from Saturday through Feb. 26. An exhibit reception is scheduled for Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. more »

Easels in Frederick plans spring Art Talk Café events
Published on February 02, 2012
Catch the spirit of plein-air painting and get ready to enjoy the June 2012 Easels in Frederick event by attending this series of free casual art talks and workshops starting this month through June. more »

Photographer exhibits at chamber of commerce, Blanche Ames
Published on February 02, 2012
Local photographer Teddy Robinson is currently exhibiting his work at the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce through the end of February. A meet-and-greet is scheduled for Friday as part of the Chamber's Coffee and Contacts program. more »

Exhibit marks 10 years of the Hood College ceramics arts program
‘Evolutions’ features work by 14 alumni
Published on February 02, 2012
An exhibit and reception marking two milestones in Hood College's ceramic arts program will be on display through tonight in the Hodson Gallery in Tatem Arts Center. more »

Artist to show oil work at McGuire gallery
Published on February 02, 2012
Carol Bucklin shows her skill in exquisite oils on miniature canvases. These miniatures, done in the classic tradition, are portraits of fruits and vegetables as well as landscapes. more »

Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Fiery bluegrass and master pickin’ at Shepherdstown Opera House
Published on February 02, 2012
Appalachian native Larry Keel is known for his flatpicking mastery, combining traditional tunes, country, jam rock, roots reggae and not-so-typical bluegrass covers (think Amy Winehouse and Marcy Playground). more »

Diane Ackerman: Talking about Love
Published on February 02, 2012
Love is a recurring theme in Diane Ackerman's books, whether it's love for the tree outside her window or for her husband of 41 years. She edited "The Book of Love," for instance, published shortly after her book "A Natural History of Love." She penned the memoir "One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing" last year. more »

Photography exhibit at the Delaplaine shows beauty in ‘silence’
Published on February 02, 2012
One winter day in 2008, Westminster-based photographer Kelly Heck ventured out into a snow-covered field in Carroll County. more »

Five of Frederick’s finest look to bring the funny at ‘Improv with the Stars’
Published on February 02, 2012
Take one radio personality, two politicians (current and former), one alderman and one experienced school administrator and mix it with the chaos and hilarity a la "Who's Line is It Anyway?" and you get "Improv with the Stars." more »

Couple celebrates 50 years of framing business
Published on February 02, 2012
Richard and Vicky Kornemann never dreamed they would be celebrating a large professional milestone together when they met decades ago at a Washington-area high school. more »

‘End Days’ to premiere at the MET
Published on February 02, 2012
The regional premiere of "End Days," by Deborah Zoe Laufer, opens at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre today. more »

The Comedy Pigs to take the MET stage in two new shows
Published on February 02, 2012
Maryland Ensemble Theatre presents The Comedy Pigs improv comedy troupe in two new shows at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 11. The show will take place on the MET mainstage. more »

Over the Rhine brings indie Americana music to Frederick
Published on February 02, 2012
Multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist are the songwriting team that perpetuates Over the Rhine. more »

BSO concert series returns to Weinberg
Published on February 02, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra returns to Frederick to present a series of concerts showcasing conductor Nicholas McGegan, violinist Jonathan Carney and trumpeter Andrew Balio, beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. more »