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 »

Multimedia work at Kentlands Mansion Gallery
Published on January 26, 2012
The City of Gaithersburg presents a multimedia exhibit of works by Lieta Gerson, Peter Plant and Judy Prevo at Kentlands Mansion through March 18. more »

50-plus films at Maryland International Kids FilmFest
Published on January 26, 2012
The Frederick Film Festival partners with the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival to bring the Maryland International Kids FilmFest to Frederick this weekend. The event features over 50 short films in hour-long blocks, plus a screening of two installments of one of the most famous series of animated films in film history -- Wallace & Gromit -- at the Weinberg Center for the Arts. more »

Mount Airy painter, interdisciplinary artist exhibits at McDaniel College
Published on January 26, 2012
A solo exhibition at McDaniel College features works by painter and interdisciplinary artist Ryan Browning of Mount Airy. "Lairs: Drawings and Paintings by Ryan Browning" runs through Feb. 17 in McDaniel's Rice Gallery in Peterson Hall. more »

Former ‘basement artist’ goes public with work, exhibit
Published on January 26, 2012
David Cardew Evans embarked on what he called My Year as an Artist in January 2011. more »

Mountaindale General Store
More than a bait-and-tackle shop
Published on January 26, 2012
Tucked toward the end of a country road near Frederick Municipal Forest, Mountaindale General Store is packed with all those necessities you may have forgotten to get at the grocery store, including beer. more »

An Afternoon with Garrison Keillor
Published on January 26, 2012
The Weinberg Center for the Arts and Frederick Reads presents An Afternoon with Garrison Keillor at 3 p.m. Sunday. more »

Live bluegrass at Lucketts schoolhouse
Published on January 26, 2012
Rounder Recording artist and fiddler extraordinaire Michael Cleveland brings dynamic traditional bluegrass to the Lucketts stage with his four-time, award-winning band Flamekeeper as part of the 38th season of the Lucketts Bluegrass Series. more »

Bluegrass all-star group takes the stage in fundraising show
Published on January 26, 2012
Musician Darren Beachley truly has music in his blood. more »

Calling all cowboys and cowgirls
Published on January 26, 2012
Round up your cowboy hats and gallop on in to the Majestic Theater on Friday at 8 p.m. for Riders In The Sky. This two-time, Grammy Award-winning, classic cowboy quartet features the Riders-Ranger Doug (Idol of American Youth), Woody Paul (King of the Cowboy Fiddlers), Too Slim ("a Righteous Tater"), and Joey (the CowPolka King). They revived and revitalized a music genre since they formed in 1977. more »

For the Record: Thurlow, ‘Spokes’
Published on January 26, 2012
Four songs and that's it. "The Hour Glass." "Through Your Eyes." "All The Riches." And "Tidal Waves." Those four tracks paint Thurlow's "Spokes" EP, an effort issued last year by the husband-and-wife duo of Jacqueline Caruso and Augustus Green who got their start in this area before eventually migrating to Los Angeles to presumably chase the rock-star dream. more »

Fast dancing. Loud yipping.
The Fieldhands play the Main Cup
Published on January 26, 2012
The Fieldhands will play the Main Cup in Middletown on Saturday. A modern root Americana group based in Frederick, the Fieldhands are Lora Walburn (vocals, mandolin, guitar), Zach Norris (banjo, guitar), Matthew Reen (percussion, harmonica), Evan Bell (bass, vocals). Collin Cottingham (guitar, vocals), Adam Griggs (horn, vocals) and Brian Murray (fiddle). They have played Churrasco A Centro and In The Street, as well as several Frederick venues. The show runs 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the Main Cup, 14 W. Main St. #A, Middletown. No cover. All ages. more »

Storytelling, melody, puppetry coincide in debut of ‘Pickett’s Charge’
Published on January 26, 2012
Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter Ellen Cherry weaves together humor, history, storytelling and melody in her Strathmore Artist in Residence concerts on Wednesdays, Feb. 1 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion. more »

Fredericktowne Players present ‘The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!’
Published on January 26, 2012
The Fredericktowne Players present "The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!" in Frederick Community College's Jack B. Kussmaul Theater. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Feb. 3 and 4, plus a 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 5. more »

Weinberg lineup changes, additions
Published on January 26, 2012
The Weinberg Center for the Arts recently added performances to their spring lineup. New events include the Maryland International Kids FilmFest, An Afternoon with Diane Ackerman, Jerrod Niemann with Sunny Sweeney, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Rebecca Skloot, Joe Nichols with Randy Houser, and the Mwamba Children's Choir. more »