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Mutchnik's strings lead to your heart

What better way to prepare for Valentine's Day than with a concert of romantic music? That's the heartfelt impulse behind the program of...

An invitation to Artists' Gallery Invitational

The Artists' Gallery occupies a compact space in a downtown Columbia office building, but its current Invitational Exhibition offers further...

Ballet with a 'Twist'

It takes more than two hands to stage a ballet production. Many hands are needed to sew costumes, build sets, hang lights, wire speakers,...

Toby's founder Orenstein wins award for community work

Toby Orenstein is once again at the helm of one of her favorite projects — directing the Young Columbians, a singing group formed in...

Columbia Orchestra goes the American way

European composers still tend to dominate most classical music programs in the United States, but the Columbia Orchestra makes a case for...

Numbed by 'The Nutcracker'

Want to see a dance critic go berserk? Just take her to a shopping mall during the holidays or watch her in a doctor’s office or chain...

Dancers of a certain age sometimes lose their tiaras

For nearly a decade, neither snow nor sleet — not to mention having to get out of bed early on...

Passe? Not the musical masters behind 'South Pacific'

The handsomely staged production of “South Pacific” at the Hippodrome Theatre is a welcome reminder that...

Chinese ballet finds 'Art' on a more modern footing

Someone once said that ballet and modern dance would merge when a contemporary dancer donned toe shoes and ballerinas went barefoot. Well,...

Is there anything sadder than steps left undone?

It was doubly sad for me hearing of the death of Rebecca Marie Jung last week. This dancer, athlete, teacher and friend...

Everyman Theatre opens season with a 'Raisin' d'exit

An area theater that does consistently fine work is beginning its last season in its current home.

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Toby's 'The King and I' is a musical treat

Looking to shake those winter blahs? One sure way is to "whistle a happy tune."

Scientists acting out

The opening scene went something like this:

Picture-perfect world awaits in 'Places" exhibit at Columbia Art Center

You might walk into the Columbia Photo Artists' exhibit titled "Places" expecting to see familiar Howard County places showcased on the...

Ballerina Katie Williams takes talent to new heights

Serious balletomanes might have spotted Katherine Williams' promise years ago when she first stepped on stage as a tiny ballerina in...

In 'Gleam,' testing limits and breaking traditions

Watching "Gleam" at Center Stage is like visiting a distant era that actually wasn't all that long ago. This play takes place between 1903...

Making different 'Impressions' in Kish exhibit

The two-artist exhibit titled "Impressions" at the Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House makes it clear that the abstract paintings by...

On face value, Hahn-Bin delivers a new experience

A tuxedo seems like the one sartorial item that Hahn-Bin might not wear when this 24-year-old violinist appears for the Candlelight...

Graf was still off the charts when ranking dance stars

In mid-December, we caught Columbia's Alicia Graf in a premiere program presented by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...

At Artists' Gallery, it's about individual messages

Group exhibits tend to feature an assortment of subjects treated in several different mediums. The "All Member Holiday Show" at the Artists'...

'Power of the king' on display at National Gallery of Art

War is hell, but it seems beautiful in the textiles hanging on the walls of Washington's National Gallery of Art in the exhibit "The...

Hellman: Contemplating the eternal at Tai Sophia

Let's get metaphysical. That's the right frame of mind for viewing the abstract compositions in Richard Hellman's exhibit...

Gallery is reproductions, but Main Street art store is the 'real thing'

The Old Masters have come to Laurel. Some of the most memorable works of Boticelli, da Vinci, Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali, Wyeth — among...

Working magic with light at the HCAC juried show

You really get to know the local artists exhibiting in "Art Howard County 2011" at the Howard County Arts Council. Unlike...

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Concerts

Pliés and push-ups

On the second floor of the Sudbrook Arts Centre in Pikesville, Tim Fox snapped his fingers to live piano music as he watched his three...

Event guide

February 11th : 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
February 10th : 8 p.m. (Doors)