Weekend on the Radio Recap: Hypothermia for a Cause Edition

This week, we remember an icon of The Jazz Age, celebrate the year of the dragon, and plunge into a freezing cold lake for kicks.

All Weekend Long:

• Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color, Evergreen Library, noon to 4 p.m.
• Baltimore Restaurant Week, various restaurants around Baltimore, check website for details
• Adventures with Clifford the Big Red Dog, Port Discovery, check website for details
• The Iceman Cometh, Fells Point Corner Theatre, check website for details

Thursday, 1/26:

• Yoga for All, Mina's Gallery, 7 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.
• Miranda Lambert, First Mariner Arena, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, 1/27:

• Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam, Verizon Center, check website for details
• School of Rock Presents: A Tribute to Classic Punk, Ottobar, 6 p.m.

Saturday, 1/28:

• Polar Bear Plunge, Sandy Point State Park, 8 a.m.
• Charm City Kitty Club, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.
• Soul Symphony, Hippodrome, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 1/29:

• Chinese New Year Celebration, Walters Art Gallery, 12 to 3 p.m.
  

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Championship Edition

This week, we celebrate Baltimore's other major bird, celebrate filmmakers both local and French, and have breakfast with some polar bears. Word of warning, don't try to steal their hotcakes, it won't end well.

All Weekend Long:

• Charm City LGBT Film Festival, Creative Alliance, 7 p.m.


• Baltimore Boat Show, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details


• Baltimore Restaurant Week, various restaurants around town, check website for details


• Horse World Expo, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 1/18:

• Charles Theatre Revival Series: Weekend, The Charles, 9 p.m.

Saturday, 1/19:

• Orioles Fanfest, Baltimore Convention Center, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.


• Breakfast with Polar Bears, Baltimore Zoo, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.


• Osomatli, 9:30 Club, 9 p.m.


• Touch Sculpture Opening, Walters Art Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


• Cass McCombs, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Sunday, 1/20:

• State of the Earth Eco Confrence, American Visonary Art Musuem, 10 a.m.

Weekend on the Radio (I Have a Dream Edition)

This week, we show off our purple pride, gorge at high quality eateries, sample some exotic coffee and celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King.

All Weekend Long:

• Baltimore County Restaurant Week, various restaurants around Baltimore County, check website for details


• Imax Film Festival, Maryland Science Center, check website for showtimes


• Krautfest, Gertrude's, check website for details

PURPLE PASSION: The best places to watch the game

• Padonia Station, 63 E. Padonia Road, Timonium MD, 21093


• The Rec Room, 512 York Road, Towson MD, 21204


• The Greene Turtle, 408 York Road, Towson MD, 21204


• Pickles Pub, 520 Washington Blvd, Baltimore MD, 21230


• Mothers' Federal Hill Grille, 1113 South Charles St., Baltimore MD, 21230

Thursday, 1/12:

• YouTube Show and Tell, Creative Alliance, 7 p.m.

Friday, 1/13:

• Sticky Buns Burlesque presents: Gourmet Risque, Ottobar, 8 p.m.


• G. Love and Special Sauce, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 1/15:

• Arbutus Record Show, Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


• Kopi Lewak Coffee Tasting, Zeke's Coffee, 8 a.m. to noon

Monday, 1/15:

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Parade, Downtown Baltimore, noon

Weekend on the Radio: Holiday Recovery Edition

Weekend on the Radio has arisen from it's long winter's nap! This week, tribute bands ascend on Ram's Head Live, thirteen people are murdered in a Victorian mansion (with hilarious results!), and the Mobtown Ballroom starts a zoot suit riot. Feel free to throw back a bottle of beer, responsibly of course.

All Weekend Long:

• Arsenic and Old Lace, Vagabond Players Theatre, check website for details


• Gleam, Center Stage, check website for details


• The Elvis Birthday Celebration, Laurel Mill Playhouse, 8 p.m.

Thursday, 1/5:

• Sac au Lait, Joe Squared, 10 p.m.

Friday, 1/6:

• Friday night swing class/dance party, Mobtown Ballroom, 8 p.m.


• Badfish, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.


• Witches Brew screening, Creative Alliance, 7:30 and 10 p.m.

Saturday, 1/7:

• Bird Count 4 Kids, National Wildlife Visitor Center, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.


• Saturday night Salsa class/dance party, Mobtown Ballroom, 8 p.m.


• The Degenerettes, Metro Gallery, 9 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Yellow Brick Road Edition

This week, the Senator isn't in Kansas anymore, The spirit of Zelda Fitzgerald dances through Hopkins, and a member of Fishbone celebrates their illustrious history (don't tell Michelle Bachmann).





All Weekend Long:

• The Wizard of Oz, The Senator Theatre, check website for details




• B&O Railroad Musuem Holiday Fesival of Trains and Toys, B&O Railroad Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weekdays), 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (weekends




• Zelda Fitzgerald: Choreography in Color, The Evergreen Museum, check website for details




• The Lion King, The Hippodrome, check website for details




• The Annapolis Chorale presents: The Messiah, St. Anne's Church, 8 p.m. (3 p.m. on Sunday)




• The Nutcracker, The Lyric, check website for details




• A Christmas Carol, The Meyerhoff, check website for details

Thursday 12/15:

• Lyle Lovett, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Friday, 12/16:

• Oy Vey in a Manger, Creative Alliance, 7:30 and 10 p.m.




• Everyday Sunshine: A Film About Fishbone hosted by Angelo Moore, The Charles, midnight

Saturday, 12/17:

• Body Politik, H&H Building, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Gravy Fries Edition

This week, Santa takes a trolley, some sugar plumb faries dance, and a beloved film celebrates it's 30th anniversary. Just remember ladies, keep the rock n' roll in with the rock n' roll, and the R&B in with the R&B.

All Weekend Long:

• Santa's Streetcar, Baltimore Streetcar Musuem, noon to 5



• MICA Art Market, MICA, 10 to 6



• The Nutcracker, The Lyric, check website for details

Thursday, 12/8:

• Diner: 30th Anniversary Revival, The Charles, 8 p.m.

Friday, 12/9:

• Charles Street Friday Market, Lanvale Street, 3 to 8 p.m.



• Victoria Vox and ellen cherry, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.



• Holiday Hop for the Animals, Ottobar, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 12/10:

• Sock Monkey Saturday, AVAM, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sunday, 12/11:

• Kalendar Konversations with Kal, Walters Art Gallery, 2 to 3:30 p.m.



• 1964: The Tribute, Ram's Head Onstage, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap:Bird in the Studio Edition

This week, we recover from our Thanksgiving food coma with a bunch of Elvis impersonators, and four young Elvises who never discovered downers. Also, Santa takes pictures with pets! Cute, right?

All Weekend Long:

• Night of 100 Elvises, Luthuanian Hall, 8 p.m.


• Holiday Light Show, Power Plant, nightly

Thursday, 12/1:

• Mt. Vernon Monument Lighting, Mt. Vernon Place, 7 p.m.

Friday, 12/2:

• J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Ottobar, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 12/3:

• Old Tyme Fells Point Christmas, Broadway Market Square, 9 a.m.


• Charm City Craft Mafia Presents: Holiday Heap, St. John's United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


• 2011 Creative Alliance Merry Mart, Creative Alliance, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday 12/4:

• Pet Pics with Santa, Marley's Station Mall, noon to 6 p.m.


• Holiday Tea, Cylburn Aboretum, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.


• Mayor's Christmas Parade, Hampden, 2 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Food Coma Edition

This week, Bob Seger practices his Night Moves, people run for a good cause, and accept the beginning of the Christmas Season by buying a tree.

All Weekend Long:

• Kennedy Krieger Institute Festival of Trees, Maryland State Fairgrounds 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

Thursday, 11/24:

• Turkey Bowl: Loyola vs. Calvert Hall, Unitas Stadium, 10 a.m.
• Bulle Rock Turkey Trot, The Residences at Bulle Rock, 8:45 a.m.

Friday, 11/25:

• Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, First Mariner Arena, 8 p.m.
• Bazzart Holiday Art Market, American Visionary Art Musuem, 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Classic Albums Live: Abbey Road, The Music Center at Strathmore, 8 p.m.
  
• Third Annual Turkey Ball, 8x10, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 11/26

• Small Business Saturday, Belvedere Square
• International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature, The Mansion at Strathmore, check website for details

Sunday, 11/27:

• Free Family Sundays, Baltimore Museum of Art, 2 p.m.
  

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Christmas Time is Here?

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. This week, The British invade Germano's Trattoria, our own Sam Gallant noshes on an obscene amount of pancakes and it's already looking a lot like Christmas.

ALL WEEKEND LONG:

• Maryland Christmas Show, Frederick Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 11/17:

• Beaujolais Nouveau tasting, The Metropolitan, 7 p.m.


• Pete's Grill Pancake Eating Contest, Pete's Grill, 7 a.m.


• The British Are Coming, Germano's Trattoria, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, 11/19:

• Santa's Arrival, Baltimore Visitors Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m.


• Bowling For Food, Stoneleigh Lanes, noon-3 p.m.


• Heavy Metal Picnic Premiere, Creative Alliance, 7 p.m.


• Super Art Fight!, Ottobar, 9 p.m.


• Baltimore Free School Dance, H&H Building, 9 p.m.


• Old Man Brown, Kenny Liner, Petticoat Tearoom, 8x10, 9 p.m.

Friday, 11/20:

• Zoo Zoom, Maryland Zoo, 8:30 a.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Bio-Dome Edition

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. This week, Caleb Stien takes you Round the Mountain, Baltimore celebrates the luck of the Irish, and Pauly Shore hangs out in Timonium....buudddddy.

All Weekend Long:

• Baltimore Food Tours, http://www.baltimorefoodtours.com/, check website for details



• Baltimore Irish Festival, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details



• Pauly Shore, Magooby's Joke House, check website for details



• The Life of Roberto Clemente, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, check website for details

Thursday, 11/10:

• Ben Frock's birthday celebration, Wind-Up Space, 8:30 p.m.



• Speak My Name: Opening Reception, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, 11/11:

• Domino Days, Maryland Science Center, 6:30 p.m. (Also Saturday at 4:30 p.m.)



• Psycho Killers, Recher Theatre, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 11/12:

• Michael Ian Black, Ottobar, 8 p.m.



• Highlandtown Basement Bar Tour, Highlandtown, 2 p.m.



• Caleb Stein's Round the Mountain, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.


• Gordon Ramsey's Master Chef auditions, Washington University, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. After a hectic Halloween weekend, Charm City calms down a bit, but we've found some events that are sure to soothe your Halloween Hangover.

All Weekend Long:

• 40th Annual Greek Food Festival, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, check website for details


• Baltimore Afrobeat Society presents the music of Fela Kuti, H&H Building, Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m.


• La Cage Aux Follies, Hippodrome, check website for details

Thursday, 11/3:

• Mondo Baltimore: Hollywood Cop, Wind-Up Space, 7 p.m.

Friday, 11/4:

• Baltimore Improve Group presents: Couples Retreat, The Strand Theatre, 8 and 10:30 p.m.


• Secret Garden Opening Reception, Antresian Gallery, 6 p.m.

Saturday, 11/5:

• Buddy Guy, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Sunday, 11/6:

• Roots Cafe presents: Arty Hill with Paul Margolis & John Shock, An Die Musik, 5 p.m.

Weekend On The Radio Recap (Super Spooktacular Edition)

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. Halloween falls on a Monday this year, but that hasn't stopped us from exploring our macabre side. Just don't TP the trees around the station, it's really hard to clean up.

HOUSES ON HAUNTED HILL:

• Bennett's Curse Haunted Attractions, 8024 Max Blobs Park Rd., Jessup, MD 20794


• Kim's Krypt, 431 Eastern Blvd., Essex, MD 21221


• Creepywoods Haunted Forest at Huber's Farm, 11898 Philadelphia Rd., Kingsville, MD 21087


• Jason's Woods, 99 Stehman Rd., Lancaster, PA 17603


• Ft. Howard Haunted Dungeons, 9500 North Point Rd, Fort Howard, MD 21219

All Weekend Long:

• ZooBooo!, Maryland Zoo, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


• Disney on Ice: Dare to Dream, First Mariner Arena, check website for details


• Scale Model Train Show, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 10/27:

• Butch Walker and The Black Widdows, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Friday, 10/28:

• Giant Pumpkin Smash, Maryland Zoo, 11:30 a.m.


• Rock, Paper, ZOMBIES!, The Mansion at Strathmore, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, 10/29:

• Hallowmarine, National Aquarium in Baltimore, 10 to 4 p.m.


• Spooky Science, Maryland Science Center, noon to 4 p.m.


• Baltimore Halloween Lantern Parade, Patterson Park, 3 p.m.

Sunday, 10/30:

• Edgar Allan Poe House Halloween Fundraiser, Westminster Hall, 6 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio is Back From the Dead

Like the mighty phoenix rising from the ashes, Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance has returned after a lengthy hiatus to tell the citizens of Charm City about all the cool happenings around town. This weekend, Hedwig and Dr. Frank do the Time Warp, Double Dagger's swan song comes to the Ottbar, and GWAR covers you in bodily fluids (actually, just corn syrup).

All Weekend Long:

MARYLAND'S FINEST CORN MAZES:

• Huber's Farm, 11898 Philadelphia Road, Kingsville, MD 21087


• Weber's Farm, 2526 Proctor Lane, Parkville, MD 21234


• North Run Farm, 1818 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153


• Brad's Produce, 550 Asbury Road, Kingsville, MD 21028


• Summers Farm, 5614 Butterfly Road, Frederick, MD 21703

• The Rocky Horror Show, Baltimore Theatre Project, check website for details (through Nov. 6)


• Hedwig and the Angry Itch, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m. (Friday and Saturday)


• Peanuts...Naturally, Maryland Science Center, check website for details


• Macbeth, Towson University Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. (Friday through Sunday)

Thursday, 10/20:

• Park School Film Series: The Learning, The Park School, 7 p.m.


• GWAR, 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.

Friday, 10/21:

• Double Dagger (FINAL SHOW!), The Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Saturday, 10/22:

• Ani DiFranco, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Sunday, 10/23:

• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Hunt Valley, 6 a.m.

Hey, Everyone! It's Baltimore Beer Week!

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. This week, Weekend on the Radio is on hiatus, so we have decided to break with tradition and focus on one one specific event. It's October, so put on your best pair of leiderhosen and check out Baltimore Beer Fest. Just remember to drink responsibly.

• Baltimore Beer Week Opening Tap Celebration, Ram's Head Live, Oct. 6, 6-9 p.m.

• Maryland Brewers Oktoberfest, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Oct. 8, noon to 6 p.m.

• Cleaning the Cellar Pint Night, Victoria Gastro Pub, Oct. 8, 6 to 9 p.m.

• American Brewery Building Tour, Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

• Science on Tap: Beerology 101, Maryland Science Center, Oct. 6, 7 to 9 p.m.

• Heavy Seas Pub Crawl, Alexander's, Oct. 6, 7 to 9 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on on the Weekend on the Radio. This week, Weekend on the Radio returns from it's hiatus with crafts, dream-inspired burlesque and Bobcat Golthwait.

All Weekend Long:

• Maryland Rennaisance Festival, Crownsville, 10 to 7 p.m.


• Fells Point Festival, Broadway Pier, 11 to 7 p.m.


• Bobcat Goldthwait, Baltimore Comedy Factory, check website for details


• Sugarloaf Craft Festival, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 9/29:

• Elvis Costello, Warner Theatre, 8 p.m.


• Psychedelic Furs, Baltimore Soundstage, 7 p.m.

Friday, 9/30:

• Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Open Studio Day, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, noon to 6 p.m.


• Baker Artist Awards Late Night Celebration, BMA, check website for details


• Tilted Torch Presents: Choose Your Own Burlesque, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.