Weekend on the Radio: Sugar Plumb Fairy Edition

It's beginning to look a lot like something here at Weekend on the Radio Headquarters.  This week, "Smilin'" Sam Gallant dances with the Rat King in The Nutcracker, checks out Thurston Moore's new project at the Ottobar, and purchases some last minute gifts at The City Paper's Last Minute Gift Show.  I'm hoping he gets me some figgy pudding.

All Weekend Long:

• The Nutcracker, Hippodrome, check website for details 

Thursday, 12/13:

• Thurston Moore, The Ottobar, 8 p.m. 

Friday, 12/14:

• Hands on Hanukkah, Jewish Museum of Maryland, 10:30 a.m.
• City Paper's Last Minute Gift Show, Holy Frijoles, 6 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, 12/15:

• Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, Wind-Up Space, 4 p.m.
• The Legwarmers, Ram's Head Live, 9 p.m.

Sunday, 12/16:

• A Christmas Carol, The Lyric, 6:30 p.m. 

 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: O Tannenbaum Edition

The Christmas season technically starts the day after Thanksgiving, but it doesn't start in Charm City until our beloved Washington Monument gets lit.  Fortunately, it's going down tonight, so break out the egg nog and figgy pudding.  Afterwards, be sure to stop by your local McDonald's for a Royale with Cheese, or Le Big Mac.

All Weekend Long:

• MICA Art Market, Brown Center at MICA, check website for details
• Symphony of Lights, Symphony Woods, 6 to 10 p.m.
• Dave Attell, Magooby's Joke House, check website for details
• Bus Stop, Center Stage, check website for details

Thursday, 12/6:

• Washington Monument Lighting Ceremony, Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m.
• Pulp Fiction, Various Movie Theaters, 7 p.m. 
• The Misfits, Recher Theatre, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 12/8:

• Sock Monkey Saturday, American Visionary Art Museum, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
•   Robert Cray, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Million Dollar Quartet Edition

Elvis' birthday isn't for another month, but The King is taking over Charm City this weekend.  Elvis impersonators from all over the world are invading Luithuanian Hall for Night of 100 Elvises, and The King, The Killer, The Man in Black and The King of Rockabilly are gathering in the Hippodrome to jam in front of the faithful.  Let's shake, rattle and roll, Peggy Sue.

All Weekend Long:

• Night of 100 Elvises, Lithuanian Hall,7 p.m. to 2 a.m.
• The Million Dollar Quartet, The Hippodrome, check website for details
• Holiday Festival of Trains, Ellicott City Station, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, 11/30:

• J. Roddy Walston & The Business, The Ottobar, 9 p.m. 

Saturday, 12/1:

• A Very Tuba Christmas, Inner Harbor, 3:30 p.m. 
• The Patti Smith Group, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.
• The Moody Blues, The Lyric, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 12/2: 

• Craft Sunday, Creative Alliance, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio: Guts and Glory Edition

This week, Anthony Bourdain comes to the Hippodrome to lay weapons grade snark on Charm City's foodie population.  20 bucks says he will mention The Wire.  He likes that show.

All Weekend Long

• An Evening with Brahms and Dvorak, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, check website for details

Thursday, 11/15:

• Beaujolais Nuevo Premiere, Metropolitan Wine House, check website for details

Saturday, 11/17:

• Anthony Bourdain, Hippodrome, 8 p.m.
• Contemporary Wing Opening Party, Baltimore Museum of Art, 8 p.m.
• Aretha Franklin, DAR Constitution Hall, 7:30 p.m.
• Dan Deacon, 9:30 Club, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 11 /18:

• 79th Annual Exhibition of Art in Miniature, The Mansion at Strathmore, 2 p.m.

 

Weekend on the Radio: Ba-Ba-Barbarino Edition

You thought bad weather and flooded streets would stop Weekend on the Radio HQ from telling you the inner-workings of Charm City activity?  You clearly don't know us very well.  This week *adopts Oprah voice* WE'VE GOT JOHN TRAVOLTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

All Weekend Long:

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

Thursday, 11/8:

• Conor Oberst, Warner Theatre, 8 p.m. 

 Saturday, 11/10:

• An Evening with John Travolta and John Waters, Brown Center, MICA, 7 p.m. 
• Doug Stanhope, Ottobar, 8:30 p.m.
• The Love Unit, Wind-Up Space, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 11/11:

• Towson Arts Collective Opening Party, Towson Arts Collective, 7 p.m.
• Girls With Guitars, Hippodrome, 7 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio: Riding the Storm Out

If you are reading this, you have survived Hurricane Sandy!  What better way to celebrate than to check out some of the charming happenings in Charm City this weekend.  Lots of funny business going on this weekend, and it's shockingly apolitical.

All Weekend Long

• Walters Jewelry Fair, Walters Art Gallery, check website for details

Thursday 11/1:

• Young Frankenstein, The Charles, 9 p.m. 

Friday, 11/2:

•  Melissa Etheridge, Strathmore Music Center, 8 p.m. 
• Attack of the Giant Leeches, Voltaggio's Family Meal, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 11/3:

• Whoopi Goldberg, Lyric Opera House, 8 p.m. 
• Jason Alexander, Gordon Center for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 11/4: 

• Nas & Lauryn Hill, DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio's Annual Spooky Spectacuar

Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year (boooo!), so we here at Weekend on the Radio Headquarters are celebrating the spooky stuff a week early. The live Price is Right sounds particularly terrifying; those Showcase Showdowns are brutal!

All Weekend Long:

• Zooboo, Maryland Zoo, check website for details

Thursday, 10/25:

• The Price is Right Live, Warner Theatre, 7:30 p.m. 

Friday 10/26:

• Penn Station Fall Festival, Penn Station, 3 to 7 p.m.

Saturday. 10/27:

• Spooky Science, Maryland Science Center, noon to 4 p.m.
• Great Halloween Lantern Parade, Creative Alliance, 3 p.m.
• Westminster Zombie Walk, Downtown Westminster, 3 p.m.

Sunday, 10/28:

• Blood on the Dance Floor, Baltimore Soundstage, 6 p.m. 

 

Weekend on The Radio Recap

All Weekend Long:

• Let The Spirit Move You: Baltimore's Mystifying Oracle, Baltimore Museum of Industry, check website for details

Thursday, 10/11:

• Silversun Pickups, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m. 

Saturday, 10/13:

• Baltimore Running Festival, M&T Bank Stadium, 8 a.m. 
• Baltimore Improv Group, Strand Theatre, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 10/14:

• Baltimore Ravens vs. Dallas Cowboys, M&T Bank Stadium, 1 p.m.
• Maryland Brewers Oktoberfest, Timonium Fairgrounds, noon to 6 p.m.
• Peter Gabriel, Patriot Center, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Returms

Weekend on the Radio is bigger, badder, and ready to tackle the fall.  Here's what's going down this weekend in the City of Charm.

All Weekend Long:

• Richard III, PFI Historical Park, check website for details
• Wicked, Hippodrome, check website for details
• Fells Point Festival, Fells Point, check website for details
• United States Sailboat Show, Annapolis City Dock, check website for details
• Bike Show, Maryland Art Place, check website for details
• The Art of Storytelling, American Visionary Art Museum, through August 2013

Saturday, 10/4:

• Dogfest 2012, Baltimore Humane Society, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Mute Math, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: E-Street Shuffle Edition

Bruce Springsteen, Weezer, Dan Deacon, Bon Iver, and Monte Montgomery are all playing around the Baltimore area this weekend.  There is no excuse! Get out of the house and support live music.  Seriously, why are you still reading this? Vamos!


All Weekend Long:

• Maryland Wine Festival, Carroll County Farm Museum, check website for details 

Thursday, 9/13:

• Secret Sinful Supper, the Meyerhoff, 6 p.m.

Friday, 9/14:

•   Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Nationals Park, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, 9/15:

• Charm City Music Festival, Harbor East, noon 
• Bon Iver, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 6:30 p.m. 
• Monte Montgomery, Gordon Center for the Arts, 8 p.m.
• Dan Deacon, The Ottobar, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 9/16: 

• Paco Fish and his Sticky Bun Friends, Metro Gallery, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Last Blast Edition

This week is the final First Thursday concert of the season, so come on down to Mount Vernon and say hi, as The Nighthawks, The Tom Principato Band and the 44s take the stage.  Thanks for another great season, and we'll see you crazy cats and kittens next year.

All Weekend Long:

• Baltimore Comic Con, Baltimore Convention Center, check we
• Baltimore Ukrainian Festival, Pulaski Monument, check website for details

Thursday, 9/6:

• WTMD First Thursday, Mount Vernon, 5:30 p.m. 

Friday, 9/7:

• Baltimore Free Farm Collective Punk Rock Show, Baltimore Free Farm Collective, 7 p.m.
• Baker Artist Awards Ceremony, Baltimore Museum of Art, 6:30 to 9:30 p/m.

Saturday. 9/8:

• Hampdenfest, Hampden, check website for details
• Mobtown Moon, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.

 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Fried Butter Edition

Yes, friends it's that time of year again.  We here at Weekend on the Radio savor the final hazy days of summer by shoving whatever we can into a deep fat fryer.  That's right Baltimore, it's time for the Maryland State Fair, the only place where it is socially acceptable to wash down a gargantuan turkey leg with a deep-fried Ding Dong.  Personally, I'm holding out for a deep-fried Chocodile.  That would be boss.

All Weekend Long

• Maryland State Fair, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details
• Maryland Renaissance Festival, Revel Grove, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Cirque De Soliel, First Mariner Arena, check website for details
• The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• Arts in the Park, Cromwell Valley Park, check website for details

Thursday, 8/22:

• One Love, Creative Alliance, 6 p.m. 
• Ravens vs. Jaguars, M&T Bank Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, 8/24:

• 1812 Memorial Grand Opening, Bladensburg Waterfront Park, 10 a.m. 

Weekend on the Radio: Pop-punk edition

This week we relive our middle school years with the Queers and Agent Orange at the Recher, turn public property into art at The Walters, and watch tough punk rock girls bash into each other at The DuBurns Arena

All Weekend Long

• Aquarium Birthday Celebration, Baltimore Aquarium, check website for details
• Public Property, Walters Art Gallery, check website for details

Thursday, 8/9:

• Flicks From the Hill: The Triplets of Belleville, American Visionary Art Museum, 9 p.m

Friday, 8/10:

• Bingo for Breast Cancer, Tall Ceders Hall, 6 to 11 p.m. 

Saturday, 8/11:

• Charm City Roller Girls vs. Garden State Roller Girls, DuBurns Arena, 6:30 p.m. 
• Caleb Stein and the Honey Dew Drops, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio: Astro Boy Edition

This week, we dress up like Cowboy Bebop at Otakon, check out the hot-rods at the Hamilton Street Festival and celebrate Baltimore's gastronomic achievements for Baltimore Restaurant Week

All Weekend Long

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• Baltimore Restaurant Week, various restaurants around Baltimore, check website for details

Thursday, 7/26:

• SOJA,  Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m. 
• The BSO presents the music of Michael Jackson, Pier 6, 6:30 p.m.
• Locovore Beer Tasting, Gertrude's, 6 p.m.

Friday, 7/27:

• Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics, Camden Yards, 7 p.m. 
• The BSO presents the music of Led Zeppelin, Pier 6, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 7/28:

• Hamilton Street Festival, downtown Hamilton, check website for details 
• Liverpool vs. Tottenham, M&T Bank Stadium, 1 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Batton Down the Hatches edition

This week, we brace ourselves for Charm City's biggest street festival, revel in the poetry of The Bard in an outdoor setting, try to avoid folding chairs at Impact Wrestling and take our significant others out for some dancing, Brazillian style

All Weekend Long

• Artscape, Mt. Royal and Charles St., check website for details 
• Shakespeare in the Meadow, Evergreen Musuem, check website for details
• Grease, Toby's Dinner Theatre, check website for details

Thursday, 7/19:

• Worst Trivia Ever, Village Learning Place, 8 p.m.
• Shawn Colvin, Birchmere, 7:30 p.m.
• Purple Bingo, M&T Bank Stadium,6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, 7/20:

• Impact Wrestling Basebrawl, Ripken Stadium, 7 p.m. 

Saturday, 7/21:

• Brazillian Forro Dance Party, Creative Alliance, 7:30 p.m. 

 Sunday, 7/22:

• Hot Chip/Sleigh Bells, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 6 p.m.  

Weekend on the Radio: 7/12

All Weekend Long:

• Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Load of Fun, check website for details
• Bridges Art Show, Towson Center for the Arts, check website for details
• Baltimore Caribbean Festival, Clifton Park, check website for details
• The Garden in Islamic and Christian Art, The Walters, check website for details

Thursday, 7/12:

• Flicks From the Hill: Spaceballs, American Visionary Art Museum, 9 p.m.
• Roger Waters, The Wall,  Verizon Center, 8 p.m.
• Robin Bullock, Baldwin Station, 8 p.m.
• An Evening of Sweaty Eyeballs, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.
• A Parade of P

Friday, 7/13:

• A Parade of Perversion: A Burlesque Tribute to John Waters. The Wind-Up Space,  9 p.m/

   
Saturday, 7/14

• The BSO at Oregon Ridge, Oregon Ridge Park, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

All Weekend Long:

• Farmfest 2012: Farmageddon, The Carney Farm, 1 p.m. Saturday- 10 a.m. Sunday 
• Baltimore African American Festival, M&T Bank Stadium, noon 

Friday, 7/6:

•  Little Italy Film Festival: Moonstruck, Little Italy, 7 p.m.  
• Feet on the Street, downtown Towson, 6 p.m. 

Sunday, 7/8:

• Furthur, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 5:30 p.m.
• Coldplay, Verizon Center, 7 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Deaf, Dumb and Blind Edition

This week, we head down to the Towson Farmer's Market to enjoy the summer produce, hear, see, feel and touch the machines at the Baltimore Pinball Museum, and try not to get the Zelda theme stuck in our heads at the Bit Gen Gamer Festival.

All Weekend Long:

• Growing up AFRO, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, regular museum hours

Thursday, 6/28

• Towson Farmer's Market, downtown Towson, 11 a.m. to 3 p m

Friday, 6/29:

• Tim Kinder Book Signing, Atomic Books, 7 p.m.
•   Really Big Show, Creative Alliance, 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, 6/30:

• Bit-Gen Gamer Festival, Sonar, 4 p.m.

Sunday, 7/1:

• The Jacksons, Lyric Opera House, 8 p.m.
•   Fells Point Food Tour, Fells Point, check website for details

Weekend on the Radio Recap

This week, Baltimore and DC food trucks collide, The Columbia Arts Festival celebrates its 25rh anniversary.  Earth Wind and Fire take us to Boogie Wonderland, and Aziz Ansari invades the Meyerhoff with some dangerously delicious comedy stylings.

All Weekend Long:

• Columbia Arts Festival, various places around Columbia, check website for details 
• Frederick Film Festival, Weinberg Center for the Arts, check website for details
• Latino Fest, Patterson Park, check website for details
• Paul Mooney, Baltimore Comedy Factory, check website for details
• Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Showcase, Baltimore Museum of Art, during museum hours

Thursday, 6/21:

• Earth, Wind and Fire, Pier 6, 7 p.m. 

Friday, 6/22:

• Aziz Ansari, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 7:30 p.m.
•   Steven Wright, Warner Theater, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, 6/23:

• Catholic Charities Dragon Boat Races, Inner Harbor, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
• A Taste of Two Cities, Westport Waterfront, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Bouffant Hair Edition

This week we celebrate Baltimore's tall-haired stereotypes at HonFest, take in an equine-based spectical at Apassionata, celebrate the season at First Thursday and pump up the jams at Starscape.  Remember Baltimore, the rhythm is a dancer.

All Weekend Long:

• Honfest, Hamden, check website for details
• Apasionnata, First Mariner Arena, check website for details
• School of Rock, Ottobar, 3 p.m. Saturday; noon Sunday
• Carnival Science Days, Maryland Science Center, noon to 4 p.m.
• Ocean City Air Show, Ocean City, check website for details
• Elk Run Jazz Festival, Elk Run Winery, noon to 5 p.m.

Thursday, 6/7:

• WTMD First Thursday featuring Black Box Revelation; J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound; 7Horse, Mt. Vernon Park, 5 p.m. 
• 15 Billion Years of the Traveling Atom, Maryland Art Place, 5 to 7 p.m.

Friday, 6/8:

• Manitoba; The Biters, Ottobar, 8 p.m. 

Saturday, 6/9:

• Starscape, Fort Armistead Park, 2 p.m.
• Tilted Torch, Creative Alliance, 9 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Fake Plastic Trees Edition

This week, we hang out with Bacchus at Oregon Ridge's Great Grapes festival, enjoy the calm before the storm of Senior Week, bid for a piece of Sowebo history at the Sowebo Poster Auction, take in some smooth jazz at Merriweather Post and marvel at Thom Yorke's herky-jerky movements at the Verizon Center.

All Weekend Long:

• Great Grapes Wine and Food Festival, Oregon Ridge, noon to 6 p.m.
• Capital Jazz Fest, Merriweather Post Pavilion, check website for details
• Ravens Beach Bash, Various places around Ocean City, check website for details

Friday, 6/1:

• Soulful Symphony, Hippodrome, 8 p.m. 

Saturday. 6/2:

• Super-Duper Flea Market, American Visionary Art Museum, 9 a.m. to 3 p/m.

Sunday, 6/3:

• Sowebo Festival Poster Auction, Maryland Biopark Building, 3 p.m. 
• Radiohead, Verizon Center, 7:30 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Summer Lovin' Edition

This week, we celebrate the love between Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig, drink beer with the lions at the zoo, celebrate the rich life of Mr. Potato Head and follow it up with a little Napalm Death/

All Weekend Long:

• Maryland Death Fest, Sonar, check website for details
• Universoul Circus, Security Square Mall, check website for details
• Brew at the Zoo, Baltimore Zoo, 1 to 7 p.m.
• The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head, Port Discovery, check website for details
• Hasaguchi Goyo's Beautiful Women, Walters Art Gallery, 10 to 5 p,m.

Thursday, 5/24:

• Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever Release Party, Atomic Books, 7 p.m. 
• Germano's Cabaret, Germano's, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, 5/27:

• Sowebo Arts Festival, 1100 Block of Hollins Street, noon to 8 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Charm City Ink Edition

This week, we take mom to sample some bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmern at The Hippodrome, get some sick ink at the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention, and go rockken with Dokken at the M3 Rock Festival.  Remember, the bigger the hair, the closer to God.

All Weekend Long:

• Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
• M3 Rock Festival, Merriweather Post Pavilion, check website for details
• Preakness Hot Air Balloon Festival, Turf Valley, check website for details
• Young Frankenstein, The Lyric, check website for details

Thursday, 7/10:

• Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Verizon Center, 7:30 p.m. 

 Friday, 7/11:

• Charm City Swing Dancing, Mobtown Ballroom, 7 p.m.

Saturday 7/12:

• Let's Eat Charles Street, North Charles St., noon to 5 p.m. 
• Big Truck Day, Baltimore Museum of Industry, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Baltimore Foodie Experience with Andrew Zimmern, Hippodrome, 3 p.m.

Sunday, 7/13:

• Orioles vs. Devil Rays, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 1:35 p.m. 

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Sensitive Rapper Edition

This week, Sam and Erik get in touch with their sensitive sides with Kid Cudi at Tigerfest and the Sweetlife Festival, check out some crafts at the Sugarloaf Craft festival, and march for the animals in Druid Hill Park.

All Weekend Long:

• Sugarloaf Craft Festival, Timonium Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday
• The Baltimore Contemporary Print Festival, Baltimore Museum of Art, check website for details

Friday, 4/27:

• Tigerfest, Unitas Stadium, 3 p.m.
• Bacon Funtime Comedy Hour, Golden West Cafe, 11 p.m.

Saturday, 4/28:

• Sweetlife Festival, Merriweather Post Pavillion, 12 p.m.
• Life is Good: A Benefit for Moveable Feast, Gertrude's, 7 p.m.

Sunday, 4/29:

• 25th Annual Pow-wow, Ferry Bar Park, noon to 11 p.m.
• Federal Hill Spring Block Party, Federal Hill, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Let's March for The Animals, Druid Hill Park, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Red, White and Bluegrass, Boordy Vineyards, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m

Weekend on the Radio: Swashbuckling Edition

This week, Sam and Erik put on their finest skull and crossbones for Privateer Day, enjoy the springtime festivities at the JHU Spring Fair, and take their ladies to see Die Fledermaus.

All Weekend Long

• JHU Spring Fair, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus, 12 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
  
• Norm MacDonald, Baltimore Comedy Factory, check website for details
• Die Fledermaus, Towson University: Steven's Hall Theatre, 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
  

Thursday, 4/19:

• Portugal the Man, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.
• Roast of Mayor Sheila Dixon, Baltimore Comedy Factory, 7 p.m.

Friday, 4/20:

• Poly Speed Dating, Ottobar (upstairs), 6 p.m.
• Baltimore Armored Ball, Ottobar (downstairs) 9 p.m.

Saturday, 4/21:

• Privateer Day, Fells Point, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday, 4/22:

• Localize It! Baltimore Free Farm Block Party, Ash Street Farms, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  

Weekend on the Radio: Down the Rabbit Hole Edition

This week, Sam and Erik try not to be late for the Creative Alliance's Wonderland Ball, enjoy the sights and smells of Spring at the Walters' Art Blooms exhibit, and check out exploding pens at the DC Spy Museum. Erik refuses to drink Heineken, studio edicts be damned!

All Weekend Long:

• 15th Annual Peep Show, Carroll Arts Center, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Art Blooms, The Walters Art Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening reception 4/11 at 6:30 p.m

Thursday, 4/12:

• Read the Small Print Reception, Village Learning Place, 7 p.m.
• Page One: Inside the New York Times screening, Towson University, 7 p.m.

Friday, 4/13:

• Spy at Night, International Spy Museum, 6 p.m.

Saturday, 4/14:

• Build a Block Coalition Fundraiser, Wegmans Hunt Valley, 7 to 10 p.m.
• Wonderland Ball, Creative Alliance, 9 p,m.
• The Ting-Tings, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 4/15:

• The Jewish Film Festival Presents: David, Jewish Community Center, 3 p.m.
  

Weekend on the Radio: No Joy in Mudville Edition

This week, Baltimore descends upon Camden Yards for Opening Day, the Jewish Museum of Maryland hosts Iron Chef, Kosher Edition, Ram's Head Live brings Tragedy and their penchant for spiked medallions to Baltimore, and there are a whole lot of brunches going on.

All Weekend Long:

• Near Paris: the Watercolors of Leon Bonvin, the Walters Art Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


• The Johns Hopkins Film Festival, JHU Homewood Campus, check website for details


• Mary Sue Bunny Bonanzoo, Maryland Zoo, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday, 4/5:

• Iron Chef: Passover Edition, Jewish Museum of Maryland, 6 p.m.

Friday, 4/6:

• Opening Day vs. the Minnesota Twins, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 3:05 p.m.


• Tragedy: A Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 4/7:

• Video Games Live, The Mansion at Strathmore, 2 p.m.


• Super-Duper Easter Egg Hunt, Ukazoo Books, 11 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, 4/8:

• Manor Tavern Easter Sunday Brunch, Manor Tavern, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.


• The Dogwood Easter Sunday Brunch, The Dogwood, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.


• The Harbor Court Hotel Easter Sunday Brunch, The Harbor Court Hotel, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Green Jello Edition

This week, Sam and Erik check out some PG rated puppets at the Creative Alliance, price some wedding dresses at the American Visionary Art Museum, wallow in the hilarious smugness of Bill Maher at The Hippodrome and buy some fresh halibut at the Baltimore Farmer's market.

All Weekend Long:

• Porgy and Bess, Murphy Fine Arts Center, check website for details


• Women and Minorities in Media Festival, Towson University, check website for details.


• Black Cherry Puppet Theatre: Between Mean, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.

Thursday, 3/29:

• Bridal Happy Hour, AVAM, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 3/31:

• Russell Kirk and the Path, The Hopkins Club, First set: 8:30 p.m-9:30 p.m., Second set: 10-11 p.m.


• The All-Mighty Senators, 8x10, 8 p.m.


• Bill Maher, The Hippodrome, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 4/1:

• Baltimore Farmer's Market, Under the Jones Falls Express Way, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Baklava Edition

This week, Sam and Erik sample the Mediterranian fare during Baltimore Greek Week, check out some used books at the Smith College Book Sale, ride an elephant at the circus, and go to the Hippodrome to see what Joan Rivers face is really made of.

All Weekend Long:

• Smith College Book Sale, Maryland State Fairgrounds, all day long


• Baltimore Greek Week, Various locations around the city, check website for details


• Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1st Mariner Arena, check website for details

Thursday, 7/22:

• Kurt Vile, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Friday, 7/23:

• SCPA Food Truck Rally, Maryland SCPA, 5 t0 8 p.m.


• Joan Rivers, Hippodrome, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 7/25:

• Kids Comedy Sunday, Magooby's Joke House, 1 to 4 p.m.


• Maryland Performing Arts Institute Faculty Recital, Towson University Center for the Arts, 3 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Yo Adrian! edition

This week, WTMD celebrates the sweet science, learns how to arrange stones in intriguing patterns, and finally decides to do something about the extra poundange, albiet in an expo setting.

Friday, 3/16:

• Knockout Fitness presents: Unleashed, DuBurns Arena, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 3/17:

• B-More Healthy Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, all day


• Mosaics with Rick Shelley, American Visionary Art Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


• Top o' the Morning Enrichment Fest, Maryland Zoo, 10 a.m.


• Celtic Thunder, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.


• Egg Babies Orchestra, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Sunday, 3/18:

• Expert of Nothing, Wind-Up Space, 8 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Polyester Suit Edition

Weekend on the Radio returns from it's fund-drive induced hiatus with amphibians, a creepy, kooky, mysteriously spooky family, and a tap-dancing extravaganza! Just watch the hair!

All Weekend Long:

• Maryland Home and Garden Show, Timonium Fairgrounds, check website for details


• The Addams Family, Hippodrome, check website for details


• The Baltimore Improv Group: Unscripted, The Mobtown Theatre, check website for details

Thursday, 3/8:

• Saturday Night Fever, The Charles, 9 p.m.

Friday, 3/9:

• Froggy Frenzy Night Hike, Oregon Ridge, 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, 3/10:

• A Tap Dance Extravaganza!, Coppin State University, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, 3/11:

• Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade, Mt. Vernon, 1:15 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Shakespeare n' Pancakes Edition

This week, we celebrate The Bard's entire canon, bring the pain with some Roller Girls, celebrate the life and music of Nina Simone, and enjoy some freshly tapped maple syrup.

All Weekend Long:

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Stevenson University, 8 p.m.


• Rogue Waves: A Series of One Acts, The Bell Foundry


• Maple Syrup Weekend, Oregon Ridge, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday, 2/17:

• A Tribute to Nina Simone, Creative Alliance, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, 2/18:

• Charm City Roller Girls, DuBurns Arena, 5:30 p.m.


• Baltimore Blast vs. Milwaukee Wave, 1st Mariner Arena, 7:35 p.m.


• Pickles Pub Bug Bash, Pickles Pub, 12 p.m.


• Mardi Gras Celebration, Power Plant Live, 7 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio Recap: Spiked Punch Edition

This week, Baltimore celebrates the Motor City, helps the Sultan of Swat blow out his birthday candles, and recreates the awkward slow dances of it's high school years. Just leave some room for the holy ghost, ok?

All Weekend Long:

• The Winter Festival of Wonders, Station North, check website for details


• Disney on Ice, First Mariner Arena, check website for details


• Motortrend International Auto Show, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details


• Timonium Motorcycle Show, Timonium Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday)

Thursday, 2/9:

• Apocalypse Art Show, Golden West Cafe, 7 p.m.

Friday, 2/10:

• Second Chance Prom, Village Learning Place, 7 p.m.


• The Babe's Birthday Bash, Camden Sports Legends Museum, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, 2/12:

• Sight and the Mind with Uri Hanson, 2720 Sisson St., 2 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio: Unseasonably Warm Edition

This week, we celebrate tradition in the Russian countryside, enjoy Princess Leia's self-deprecating anecdotes, and Kevin Smith takes questions from the View-Askew Universe

All Weekend Long:

• Wishful Drinking featuring Carrie Fischer, The Hippodrome, 8 p.m.


• Fiddler on the Roof, The Lyric, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, 2/2:

• Kevin Smith: Live From Behind, Snowden Square United Artists Theatre, 9:30 p.m.

Friday, 2/3:

• Date and Demo Night, The Glass Grill, 7 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, 2/4:

• Bob Marley's Birthday/Soul Shakedown Party, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.


• Squeeze Bayou, Blob's Park, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 2/5:

• Poetry in Baltimore presents: Julie Fisher, Betty Warner, Shivon Brannigan, Mina's Gallery, 4 p.m.

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.