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. Sam is feeling a bit under the weather this week, but have no fear, we've scoured the Information Superhighway to make your weekend memorable.

All Weekend Long

• Insubordination Fest, The Ottobar, check website for details


• Lil Ravens Cheerleading Camp, M&T Bank Stadium, check website for details


• Howard County Fair, Howard County Fairgrounds, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.


• Baltimore Shredfest 2, Ram's Head Live, Saturday and Sunday, check website for details

Thursday, August 11:

• Flicks From The Hill: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, American Visionary Art Musuem, 9 p.m.


• American Idols Live, 1st Mariner Arena, 7 p.m.

Friday, August 12:

• My Morning Jacket, Merriweather Post Pavillion, 5:30 p.m.


• Feet on the Street, Towson, check website for details

Saturday, August 13:

• Shiny Happy Things Workshop, American Visionary Art Musuem, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.


• African American Authors Festival and Multicultural Book Fair, Doubletree Columbia, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.


• Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective III, AFI Silver Theatre, check website for details

Sunday, August 14:

• Annapolis Fresh Farm Market, Donner Parking Lot, 8 a.m. to noon

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, WTMD hosts one of The Bridge's final public performances, The Ravens crush some tackling dummies and a beloved institution turns 30. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

The National Aquarium 30th Anniversary Festival, National Aquarium, check website for details

• Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Spotlighters Theatre, check website for details


• Baltimore Restaurant Week, Restaurants in the Baltimore area, check website for details

Thursday, 8/4:

• WTMD First Thursday featuring The Bridge, Nicole Atkins and The Dirty Guv'nahs, Washington Monument, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, 8/5:

• Lennon La Ricci and The Leftovers, The Horse You Came In On, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, 8/6:

• Baltimore Ravens Public Practice, M&T Bank Stadium, 9 a.m.


• Baltimore International Festival, Polywestern High School Complex Fields, 12:30 p.m. (Also Sunday)


• Mobtown Ukefest, Creative Alliance, 2 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, Otakon covers Charm City in a haze of flashing patterns and schoolgirl costumes. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

• Otakon, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details
  
• Ocean City Greek Festival, Robert E. Powell Convention Center, check website for details
  
• Tinkertoy Exhibit, Port Discovery, check website for details
• Outlaw Jam 2: featuring Motley Crue, Poison, KIX and Brian Setzer, Frederick Fairgrounds, check website for details

Thursday, 7/28:

• The Black Lips, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Friday, 7/29:

• Stilt Walking Class, Nanaprojects, 5 to 9 p.m.
• Columbia Lakefront Film Festival: Flipped, Columbia Town Center Lakefront, 8:30 p.m.
• 311 and Sublime, Jiffy Lube Live, 9 p.m.

Saturday, 7/30:

• Eureka Birds, Wind-Up Space, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 7/31:

• Dolly Parton, Wolf Trap, 8 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, Baltimore nurses it's Artscape hangover with BMX biking, synchronized swimming and Ted Nugent's subtle double entendres In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

• 2011 Dew Tour, Ocean City Boardwalk, 11 a.m.


• Oklahoma!, Arena Stage, check website for showtimes

Thursday, 7/21:

• Matt Wigler Trio, Germanos Caberet, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, 7/22:

• Flicks From the Hill: Some Like It Hot, American Visionary Art Musuem, 9 p.m.


• Frontiers: The World's Greatest Journey Tribute Band, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 7/23:

• Fluid Movement: Mobtown Murder, Druid Hill Park Pool, check website for showtimes, (Also Sunday)


• Bubble Days, Maryland Science Center, noon-4 p.m. (Also Sunday)


• Ted Nugent, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.


• Ken and Brad Kolodner, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.


• Bad Bromance: All Male Lady Gaga Tribute Band, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Sunday, 7/24:

• Live belly dancing and all you can eat Turkish tapas, Cazbar, 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. This week, Baltimore braces itself for the organized chaos of Artscape. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

• Artscape, Mt. Royal Corridor, all weekend long


• All Good Festival, Marvin's Mountaintop, all weekend long


• Whartscape, Station North, all weekend long


• Ocean City Tuna Tournament, Ocean City Fishing Center, all weekend long

Thursday, 7/14:

• k.d. lang and the Sis Boom Band, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 8 p.m.


• Jonny Lang, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 7/16:

• Passport to the World of Music, BCPL Towson Branch, 10 a.m.


• Towson Arts Collective 4th anniversary exhibition, Towson Arts Collective, through the end of the month


• Caleb Stein presents Woody Guthrie Dreams, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.


• Jesse Malin; The Biters; Desert Boys; Late to the Party, Ottobar, 9 p.m.

Sunday, 7/17:

• Town Square Open Mic, Mina's Gallery, 4 p.m.


• Peter Frampton, Pier 6, 7 p.m.

Weekend on the Radio

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, WTMD takes over Mount Vernon with Sarah Lee and Johnny, Baltimore's food trucks rev up in Litte Italy, and Grave Digger creates havoc in the harbor. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long

Dalai Lama Peace Festival, Verizon Center, check website for details

Thursday, 7/7

• WTMD First Thursday featuring Sarah Lee and Johnny, Justin Jones and the Alternate Routes, Mt. Vernon, 7 p.m.


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


• AVAM Flicks From the Hill: Airplane!, AVAM, 9 p.m.


• Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Friday, 7/8

• Food Truck Rally, Harbor East, all day

Saturday, 7/9

• Monster Jam Havoc in the Harbor, M&T Bank Stadium, 5:30 p.m.


• Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavillion, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, 7/10

• The Bridge, Ladew Gardens, 6 p.m.

Weekend On the Radio

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 Weekend on the Radio. It's the Fourth of July, so celebrate the birth of our nation by blowing up a small part of it, with fireworks that is. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

• Picnic at the Top, Top of the World Observation Deck, 7 to 10 p.m.


• Ports America Fourth of July Celebration, Inner Harbor, 4 p.m.


• Star Spangled Spectacular, Oregon Ridge, 8 p.m. (Also Saturday & Sunday)


• The Glorious Fourth: An Old Fashioned Fourth of July, Fort McHenry, noon to 4 p.m.


• July 4th Pier Party, National Aquarium, 7 to 10 p.m.


• Visionary Pets on Parade, American Visionary Arts Musuem, 10 a.m.

ALL WEEKEND LONG:

• Dundalk Heritage Fair, Heritage Park, noon to 10 p.m.


• African American Festival, M&T Bank Stadium, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday


• Loss And Consequences: The Drunk Driving Project, MICA

Thursday, 6/30:

• The Castleton Festival: An Evening of Music Inspired by Shakespeare, Music Center at Strathmore, 8 p.m.


• Sondheim Artscape Prize: Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art
  

Friday, 7/1:

• Little Italy Film Festival: Moonstruck, Little Italy, 7 p.m.

Weekend On The Radio, 6/23

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 Weekend on the Radio. Sam was unable to record a spot this week, but we still scoured the Information Superhighway to bring you all the weekend hangouts, happenings and hootenannies around Charm City


All Weekend Long:

• Roots Fest 2011, Franklin and N. Gilmore St., all day

Thursday, 6/23

• Sip. Savor. Shop, Towson Town Center, 5 to 8 p.m.


• Bootsy Collins, Ram's Head Onstage, 8 p.m.


• Hugo Withers book signing and discussion, Maryland Historical Society, 6 p.m.
  

Friday, 6/24

• Aftermath, Creative Alliance, 7 p.m.


• Chris Botti, Pier 6, 6 p.m.


• Orioles vs. Reds (Fireworks night!), Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 7:05 p.m.


• The Fool's Lear, Fells Point Corner Theatre, 8 p.m. (Also Saturday and Sunday)

Saturday, 6/25

• 133rd Annual Clarksville Picnic, St. Louis Catholic Church, noon to 9 p.m.


• Pimlico Fair, Pimlico Race Track, 1 to 10 p.m. (Also Sunday)


• Toddler Fair, The Montessori School, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


• Sloan, The Ottobar, 8 p.m.

Sunday, 6/26:

• Go Ape! Treetop Adventures, Rock Creek Regional Park


• Gilbert Godfried, Baltimore Comedy Factory, 8 p.m.

• Roots

Weekend on the Radio

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 Weekend on the Radio. It's Pride Week here in Baltimore, so let your rainbow flag fly! case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

PRIDE WEEK 2011:

• King and Queen of Pride Week Coronation, The Hippo, Friday Night


• Pride Parade and High Heeled Race, Mt. Vernon, Saturday, 3:30 p.m.


• Pride Festival, Druid Hill Park, Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

All Weekend Long:

• Columbia Arts Festival, check website for details


• Ocean City Restaurant Week, Ocean City, check website for details


• Whitman Coin and Collectibles Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, check website for details


• The Friends and Neighbors Festival, Strand Theatre, check website for details


• A Midsummer Night's Dream, PFI Historical Park, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 6 p.m.

Friday, 6/17:

• Aziz Ansari, Warner Theatre, 7 and 10 p.m.


• Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 6/18:

• Hope Bowl Fundraiser, Brunswick Columbia Lanes, 7 p.m.


• Baltimore Art and Music Festival Summer Stolstice Party, Chesterwood Park, all day


• Maryland Traditions Folk Life Festival, Creative Alliance, all day

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 Weekend on the Radio. This week Jason holds the Hunt Valley Marriott hostage, a guy named Shakespeare writes a play about two crazy kids in love, and Rihanna gets loud. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week.

All Weekend Long:

• Monster Mania Con 18: A Tribute to Friday the 13th, Hunt Valley Marriott


• Capitol Jazz Fest, Merriweather Post Pavillion

Thursday, 5/2:

• WTMD First Thursday featuring The Jason Spooner Trio and Old Man Brown, Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon, 5:30 p.m.


• Literary Deathmatch, Creative Alliance, 8 p.m.

Friday, 5/3:

• Three Dog Night and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Pier 6, 6 p.m.


• Cross Keys Movie Fest: Shakespeare in Love, Village of Cross Keys, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, 5/4:

• Rihanna and Cee Lo Green, 1st Mariner Arena. 7:30 p.m.


• Steel Pulse, Ram's Head Live, 9 p.m.


• American Visionary Art Musuem 15th Anniversary Gala featuring Lewis Black, American Visionary Art Museum, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, 5/5:

Sowebo Festival Poster Auction, University of Maryland Bio Park Auction, 4 p.m.

First Thursday Info

Jason Spooner and Old Man Brown play tomorrow at 5:30!  Info and Details Here!

WTMD's "Hit It And Quit It" Fund Drive

Our Summer Fund Drive starts this Thursday and it's our biggest countdown yet.  While we normally countdown songs or albums, this time we're counting down dollars.  WTMD needs to raise $134,000 dollars before the end of the month.  It's a might big gap between here and meeting our fundraising goal for the year, but we know you value WTMD in your life and we hope you'll translate that value into a membership contribution.

The Fund Drive Stops When We Reach The Goal!
That's right..we'll keep the phones open only as long as we need to--We'll stop interrupting the music and return to regular programming as soon as we raise the $134,000 we need to keep the station running through the summer.  You're gift right now will start the countdown and end the fund drive sooner!  Click Here to Make Your Gift Today!

You can choose our new Zeke's Coffee Mug with at $75 or more contribution!

WTMD's New Web Site

We're beta testing a new web site for WTMD.  Want to Check It Out?

Between the Grooves: Walk the Moon's Dance Happy Sounds

From the city that gave us the Isley Brothers, the Afghan Whigs and a wacky, fictional radio station comes the energetic sounds of Walk the Moon.

A love of Talking Heads and The Killers gave rise to the Cincinnati quartets' rhythmic blend of 80's-flavored keyborads and poppy guitars.

Walk the Moon's new album I Want! I Want! has enough allure in the lyrics to make it more than a dance album, though not that there would be anything wrong with that!

On this week's Between the Grooves, Thursday at 2pm, Walk the Moon plug in for a full set of happy, non-sedintary music. Oh yeah, the band also likes to face paint their fans onstage. Feel the love this Thursday!

WTMD's EEO report for 2011