Arts and Entertainment InfoCenter

There is a lot to do in and around Baltimore County.  Check out the web links below to find out what's happening in your neighborhood! BCPL specializes in pointing out activities such as festivals, activities, and celebrations so these listings are not meant to be comprehensive but focus instead on those activities that are local and unique to our county and state...

• Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association▼
  Official tourism site for Baltimore City and the surrounding area. Find local restaurant listings and enjoy one of the many up-coming events happening in the city.

• Baltimore County Conference and Visitors Bureau▼
  Fun stuff to do in and around Baltimore County.

• Baltimore Events and Festivals▼
  from Baltimore Office of Promotion and The Arts.City activities and City-wide Events Calendar.

• Baltimore Fun Guide▼
  a project of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.  Great place to find out about what's happening in the area.

• Baltimore Sun Restaurant Search▼
  Searchable by cuisine and location.

• Calendars of Local Events▼
  from Baltimore County Public Library's Holidays and Events InfoCenter

• Crab Houses and Restaurants▼
  from BlueCrab.info .Locate restaurants where hot steamed "Maryland-style hard crabs are served".

• Festivals and Celebrations▼
  from Baltimore County Public Library's Holidays and Events InfoCenter

• Festivals and Events
  by Festivals.com.  Celebrating festivals and events around the world. Search by keyword or name, map, subject, and location.

• International Association of Fairs and Expositions
  Includes the history of fairs and a "Find a Fair" button which is organized by by name, location, month, or any combination.

• Maryland Wineries▼
  Includes a calendar of events and info on regional wineries.

• Metromix Baltimore▼
  Local entertainment guide on where to go and what to do in Baltimore, from the hottest restaurants and bars, to the latest in events, music, movies, style, and television.

• Restaurant Association of Maryland▼
  Dining guide for restaurant promotions, grand openings, brunch locations and to find a restaurant by cuisine, location and price. Catering service information also available.

• Zagat
  Excellent guide offers staff picks or lets you search for restaurants by cuisine, feature, and locale in Baltimore and major cities around the world.

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Below are also some great websites for the cinemaphiles among us...

 

• Drew's Scripts-O-Rama 
  Download hundreds of movie and television scripts.

• Entertainment Awards 
  from Infoplease.Lists award-winning movies, television shows, music, performing arts awards, and more.

• Maryland Film Office ▼
  Get the scoop on film-making and promotion in Maryland.

• Movie Review Query Engine 
  Links to reviews for more than 16,000 movies, add your own reviews. Has button link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for storyline, cast, release dates, and more. Find show times at local theatres.

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Baltimore County provides funding and enjoys access to a huge number of museums and exhibit spaces including those which are physically located in Baltimore City.  And don't forget that some of the finest museums in the World are just a day trip away in Washington, DC.

• African American Local Museums and Historical Sites▼
  from Baltimore County Public Library's African American InfoCenter.  The Baltimore area, the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia offer  multiple venues for ex ploring African American history and accomplishments.

• American Visionary Arts Museum ▼
  Baltimore's museum devoted to visionary and naive arts.

• Asian Arts and Culture Center at Towson University ▼
  Over 1,000 objects including ceramics, paintings, wood-block prints, textiles, carved ivories, wood, metal and stone sculpture, cloisonné enamels and furniture displayed during the academic year.

• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum ▼
  Birthplace of American railroading.

• Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum ▼
  Babe Ruth birthplace and official Orioles history museum.

• Baltimore Basilica ▼
  The first Roman Catholic cathedral built in the United States, and the first major religious building constructed after the adoption of the United States Constitution. It is a National Historic Landmark and National Shrine.

• Baltimore Maritime Museum▼
  Includes four historic landmarks: the Lightship Chesapeake, USS Torsk which was one of only ten Tench Class fleet type submarines to see service in World War II, USCGC Taney which was in action against Japanese planes during the Pearl Harbor Attack, and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse.

• Baltimore Museum of Art▼
  World renown art collection, special exhibits, and programs for all ages.

• Baltimore Museum of Industry▼
  This museum in Baltimore celebrates the past, present and future innovations of Maryland industry.

• Baltimore Streetcar Museum ▼
  Street railway history and rides on original Baltimore streetcars.

• Contemporary Museum ▼
  "Dedicated to broaden the understanding of new art and exhibition ideas". Located in downtown Baltimore.

• Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry ▼
  Discover fascinating hands-on exhibitions, sing along to vintage toothpaste commercials, and celebrate the heritage and future of dentistry at this historic location near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Affiliated with Smithsonian.

• Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum ▼
  Poe's home from 1832 to1835 with links to other Poe sites.

• Fire Museum of Maryland▼
  Discover the history of fire fighting, from colonial times to the present. Located in Lutherville, Maryland.

• Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine ▼
  Preserves the legacy of Fort McHenry as a national monument and historic shrine.

• Geppi's Entertainment Museum ▼
  Where else can you revisit your childhood and get back in touch with old friends that entertained you in the past through comic strips and books, radio and television shows, films, cartoons, and so much more? Located in historic Camden Station at Camden Yards in Baltimore Maryland.

• Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum ▼
  Dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and documentation of aviation and space history in Maryland, namely, the contributions of Glenn L. Martin and his successful company. Located in the Middle River Essex area of Baltimore County.

• Greater Baltimore History Alliance: Museums▼
  Lists museums and historic homes throughout the Baltimore area. Click on each name for additional information and their web site is available.

• Hampton National Historic Site▼
  1790's Georgian Mansion with furnishings and gardens located in Towson, Maryland.

• Jewish Museum of Maryland▼
  A major museum of regional Jewish history, culture and community. The Museum interprets the Jewish experience in America, with special attention to Jewish life in the state of Maryland.

• Maryland Commission on Artistic Property▼
  of the Maryland State Archives.  includes Peabody Collection: works of art on loan to many Baltimore institutions and the Annapolis Collection: displayed in State buildings in  Annapolis. 

• Maryland Historical Society ▼
  Maryland cultural artifacts from past to present. Located in Baltimore, Maryland.

• Maryland Science Center▼
  Davis Planetarium, IMAX Theater, and a wide variety of exhibits.

• MuseumLink's Museum of Museums
  Official websites of national and international museums plus a collection of virtual museums.

• Museums in the USA
  Locate museums by name, type, or state.

• Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore▼
  "Provides experiences which ignite imagination, inspire learning, and nurture growth through play." Located near the Inner Harbor of Baltimore City.

• Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture▼
  Largest museum of its kind on the East Coast dedicated to sharing Maryland's African American history with the world.

• Rosenberg Gallery ▼
  This gallery located at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland exhibits showcase work by regional artists.

• School 33 Art Center▼
  Baltimore's home for regional contemporary art

• Smithsonian
  Composed of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.

• Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards▼
  The state's sports history headquarters. Features exhibits on the Baltimore Orioles, the Baltimore Colts, Ravens and Blast, Orioles Hall of Fame, Negro League teams, the Preakness, the  Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame, regional college athletics, and more.

• Star-Spangled Banner Flag House▼
  Home of Mary Pickersgill who sewed the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

• Todd's Inheritance Historic Site▼
  Located in Edgemere area of Baltimore County. Todd's Inheritance played a key roll in the Battle of North Point and helped prevent the British from capturing Baltimore during the War of 1812.

• Walters Art Museum▼
  Exhibits, tours, and visitor information about a premier Baltimore institution.

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• All Music
  Search this vast database of recorded music by artist, album, song, genre, country, instrument, theme or mood. The database covers popular music styles as well as classical and jazz. Requires free registration to access extensive information.

• Choral Public Domain Library 
  In addition to choral scores in the public domain, you'll find lyrics, translations, and information about composers.

• Google Directory: Lyrics 
  Categories include current hits, rock and pop, hymns, international and the 60's.

• Lester S Levy Collection of Sheet Music ▼
  from the Special Collections of the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University.  Consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. The collection spans the years 1780 to 1980, but its strength is nineteenth-century America. Search by title, composer, first line of song or chorus and find a digital image of the sheet music. If the music was published after 1923, it is not in the public domain, and therefore there will be no images.

• Lyrics 
  from the Open Directory Project.Offers lyrics from many categories of music, search by type, artist, other languages and links to other lyric sites.

• MoJo's Song Lyrics 
  2,000+ children's songs. Search by title or subject.

• Mudcat Cafe Lyrics Search  Includes 9,000 songs in the Digital Tradition Database. Search by title or keyword. Also a folk and blues e-journal.

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• Baltimore Chamber Orchestra▼

• Baltimore Choral Arts Society▼ 
  Full Chorus and Orchestra, Professional Chamber Chorus, and Educational Outreach Ensemble

• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra▼
  The BSO's homepage, with information on tickets, season calendar, and musicians.

• Baltimore Theatre Alliance▼
  Find out what is playing on local theatre stages. Join their talent registry and find out about auditions and professional development workshops.

• CenterStage▼ 
  Baltimore's resident professional theater

• Community College of Baltimore County: Performing Arts▼ 
  The three campuses at Catonsville, Dundalk, and Essex offer music, theatre, and dance for audiences and artists of all ages throughout the year. Lists auditions.

• Dance Magazine 
  Articles, reviews, links to professional dance companies and other related sites.

• DateLines▼
  Events for all ages taking place at Baltimore County Public Library.

• Directory of Outdoor Drama in the United States 
  from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this directory is organized by location and category.

• Everyman Theatre▼
  Professional local theatre company with artists from the Baltimore/Washington area presenting high quality plays that are accessible and affordable to everyone.

• Fells Point Corner Theatre▼
  Community theatre in Baltimore City

• The incredible auditorium in the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center

  France - Merrick Performing Arts Center at the Hippodrome Theatre▼ 
  Downtown Baltimore's newest performing arts venue is a stunning rennovation of one of the city's premiere vaudeville houses..

• Gordon Center for the Performing Arts▼
  Presents a variety of entertainment in music, theater, dance, family programming, and film. Located in Owings Mills, Maryland.

• Goucher College  ▼
  World-class guests present public discussions and performances throughout the year. Located in Towson Maryland.

• Handel Choir of Baltimore▼

• Heritage Players, Inc.▼
  Catonsville-based community theater

• Internet Broadway Database 
  Comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway dating from the 1700s to the present. Search by characters, theatres, songs, shows, actor, director, producer and more.

• JamBase 
  Searchable list of concerts by date, venue and location.  Includes concert news, reviews and music festival guide.

• Liberty Showcase Theatre▼
  Randallstown area theater group

• Lorenzo's Timonium Dinner Theatre▼

• Lurman Woodland Theatre ▼
  Summer outdoor music series in Catonsville

• Maryland Ensemble Theatre▼
  Theatre company in Frederick, Maryland

• Maryland Music Resources▼
  Prepared by the Sights and Sounds Department of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland's State Library Resource Center
  Local music venues, music festivals, production and recording resources, band listings and much more.

• Maryland's Party Guide▼
  Night clubs and show schedules across Maryland, plus local band information

• Murphy Fine Arts Center▼
  Morgan State University's venue for visual and performing arts - including Broadway and off-Broadway productions, studio theatre, stand-up comedy, musical and dance performances and art exhibits. Located in Baltimore.

• Olney Theatre Center▼
  Professional regional theatre in Olney Maryland

• Oregon Ridge Dinner Theatre▼
  Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland

• Pasadena Theatre Company▼
  Glen Burnie Area Community Theatre

• Playbill▼
  Theatre news and show listings for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional, Tours and London.

• Pollstar▼
  Source of worldwide concert tour schedules, ticket sales results, and  trade news.

• Pumpkin Theatre▼
  Geared to "give your child and family theatrical memories that will last forever." Held at St. Timothy's School for Girls, Stevenson, Maryland, just off the Baltimore Beltway.

• Puppet Company Playhouse▼
  Glen Echo Park area puppet theater for children

• Recher Theatre▼
  Concert venue for live national, regional, and local music in heart of Towson.

  Lining up for a night of music at the Recher Theatre...

• Reisterstown Jazz Ensemble▼
  Schedule of performances, photos; non-profit group

• Rep Stage▼
  A professional theatre company in residence at Howard Community College

• Shriver Hall Concert Series▼
  A chamber music series held on the Homewood campus of The Johns Hopkins University

• Spotlighters Theatre▼
  Community theatre in Baltimore City

• Theatre Hopkins▼
  Community based, semi-professional theatre housed by Johns Hopkins University

• Theatre Project▼
  Non-profit performing arts in Baltimore City

• Theatre on the Hill▼
  Professional summer musical theatre company at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

• Toby's Dinner Theatre▼
  Area dinner theatres located in Columbia and Baltimore.

• Towson University Arts and Culture Calendars▼
  From jazz to chamber music, dramas to musicals, art exhibits to dance, to films and lectures, Towson University's Center for the Arts and other campus venues offer entertainment year round.  The Asian Arts and Culture Center presents a full calendar of events designed to promote the visual and performing arts of Asia.

• University of Maryland at Baltimore County Arts and Culture Calendar▼
  Arts and culture abound on campus, including Humanities Forum and Social Sciences Lecture series, Phoenix Dance company, Doug Hamby Dance, Center for Art and Visual Culture.

• Vagabond Players▼
  Nation's oldest continuously operating little theatre

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• CenterStage: The Pearlstone Theater and The Head Theater▼

• Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center▼
  
  

• Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and Music Center at Strathmore▼
  Home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Baltimore and in Montgomery County.

• Lyric Opera House▼
  Baltimore's long standing concert and performing center.

• Seating Charts from ASC Tickets  Seating charts of local and regional theaters, sports and concert venues.

• Ticketmaster  Enter a venue name in the search box at the top or use the local venue menu on the left. Select the venue and the option for a seating chart will appear with the event schedule.

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• Arts and Humanities 
  from the Librarians' Internet Index. Animation, artists, clip art, galleries, movies, performing arts, sculpture and more.

• Creative Alliance at the Patterson ▼
  A Baltimore non-profit organization of artists, arts supporters, writers, scholars and businesses that promotes the arts through education, programs and community involvement

• Entertainment and Leisure from the Internet Public Library
  Sites selected by professional librarians covering movies, music, radio, television, theater, and more.

• Fine Arts  from the Internet Public Library.  Art history, architecture, photography, folk art, and more.

• Maryland Info.com ▼
  Statewide arts and entertainment information.

• Roadside America 
  A searchable guide to offbeat tourist attractions.

• Urbanite ▼
  Information on Baltimore activities and events.

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