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After the jam-packed, sold-out local premiere of I Used to Be Darker, Matt Porterfield also sold out an after-party show at Metro Gallery. The film centers on the divorce of a musical couple played by Ned Oldham and Kim Taylor (in a sort of reverse Kim Gordson/ Thurston Moore split). Porterfield and co-writer Amy...
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At a QnA session following the second screening of his film Drinking Buddies at the Maryland Film Festival Friday, director Joe Swanberg likened his status as an independent filmmaker to that of a small-time brewer. It was an apt comparison, given that his comedy/drama hybrid is set largely in a brewery If Swanberg was...
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MICA announced today that Italian artist Luca Buvoli will take over leadership of its multidisciplinary MFA program at the Mt. Royal School in August when Frances Barth, the program’s current director, retires. “The unique vision of this program offers an incredible opportunity to foster the students’ practice and development,” Buvoli said in a statement....
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In case you hadn’t heard, legendary MC Rakim is coming to Baltimore next Sunday, the 19th, for a show at Paparazzi (formerly Sonar). In advance of the show, we emailed the microphone fiend some questions, and he was only too happy to chime in on his legacy, his favorite artists, and his memories of...
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“She’s not on to me! It’s crazy!” Comedian, pundit, author and outspoken feminist Lizz Winstead is musing on her apparent relationship with wild-eyed Republican Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, with whom she has posted “selfies” on social media with alarming regularity. They share a home state (Minnesota), but they also share opposite sides of the political...
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You know that Maryland Film Festival is really on when you spot Matthew Porterfield, the director of I Used to Be Darker, the fest’s most anticipated fiction flick, talking with Lotfy Nathan, the director of 12 O’Clock Boys, the controversial documentary about Baltimore’s urban dirt-bike riders, at the Mount Royal Tavern. Both directors said...
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By John Barry I came to Rooms Fall Apart: A Serious Play, a descendent of the Copy Cat Theatre’s Rooms Plays, now put on by Socially Engaged Arts and Performance Projects (SEAPP) as part of the Transmodern festival (though it runs through this weekend), with a bunch of reasons for not liking this non-play,...
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The three winners of the $25,000 Mary Sawyers Baker Prize were announced last week, raising questions about the nature and the purpose of the prize. “As a self-taught artist without affiliations and few resources, Baker has provided me with exposure and encouragement that I would have been hard pressed to find elsewhere,” Lynn Parks,...
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A couple hours ago, veteran local MC DDm tweeted a link to a killer new track, “Cold,” produced by Mateo Yeyo, adding that it was “inspired by Nas’ ‘Illmatic’.” Check it out.
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Neutral Milk Hotel, the indie folk band responsible for one of the best albums of the late ’90s/2000s, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, is bringing their reunion tour to 2640 Space on Oct. 11, according to a post on Facebook by the Ottobar. It was in 2011 when Jeff Mangum, the lead singer...
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OC Alternatives Sizzlin’ Summer Calendar: Assateague Island National Seashore, North Point State Park, Rehoboth Beach, and more 5/15/2013
Charm Offensive Feature: Meet the unpaid, underappreciated, and underprotected stars of underwear football By Violet Levoit 5/22/2013
Real-Life Embarassing Sex Stories Feature: Submitted by City Paper readers 2/13/2013
Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
Sage Advice Eats and Drinks: Mount Washington spot survives a year, but must refine for the long haul By John Houser III 5/22/2013
City Treasure City Folk: Charlie Riemer kept City Hall running, finishes his own race By Rafael Alvarez 5/22/2013