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Loyola University Maryland’s Bunting Peace and Justice Speaker Series
04/03/2025 to 04/03/2025
4501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21210Loyola University Maryland's Bunting Peace and Justice Speaker Series will host Alexandrine Benjamin, an award-winning Haitian filmmaker, on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. The event, which will be held in McGuire Hall West on Loyola’s Evergreen campus at 4501 N. Charles St. in Baltimore, is free and open to the public. Registration on The Bridge is encouraged. https://www.loyola.edu/academics/peace-and-justice/speakers-events/
Workshop: Coping and Career Tips for Uncertain Times
04/03/2025 to 04/03/2025
Online Zoom, Rockville, MDJCA Career Gateway is sponsoring a FREE Workshop on Zoom designed to help recently impacted 50+ federal sector workers & contractors learn the essential skills needed to transition successfully into the private sector. Focused and Steady: Coping and Career Tips for Uncertain Times. STEP IN – Focus on your resilience and refresh your confidence; take control of your career. STEP UP – Reframe your skills and experience, create a powerful professional pitch, and prepare to shine. STEP OUT – Network strategically, strengthen your online presence, and expand your opportunities. Empower yourself with a resilient mindset and key critical tools to navigate this transition successfully. REGISTRATION IS FREE but required at: https://accessjca.org/career-gateway-workshops-responding-to-federal-government-transition/
Legally Blonde
04/03/2025 to 04/05/2025
2 College Hill, Westminster, MD 21157McDaniel College student actors perform in McDaniel College Theatre’s production of “Legally Blonde.” Harvard’s beloved blonde takes the stage by pink storm in this fun, upbeat story of self-discovery, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and 2001 film with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Neil Benjamin and a book by Heather Hach. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. For more info visit www.mcdaniel.edu
Words out Loud Poetry Reading and Open Mic
04/04/2025 to 04/04/2025
10540 Metropolitan Avenue, Kensington, MD 20852David Dayton reads from his poetry and Fatima Massaquoi sings and plays guitar, followed by an open mic at Modena Reserve Kensington. David Dayton’s first book of poems, The Lost Body of Childhood, was released by Copper Beech Press. He subsequently went on to launch Alembic: A Magazine of Poetry, which became Alembic Press. Temporarily setting aside his literary ambitions, he began a career in academia and government, eventually moving to Washington, DC. He holds graduate degrees in English Education and Technical Communication. In 2023, he revived Alembic Press to publish his second collection of poems, The Bus to San Simón, and a novel, Wideman's Gospel. Fatima Massaquoi is a singer-songwriter bringing a fresh take to the modern-day music scene. Picking up the guitar in a moment of spontaneous inspiration, she began to create relatable, inspirational, poetic music with lyrical content that explores the colored complexities of the lived human experience. Engaging the hearts and minds of those she reaches as well as her own, she’s found gratitude in being able to do what she has found to be a complete joy and true calling in creating music. Fatima lives in Maryland.
PIPELINE at Vagabond Players
04/04/2025 to 04/27/2025
806 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231Vagabond Players continues its 109th season with PIPELINE, Dominique Morisseau’s drama depicting how a mother’s hopes for her teenage son clash with an educational system rigged against him. Nya, a dedicated teacher in an inner city public high school, is shocked to learn that her own teenage son, Omari, faces expulsion from his private school after physically attacking an instructor there. She is overtaken by anxiety-inducing feelings of exasperation and futility in her efforts to circumvent the criminal future she fears Omari could be heading into. Is this young man doomed to die early? Are his parents responsible, and is it possible to change his future? In her searingly powerful and compassionate play, Morisseau has created an eloquent and deeply compassionate look at a broken education system, the moments we are pushed to our limits, and the ferocity of one parent’s love. PIPELINE will be performed Fridays/Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. And check out a special “Thursdays on Broadway” performance April 24 at 8 p.m. when all tickets are just $10. For tickets, cast and show info visit www.vagabondplayers.org. Special discounts and group rates are available online.
“Salon Scenes From a French Landscape” featuring Magdalena, and early music ensemble
04/05/2025 to 04/05/2025
7246 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045Baltimore-based early music ensemble Magdalena presents a narrative-based concert program that explores five locales of Renaissance France: country, city, church, court and cabaret. https://uucolumbia.net/events/ccs-scenes-from-a-french-landscape/
