This fall offers the chance to explore new exhibits, listen to talks with esteemed speakers, laugh out loud with great comics, and more.
VISUAL ARTS
“Art and Process: Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptures from the 19th-Century Collection”
Opens Oct. 23
Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles St., Baltimore
thewalters.org
This exhibition includes 30 works on paper (pastel, graphite, charcoal and watercolor), 23 oil paintings, and works in bronze, porcelain and terra cotta, from the museum’s permanent collection. “Art and Process” also features new pieces not previously exhibited at The Walters.
“Nicholas Galanin: Exist in the Width of a Knife’s Edge”
Sept. 1, 2024-Feb. 16, 2025
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore
artbma.org
Part of the BMA’s “Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum,” Nicholas Galanin’s “Exist in the Width of a Knife’s Edge” presents existing and new work inspired by the artist’s exploration of cultural appropriation, colonization and Indigenous identity in today’s world.
“Bazaart”
Nov. 29-30
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway, Baltimore
avam.org
Plan ahead for Chanukah! Bazaart, a Baltimore tradition, offers unique gifts such as paintings, sculptures, jewelry and handmade clothing.
LITERATURE
Baltimore Book Festival
Sept. 27-29
Waverly Main Street
baltimorebookfestival.com
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Baltimore Book Festival! More details to come.
COMEDY
“Mortified: Back to School”
Sept. 20
Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore
creativealliance.org
Anyone who’s ever been a teenager will identify with the uber-popular “Mortified Baltimore.” Produced by Alex Hewett and Adam Ruben, the show features a slate of brave adults willing to share their most humiliating diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics, and locker notes in front of a live audience. Featuring special guests, the Baltimore Improv Group.
Brad Williams
Oct. 5
Lyric Baltimore
140 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore
lyricbaltimore.com
Brad Williams is taking the comedy world by storm. Williams has appeared on “The Tonight Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and in the films “Little Evil,” “Mascots,” and “Reno 911: It’s A Wonderful Heist.” His inaugural Showtime special, “Fun Size,” was the highest-rated special on that network. His second, “Daddy Issues,” inspired The New York Times to write, “No one is doing standup comedy more hilariously than Brad Williams.”
“Brett Goldstein: The Second-Best Night of Your Life”
Oct. 18
Lyric Baltimore
140 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore
lyricbaltimore.com
If you loved “Ted Lasso,” you’re bound to enjoy an evening of comedy with Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian, writer and producer Brett Goldstein. Goldstein’s portrayal of soccer player-turned-coach Roy Kent earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards and made him one of the hottest commodities in Hollywood.
DANCE
Sankofa Dance Theater: 30 Years of Music, Movement and Folkways
Nov. 17 and 25
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore
artbma.org
Enjoy free workshops, artist talks and ticketed performances by the Baltimore-based Sankofa Dance Theater. Since 1989, Sankofa has presented authentic African art experiences through dance, music and folkways. This year’s program celebrates the organization’s release of coffee table book “Sankofa Dance Theater: 30 Years of Music, Movement and Folkways,” with rare dance performances and other special events.
MISCELLANEOUS
“An Evening with Jordan Klepper”
Sept. 26
Goucher College Kraushaar Auditorium
1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson
events.goucher.edu
“The Daily Show” co-host and Emmy Award nominee Jordan Klepper will share his experiences working as a journalist and on “The Daily Show” with the Goucher College community.
Baltimore Speakers Series: Nina Totenberg
Oct. 24
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore
bsomusic.org
National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has covered the U.S. Supreme Court longer than any of the current justices have served. If you have questions about recent decisions, or simply have an interest in the court’s history, Totenberg, author of the New York Times bestseller, “Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships,” can fill you in.
The BCO, founded in 1984, will perform the works of Frank Zappa, Beethoven, Mason Bates and Karena Ingram.
Led by local Israel-American cellist Amit Peled, the Mount Vernon Virtuosi aims to inspire people beyond musical enjoyment.
Container vegetable gardening is a terrific option for people with limited space and/or time. Rebecca Brown and Norman Cohen share some tips.
Filmmaker Justin Schein looks at wealth and inequality through the very real story of his late father.