Spring Arts 2026: Theater
Check out some of the exciting performances on the calendar this spring at Everyman Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage and more.
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Arts & Life
Spring Arts 2026: Music
Enjoy some live music this spring, with a range of performances from blues and jazz to the Indigo Girls and more.
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The Pikesville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library is located at 1301 Reisterstown Road. (File photo)
Pikesville Library to Host Celebration of Yiddish Culture
“Between Two Worlds” will offer seven programs in March and April that explore Jewish identity, life and literature.
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Isaiah Zagar is shown at the HBO documentary screening of "In A Dream" at the Brooklyn Museum in 2009. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO, via JTA)
Acclaimed Mosaic and Mixed-Media Artist Isaiah Zagar Dies at 86
The Philadelphia native was the creator of the city’s famed Magic Gardens.
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Kylie Ora Lobell: I call myself a ‘timeline cleanser.’ I want to cut through constant negativity and division.” (Provided photo)
Baltimore Native Kylie Ora Lobell Writes About Conversion to Orthodoxy
Jmore recently spoke with Baltimore native Kylie Ora Lobell about her new memoir about her conversion to Orthodox Judaism.
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Bono: “As with Islamophobia, antisemitism must be countered every time we witness it. The rape, murder and abduction of Israelis on Oct. 7 was evil,” (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images, provided by JTA)
U2 Album Features Song about Slain Palestinian Activist and Israeli Poem
In an interview, frontman Bono denounced antisemitism and the Oct. 7 terrorist attack while slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Eternal Flame: Billy Steinberg (second from right) is shown here in an undated photo with The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs (center) and other musicians and music industry professionals.
Jewish Songwriter Billy Steinberg Dies at 75
Among the California native’s biggest hits were “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles and Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional.”
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Frederick Wiseman is shown attending the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival in 2024. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images, provided by JTA)
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96
The director of “City Hall,” “The Store” and dozens of other films fought antisemitism as a college student.
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Book Smarts: February 2026
Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Led by conductor Erika Pardes Schon (cemter), the Baltimore HaZamir chapter will join hundreds of members of HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir at a gala concert on Sunday afternoon, Mar. 15, at Lincoln Center. (File photo)
Local HaZamir Teen Choir to Perform at NYC Concert
The annual HaZamir concert merges Judaism, community and spirituality with a variety of musical styles, including popular music and classic Israeli and Jewish-American selections.
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Historian and host Henry Louis Gates Jr. (center) attends a seder in “Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History.” (McGee Media, via JTA)
America’s Black-Jewish Story Receives Update on PBS Series
The four-episode docuseries with Henry Louis Gates, which premieres tonight, spans five centuries of Jewish and Black American relations, from the slave trade to Oct. 7.
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