BAROCOCO opens at Baltimore Theatre Project tonight at 7:30 PM, pay what you can, and Saturday's Halloween list runs from an Irish wake at 11:30 AM to a disco at Dutch Courage. Also: AVAM free Thursday, Freeburg at Central Library Monday, the Judge's Bench jam Tuesday and Skip the Small Talk Wednesday.
Top Picks
BAROCOCO · Thursday, October 29, 7:30 PM ET, running through November 14 · Baltimore Theatre Project, Mount Vernon · pay what you can Thursday, then $25, $20 seniors and artists, $15 students Happenstance Theater's ensemble physical comedy sends up aristocratic excess with 18th-century finery, pantomime and satire. Tickets
BSO: Psycho in Concert · Friday, October 30, 7:30 PM, and Sunday, November 1, 3:00 PM ET · Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Mount Vernon · from $29 The film plays with subtitles while the BSO performs Bernard Herrmann's strings-only score live under Nicholas Hersh. BSO
Halloween Saturday
Annual Irish Wake · Saturday, October 31, 11:30 AM-2:00 PM ET · Irish American Museum, 920 Lemmon St. · $15, $10 members A 19th-century Irish wake with wake games and historical foods, and Samhain customs in the backyard. Event page
Freaky Tiki's Haunted Tiki Hut · Saturday, October 31, 12:00-9:00 PM ET (also Thursday-Friday, 5:00-9:00 PM) · SoPro, 3000 O'Donnell St., Canton · no cover Last day for the upstairs pop-up styled after Scooby-Doo's Spooky Island, with cocktails in aged tiki mugs. Event page
HallowQueen Drag Brunch · Saturday, October 31, 12:00-3:00 PM ET · Guilford Hall Brewery, Station North · $20 admission plus a required brunch buffet ($30 advance, $40 at the door), 21+ Halloween-themed, with live entertainment and the buffet open noon to 2. Guilford Hall
Adult 'O Ween: A Speed Friendship Event · Saturday, October 31, 1:00-3:00 PM ET · Central Library, 400 Cathedral St., Mount Vernon · Free per Visit Baltimore Human bingo, Two Truths and a Lie and Who Am I?, with prizes. Pratt Library
The Sun Ra Arkestra Halloween Spectacular · Saturday, October 31, 6:00 and 9:00 PM ET · Keystone Korner, Harbor East · $55, $65 premium, plus fees The Arkestra plays classic Sun Ra compositions alongside tunes in his spirit. Costumes are encouraged. Tickets
Halloween Costume and Dance Party · Saturday, October 31, 6:00-10:00 PM ET · Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E. 30th St., Remington · Free per Visit Baltimore A costume contest, vendors and photo ops at the brewery. Event page
Halloween One Night Choir: Disney Villains Edition · Saturday, October 31, 8:00 PM ET (doors 7:00) · Mobtown Ballroom, 30 W. North Ave., Station North · $25 Charm City Sings leads choral karaoke of Disney villain songs, with a DJ. Tickets
Creative Alliance Halloween Party · Saturday, October 31, 8:00 PM ET · Creative Alliance, Highlandtown · from $18, rising as it sells, 21+ Goth, darkwave, synth-pop and industrial dance classics from the '80s and '90s, from The Cure and Siouxsie to Nine Inch Nails and Garbage, plus a costume contest. Creative Alliance
Glam Disco Dance Party · Saturday, October 31, 8:00 PM-midnight ET · Dutch Courage, 2229 N. Charles St., Charles Village · $10, costume contest $10 per entry DJ Es and That Rob Macy spin, with cocktails and bites at the gin bar. Baltimore magazine
The Week Out
Billy Strings · Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, 7:30 PM ET · CFG Bank Arena, downtown · no price listed; tickets through Ticketmaster Bluegrass and acoustic music over two nights. A two-day ticket covers both shows and can't be split. CFG Bank Arena
Ritual and Revolution · Sunday, November 1, 2:00 and 6:00 PM ET · Baltimore Museum of Art, Charles Village · $35, $25 BMA members, 60+ and students Full Circle Dance Company's program celebrates African American artistic expression in movement, music and story. Event page
Free and Cheap
AVAM Free Fall Evening: Flaunt · Thursday, October 29, 5:00-7:00 PM ET · American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Hwy., Federal Hill · Free A take-home Disco Ghost craft in the Tall Sculpture Barn while supplies last, with the exhibition Flaunt: When Appearance Speaks open free. Free Fall Baltimore
BMA Violet Hour: Lawrence Burney and Ellis Marsalis III · Thursday, October 29, 6:30-7:45 PM ET · Baltimore Museum of Art, Charles Village · Free per Visit Baltimore Burney reads from No Sense in Wishing, this year's One Maryland One Book, and previews his documentary Revisiting Ramona. Event page
After Dark
First Tuesday Jazz Jam · Tuesday, November 3, 8:00-11:00 PM ET · The Judge's Bench, 8385 Main St., Ellicott City · no cover, one drink per hour requested Mike Grasso's band plays standards, and musicians and singers are welcome to sit in. Baltimore Jazz Alliance
Get Moving
ArBOOretum · Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30, 5:00-7:30 PM ET · Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Greenspring Ave. · $5 online plus fees, $10 at the door; tickets valid only for the night bought A candy-free Halloween night with a spooky nature trail, a night hike, seasonal crafts, face painting, food trucks and the decorated historic mansion. Every visitor gets glowsticks. Cylburn
Culture Corner
Craft and Cinema Night: The Craft · Thursday, October 29, 7:30 PM ET · Creative Alliance, Highlandtown · $18, $13 members Guests bring their own knitting, crochet, embroidery or sketching to a screening of The Craft, and the theater lights stay low enough to see your work. All skill levels. Creative Alliance
Igor Levit · Sunday, November 1, 5:30 PM ET (pre-concert talk 4:30) · Shriver Hall, Johns Hopkins Homewood campus · no price listed His Baltimore debut is all Beethoven, including the Tempest and Waldstein sonatas. Shriver Hall
Keystone Education Series: Peabody Jazz Faculty · Wednesday, November 4, 7:00-8:30 PM ET · Keystone Korner, Harbor East · Free, ticket required Trumpeter Sean Jones, vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Marc Cary, drummer Nasar Abadey and vocalist Charenee Wade share one stage. Tickets
Worth It Solo
Christopher Freeburg: Soul · Monday, November 2, 7:00-8:00 PM ET · Central Library, Poe Reading Room, Mount Vernon · Free; register on Eventbrite to attend in person His book argues "soul" drove Black Americans to reimagine American life; Vann Newkirk of The Atlantic joins him. Pratt Library
Skip the Small Talk Night · Wednesday, November 4, 7:00-9:00 PM ET · Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St. · $19, $24 regular price, 21+ Guided one-on-one conversations with prompts, switching partners all evening. Tickets
Worth the Trip
Fled to the Spirit World: The Victorian Spiritualists of Green Mount Cemetery · Friday, October 30, 10:00 AM-noon, and Saturday, October 31, noon ET · Green Mount Cemetery, 1501 Greenmount Ave. · registration required, no cost listed Library staff lead a walk past the graves of prominent Spiritualists, including Elijah Bond, who patented the Ouija board. Pratt Library
April Ryan with Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw: Notes on a Blacklash · Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 PM ET · Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles St. · Free, or $28 with a copy of the book Presented by The Ivy Bookshop. Tickets
Mark Your Calendar
Patterson Park BrewFest · Saturday, November 7, 12:00-4:30 PM ET (VIP entry 11:30) · Bull Circle, Patterson Park · tickets on Eventbrite; kids 16 and under free 40-plus local beers, food trucks and live music, rain or shine, benefiting the Friends of Patterson Park. Patterson Park
$5 5K Series: Turkey Trot · Saturday, November 14, 8:00-11:00 AM ET · Herring Run Park · $5 Rec & Parks' community 5K for runners, walkers and joggers. Eventeny
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