AK SLAUGHTER Goes On Tour

Baltimore music sensation, AK SLAUGHTER is going on tour, potentially to your city. DO NOT MISS THEM! Heres the info:

Thursday, Feb 12th: WHALEHAMMER TV show at SUNY Purchase (will be on youtube, I can send you the link once it happens.)

Friday, Feb 13th, 8pm: The Silent Barn w/Consider the Source, Grafitti Monsters, No one and the Somebodies, HD, Imbala, New York, New York Cost: ?

Saturday, Feb 14th, 8pm: Local 121 w/ESH the Monolith 121 Washington St, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Cost: $5

Art Department @ The Zodiac tonight for FREE

Photo by Justin Tsucalas

Ten Tigers' friends the Art Department plays a FREE SHOW tonight:

SANTA DADS, TINY CONCEPT, ART DEPARTMENT, SONIC SUICIDE SQUAD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd @Zodiac 21+ only 10PM FREE

Height With Friends: Baltimore Highlands CD Release Party and Review

Height with Friends photographed by Andy Cook

Baltimore Highlands, guest reviewed by Taylor Berman.
On his most recent album, Baltimore Highlands, Height’s flow is deliberate and slow but in no way lagging; in conjunction with the songs’ dirty, often dark production the lyrics and their delivery give the tracks a vibe not dissimilar to Grand Buffet if GB were more intent on occasional narrative instead of the absurd. For instance “The Woods,” with its repetitive string sample over beat boxing and mixed percussion, is at the same time ominous and goofy. The lyrics themselves (“we thought that we were lost/until we read a mark/and then we wandered off/ into the dead of dark”) are by no means frivolous or random, but the song’s video, directed by Showbeast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXKgrvgB2bY), embodies the strangeness and childish surrealism, in the most complimentary sense of the phrase, for which the current Baltimore music/art scene is best known.
And, importantly, the marriage of Height’s lyrics and its accompanying production with the general extended-Wham City aesthetic works, for whatever reason, seamlessly. The deliberateness and pace of Height’s delivery, with the aforementioned production, allows the songs and album as a whole to veer into a sort of dark psychedelic charge, one that feels appropriate after three percocets and a bottle of wine (guilty as charged) or (judging from the pictures online) in a beer-fueled house party in South Carolina or an outdoor festival (this past summer’s Whartscape). In other words, Baltimore Highlands is many things, and it does those many things mostly well, not least of which is capturing the energy and fun of a Height show, which was previously my only exposure to him, while at the same time focusing that energy into a 26 minute recording that rarely lags. All in all, a welcome addition to the B-more hip-hop, and music, scene.
Come check out Height with Friends @ the Zodiac!
Friday January 16th
DON'T MISS IT!

Tomorrow @ The Wind-Up Space

Ten Tigers friends and contributors play the Wind-Up Space, tomorrow (12/12) at 9pm
It will cost money, but it will be fun.

Holiday Craft Fairs in DC and Baltimore

3rd Annual Holiday Booty Market
Saturday, December 6, 2008 -- 12-6pm

Hilda's Giftshop in the National City Christian Church
5 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC
This event is sponsored by DEKKA, Miss Pixies, and Chipotle.

The Craft Mutiny Collective presents its 3rd annual Holiday Booty Market! This super fun event will be your chance to find that perfectly unique handmade gift before the holidays. Come and check out our indie craft event in the heart of Washington, D.C. Admission is free. Music and snacks provided! All you have to bring is your shopping list!!!

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Last Minute Stockin Stuffa Sale

ALL LOCAL HANDMADE CRAFTS
candles, knittables, ragdolls, jewelery, hula-hoops, screen-printed t-shirts, and much more!

Happening Saturday December 20th, 12-5pm

@ the WHOLE gallery
405 W. Franklin St.
3rd Floor of the H&H Warehouse
Baltimore, MD

Wye Oak @ Current Gallery 10/18

I know there are a million things going on, what with Open Studio Tour and the H&H after party, but if you get a chance, check out Wye Oak and The Owls Go at the Current Gallery this Saturday, 8pm, $5.
It is also a good opportunity to check out Stories From The Woods, if you haven't yet seen it!

Baltimore Open Studio Tour 2008

Meaghan Harrison's Studio Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower #603

Get excited for Open Studio Tour, this Saturday and Sunday, Oct 18th and 19th! OST is a free, city-wide art extravaganza, featuring Baltimore's wealth of talent and inviting you to experience their creative processes. This is an excellent opportunity to find out more about the work you love, interact with the artists one on one, and take home one of your favorite pieces.

Leaf Tie by Marian Glebes, located in the Raleigh Building, 1100 Wicomico St

Friday, Oct 17th from 5 -7 pm, get a feel for the work of the participating artists in School 33's OST index exhibition. Use it as an opportunity to plan your personal art tour.

Also exciting, and not to be missed: the OST after-party at the H&H, which will incidentally have 10 studios open to the public, including our friends Emily C-D and Seth Adelsberger.

SPX 2008 in Bethesda

Noel and Andy from Closed Caption Comics

Nerding out and helping to rep Bmore at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda. Artists, publishers and collectives sold, traded and displayed merchandise to excited fans and peers at this years convention. While it can be a bit overwhelming, it is always a good time!

Dixie, Bonner, John and Alex love comics

A Baltimore Love Thing! @ The Annex Theater

Poster by Sarah Matson

A Baltimore Love Thing!
A play by Tim Paggi
October 2, 3, and 4
8 PM
At The Copycat Annex Theater
$5

The Art Department Featured in Gutter

Ten Tigers' friends and amazing local band, The Art Department, is featured in the new issue of Gutter Magazine.
Check out the write-up and photos at Gutter's website.

Pile of Craft @ St. John's Church

Craft Fair THIS SATURDAY, June 21!

The event will include 40+ crafty vendors, including the fabulous Emily C-D with her tie bags!

The fair will be indoors at St. John's Church at 2640 St. Paul Street

10 AM - 5 PM!

Attention Baltimore Artists:

Cara Ober's "Into The Shadows We Go"

Check out THE B LIST!
The B List is Cara Ober's (Baltimore's #1 Art Crusader) comprehensive list of local artists, art galleries, art organizations and publications.
Any artist with a website, living or working here in Baltimore can (and should) participate.
If you would like to be included in the listing, send a jpeg and link to your website to b.more.art@gmail.com

Not Your Average Home Movie

1236 W.
PRATT

THURSDAY NIGHT

CARTUNE XPREZ one night only performances & screenings feat works by

TAKESHI MURATA
BRUCE BICKFORD
SHANA MOULTON
& 3D WORK BY HOOLIGANSHIP

+ SPECIAL GUESTS LUCKY DRAGONS
(LUKE FISCHBECK & SARA RARA)

And videos/performance by Bmore Friends:

Kari Altmann (Blackmoth)
Mark Brown
Kevin O'Meara (Cmnd R)
Ken Seeno
Jonny Rogers (NEW JEDI ORDER)
Molly Siegel
Jeff Donaldson (Notendo)
Meredith Moore
Ilia Ovechkin
Hayley Silverman