Tuesday, March 1, 2011

PUTTY HILL Opens March 4 @ the Charles Theatre


PUTTY HILL Opens March 4 at the Charles Theatre!

Come see PUTTY HILL--Matt Porterfield's highly anticipated second feature film--in its Baltimore run at the Charles Theatre, starting Friday March 4! This release is co-presented by the Maryland Film Festival.

SHOWTIMES:
Fri 3/4 - Sat 3/5: 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40
Sun 3/6 - Mon 3/7: 1:30, 4:15, 7:10
Tue 3/8 - Thur 3/10: 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40

Tickets for evening screenings available for purchase at www.thecharles.com. Please check double check www.thecharles.com to confirm showtimes.

SPECIAL Q&As w/MATT PORTERFIELD & GUESTS:
Fri 3/4, after 7:10 pm screening: Rafael Alvarez (The Wire)
Fri 3/4, after 9:40 pm screening: Lexie Mountain (Crazy Dreams Band)
Times/dates TBA: Kristen Anchor (filmmaker), Jed Dietz and Eric Hatch (Maryland Film Festival), Megan Hamilton (Creative Alliance), Mike Sragow (The Baltimore Sun)

OPENING NIGHT AFTERPARTY Fri March 4 @ Metro Gallery!
Free w/PUTTY HILL ticket stub; $5 general public, doors 9pm, 21+
Solo set by Dustin Wong (Ponytail); Co La, the new exotic music of Matt Papich; DJ sets by Ivy Barkakati and Rick Ra (Food for Animals)

BEHIND THE SCENES OF PUTTY HILL, w/Carroll Park skate/BMX crew
Sat March 5 @ the Windup Space, 2–5 pm, FREE
DJ sets by Secret Weapon Dave and Mickey Free

Other special events TBA!

Watch the trailer at http://www.puttyhillmovie.com/

“★★★★”– Roger Ebert

“Extraordinary. If thereʼs an independent cinema, this is it.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“Bracingly fresh.” – Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

SYNOPSIS: At a neighborhood karaoke bar, friends and family gather to remember a young man who passed away. Knowing little about his final days, they attempt to reconstruct his life. In the process, they offer a window onto their own lives, an evocative picture of working-class America, dislocated from the progress and mobility around them, but united in pursuit of a shared dream.

Gunky's Basement presents Beetlejuice @ the Charles Theatre

BEETLEJUICE hosted by Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche
Thursday, March 3 at 9pm
The Charles Theater
$5

Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE is the 4th film in GUNKY'S BASEMENT, the MD Film Fest series curated and hosted by Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche!

The screening will take place on the largest screen at The Charles Theater 9pm Thursday March 3rd.

As always, this will be a 35mm print for just $5! ... and an awesome screenprinted poster will be created for this screening by a Baltimore-based artist.

The previous films in Gunky's Basement were John Carpenter's THE THING, Alex Cox's REPO MAN, and the director's cut of Ridley Scott's ALIEN. These are always packed, high-energy, unforgetable screenings -- mark your calendar and don't miss it!

Advance tickets now on sale at Red Emma's, Video Americain of Charles Village, and Atomic Books! While tickets will be available at the door, the last Gunky's Basement came within a few tickets of selling out, so we recommend buying an advance ticket or arriving early to the screening.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Venn Diagram Opening @ PENT HOUSE


VENN DIAGRAM

A Group Show of Overlapping Materials, Themes and Media in the New Works of:

Adam Beaver
Jordan Bernier
John Bohl
Caitlin Cunningham
Alex Ebstein
Sal Farina
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez
& Jared Paolini

Opening Reception: Friday March 4th, 2011
7pm - 10pm

PENT HOUSE
Copycat Building
1151 Guilford Ave
B501
Baltimore, MD

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Three Openings to Check Out Today:


HELL YES.  This is what Baltimore needs more of, diy venues and good artists taking the initiative to showcase one another's work!  Inaugural show at Szechuan Best!

With work by:

John Bohl, Laila Caron, Michael Carpenter, Jessica Hans, Ben Horns, Erin Nelson, Ken Seeno, and Seiichi Takezawa

Open House is one day only
Come hang out and see the show whenever you can. We’ll be here from 12 PM to 6 PM
12-6PM Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011
Szechuan Besthttp://szechuanbest.tumblr.com/
1301 St. Paul St (St. Paul and Preston)
Call either 646-322-9344 or 443-474-2061 to be let in

Brian Michael Dunn (left)  Joshua Abelow (right)


Color Me Bad

Joshua Abelow
Brian Michael Dunn
Ted Gahl
Hugh Scott-Douglas

Opening Reception:
Saturday February 19th
7-10pm
Exhibition runs from February 19th through March 13th

Nudashank is pleased to present Color Me Bad, an exhibition that brings together the work of four artists who approach painting with a raw, brash directness. Whether through crude simplicity, slack application, or “dumb” subject matter, the work on display pushes the viewer outside of their comfort zone, challenging their expectations of beauty, refinement, and finish. Revisiting the conversation instigated by the New Museum in 1978 (with their exhibition “Bad Painting”) in a contemporary, post-photoshop and post-internet context, Color Me Bad reminds us that clarity and resolution are not co-dependent. In the midst of a slick, polished digital era, these artists fumble and goof with cool self-awareness, stressing the importance of the imperfect and human.



Of House & Home
The Whole Gallery 
H&H Building 3rd Floor
With work by:
Angelo Arnold
Corliss Cavalieri
Kerry Flaherty
Ginny Huo
Adam Junior
Ben Lock
Rod Northcut
Jason Swift
Tim Thomson
Kathryn Zazenski

February 19th - March 19th
Opening Reception 7pm - 11pm

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Photos from Falling Off The Edge @ Open Space


Ann Kelly and Christina Martinelli exhibit new works in Falling Off The Edge at Open Space.  Despite mostly showing sculptural work locally, Martinelli exhibited 2D mono prints and collages, while Kelly presented the show's 5 (awesome) sculptural pieces. 











On view through March 6th