Summary
The Maryland Film Festival has been celebrating filmmaking since 1999. Every spring, venues in downtown Baltimore -- including the Charles Theatre and nearby universities -- screen up to 100 full-length features, shorts and documentaries over four days. It is more intimate and relaxed than other major film festivals, as it lacks a formalized competition. Local filmmakers participate in the festivities, and several local films that have screened at the festival have gotten wider exposure. The festival committee invites guests such as John Waters and Henry Rollins to host screenings of films that are important to them. Another program is Advocating for Movies, which allows critics to advocate for movies they...
The Maryland Film Festival has been celebrating filmmaking since 1999. Every spring, venues in downtown Baltimore -- including the Charles Theatre and nearby universities -- screen up to 100 full-length features, shorts and documentaries over four days. It is more intimate and relaxed than other major film festivals, as it lacks a formalized competition. Local filmmakers participate in the festivities, and several local films that have screened at the festival have gotten wider exposure. The festival committee invites guests such as John Waters and Henry Rollins to host screenings of films that are important to them. Another program is Advocating for Movies, which allows critics to advocate for movies they believed were missed in the marketplace. A recent addition to the festival is the Tent Village, which is home to free workshops, panel discussions and Q&A sessions. In addition to the annual event, the Maryland Film Festival holds screenings and other activities throughout the year.
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Boohoo! 'Cry-Baby' musical to close
Sun reportersThis week, when the Broadway cast of Cry-Baby launches into its second-act number "Misery, Agony, Helplessness, Hopelessness, Heartache and Woe,"the rendition may be particularly heartfelt. It was announced yesterday that the $12.5 million production will...Tags: John Waters, Theater, Movies, Dance, Music
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The end of 'Artworks'
Sun reporterMaryland Public Television's Artworks This Week, which for six years has spotlighted the state's arts scene, will all but cease production at the end of this month, changing from a weekly program featuring new material to one devoted almost entirely to...Tags: St. Mary's City, Corporate Officers, John Waters, Ocean City, Film Festivals
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Dixon announces Artscape musical lineup
Sun Pop Music CriticWhile the space for Artscape has expanded onto Charles Street this year, the musical lineup remains interesting and eclectic. At a press conference at Penn Station today, Mayor Sheila Dixon announced the lineup for the main stage of the festival, set...Tags: Joan Jett, Festive Event, Popular Music, Movies, Cab Calloway
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Artscape returns, bigger and greener
Sun pop music criticArtscape expands and becomes a little "greener" this year. But the 27-year-old arts festival, the largest, free public event of its kind in the country, maintains a flavorful and eclectic musical lineup. In a news conference at Penn Station yesterday,...Tags: Mount Royal, Joan Jett, Festive Event, Arable Farming, Popular Music
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Summer festival guide
Special to baltimoresun.comHairdos that mirror beehives, cars that drip with unfamiliar ornaments and books that came off the shelves years ago. It's time for Baltimoreans to tuck away their winter clothes and welcome the warm weather, and there's no better way to celebrate the...Tags: Festive Event, Federal Hill Park, Theater, Maryland State Fair, Baltimore Book Festival
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Ethnic festivals celebrate cultures of Baltimore communities
Special to baltimoresun.comIn addition to HonFest, Artscape and the Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore's summer festival season includes some smaller ethnic festivals. Celebrate the city's diversity, as you taste the food, hear the music and play the games of the many cultures...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Festive Event, National or Ethnic Minorities, Patterson Park, Movies
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They put away the crayons
No less an authority than Rolling Stone declares that Baltimore has the nation's best "scene." Really. "Hotbed for rap and art rock," it says. Part of the appeal: Golden West Cafe, "the late-night post-show hangout." There's also some stuff about...Tags: Elections, Cal Ripken, Radio, Movies, Political Candidates
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Artist prefers one blonde
Sun reporterBilly Pappas spent nearly 8 1/2 years on one drawing. He knows about obsession. "I can't just be an artist with modest success," he says about halfway through Waiting for Hockney, a documentary showing at this weekend's Maryland Film Festival,...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Photography, Festive Event, Richard Avedon, Tribeca Film Festival
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A busy May for Barry Levinson
Sun Movie CriticNative son Barry Levinson will introduce the opening-night shorts program of the Maryland Film Festival on May 1, and on May 26 (according to trade reports) screen his latest picture, What Just Happened?, a comedy-drama about a Hollywood producer played...Tags: Festive Event, Bruce Willis, Movies, Robin Wright Penn, Sean Penn
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