BmoreArt’s Picks: June 9-15
BmoreArt’s Picks presents the best weekly art openings, events, and performances happening in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
Elena Volkova’s Pride Portraits at Current Space, Vital Beauty opening reception at TU Center for the Arts, Station North Second Friday Art Walk, Bethesda Painting Awards public reception at Gallery B, Objects at Hand opening reception at XOXO Gallery, PR Weekend 2026, and more!
Of Ghosts and Glitter and Gay Bars: “The View Upstairs”
Iron Crow’s Time-Warping Musical is the Must-See Production this Pride Month
Up until the opening number’s end, there’s little clue that View is a ghost story, but this will soon be learned by Wes (Joey Schuman). He’s a present-day Gen-Z entrepreneur who’s flown down from Brooklyn to evaluate the now-decrepit drinkery as the locus for his next influencer project.
Embodying the Distant Future: Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves of Orange Grove Dance
OGD’s Upcoming Production “Nevermore” Premiers at the Voxel This October
A shifting core group of 13 collaborators make up the company of OGD. Each wears multiple hats based on their skill sets—which include technological design, costuming, media design, and filmmaking, as well as being superior dancers.
Fetcher: Charm City Dreampunk
Local Band Touts Baltimore’s DIY Music Scene and Is Ready for What Comes Next
The self-described “dream punk” band melds hooky melodies, grungy vocals, and restless lyrics into infectious rock.
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Nick Cave on Grief (and Hope) in Venice
Cave Presents Seven Recent Works at the 61st Venice Biennale
Among myriad works in In Minor Keys that touch on loss and care, ornament and protest, violence and healing, or the body and nature, Nick Cave’s figurative bronzes are the central cast of this grand mise-en-scène.
Jewish Museum Gallery as Table Tennis Arena: Inside “Open Court”
A Ping-Pong Pop-Up Reimagines the Sport as a Framework for Memory, Movement, and Meaning
Running through May 31, Open Court transforms JMM’s largest gallery into a ping-pong arena, blurring the line between art and sport with spotlit tables, bleachers, scoreboards, and archival images.
Baltimore Honky Tonk: A Photo Essay
The Western Shindig at Waverly Brewing Company and Mobtown Ballroom Has Become a Baltimore Favorite
Expect to step into a tiny universe where everyone is having a good time.” That’s how Baltimore Honky Tonk organizer Alex Lacquement describes experiencing one of his events.
Clay in Your City: NCECA is Coming to Baltimore
What to Expect When the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Lands in Baltimore Next Year? Baltimoreans Share their Experiences from this Year’s Edition in Detroit
What to Expect When the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference Lands in Baltimore Next Year? Baltimoreans Share their Experiences from this Year’s Edition in Detroit
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A Quorum of Queens: The Gurlz of Baltimore
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Studio Visit: René Treviño
A Conversation with the Artist Ahead of His Upcoming Exhibition at Erin Cluley Gallery in Dallas, Texas
The Binds of Love and Secrets: “Dawn” at Everyman Theatre
World Premier of New Work by Playwright and Resident Member Tuyết Thị Phạm on Stage Through March 1
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