events
Here’s a complete list of upcoming events at EMP including our own programming and projects as well as guest events at EMP. We also have regular gallery hours from Wed-Fri, 12-6PM if you just want to stop by and check out our latest gallery artist (and say, HI!).
February 16-18 at 8pm – Stillpointe Theatre Initiative presents Cupid’s Creepy Cuties at EMP
An evening of Adorably Terrifying Pageantry
February 10 at 7pm – Gallery Opening – Sara Barnes’ Foundation
Music at in/flux: 9 – 10PM
Foundation Runs: February 10 – March 4
Gallery Hours: Wed – Fri, 12PM – 6PM
Sara Barnes is currently a MFA Illustration Practices candidate at MICA. Barnes’ bold yet intricate collage work explores folk elements and narrative threads with embroidery and layered cut paper. Sara is also the founder and curator of Brown Paper Bag, a blog focused on showcasing artistic works on paper and beyond. Barnes previously exhibited her artwork at EMP’s (…and you’re just not good enough) in Washington, DC last February. The works can’t be done justice in 2-D form so EMP is thrilled to have Miss Barnes in for an up-close-and-personal session with her beautiful collection again!
January 26-February 4 – NIGHT SWEATS at EMP
Restless?
We are, too. Join EMP on its mixed-media-on-your-feet theatrical voyage through an acid-laced dreamscape complete with puppet confidants, murderous vultures, swamp things, and all the terrors that keep us up while the whole world is sound asleep.
1/26 at 8PM (pay-what-you-can preview)
1/26-1/28 at 8PM
1/29 at 7PM (Double Feature Performance with Odd Sundays Film Screening)
1/30 at 8PM
2/2-2/4 at 8PM
NIGHT SWEATS is also supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
January 20 at 8pm - Norm Sherman Album Release Party at EMP
Come celebrate the debut of Norm Sherman’s new album, The Esoteric Order of Sherman.
Release part at EMP: January 20 at 8 pm. FREE.
January 13 at 8pm - Gallery Opening – Joshua Mikel’s A Million and One Awful Ways to Die featuring Jess Johnson at EMP
Get on your big kid pants–for his gallery show at EMP this January, we asked illustrator Joshua Mikel of Sharkguts Design to respond to NIGHT SWEATS, our upcoming theatre piece exploring irrational fears.
Joshua dove deep into his paranoid psyche from childhood to present and began to visually catalog some of his worst (and often absurd) fears about dying in a collection aptly titled–A Million and One Awful Ways to Die.
We’re kicking off his gallery opening with a party on FRIDAY THE 13th!
Opening Party: Friday, January 13th. 8PM. Free Admission.
Gallery Open: January 13th – February 5th. Gallery Hours: Wed-Fri 12-6pm
January 12 at 8pm- Epic Triads at EMP
$5 cash at the door
Featuring solo performances by:
Erin Gleeson - Showbeast, 1000 Fathoms Podcast
Connor Kizer - The Creepers, Santa Dads
Caroline Marcantoni - Baltimore Dance Round Robin
Ben O’Brien - Wham City Comedy Tour, Showbeast
R.M. O’Brien - Nuclear Power Pants, Poems T’order
and Gavin Riley - Height With Friends
January – EMP’s ODD SUNDAYS CINE CLUB:
Jan 1, 7PM – This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Jan 15, 7PM – The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Jan 29, 8:30PM – Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
We meet the odd Sundays of every month at EMP. Watch movies, talk trash, get inspired, maybe eat some popcorn.
*poster design by Sir Nolan Cartwright, our gallery artist featured at EMP in October.
December – EMP’s ODD SUNDAYS CINE CLUB:
Christmas with the Coens!
Dec 4, 7PM – Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Dec 18, 7PM – The Big Lebowski (1998)
We meet the odd Sundays of every month at EMP. Watch movies, talk trash, get inspired, maybe eat some popcorn.
*poster design by Sir Nolan Cartwright, our gallery artist featured at EMP in October.
December 15-17, 8pm at EMP
Stillpointe Presents: The Warren Sisters in “A Very Scary X-Mas”
That’s right! It’s that special time of year when The Warren Sisters make the trek all the way from Devil’s Ladder, Idaho to spread Christmas spirit and cheer to the good people of Baltimore! Join them for an evening of holiday story and song, and allow yourself to get lost in their charming tunes of amputation, taxidermy, and double homicide. The Warren Sisters and their very special guests invite you to attend the Christmas party that EVERYONE will be talking about! It promises to be a spooky good time for all!
December 15th-17th
8pm
$10 (Cash Only)
December 9-11 at EMP
Produced by Spark & Echo Arts (New York City)
December 9, 10 at 8pm, December 11 at 4pm
Esther, a behavioral psychologist who thrives on keeping her life in order, is faced with a situation beyond her control when her mother falls into a coma. In a desperate attempt to wake her mother up, Esther forces herself to read the ancient story of Queen Esther aloud to her mother–a story Esther hates and has avoided for years, but one that her mother loves. As she revisits the story of her namesake and begins to lose control, she finds herself face to face with the woman who was challenged by the same question she now faces–can she let go and trust?
Featuring Emily Clare Zempel and Jonathon Roberts
https://www.brownpapertick
Tickets: $10-15
December 3 – 8PM - at EMP
Join magician David London on a journey to someplace else. Featuring excerpts from all of David’s previous theatrical productions, this full-length performance combines magic, story-telling, comedy, puppetry, and that which cannot be defined, into a show of magic unlike anything you have experienced before. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience David’s magic, and see why the Washington Post has called him “our favorite mad genius magician!” And don’t miss David’s opening act, Mab Just Mab, DC’s Own Sideshow Girl!
To purchase tickets, please visit: https://www.brownpapertick
Tickets: $15
December 2 – 7pm – at EMP
It’s the end of our first Cans n Drafts writing workshop and our workshoppers are presenting their material at EMP this Friday!
Local aspiring authors will read from new works developed and written during the workshop. Selected pieces will come in all shapes and sizes, including poetry, fiction, and stage scripts. Come join EMP in celebrating new works from local writers Eric Bowers, Brad Leroy Cartwright, Tracy Dimond, Ken Jordan, Cari Peri, Steve Mandes and Debra Smith.
Admission is free and entrance includes access to EMP’s current gallery, Girls & Skulls, by Craig Horky.
November 30 at 9pm. Doors at 8pm - at EMP
“Death is God’s way of telling you not to be such a wise guy….”
The evening promises to be a night of experimental “structured stand-up”, with speakers retelling their favorite memories of their fallen friend, no matter who inappropriate.
Doors open at 8pm.
Show begins at 9pm.
$8 Cash only.
It’s gonna get emotional.
We’ll provide the tissues
Fridays-Mondays thru December, 12-6PM – at EMP
Craig Horky’s GIRLS AND SKULLS – FREE
Craig Horky is an illustrator, fine artist, graphic designer, art director, former tattooist, musician, coffee enthusiast, and overall badass motherfucker based out of Lansing, MI. His work can be found scattered all over the industries of music, advertising, apparel, magazines, newspapers, and various books. He’s coming to the opening on 11-11-11 all the way from that state people feel compelled to show you what part they live in on their hand. We’re secretly hoping he’ll tat us all up but mostly psyched we can all show up and give him a real Charm City welcome.
OPENING PARTY – 11 NOVEMBER 2011 – 7PM – FREE ADMISSION
Oct/Nov – EMP’s ODD SUNDAYS CINE CLUB:
It came from…WITHIN!
Oct 30, 7PM – Basket Case (1982)
Nov 6, 7PM – Dead Ringers (1988)
Nov 20, 7PM – Tetsuo (1989)
We meet the odd Sundays of every month at EMP. Watch movies, talk trash, get inspired, maybe eat some popcorn.
*poster design by Mr. Craig Horky, our gallery artist for November.
October 27 – 8PM – at EMP
Stillpointe Theatre Initiative Presents:
The Warren Sisters in HITCHCOCK HEARTBREAKERS
The Warren Sisters in HITCHCOCK HEARTBREAK
$7 CASH ONLY!
Tickets may also be reserved by calling (410) 236-5773
Join the trio of terrifying beauties, direct from Devil’s Ladder, Idaho as they celebrate their favorite time of year with a show full of song, story, mild gore, and light torture, complete with a screening of the Hitchcock classic “Psycho”, which The Warrens have never seen, if you can believe it! What a way to kick off your Halloween Weekend!
Costumes are encouraged! Screams are required! See you there!
October 25-December 2, 2011 – At EMP, Baltimore, MD
EMP Collective’s Cans n Drafts series will begin its first free creative writing workshop on October 25 at EMP. Workshop meetings will be held on Tuesdays from 7-8:30pm and will culminate in a reading of works developed on Friday, December 2 at 7pm. Fiction, poetry, essays, screenplays–it’s all fair game! We just want you to write.
Classes: 6 Tuesdays from 7-830PM - 10/25, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29
Reading: Friday, 12/2 – 7PM
OCTOBER 7-31, 2011 – at EMP, Baltimore, MD
Slackerdom is an artform.
Nolan Cartwright aka DEMZilla aka the Smoke Monster aka the Better Brother opened up our new space at 306 w Redwood St with his break out gallery show FDS! We partied down on Friday night and now you can check out his exhibition for FREE. Fridays-Mondays, 12-6pm
OCTOBER 14-17 & 20-22, 2011 – at EMP, Baltimore, MD
Stillpointe Theatre Initiative proudly presents its first originally conceived and written chamber musical, Shovel in the Dirt: A gravedigger’s musical. The story follows a gravedigger, his bride and the people that keep them together and pull them apart. A quest for love and journey through loss filled with jazz, gospel, and crows. Contact stillpointeti@gmail.com for more info! Tickets are $15, Cash at the door.
OCTOBER 5, 2011
It’s our birthday! One year old and look how we’ve grown!
JULY 8, 2011 – 8:00pm at THE BOHEMIAN COFFEEHOUSE, Baltimore, MD
Josh Mikel’s coming to town this weekend, so fuck it, we’re gonna read his kickass new play SHELTER. We won’t even charge you for it.
If you’re real nice, we’ll bring it down to DC for you Sunday night.
JUNE 23, 2011 – 9:30pm at THE CHARLES THEATER, Baltimore, MD
EMP’s latest short film was created the weekend of June 10-12, 2011 for the Baltimore 48-Hour Film Project.
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW, FOOLS!
FEBRUARY 2011 – THE FRIDGE, Washington, DC
EMP COLLECTIVE closed (…and you’re just not good enough) at The Fridge in Washington, DC to Standing-Room-Only crowds and two out of three sold out shows. Thank you so much, DC! We have several productions in the works including another original collaboration, NIGHT SWEATS; a novel-to-stage adaptation; and a couple of film projects coming to a face near you (most likely yours).