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!).

You can also copy events to your own Google Calendar by clicking on the date and selecting “Copy to My Calendar”. Oh, technology.

August – Theatre Show – Genesis at EMP

We’ll be devising our next multimedia theatre piece with inspiration from Eduardo Galeano‘s first book in his Memoria del Fuego trilogy. Featuring guest artists including Core Project (Chicago, IL).  Performances will be taking place the second and third week of August. Artists of all media are invited to get involved. Interested and want more info? info@empcollective.org

August 5, 19 at 7PM – Odd Sundays CineClub at EMP 

Inspired by Genesis (not the band…or maybe the band?) and story-telling.

August 5 – The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena, 1973)

August 19 – Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro, 1959)

Admission: Free

July 20-22 – Artscape – Baltimore, MD

We have two Artscape-sponsored projects going up for the weekend-long festival. Want to get involved? info@empcollective.org

All Weekend – at-TENT-ion  in Pearlstone Park: EMP will have an installation in this tent-based sculpture park.

Sunday, July 22 – The Emperor and the Moon: A new play written by Cameron Stuart will have four pop-up performances at 12PM, 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM.

July 13 – Gallery Opening – Rotating History Projects’s Down Through the Needle’s Eye at EMP

July’s gallery exhibition is curated by the Rotating History Project and featuring a slew of local artists. The show itself is a site-specific exhibition that explores Baltimore’s historic Garment District- the neighborhood EMP currently calls home- its people, and its role in the labor movement.  ”Down through the Needle’s Eye” opens with a party on Friday, July 13 from 6-10pm.

Opening: July 13, 6-10PM

Gallery running: July 13 – August 3, Thursdays – Saturday, 2-7PM

July 1, 15, 29 at 7PM – Odd Sundays Cineclub at EMP

July 1 - The Last Laugh (Der letzte Mann, 1924)

July 15 - Blade Runner: Final Cut (1982)

July 29 - TBA

Admission: Free

June 24 – Yogurt Smoothness and friends at EMP

Yogurt Smoothness is a rock duo based out of Florida. Despite being only a two piece, they have crafted songs that manage to sound much larger, with Dan and Brian’s gang shouting and call and response interactions. Heavily influenced by the Sub Pop artists of the early to mid 90′s, British shoegaze, and 60′s garage rock/psychedelia, their songs branch out in several different directions.

June 15 at 8pm – Gallery Opening – Fluidtoons: First Year in New York City featuring Brett W Thompson at EMP

Fluidtoons creator Brett W Thompson is a southern native and recent NYC-transplant where he is honing his skills as an animator and fine art with a cartoon influence. He was president of the Atlanta chapter of ASIFA for three years (ASIFA is the worldwide animation society) and also a founder and curator for the Animation Attack! festival. We’re delighted to present him in his first northeast solo show.

We’ll be having a free opening party featuring  hand-picked animation including work from Oscar-nominated John R. Dilworth, creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Fluidtoons animation with abstract soundtrack performed live on viola. We’ll also have music from cellist/singer Meaghan Burke, live painting, and a live comic book reading featuring our very own Ken Jordan.

Opening: June 15 at 8PM

Gallery running: June 15-July 6, Thursdays-Saturdays 2-7PM

June 3, 17 at 7pm - Odd Sundays Cineclub - Tune-in: Animation Month at EMP at EMP

This June we are celebrating animation as artistic form. This month was curated by artistic director Carly J Bales and June gallery artist, Brett Thompson. We’ll be featuring the classic French/Czech production, Fantastic Planet, on June 3. On June 17, we will be screening the style-bending 2008 American feature, Sita Sings the Blues.

June 3 - Fantastic Planet at 7PM

June 17 - Sita Sings the Blues at 7PM

Admission – Free

June 1-3 ALL DAY – 48 Hour Film Festival Shoot – Baltimore, MD

In what has officially become an annual tradition, EMP takes a weekend to write, shoot, edit, and pop out a little demented short film baby. The project runs Friday night until Sunday evening. Lots of coffee, lots of delirium. Want to get involved? JOIN US. info@empcollective.org

Screening TBA

May 6, 20 at 7pm - Odd Sundays Cineclub - Hello, Mother. Hello, Rabbit. at EMP

All of us at EMP are gearing up for our next live show: the regional premiere of C. Denby Swanson’s A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits.  Which basically means we’re constantly having nightmares about being devoured by Rabbits and are all on the fast track for developing debilitating mommy complexes (…)

May 6 – NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972)

May 20 – All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre)

Admission: FREE

May 10-19 – Theatre Show - A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits at EMP

5/10 – Pay what you can Preview

5/14 – Arts Industry Night $10

5/11, 5/12, 5/17, 5/18, 5/19 – $15

All performances at 8 PM

Tickets on sale at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/242639

April 13 at 8pm – Gallery Opening - Just What I See by Greg Schmigel at EMP

Opening Party at EMP: Friday, April 13 at 8 pm
Featuring the Baltimore roots/bluegrass band, The Manly Deeds

March 24 at 9pm (Doors at 8pm) – EMP Presents…EMP. Featuring EMP. at EMP

WOWEY ZOWEY.

It’s an EMP Collective Blowout here at EMP. (EMP EMP EMP.) We’re presenting a special night of EMP talent, twisted game shows, auctions, and swell prizes to help raise much-needed funds for our upcoming theatre productions. Dress to impress: wear your best 70s/early 80s attire and get ready to come on down.

Tickets $10.

MORE INFO – HERE

March 11-13 from 6-8:30pm – Auditions for Rabbits at EMP

EMP Collective is proudly presenting their second theatre piece of 2012: A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits by playwright C. Denby Swanson, directed by Elissa Goetschius.

In 1726, Mary Toft was an English peasant who took a hold of the scientific community by reportedly giving birth to rabbits after unsuccessfully chasing one in the fields for supper.

In 2012, A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits plunges into the world of Mare, a dreamy young woman who agrees to be the surrogate for her infertile sister’s child.

All goes according to protocol until Mare gives birth to a rabbit instead. . . with 24 more to follow.

Led by The Stork himself, A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits explores infertility, creation, science, and the imagination.

AUDITION INFO – HERE

March 10 at 8pm – Teen Girl Scientist Monthly & company at EMP

Come see Brooklyn-based jangle popsters and local Charm City folk musicians jam out at the space.

MORE INFO – HERE

March 9 at 8pm – Gallery Opening – Sara Moore’s Lifetime Subscription  at EMP

Sara Moore is a local sculpture and installation artist. We’re opening up her solo show Friday, March 9 with another fancy and fun EMP opening party.  Stop by, see the new works, and have a good time. We’re going from 8PM on at the space.

MORE INFO – HERE

February 16-18 at 8pm – Stillpointe Theatre Initiative presents Cupid’s Creepy Cuties at EMP

February 10 at 7pm – Gallery Opening – Sara Barnes’ Foundation at EMP

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

Tickets on sale NOW!

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 at EMP:

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 at EMP:

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.brownpapertickets.com/event/210786

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.brownpapertickets.com/event/212910

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

$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).