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Bat Appreciation Day
Thu., Sept. 2, 7-8 p.m.Tours
Learn about bats and their important role in Maryland’s backyards, farms, and forests. A naturalist explains bats’ biology, habitat, diet, and their conservation needs. For families and adults. Soldier’s Delight Natural Environmental Area, 5100 Deer Park Road, Owings Mills. Sign up in advance at 410-461-5005. Price: $2. E-mail: park-patapsco@dnr.state.md.us.
Cupcakes and Cocktails at Pazo
Thu., Sept. 2Food & Drink
If you haven’t tried one of Pazo’s gourmet cupcakes paired with a signature cocktail, then what better time to indulge than the Thursday before Labor Day?
Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Sept. 2-5Sale, Exhibits
Antiques for gawking and buying invade the Convention Center this Labor Day weekend, starting Thursday from noon until 8 p.m. Baltimore Convention Center; $12 for the whole weekend.
Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Sept. 2-5
(410)649-7000Special Event, Sale
Antiques for gawking and buying at the Convention Center this Labor Day weekend $12 for whole weekend
Happy Days
Through Sept. 5Exhibits
If you haven’t had a chance to see Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness at the American Visionary Art Museum, catch it before it leaves on September 5.
Screen Shots
Through Sept. 5Exhibits
Current Gallery, which lost its space last year when the building it inhabited was slated for demolition, celebrates its new home at 421 North Howard Street with Baltimore vs. the World, an exhibition of different kinds of video—documentary, animation, home videos, etc.—by artists both local and not.
Maryland State Fair
Through Sept. 6Special Event, Festival, Music, Food & Drink, Festival
Timonium Fairgrounds. Try to ignore the irony as you and your kids pet all the cute, fuzzy animals … and then go eat them.
Are You the Merrier Shopping Expert?
Through Sept. 10Special Event
Ever dream of writing your own shopping blog? Enter this style & shopping writing contest sponsored by General Growth Properties.
On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper
Through Sept. 12Exhibits
On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper at the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases eight recently acquired large-scale prints and drawings that feature repetitive patters. Artists include Ellsworth Kelly, Tara Donovan, Ann Hamilton, and Vik Muniz.
Thank You for Your Support
Through Sept. 25Exhibits, Exhibits
Encore! celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of Baltimore Clayworks. The group show features ceramic pieces by artists who have played an integral role in the nonprofit’s development. An opening reception takes place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
IMAX Adventure
Through Sept. 26Film
Take a ride down the Colorado River from the comfort of your seat with Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk, an IMAX 3D documentary that opens tonight at the Maryland Science Center.
Vision and Myth
Through Oct. 2Exhibits, Talks Plus
An exhibition of paintings by Barbara Gruber and Laurie Fader at Stevenson University Gallery from August 26 – October 2, with an artist talk September 16, at noon. Email exhibitions@stevenson.edu for more information.
Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from the Walters' Collection
Through Oct. 10Exhibits, Exhibits
Great Illustrations unearths treasures of illustration hidden in the permanent collection of the Walters Art Museum. Featuring preparatory drawings for Gustave Dore’s Bible and Paul Gavarni’s lively sketches of the London underworld, the exhibition explores the variety of ways in which 19th-century artists approached the art of illustration.
Maryland Renaissance Festival
Through Oct. 24Festival, Festival, Special Event
Labor Day weekend means not just two, but three whole days of wenches and knights and jousts. None of that, however, would be any fun without a goodly serving of chicken on a lance, steak on a stake, and, of course, ye olde tankards of mead.
Advancing Abstraction
Through Feb. 20, 2011Exhibits
This exhibit, which opened last month, presents important examples of early modern abstraction by David Smith, Hans Arp, Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, to name a few, and explores turn-of-the-century artists as they moved beyond the figure to create sculpture based on abstract forms. Runs through Feb. 20, 2011.
