Creative Alliance

For musician Marcy Marxer, laughter was a crucial medicine against breast cancer. In a new musical, she and her partner in music and life, Cathy Fink, take audiences through the journey of diagnosis, treatment and recovery.

We’ll go On the Record with the organizer of a concert to benefit people fleeing the war in Ukraine. And we hear about a Stoop Storytelling event coming soon to celebrate the diversity of Baltimore’s music scene.

Jonathan Gilmore wants to take you on a trip. No need to hop a train or a plane -- but do pack an open mind. We get a preview of his intergalactic evening of funk, blues and R & B: ‘Journey to Funktopia.’

This pandemic’s been a tough time for musicians. Clubs are closed, and gigs are cancelled. But our friends at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance had a…

Today, Midday on Music: conversations with musicians across musical genres, to see how they are faring in a world where to gather in a large group is to…

Baltimore’s Mayor announces a new COVID-19 testing site. In Baltimore County, more than half of businesses surveyed say they’re hurting. A second round of…

Jessica Hyman, a Baltimore artist who performs under the name DJ Trillnatured, started off her Saturday night set like she would any other: by playing a…

Stories from a Dominican barbershop, a tattoo parlor, a lawyer’s office, a coffee counter, and a collaborative arts hub, all neighbors in the melting pot…

The sitar of India. The bouzouki from Greece. The West African sherkere … Traditional instruments of all shapes, sounds and sizes help define music from…

Still lifes and landscapes, watercolors and oils. Artist James Hennessey came to Baltimore in 1965 to teach painting at MICA. Works from his five-decade…