DRUMS OF LIFE (Mike Kuhl – Mike Lowry – David Bergander)
with special guest performers
Ami Dang, John Dierker, Katrina Ford, Dave Heumann, Steve Strohmeier and Jason Willett
and a live performance and DJ set from Amy Reid
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
Doors at 8:00 PM
All Ages
70 local makers
DJ Amsies all day!
Pangelica & DJ Amsies
Tromac
Don DC
James Nasty
Mugzy
Amsies
An end of Summer Dance Party
22 & Good 4 U
Catch DJ Amsies and DJ Shshunji all night at Royal Blue
Catch you favorite GRLS at the Bromo Art Walk After Party from 9pm-12 am 8/24 at the M&T Bank Exchange located at the Hippodrome. RSVP Link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bromo-art-walk-registration-653998947457
Join us in welcoming Asma Naeem, the BMA’s newly appointed Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director, for an art benefit supporting the Baltimore Museum of Art and The Last Resort Artist Retreat(TLRAR).
Against a stunning backdrop of modern and contemporary sculpture in a garden setting, guests will sip cocktails mixed by Maryland Mobile Bar, enjoy dishes by H3irloom Food Group, and more, inspired by the theme of a summer evening in Baltimore. The highlight of the evening will be supporting brilliant artists with strong ties to the Baltimore region through a silent auction featuring works by Derrick Adams, Jabari Jefferson, Jamaal Peterman, McKinley Wallace III, Kyle Yearwood, and more.
All auction proceeds will directly support TLRAR. Download the digital auction catalog.
Featured artwork: Jamaal Peterman. Puts and Calls. 2023.
Playing all your favorite house and disco hits at Royal Blue from 9-1am.
Curated By Jeffry Cudlin
Assisted By Benedetta Castrioto & FAITH (Eleisha Faith McCorkle)
Featuring Sara Dittrich, Ledah Finck, Imka, Amy Reid, Davis Salisbury (Dais Queue), and Joana Stillwell
Join us for Baltimore’s favorite evening art party in celebration of individualism and self-expression inspired by the exhibition Coming Attractions: The John Waters Collection.
Enjoy a variety of interactive activities, including a live Drag King show featuring King Molasses and Carson Straight, and improv led by the Melk improv team. Specialty cocktails, appetizers, and DJ Amy Reid spinning the best of contemporary and classic dance music will keep the party going all night long.
This event is for adults 21 or older.
Members: $20 | Non-Members $25
The price of admission includes one free drink/food ticket.
*This event is now SOLD OUT.
The Party for the Arts (6 - 8 PM)
Special guest DJ CheekyWillie (Mount Vernon Records) sets the tone. Enjoy heavy hor d'oeuvres from La Cuchara & an open bar featuring cocktails, wine & beer. A Full Ticket includes entry to The Party for the Arts & The After Party.
The After Party (8 - 11 PM)
Baltimore-based sound artists carry us into The After Party with a featured performance by DJ Amsies. Then Pinkshift, an up-and-coming rock band, closes us out with a bang. An After Party Ticket includes entry to the event starting at 8 PM and 2 drink tickets, with additional drink tickets available for purchase.
The Details
The event is cashless. Event tickets & additional drink tickets can be purchased on-site via Paypal. Attendance is limited to those 21 and over.
A special thanks to our Event Sponsors
Gold Level Sponsors: McGuireWoods LLP and Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP. Silver Level Sponsors: The Piano Choir, Tiber Hudson LLC, and Stephen Oliner. Bronze Level Sponsors: Ally Amerson and Jeff Nover and Goodell DeVries. With additional gratitude to our In-Kind Sponsors: The Voxel, UNION Craft Brewing, and Baltimore Beat.
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
MdVLA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Maryland artists’ legal rights. We believe it’s our responsibility to stand up for artists who need legal representation. Your work is precious. We can help protect it. For more information about the work we do, visit mdvla.org.
As You Are is home! Please come in and visit. AYA offers coffee, food, drinks & FREE WiFi.
Safety & Cultural Standards:
-AYA checks all bags at the door during peak hours. Self defense objects, weapons, drugs, outside food & outside drink are prohibited. Some of these items can be held with Safety Management and retrieved upon departure of AYA.
-We check all IDs before serving alcoholic beverages. There will not be service without physical presentation of a valid, government issued ID.
-After 9pm daily the establishment is 21+ only. Prior to 9pm As You Are is open to ALL ages.
-Enthusiastic consent is mandatory in all cases
-Respect & affirm identies, boundaries, & pronouns
-Celebrate & respect LGBTQIA+ culture
Covid precautions: We are requiring masks when patrons are walking through the space and ordering at the bars. We have masks on hand if people do not have one. We ask that you hang on to them so we can keep it to one per person and provide them to as many people as possible. Bringing a mask from home is also helpful in spreading the love. We will be masked and negative tests are required before all shifts.
ACCESSIBILITY:
- ASL interpretation provided for events with a spoken or performance based musical element.
- Strobe lighting has been disabled in all lighting.
- Cafe (street) level at AYA is equipped with a permanent ramp at the entrace for individuals using mobility devices or who prefer not to use stairs.
-2 restrooms on street level can be used to a large degree of mobility device users (large space, grab bars installed)
-Patio is on ground level and fully accessible.
- Handrails are installed on both sides of the staircase.
We know this is not adequate and are in the process of applying for grants toward the installation of an elevator and automatic door switch. We have completed the build out of our ADA restroom on the second level so we can be accessible immediately upon completion of the elevator install.
In addition, AYA is creating QR codes for the menu that can be used on cell phones to meet audible menu needs.
We invite feedback and the sharing of additional resources in this area as we are trying to expeditiously complete this process.
Put your dancing shoes on for some funky jammers, house music, throwbacks, and more!
The Greater Goods Market is back at R. House this winter for Valentines Day!
The second Saturday of every month, Reid spins femme anthems all night!
Happy Birthday to Amy & Pangelica who are GRL PWR <3
Debut show of “The Arm” and other electronic music staples of Baltimore.
Crystal Waters Headlines GRL PWR’s Annual, Gender-Expansive Drag Show SWEAT!
Baltimore, MD GRL PWR snags an iconic headliner for their biggest production of the year, SWEAT! The highly anticipated, gender-expansive drag show has built a cult following over the years, even being named Baltimore’s Best Drag Show in 2018.
Crystal Waters is no stranger to Baltimore, her hit 1991 single Gypsy Woman was produced by the Baltimore production team, The Basement Boys. She also headlined Baltimore Gay Pride Festival in 2016.
The event will take place Saturday, October 29th, at Current Space. Doors open at 6pm and the show promptly starts at 7pm. The lineup has been carefully crafted by GRL PWR Co-Directors Pangelica Hall and Amy Reid to meet the high standards of their mission – to nurture and elevate the visibility of women, gender nonconforming, trans, and queer artists through community-focused programming.
“SWEAT! Is a shared experience, a moment in queer herstory and their-story. It is a space and opportunity to experience togetherness, fellowship and celebration IRL.”
-Amy Reid and Pangelica Hall, GRL PWR Co-Directors
Dj Amsies & James Nasty
SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022
Door: 8pm
Rovo defies expectations by blending pop, classic house, vogue culture, and r&b into a bold, colorful, honest, and fierce sonic and visual experience. His latest single Fever is already making waves locally and nationally! Since 2013 RoVo has been performing on main stages throughout the Baltimore and the DMV area including Gay Pride and Six Flags America. Most recently he has opened for artists such as Leikeli47, Big Freedia, and BbyMuva. All of his hard work soon paid off after landing a role in NETFLIX’s “Dark City: Beneath the Beat”, a film by TT the Artist which told the story about the culture of Baltimore City club music. With mixing mainstream pop culture and edgy underground aesthetics, he is sure to make every appearance unforgettable.
:3LON (Elon Battle) is an autodidact singer/songwriter/producer based in Baltimore, Maryland, specializing in electronic soundscapes as well as multimedia. :3LON explores themes that examine the state of humanity from a futuristic lens with nods to classic anime and fantasy rpg
Amy Reid is a Baltimore-based queer electronic musician, producer, DJ, sound and visual artist striving to transform spaces sonically, socially, and visually. Since 2010, she has toured nationally and internationally in her band Chiffon and solo in the UK, France and Portugal and has shared the stage with critically acclaimed artists such as; Future Islands, Dan Deacon, SOPHIE, XIU XIU, Mykki Blanco, Flock of Dimes, Dustin Wong, John Mayer and Boy Harsher to name a few. In addition to her music practice, she founded Baltimore’s GRL PWR Collective in 2014 whose mission is to create platforms for women and LGBTQ identifying people, elevating visibility for under-represented artists and talent.
GRL PWR Presents: Butch Gardens is BACK! We heard what you had to say and we'll be extending hours from 4-9pm. We're stoked to have them back and we've missed you all dearly.
Join us for a very special Leatherdyke Pride edition of Dyke Nite! Deck yourself out in your leathers and come party!! We will have DJ sets by your local Baltimore favorites GRL PWR, a flogging performance by Sakina Skins and Nahuel Niel and a musical performance by Baltimore’s very own Woven In! The spanking booth is returning- so don’t forget to bring cash to tip the lovely and mean Artemis and Sailor Mae! Last but not least- OF COURSE our bootblack will be returning for this- so bring your filthiest leathers so Bird the bootblack can work their magic!
Masks are required to attend.
Dyke Nite is an inclusive space, transphobia, racism or any other kinds of discrimination will not be tolerated.
An Official Baltimore Pride Event
Love is Always here featuring an Allstar Baltimore lineup. $15 Doors 7pm
Fruiting Bodies is traveling all the way from Baltimore to Portugal!! Reid will present two different iterations of Fruiting Bodies in Porto and Lisbon for the duration of MEXE Festival in September 2021.
This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International in partnership
with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
