Baltimore's best fall arts events [Pictures]
Whether celebrating the new (Sept. 15's first Charm City Music Festival), the old (Center Stage's 50th anniversary season) or the reimagined (Nov. 18's reopening of the Baltimore Museum of Art's Contemporary Wing), Baltimore's 2012 fall arts calendar offers conclusive proof that variety is indeed the spice of life here in Central Maryland.
Baltimore Sun reporters select the best events of the 2012 fall arts season.
-- Chris Kaltenbach
• Also see: Baltimore Sun Fall Arts Guide 2012 online
Baltimore Sun reporters select the best events of the 2012 fall arts season.
-- Chris Kaltenbach
• Also see: Baltimore Sun Fall Arts Guide 2012 online
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Pop music best bet: Bon Iver at Merriweather( Handout photo by D.L. Anderson Photo / February 13, 2011 )
Justin Vernon first made headlines with the back story to his breakthrough album (2008's "For Emma, Forever Ago," which he recorded by himself in his father's Medford, Wis., cabin) and his surprising collaborations (his voice and fingerprints are all over Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"). But the 31-year-old singer-songwriter eclipsed it all last summer with his self-titled second album.
Some were surprised when it earned him the Best New Artist Grammy Award (for proof, go back and watch fellow nominee Nicki Minaj's face right after she lost), but fans of the album knew Vernon was the right choice, thanks to his idiosyncratic mix of timeless melodies, haunting stories, soaring falsetto and curiously effective studio trickery. On "Holocene," he sings, "And at once I knew I was not magnificent." He's given plenty of reasons to think otherwise. Bon Iver performs Sept. 15 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Tickets are $40-$55. Go to merriweathermusic.com. -- Wesley Case |
