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Finding our place in the
universe
A question has dogged humans since the
time we could formulate questions: Where
are we, exactly? Where is Earth in relation
to the rest of the bodies of the universe? The
answer began to get a little clearer in 1990
with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope and the subsequent dramatic images it
sent back—from the Milky Way to the Crab
ave
Date
LITTLE ITALY
the
And Our
Flag Was
Still There
Around July 4
Visit the house where
Mary Young Pickersgill
sewed the flag that flew
over Fort McHenry
during the war of 1812,
inspiring the poem that
became the national
anthem. 410-837-1793;
fl aghouse.org
MIDTOWN
Artscape
July 18-20
Said to be the largest
free public arts festival
in the nation, featuring art of many kinds
including “art cars,”
music and a menu of
international foods.
877-BALTIMORE;
artscape.org
CITY GUIDE
Baltimore
Nebula. That telescope and its pictures are
celebrated and explored in an exhibit at The
Walters Art Museum, “Mapping the Cosmos:
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope,”
the first such show of Hubble imagery at a
major museum. The Walters presents the
images as art, yet challenges visitors to weigh
how these works influence our understanding of the universe and our relationship to it.
The exhibit is part of the momentous citywide
“Festival of Maps” now drawing to a close.
Through July 27. 410-547-9000; thewalters.org.
A Summer of
Sculpture
Every other year
since 2000, Evergreen Museum &
Library, a historic
19th-century mansion, has invited
sculptors from
around the country
to install outdoor
sculptures on
the property’s 26
acres. This year,
“Sculpture at
Evergreen 2008”
marks the fifth in
the series; guest
curator Andrea
Pollan invited 10
artists from around
the country to build
10 new works
and install them.
Artists could build
anything they
liked from what-
ever materials
INNER HARBOR
Piano
Singalong
Wednesday-Saturday
What to call it? Group
karaoke? Howl at the
Moon just calls it “The
Show,” in which one
person plays a piano
and everyone else sings
or dances or both.
410-783-5111;
howlatthemoon.com
JONESTOWN
American Jews
in WW II
Through July 27
An exhibit celebrating
the accomplishments
of Jewish men and
women who served the
country—on and off
the battlefield. Je wish
Museum of Maryland.
410-732-6400;
jewishmuseummd.org
they chose, but
were asked to first
visit Evergreen
for the chance to
be inspired by its
beauty and history.
Through Sept. 28.
410-516-0341;
museums.jhu.edu/
evergreen.
Mike Womack,
Shooting Electrons,
2008, courtesy of the
artist and ZieherSmith
Gallery, NY; and
Sharon Engelstein,
Green Golly, 2008.
INNER HARBOR
Body Worlds 2
Through Sept. 1
Real human bodies
preserved through the
life work of Gunther von
Hagen and the process
of “plastination.” Seen
by 25 million worldwide.
Maryland Science
Center. 410-685-5225;
mdsci.org
