by GREG G. WEBER
In Praise
of the Map
Finding our place in space,
down here and up there
Maps are a deep-rooted artifact of human
history and yet as vital in present day as a
Google map of downtown Baltimore. Cause
for celebration? Yes. Which is what the city
is doing with the Festival of Maps, kicking into
high gear in March. The centerpiece is an
ave
Date
CI TY CENTER WEST
the
Professional
Bull Riders
March 1-2
The Baltimore
Invitational, a stop on
the Built Ford Tough
series, the major leagues
of pro bull riding, at the
1st Mariner Arena.
410-347-2020;
baltimorearena.com
MOUNT VERNON
A Little Night
Music
March 13-April 13
Stephen Sondheim’s ro-
mantic musical comedy
cast in pure Scandina-
vian at Centerstage,
The Pearlstone Theater.
410-332-0033;
centerstage.org
CITY GUIDE
Baltimore
exhibit at The Walters Museum, Maps: Finding
Our Place in the World. It features more than
100 maps created by the likes of Lewis &
Clark, Ptolemy, da Vinci and even the author
J. R. R. Tolkien. The oldest road map of Britain
will be on display; so will another delineating the boundaries of an early United States.
It’s billed as the most significant show of rare
maps since a similar show was mounted in
Baltimore 50 years ago. A related exhibit, also
at The Walters, is Mapping the Cosmos: Images
from the Hubble Space Telescope. The exhibit
is designed to show how Hubble telescope
images have been used to map the chronologic history of our universe while providing a panoramic depiction of its beauty. The
exhibit runs through July 27. Finding Our Place
in the World runs through June 8.
410-547-9000; thewalters.org
Super Tramp
Charlie Chaplin is
famous for being seen and not
heard. Now audiences get a chance
to hear him when
the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra performs an
updated orchestration of the musical
score he wrote for
City Lights, along
with a screening.
Chaplin
set to wor k
on City
Lights in la te
1928, a ye ar
after the r e-
lease of Th e
Jazz Sing-
er, the firs t
“talkie.” He had
taught himself to
play the violin and
other instruments
but did not write
down the score. “I
la-laed and Arthur
Johnson wrote
it down,” he is
quoted as say-
ing. “It’s all simple
music, you know,
in keeping with my
character.” The film
was released in
1931 and became
a hit. March 1-2.
Joseph Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall,
410-783-8000;
bsomusic.org
DO WNTOWN WESTSIDE
King Lou in
Camelot
March 25-April 6
Lou Diamond Phillips
is King Arthur in the
musical legend at The
Hippodrome Theatre
of the France-Merrick
Performing Arts Center.
410-752-7444; france-merrickpac.com
MOUNT VERNON
The Four
Freshmen
April 11-13
The newest incarna-
tion of the 1950s group
known for harmony on
songs like Day by Day
and Graduation Day, at
Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall. 410-783-8000;
bsomusic.org
INNER HARBOR SOUTH
60 Years of
Television
Through April 30
The history of TV as
seen through foot-
age and artifacts of
Maryland’s first station,
WMAR, at the Museum
of Industry.
410-727-4808;
thebmi.org
