Poster Guts @ Atomic Books Tomorrow

Atomic Books’ newly opened Eightbar is quickly and quietly becoming Hampden’s best low-key spot to relax and have a drink. If the Chop were a drunken Goldilocks searching up and down the avenue for the perfect happy hour-type relaxing bar this is what we would find: Rocket to Venus: Yeah this place is pretty good […]

Holy Rockers, Booze and Shockers Opening @ Gallery 788 Tonight

We told you just a few weeks ago that the new Gallery 788 location in Hampden was an exciting addition to the Avenue, and that 788 has been one of the more vital and exciting galleries in the city for years. One of the reasons it stands out above most other galleries is that 788’s […]

Tomorrow: Fifth Annual Erotic Art Show @ Gallery 788

If you haven’t already you should read this City Paper story about Gallery 788 moving to Hampden. It says that 788 is fresher and more approachable than most other galleries and we couldn’t agree more. Even when it was way down yonder in Pigtown at 788 Washington Boulevard it was one of the best galleries […]

Tomorrow: Deep Sleep, Vaz and More @ Golden West

You want to go to the Golden West tomorrow. Don’t argue, you know you do. How could you not? It isn’t very often that you get four bands good enough to headline their own shows playing together without being at a giant festival or something but tonight that’s exactly what’s happening. It’s one of those […]

Some Background on WNUF and the 1987 Halloween Special

Typically speaking, Marylanders are the type of people who focus on the positive. But the flip side of that coin is that for better or worse our skeletons tend to stay buried deeply in our collective closet. Especially here in the Baltimore area, we often like to think of ourselves as a thoroughly modern and […]