Category Archives: Events

The First Annual End of the World Show (1973)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by almosthipguy

[After spotting a framed poster for this legendary Johns Hopkins University event hanging on Robyn Webb’s wall, I checked the Internets (all of them!) and found this review by the guy who organized it all, Tom D’Antoni. The former Baltimore … Continue reading →

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Roadside Attraction: John Waters Hitches Across America

Posted on June 4, 2014 by almosthipguy

ROADSIDE ATTRACTION: John Waters Reflects on His Hitchhiking Trip Across America and His Love of Baltimore By Baynard Woods (City Paper, June 4, 2014) John Waters refuses the weed I offer him. I had a feeling he would, but there … Continue reading →

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Alex Queral lets his fingers do the carving…

Posted on March 17, 2014 by almosthipguy

…and his portraits do the talking Baltimore sculptor/painter (and erstwhile Rumba Club musician) Alex Queral takes an ordinary phone book and, using a sharp X-Acto knife and a pot of acrylic medium for detailing, carves something extraordinary out of it … Continue reading →

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Les Bons Temps for a Baltimore Native

Posted on February 23, 2014 by almosthipguy

[Baltimore Or Less loves beautiful, talented people – they’re so unlike us, yet allow us to live vicariously through their exploits. Jenny Campbell is one of those peeps we love – and now the Baltimore Sun loves her as well. … Continue reading →

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