Crafts, daffodils and gnomes. Those are the themes of just a few events this weekend, and it sounds like the makings of a creative spring weekend to me. Around the city and live from your couch, be sure to check out a pair of art events, and an album release show from a local Americana artist. Here’s the weekend lineup. Make it your own:
Baltimore Craft Week: Through April 18, virtual. The online marketplace features artists from Baltimore and around the country. Events will offer curated shopping and a chance to hear from artists throughout the week.
Patterson Park: The Jewel of Baltimore’s Eastside: 1 p.m. on Friday, April 16, virtual. In the Virtual Histories series, Baltimore City Rec and Parks’ Tim Almaguer traces the origin and growth of Patterson Park and the Olmsteds’ vision for the site.
Mondo Baltimore – “Prom Night 2“: 7 p.m. on Friday, April 16, virtual. Tune in for the 1987 feature from the monthly series screening “horrible and bizarre” cult films.
Spring Fling ’21: 12-10 p.m. at Old Line Spirits. The Highlandtown distillery opens its Flight Deck Courtyard Bar for a new season. Sample a new American Double Malt Whiskey being released for the occasion, or a selection from the spring cocktail menu. Miles Gannett’s album release (details below) will livestream in the evening.
Daffodils 101: 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, virtual. At the Rawlings Conservatory, Joan Bender of the Maryland Daffodil Society presents the basics on the spring flowers, such as colors, planting and care.
Gnomes and their Homes: 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, virtual. Scrap B-More and Pigtown Main Street provide the materials, you make the gnome (at home).
Organic Destruction, opening reception: 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, April 17 at Creative Alliance. It’s the opening of a new art exhibition with works that “provide direct commentary on how human intervention effects the environments in which we live.” Featuring the work of 18 artists, the exhibit runs through May 29.
we make do // black women marketplace: 1-8 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, at Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. Celebrate the closing reception for the exhibition “we make do // wit wat we got,” curated by Sharayna Ashanti Christmas and Diamon Fisher. The day features a marketplace with clothing, artwork an herbal workshop, tarot and candles. Plus, performances by local artists Nia June, Black Assets and Sha-Shonna Rogers.
Miles Gannett Album Release: 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, virtual. Creative Alliance hosts the Baltimore songwriter, who is a member of Fractal Cat, as he celebrates the release of the new album “Meridian” with a full band.
Audrey Wright: Beyond Bach for Solo Violin: 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, virtual. An Die Musik Live! presents a streaming concert with Wright performing works on solo violin, and incorporating live electronics, foot pedals and non-traditional tunings. The program includes works by composers including Steve Reich, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr and Flannery Cunningham.
Update: This post was updated to reflect that Daffodils 101 is a virtual event. (8:30 a.m., 4/16/21)
Thank you for including Audrey Wright Solo Violin Concert.