“Miss You Like Hell” starts with a nervous mother blaring music out of her car radio to gather the courage to greet the teen daughter she hasn’t seen in years. It ends with a surprise, a heart-wrenching earworm of a title song and at least one audience member (me) fighting tears.
The hundred or so minutes in the middle of this tender and exuberant musical now at Baltimore Center Stage take the form of an action- and character-packed road trip. Flirtatious, vivacious Beatriz (Lorraine Velez) and her sullen, cynical daughter Olivia (Stephanie Gomérez) argue, cry, get in and out of trouble, make friends and eventually connect during a weeklong drive from Philadelphia to California.
The Charm City Night Market returned in its second year even bigger and better than before, stretching from its inaugural location at W. Lexington Street and Park Avenue all the way to Center Plaza.
Another year, another great Hampdenfest in the books. Thousands came to The Avenue for food and art vendors, live music from Raindeer, Outer Spaces, Holy Fingers, Baby Shakes and many others. And, of course, there were the toilet races on Chestnut Avenue.
