ARTstravaganza Applications Due March 25

Artists interested in selling their work at the event on April 28 in Catonsville need to submit applications by March 25.

Artists interested in displaying and selling their work at the Spring ARTstravaganza need to apply by March 25. The event, being held 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. April 28 at the Bloomsbury Community Center, will have sculptures, jewelry, fashion wear, paintings and prints. It is being presented by the B’more Artists Guild and sponsored by the Rotary Club of Catonsville. To apply, email bmoreartistsguild@gmail.com by March 25. “I did this show at Christmas at your suggestion,” Anne Madison wrote on the We Love Catonsville Facebook page. “It was great! They know how to take care of their artists, and I did very well.”

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Spring Fling, Reggae Music Saturday in Catonsville

The Hub and C’ville Bikes hold the first in a series of live music, open-air events at the Strawberry Fields Shopping Center in Catonsville.

Looking for a way to get rid of the winter blues and get into spring? Check out the Spring Fling for some live reggae music, local vendors, bicycle demonstrations and interactive games. The event, on Saturday March 16, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., is being held at Strawberry Fields Shopping center in conjunction with The Hub and C’Ville Bikes. Performers include Akua Benjamin & The Ilavibes Band, a roots reggae band, Scotty Paynter, former lead singer of Jah Works, Hubert “The Pan Man” Griffith, a steel drum player, and the Strykers Posse Reggae Band, a band that celebrates the music of Bob Marley. The shopping center is located at 821 Frederick Road. The schedule can be found here.

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MAP: How Much Snow Has Fallen in Your Community?

The Baltimore Metro area was expecting between 5 and 11 inches of snow during this week's winter storm. See how many inches have fallen in your area with the LIVE map below.

The map above, provided by the National Weather Service, shows total snowfall in your Patch area over the past 3 days. The map is centered around the red marker, which is in the middle of your Patch's coverage area, and the map updates every six hours, starting around 2 a.m. each day. It updates as Skywarn volunteers file their reports, so check back later to see more accurate statistics. Note: This map is not visible on some mobile devices. The effects of the snowstorm that began Tuesday night have been hit-or-miss throughout the Baltimore Metro area, about 5 inches fell in Westminster but less than 1 inch in Parkville, for example, according to the map. The National Weather Service had forecast that 4-11 inches of snow would accumulate …

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Local High Schools to Visit UMBC Exhibition Thursday

Mount Hebron High students were coming to the "For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights."

Students from at least one Baltimore-area school were scheduled to come to UMBC on Thursday to view the exhibition titled "For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights." A group of students from Mount Hebron High School (Howard County) are scheduled to come to the exhbit today. Two city high schools -- Digital Harbor and City College -- already have seen the exhibit. UMBC has set up trips for local high school students to come and see the exhibition and then go to a class about visual culture and social justice with a professor from the college.  After that, the students create their own social justice-inspired artwork once they get back to their school. That is then going to be displayed on the UMBC campus.  …

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VIDEO: Baltimore Native Hollywood-Bound on American Idol

Watch Aberdeen resident Kriss Mincey talk about her experience on American Idol.

'Seussical' Takes the Stage this Weekend

Mount de Sales' is putting on the production.

More than 80 students are will perform 'Seussical,' this weekend at Mount St. Joseph Fine Arts Center, 4403 Frederick Ave. Senior Leslie Briggs of Mount de Sales Academy will play the role of Cat in the Hat. This is an opportunity to let everyone "hear the story of Horton and the Whos, along with an array of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters," the Mount de Sales Academy website states. The show times will be 7 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday.  Tickets will cost $10 for general admission and are available at the box office before every show with children under age 4 getting in for free.  You can reach Angelo Romeo at aromeo@mountdesales.org for more information. 

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Dance Performances To Celebrate Baltimore Dance Project Anniversary

A series of concerts in honor of the 30th anniversary will be held next week.

UMBC is going to help the Baltimore Dance Project celebrate its 30th anniversary next week.  The school, located at 1000 Hilltop Circle in Catonsville, will host concerts of the Project on Feb. 7, 8 and 9, according to a press release. These will be the first dance performances on the stage of the school's new Proscenium Theatre in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building, the release states. Artistic directors and choreographers Carol Hess and Doug Hamby will lead the way with principal dancer Sandra Lacy set to be featured.  Hess is the UMBC Department of Dance chairman and associate professor. Hess serves as an associate professor of dance at UMBC while Lacy is a faculty member in that same department.  Each of the three shows is …

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