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Artscape headliners Cake not interested in mixing things up

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

After almost 20 years together, the alt-rock group behind such '90s hits as "The Distance," and "Never There" stubbornly refuses to change for change's sake. Cake performs at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the main stage at Artscape.

Otakon in Baltimore

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Devotees of anime have a weekend of adventure at Otakon

Artscape to feature more dance troupes

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

More troupes kick up the excitement at festival

Artscape is raising the barre this year, by scheduling more dance performances than ever before in the 28-year history of Baltimore's free summer celebration of the arts.

'Half-Blood Prince' full of emotional and physical fireworks

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:52:00 -0400

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , the gang at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry enters the molten thick of adolescence.

Foodscape provides another interpretation of the culinary arts

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

J . Kelly Lane, a Baltimore artist, got a jolt of inspiration recently while walking down the produce aisle of the grocery store.

See '21' for free Saturday

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Film about counting cards in Vegas stars Kevin Spacey

If you've had enough of all that late-night poker playing on NBC, how about watching what Hollywood can do with a standard 52-card deck? 21 , starring Kevin Spacey as a university professor who recruits six MIT students to count cards for him in Las Vegas, gets a free screening Saturday at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St. The 2008 film, directed by Robert Luketic ( Legally Blonde ), also stars Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne and Jim Sturgess. Showtime is 2 p.m. in the library's Wheeler Auditorium. And if you like the movie, here's a bonus: Author Ben Mezrich, on whose work the film is based, will be at the Pratt at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to talk about his new book on the founding of Facebook, The Accidental Billionaires . Information on both events: prattlibrary.org/events or 410-396-5430.