"A Timeless Collective Album Cover Retrospective"

Friday, June 1, 2007 to July 7 2007

A Timeless Collective Album Cover Retrospective Exhibit focuses on the artistry of album covers of various genres of music from the 1930’s to the present highlighting historical contributions surrounding American Music.

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute
Together with New Jazz Audience
presents

Sunday, July 29th at 3pm

Marianne Matheny-Katz
Tamm E Hunt     Chuck Holden

Concert - Silent Auction - Reception
to benefit the
 Eubie Blake Scholarship Fund

$25 contribution

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CLAIRVOYANTS
F. Michelle Santos & Stephanie Hopkins
Painting and photography exhibit exploring the human experience beyond the range of ordinary perception.  

October 4 - 27, 2007

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African American dolls from the 1850s through the present will be on display at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center from October 4 through October 27, 2007 in an exhibit titled Oh, You Beautiful Doll: An Exhibit of African American Dolls.  More than 35 dolls will be on display that traces the evolution of black dolls from simple wooden folk art dolls to the stunning and innovative art dolls of today.  

Much more than play things, dolls illustrate the changing cultural attitudes and values of society and can also depict ethnic stereotypes that define the place, role and status of African American people in society. In the early 1800s, the major doll artisans made dolls of cloth, wood, tobacco leaves and other readily available materials.  The images of dolls were closely aligned with the occupations of many Blacks – servants, slaves, and skilled laborers.  Oh, You Beautiful Doll will feature a pair of hand made African American wooden dolls made during slavery and passed down from generation to generation in one family.  

Between 1850 and 1920, European doll companies manufactured the majority of black dolls.  In 1892, Jumeau of Paris advertised black and mulatto dolls with bisque heads.  Other European doll makers supplied other countries with dolls including the United States.  Black dolls made by artisans during this time period will be on exhibit in the show, Oh You Beautiful Doll.

By the early 1900’s American companies began including black dolls in their doll lines.

During the 1920s, as the American doll making industry moved toward mass production, there was an increase in the number of Black dolls.  W.E. B. DuBois and the National Association of Colored People were among the catalysts for Black children having Black dolls.  The National Negro Doll Company, an African American company produced some of these first dolls which were advertised in the Crisis magazine.  Other manufacturers, including Horseman Doll Company, Amberg Dolls and Madame Alexander included black dolls in their doll lines.  A Madame Alexander doll will be on display at Oh, You Beautiful Doll.

The dawn of the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s brought about a change in America.  Before the movement, African Americans were not depicted in a positive manner, and the psychological toll was documented in studies conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark that showed that Black children were most affected by the lack of positive imagery.  Doll manufacturers began to produce ethnically correct dolls created in the image of the Black race.  

Dolls made in the 1950s will be featured in Oh, You Beautiful Doll exhibit.

Classes: Tue Oct 2,9,16, & 23  6 - 8pm   Sun Oct 7, 14 & 21   2 – 5pm
Eubie Blake Cultural Center – 847 N. Howard Street

A series of jazz & modern dance classes, culminating in a final concert at The Baltimore Museum of Art.  All adults ages 16 and older, all levels, are welcome.

Concert:  Sun  Oct 28 4pm
Baltimore Museum of Art – 10 Art Museum Drive

For reservations online www.dancebaltimore.org or call 1-866-756-5673.

Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by a grant from Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.  

Special thanks to Free Fall Baltimore media sponsors:
Maryland Public Television, WBAL-TV, 92Q-FM, Magic 95.9-FM and the Baltimore Sun.

Sat  Oct 13  11am-3pm and Sat  Oct 27  11am-5pm

Two Open House events showcase current exhibits, workshops in drama, dance & art, an open rehearsal of the Eubie Blake Legacy Band and performances by the center’s resident artists in theater & dance.

Eubie Blake Center – 847 N. Howard Street

Free passes may be reserved in advance by phone at 410-225-3130
or in person at the center Tue – Sat 10am-5pm.

Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by a grant from Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.  

Special thanks to Free Fall Baltimore media sponsors:
Maryland Public Television, WBAL-TV, 92Q-FM, Magic 95.9-FM and the Baltimore Sun.

Sun Oct 14 1 & 3pm

Reservations may be made online at baltimorejazz.com
or
by calling 410-225-3130.

Free Fall Baltimore is made possible by a grant from Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.  

Special thanks to Free Fall Baltimore media sponsors:
Maryland Public Television, WBAL-TV, 92Q-FM, Magic 95.9-FM and the Baltimore Sun.

Download "Eye Candy, A Tribute to Fashion Week" Invitation

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Oct 27, 2007 2:00 PM

This interactive, living history performance with veteran scholar/actor Bill Grimmette appearing as Dr. King with the center's artist in resident Robert Lee Hardy and Tracie Jiggetts, the Eubie Blake Legacy Band, and students of the Rayn Fall Dance Studio at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center will be a high-energy afternoon of dance, music, and theatre.
Call the center 410-225-3130 to reserve your seat.

This event is part of MHC's One Vision ~ Many Voices series of fall programs and is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Maryland Division of Historical and Cultural Programs, Maryland State Department of Education, David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Walters Art Museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

The Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 7:00pm

Free and Open to the Public (Donations Accepted)

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