Let me start by saying that I love the theatre. I love it so much that usually the experience of going to the theatre is enough to negate most of the flaws in a show. This was not the case for the Addams Family at the Hippodrome. Let’s start with a video, shall we? Just so we are all on the same page. Well, wasn’t that… cheery? Yes. Yes it was cheery. I think that was … Read entire article »

(for lots of pictures of trucks flying through the air at M&T Bank Stadium, go here) Filed under “The best decision ever made by an organization,” Advanced Auto Parts Monster Jam transferred its semi/annual event from 1st Mariner Arena to M&T Bank Stadium, and boy howdy what a difference it made. The one or two times I had attended the event at the arena previously I vowed to never do it again; the reverb of the … Read entire article »

Unbeknownst to me and the public at large, Pimlico Race Course (5201 Park Heights Avenue, Pimlico Good Neighbors) started putting on a Kentucky Derby Day party last year on the apron, which apparently did well enough that they decided to have a secondary Derby Day party in the infield this year. The infield party was $30 and included all you can drink beer (Bud, Miller Lite, Dos Equis, Heineken, cash for liquor) and music as … Read entire article »