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blues, world music, jazz and rock. 410-3810097, uucolumbia.net/category/coffeehouse
Sundays at Three Chamber Music Series
brings professional chamber music to Christ
Episcopal Church in Columbia. sundaysatthree.org
Theater
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
In-the-Ruins produces two family-friendly
plays each June and July inside the remains
of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic
Park, where it has performed since 2003.
The professional company hires actors from
the Maryland/D.C. region and also offers a
summer camp. 410-244-8570,
chesapeakeshakespeare.com
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts
employs actors, directors, writers, musicians
and technicians to immerse young people
in the art of performing through a variety of
programs. 410-381-0700, cctarts.org
Howard County Summer Theatre
features family-oriented musicals using
youth casts and all-ages companies. howardcountysummertheatre.org
Toby’s Dinner Theatre specializes in
Broadway-style musical fare, presented with
a live band, professional costuming and
inventive staging in the Columbia location.
410-730-8311, tobysdinnertheatre.com
Musical groups
Columbia Bands, Inc. is a nonprofit for
nonprofessional musicians who perform in
three groups — a concert band, a jazz band
and a “flute cocktail” — at free community
concerts and other events.
columbiabands.org
The Columbia Orchestra was founded in
1977. The ensemble, led by music director
Jason Love, offers orchestral, jazz and chamber concerts with instrumental works ranging from classic to contemporary composers.
410-465-8777, columbiaorchestra.org
Columbia Pro Cantare is a volunteer
choir that presents programs ranging from
operatic works to spirituals. 410-799-9321,
procantare.org
Howard County Concert Orchestra
is a professional chamber orchestra that
performs classical to contemporary arrangements with six to 45 professional musicians.
888-921-7230, hococo.org
Howard County Youth Orchestra is a
program made up of Howard County Public
Schools. It is a division of Howard County’s Gifted and Talented program, our five
orchestras serve to enrich the school instrumental experience provided in the county’s 42 elementary, 20 middle, and 13 high
schools. hocoyo.org
Peabody Children’s Chorus trains girls
and boys ages 6 to 18 in music from a variety
of genres and time periods in five ensembles
on two campuses, one of which is in Howard
County.
667-208-6640, peabody.jhu.edu/pcc
Art centers
and museums
African Art Museum of Maryland,
founded in 1980, is in a new location at
Columbia’s Long Reach Village Center. It
offers a rare collection of African artifacts
and folk art. Staffed entirely by volunteers,
including the museum’s founder and director
Doris Ligon, the museum offers programs
during Women’s History Month. 410-7407411, africanartmuseum.org
Columbia Art Center in the village of
Long Reach has provided resources for
ceramic artists, photographers, calligraphers, woodworkers and others since 1987.
It also hosts a literary series with local poets
and authors and a monthly salon featuring
local artists, actors, musicians and others, a
rotating gallery of exhibitions and a summer
art camp for children. 410-730-0075,
columbiaassociation.org/facilities/columbia-art-center/
Howard County Center for the Arts,
located in a former elementary school in
Ellicott City, houses two galleries in addition
to a black-box theater. It is also the seat of the
Howard County Arts Council. 410-313-2787,
hocoarts.org
Howard County Center of African American Culture at Howard Community College
houses African American memorabilia,
artifacts and an art gallery at its Columbia
location, and a research library with approximately 10,000 publications and records.
410-715-1921, hccaac.org
Local artists also exhibit at the Artists’
Gallery on Ellicott City’s Main Street, the
Rouse Company Foundation Gallery at
Howard Community College, the Bernice
Kish Gallery at Slayton House in Wilde Lake,
The Meeting House Gallery in Oakland Mills
and informal exhibition spaces at the Bain
50 Plus Center, at shops in historic Ellicott
City and elsewhere. Visual artists and crafts
people share a historic complex at Savage
Mill.
Literary arts
Howard County Poetry and Literature
Society — often abbreviated HoCoPoLitSo
— has been bringing imaginative literary
events, workshops and distinguished writers
to student and adult audiences since 1974.
Saul Bellow, Lucille Clifton, Tyehimba Jess
and Mary Oliver have given public readings
under the auspices of the community-based
not-for-profit. 443-518-4568, hocopolitso.org
Cinema
CJC Jewish Film Series offers movies
with Jewish themes in English, Hebrew and
foreign languages with subtitles.
410-730-6044, columbiajewish.org
Columbia Film Society brings the latest in
distinguished foreign films to the Horowitz
Center at Howard Community College in an
annual subscription series.
columbiafilmsociety.org
Two theaters offer the latest Hollywood
releases:
AMC Columbia Mall 14
10300 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia.
Cinemark Columbia Snowden and ScreenX
9161 Commerce Center Drive, Columbia.
Dance
Local dance troupes present regular showcases, and a variety of commercial studios
provide training for a new generation:
Arabesque Dance Studio
410-381-0017, livetodance.com
Arthur Murray Dance Centers
410-772-7880, dancecolumbia.com
Backstage Dance Studio
410-312-0900, thebackstagedancestudio.com
BCV Dance Center
410-465-7674, cindeevelleballet.com
Bend it like Bollywood Dance Co.
410-995-8145, bilb.co
b.Funk Dance Company
410-313-8199, bfunk.com
Central Maryland Youth Ballet
443-472-7772,
centralmarylandyouthballet.com
Dance Connections Inc.
443-574-8990, danceconnectionsinc.com
Kinetics Dance Theatre
410-480-1686, kineticsdance.org
Misako Ballet Studio
410-884-9690, misakodance.com
Stars Studio
301-604-7827, startsstudio.net
Studio Dans
301-498-3267, studiodans.com
Teelin Irish Dance
443-629-7808, teelin.com
That’s Dancing Ballroom & Dancesport
Center
301-776-0085, thatsdancingballroom.com
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