Hello everyone,

Twelve Baltimore-based designers were selected to participate in Project Artscape Fashion Weekend, which will take place on Friday-Sunday, August 2-4, 2024 at “The Garage, 6 E. Lafayette Avenue. The weekend kicks off Friday evening from 5-9 p.m. with an opening runway show and industry panel discussion featuring Baltimore’s own Earle Bannister. The selected 2024 Project Artscape designers are: Earle Bannister; Nicoile Mean; Van Mac-Henry; Dr. Marilyn Walker; Abisola Oladeinde; Eryn Boggs; Bandi Lewis; Sehar Peerzada; Natalie Karyl; Kenn Hall; Evette Monique; and Iliana Quander. Sounds like fun, if you are interested in fashion. This is new and different for the BOPA, and I hope you support it and have fun.

City View will host a day party in memory of the late Ms. Maybelle. The event will take place inside and outside under the tents at 6700 Security Blvd.n August 7 p.m. from 6-10 p.m. The smooth sounds of Isaac Parham will be featured at the free event. I’ll see you there.

Please don’t forget to attend the screening of the documentary, “LEGENDS” OF Baltimore created by Leonard Scovens of Black Child Studios at the GLA Sound Stage in Rosedale, Maryland. The documentary is about the bands, groups, and singers from Baltimore in the late 1960s and early 1970s who have gone on to perform with some of the greatest acts in music. The Black-Tie Event starts at 7 p.m. For more information, call 443-707-8178.

Contemporary Arts, Inc. is celebrating 27 years of service to the community and will host a closing performance reception. It is open to the public at the McManus Theater, Loyola University Maryland, on Friday, August 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. Contemporary Arts Inc. and its partners, Loyola University Maryland and 901 Arts, are presenting this event. The dynamic musician and saxophonist Craig Alston is the camp director. For more information, call 410-944-2909.

 Florine “Peaches” Camphor is sponsoring a trip to the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from July 30 to August 4, 2024 and you are invited. There will be over 130 performances in a number of the city’s venues. For more information, call 410-521-3439.

The National Black Theatre Festival is happening in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from July 30 through August 4, 2024. Our own Peaches Camphor is sponsoring a bus trip. The trip package includes five nights of accommodation, five breakfasts, baggage handling, motor coach transportation, and refreshments on the bus. “My goodness, Peaches! This does sound like a dynamite trip; I wish I could go.”

Yours Truly, “Rambling Rose” will host live entertainment at the Avenue Bakery, 2229 Pennsylvania Avenue featuring a new group called “Park Vibe” on Saturday, August 3, 2024 from 4-7 p.m.  It is free and open to the public. Bring your own folding chair and relax under the tents or on the lawn in the courtyard.

Well, my dear friends, I have to go now. I guess this will get you started for the next couple of weeks. I hope to see you soon. Enjoy your upcoming weeks. Remember, if you need me, please feel free to call me, at 410-833-9474. UNTIL THE NEXT TIME, I’M MUSICALLY YOURS.

Rosa Pryor
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