Black
Cherry Puppet Theater
1115 Hollins Street
Black
Cherry’s Puppetry Resource Center and Theater is an association
of artists and performers dedicated to the development of the art
of puppetry serving audiences of all ages in communities throughout
the Baltimore and Mid-Atlantic Region with highly acclaimed performances
and innovative educational programming. Black Cherry works with
rod puppets, shadow puppets, hand puppets, and marionettes. All
are painstaking crafted by hand, as are the sets, backdrops, and
props. Music and scripts are composed in collaboration with other
visual and performing artists. Black Cherry's productions for young
audiences are based on multicultural myths and fables and combine
entertainment with education. Their productions for older audiences
consist of original stories some incorporating social and political
commentary. Black Cherry is currently building Baltimore’s
first permanent puppet theater located 1115 Hollins St. This project
includes the completion and outfitting of a black box theater,
offices, library and puppetry resource center as well as the creation
of a new outdoor performance space. The outdoor performance garden
opened in the summer of 2002. The theater’s opening is in
the fall of 2003. http://www.blackcherry.org
In The Garden
Betsey Water's new retail garden store within walking distance
that specializes in containers and gardening in small spaces
Hours: Thursday- Saturday
10:00-5:30
(410) 233-3922
Bistro
Gourmet Food
31 S. Arlington
We have a new and exciting entrepreneur in
the neighborhood, Sameerah Muhammad has opened a Bistro at 31 S.
Arlington, bringing great food back around the market.
Umri Siki
Robert Williams
1100 Hollins Street
410-837-8777
Once again our community has blinked and found a wonderful new
neighbor opening a business in our mist. Robert Williams’s
new African art gallery will have everything from spirit filled
Ivory Coast and Congo mask, to Dogon carved figures rich with
creation stories, to beautiful Mali “Bogalifine” dresses,
hats, and jewelry. Robert who says he was drawn to the “good
feel” of the 1100 Hollins St. corner store has already
tapped into our artist community, inlisting many to paint almost
every square inch of the gallery with Adinkra symbols. But this
will be more than a place just to buy art, chothing, and jewelry.
Robert is passionate about the history and meaning behind the
art work and is a teacher to anyone who listens. He plans to
bring children through to learn about the many traditions of
African Art. His gallery is named Umri Siki: “New Day” in
Swahili.
www.soweboarts.org/UmriSiki.html for images.
