Arts

Free Fall-ing Into Autumn

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Estelle Kline

Published October 10, 2014 at 4:00 PM EDT

Walters Art Museum taken by Frank Wales via flickr

Except for the Orioles’ post-season run, this fall is being met with much discontent in Baltimore. After last winter, any sign of cold weather approaching leads to bus stop conversations that start with a grimace and “It’s going to be a cold one...”

But there is one city-wide program designed to get residents looking forward to fall: the Baltimore Free Fall Program.

For the past nine years, the Baltimore Office of Promotions of the Arts (BOPA) has helped facilitate more than 200 free events throughout the city ranging from lectures, performances and workshops to films and dance. According to the program site, more than 35,000 people participated last year. And more than half of them—58 percent—were visiting a venue for the first time.

Here is a list of events coming up this weekend. All events are free, but due to limited space certain events require a reservation through the Eventbrite platform on the linked page below.

Friday October 10th:

Artificial Light Exhibition

Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, 21 South Eutaw Street

1pm-7pm

Pints Fest

100 North Charles Street

5pm-8pm

Peabody Improvisation & Multimedia Ensemble

1 East Mt Vernon Place

7:30pm-8:30pm

Manchild in the Promised Land

Murphy Fine Arts Center, 2201 Argonne Drive