There’s interesting stuff brewing in Baltimore right now. I’d like to commend to your attention two things in particular:

Number 1

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a world-class symphony with a world-class conductor, is taking a sledgehammer to their own pedestal.

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• Increasing Surface Area
• You Don’t Have to Be Small to do this Stuff
• Your Immediate Neighborhood (Yours) is Full of Awesome
• Scott Walters Knows What He’s Talking About
• There Ain’t a Lot of Wiggle Room on a Pedestal

Number 2

Man, it’s just so hard to get people to come to see live theater anymore isn’t it? It’s so hard to get people excited about getting out of their houses to go see some real live people tell stories abo–

Hey-oh! Hi! Shut up a second and meet Baltimore’s Stoop Storytelling Series:

Each Stoop show features seven storytellers who get seven minutes each to tell a true, personal story about a specific theme. No notes, no scripts, no actors–just true stories, artfully told.

In other words, the conversation went a little something like this:

The Stoop: “Hey Baltimore, got any good stories?”

Baltimore: “Jesus Christ, I thought you would NEVER FREAKING ASK.”

Result: Well, they’re looking for a bigger space, because their current host, Maryland’s largest regional theater can’t fit all the people that want to come to the shows.

Yeah. Just saying.

Oh, and I’ve heard rumors on the street that some of the theatrical establishment in town is tilting their head ever so slightly upward when looking at The Stoop. Those rumors may not be true. But if they’re true? Hey guys? For your sake: knock that shit off.

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• Tap That Shit, People.