Albert A. Bentley

Exploramora: Down at the Farm

Where: Port Discovery the Baltimore Children's Museum

Date: 2008-05-09 10:00:00

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Deerhunter

Where: Ottobar

Date: 2007-09-01 22:00:00

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Deerhunter is a five-piece electronics jam band from Atlanta, Georgia.

Earlimart

Where: Ottobar

Date: 2007-10-12 22:00:00

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Earlimart's sound has been described as 'noisy, pretty rock.' Office is the Chicago based quartet of Scott, Alissa, Erica and Tom. They've built a local following for their catchy indie pop tunes, and now they're ready to take on the rest of the country. Brickfoot is a popular independant rock band from Baltimore. They have won national awards, have toured with major acts, and have played on the Jenny Jones show.

UMBC Digital Entertainment Conference

Where: UMBC

Date: 2007-04-28 10:30:00

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UMBC will hold the second annual Digital Entertainment Conference on Saturday April 28th on the UMBC Campus. The event is free and open to the public and will include presentations from game producers, artists and software engineering from Maryland companies. It will be of special interest to current and prospective students who are interested in careers involving game development, computer graphics, animation and interactive media. DEC 2007 take place from 10:30am to 5:30pm in Lecture Hall 5 of the UMBC Engineering and Computer Science Building. The seven speakers are all from game companies in the Baltimore area, and include: * Dave Inscore (Art Director, Big Huge Games) * Katie Hirsch (Artist/Programmer, Breakaway Games) * Ryan McFall (Engineer, Day 1 Studios) * Dominic Cerquetti (Engineer, Firaxis Games) * Don Goddard (Technical Director, Breakaway Games) * Barry Caudill (Executive Producer, Firaxis Games) * Matt Udvari (Designer, Day 1 Studios) The DEC conference is sponsored by the UMBC Game Developers Club, a large and active organization comprised of students from the arts, computer science and other areas with an interest in designing and developing computer games. Each year the club works as a team to design, develop and implement a computer game with the same tools and techniques used in industry. For more information on DEC 2007, including the full list of speakers, visit http://www.umbcgdc.org/dec. For information on otehr events involving games, animation and interactive media, see (or better, subscribe to) the GAIM Blog at http://gaim.umbc.edu/news/. The computer game industry has become big business. The Washington Business Journal ranks the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area third in the number of computer game companies nationally, with high starting salaries for software engineers, programmers and artists. Based on employer feedback, UMBC is developing a new game development track as an option for students pursuing a B.S. degree in Computer Science, and a concentration in animation and interactive media for students pursuing a B.A. degree in Visual Arts. Highlights include * Required classes applicable to games * Preparation for a career in the game industry * Combined programmer + artist senior project * Join track by your Junior year For information on UMBC's programs on games, animation and interactive media, see http://gaim.umbc.edu/ or contact Professor Marc Olano at gaim@cs.umbc.edu.

Of Montreal

Where: Rams Head Live

Date: 2007-10-14 20:00:00

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Consistently daring and unusually playful, Of Montreal demonstrates an appreciation for complex and challenging pop music. Grand Buffet is a rap duo from Pittsburgh, PA.

Brandi Carlile

Where: Rams Head Live

Date: 2007-09-29 20:00:00

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From her rootsy bell-clear voice to the palpable emotion that seeps through her songs, everything about this performer from rural Washington state is the real deal.

The City Veins at Brass Monkey

Where: Brass Monkey Saloon

Date: 2007-04-27 22:00:00

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Come see the City Veins at the Brass Monkey in Baltimore.

5th Annual Forced Degradation Strategies for Small Molecules

Where: Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel Baltimore

Date: 2008-02-25 10:00:00

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Mean Streets

Where: Sidebar Tavern

Date: 2007-11-30 21:00:00

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The Living Wrecks plays loud punk/rock and roll music.