Creative Alliance provides venue space for
Music, Performance & Film, Youth & Family, Festivals & Community, Exhibitions, Classes, Fundraisers, and Signature Events.
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Combine the musical stylings of The Mills Brothers, Ray Price, Count Basie, and Willie Nelson, and you have none other than The Quebe Sisters! The band’s stripped-down acoustic instrumentation breathes new life into seasoned sounds once found in Texas dance halls and honky-tonks.
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Singing Storytime in Spanish is about giving parents and caregivers fun and easy ideas in Spanish of things they can do with their babies/kids that encourage interaction and early literacy in this new language.
Celebrate the launch of local author Josh Aterovis’ brand-new mystery series (set in Baltimore!) with the release of his book A Kind of Death, a Cav Crawford Mystery. Come early to mix and mingle for a cocktail hour, then stay for a drag story time and performance by drag artists Cherub Borne and Jesus Vice 007.
A livelier life drawing event, Dr. Sketchy's is where artists of all levels draw fabulous burlesque and variety performers! Enjoy delicious cocktails and a performance by the model, and compete in zany drawing contests to win free drinks and other awesome prizes!
Referencing indigenous ceremonies and elemental processes and incorporating found and organic materials, including her hair, MJ Neuberger’s interactive and light-based installations and sculptural and image-based works acknowledge shared vulnerability and suggest reconnection with an indigenous, nature-based self as a path toward integrating trauma stemming from race and gender-based violence and broader cultural aggression.
Seung Jun Lee seeks naturality in the digitally polluted lifestyle, translating experiences that intertwine reality and media culture into metamorphic forms.
Artesanitos is a free educational program centered on passing down folkloric traditions in Latin American arts and crafts.
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Singing Storytime in Spanish is about giving parents and caregivers fun and easy ideas in Spanish of things they can do with their babies/kids that encourage interaction and early literacy in this new language.
Hot Bits is a queer porn film festival. Hot Bits designs trauma-informed sex-positive experiences centering QTIBIPOC (queer, trans, intersex, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) self-determined desire, joy, and pleasure.
Artesanitos is a free educational program centered on passing down folkloric traditions in Latin American arts and crafts.
Are you ready to finally take the leap and see what burlesque is all about? Or, are you a current performer who is thinking about reimagining your relationship to burlesque?
Our team of experienced burlesque instructors will guide you through becoming a burlesque performer inside and out. We will progress through act creation from start to finish while incorporating mindful techniques for both on and off the stage. Essential Tease is the ideal starting point for truly transformative acts! This eight-week in-person workshop series is conducted at Creative Alliance in Baltimore, MD, and concludes with a ticketed, live student showcase!
Registration includes eight weeks of prepared lessons, out-of-class coaching and one-on-one mentorship, complimentary costume add-ons and crafting sessions, access to an online community with your peers, as well as the opportunity to rehearse and perform in a student showcase on the Creative Alliance main stage!
Essential Tease welcomes ALL gender identities, abilities, ages, sexualities, races, religions, AND experience levels. All humans welcome, and all bodies are burlesque bodies!
Celebrate Haitian Flag Day at Creative Alliance with Haitian food, games, giveaways, and live music and performances! Presented by Komite Ayiti.
Ukulele is back! Join seasoned musician and teacher Bob Friedman in our NEW Creativity Center for one of our most popular classes! Bring your own instrument and learn two to three songs in each engaging lesson.
Design and create your own tiny tapestry. Experiment with textures, colors, and a few fancy techniques. By the end of class, you'll have your own mini work of art that you can hang on your wall.
Singing Storytime in Spanish is about giving parents and caregivers fun and easy ideas in Spanish of things they can do with their babies/kids that encourage interaction and early literacy in this new language.
Join Founding Director Tyde-Courtney Edwards to watch two short films that showcase the work of Ballet After Dark. Learn about healing through dance after trauma, explores the resources available, and hear about upcoming programs and classes!
Buy your tickets online, in person, or over the phone by calling 410-276-1651. Members save $3 on almost every show!
Our Box Office is currently open from Noon to 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays and one hour before all ticketed events. We accept cash, cards, and checks. Service fees are waived for in-person ticket purchases.
