Mobtown Issue ! Hampden

The Corner BYOB

Twenty 20 Cycling Company

Down to Business

HoodScape - It’s Right Up Your Alley

Access ArtSixteen Tons

No. 1 Aug/Sept

Hampden Issue

Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods. Diverse neighborhoods, full of passionate and artistic individuals all striving to leave their mark on the city they call home. There is an independent streak running through many of Baltimore’s citizens and a sense of pride that inspires them to forge their own path and to make a positive impact on their community. It is this passion that fueled us to create Mobtown Magazine Mobtown is a well-known moniker for Baltimore City, with a storied history that goes back nearly two centuries, one of mob violence and outrage, of clashes between cultures and classes. In some ways, the popular view of Baltimore has changed very little. But there is also beauty here, there is culture, there is community.

We choose to see a mob as a group of people working together for a common goal, rather than a sweeping force of destruction and fear. This is why we named ourselves MOBTOWN Magazine.

Our goal is to improve the city that we love and we call home and it’s a goal we share with countless others. We look to those who, whether through art, music, style, community events, or entrepreneurship add to the culture of Baltimore. We look to the people of Baltimore who, by following their own passions, have made a positive impact on this city. These are the people who have inspired us to create MOBTOWN MAGAZINE.

This will start with a 10-issue volume, each issue focusing on a single neighborhood across Baltimore. We want to shine a light on the new, the established, and the hidden in our city. We’re looking to display the cultures of these neighborhoods in a way that reflects our own style through both the print publication and our website, www.mobtownthemag.com.

Thank you,

Justin Purvis, Editor-in-ChiefLori Yanke, Senior Editor

MOBTOWN MAGAZINE – WE ARE THE MOB.

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MusicMatrimonials P.22

BusinessTwenty 20 Cycling Company P.24

FashionHunting Ground P.26

FoodThe Corner BYOB P.27

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Access Art P.6

Down to Business P.11

Sixteen Tons P.18

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Those not familiar with Hampden may assume that it’s all about pink flamingos and beehive hairdos. And yes, you can see them there during Hon-fest, a two-day weekend festival held every June. But this quirky neighborhood, surrounded by old mills, is a vibrant and tight-knit community of artists, musi-cians, independent business owners, and families who have lived there for generations. The beating heart of Hampden is the Avenue. Tech-nically 36th Street, the Avenue runs from Keswick on the east end to Falls Road on the west. The Avenue is one of the last old school main streets in Baltimore, a throwback to the days when merchants, carry-out joints, and beauty parlors congregated on one main drag, when you could get whatever needed just by walking a few blocks. Once in Hampden, start your day off with a caffeine boost. There’s the longstand-ing Common Ground (819 W. 36th St.) where you can get fresh home-baked pastries and fast, spunky service, or new kid Spro (851 W. 36th St.) which offers excellent coffee brewed to order for a couple bucks more. There is shopping to be had at Hampden’s many bou-tiques. Neighborhood favorite Doubledutch Boutique (3616 Falls Rd.) is just a few steps off the Avenue and fea-tures a handpicked selection of timeless threads for women. The girls should also check out

Milagro (1005 W. 36th St.) which carries globally inspired clothing, jewelry, and pottery. And for a little of everything, head to In the Details (813 W. 36th St.), which features clothing and accessories for men and women, as well as a section of clothing for curvy girls. For vintage and second-hand, you couldn’t do much bet-ter than a tour through Avenue Antiques (901 W. 36th St.), a sprawling two-story warehouse space with vendors selling ev-erything from delicate teacups to 60’s frocks. One block over you’ll find the one-two-three punch of the fabulous Dream-land (845 W. 36th St.), Char-lotte Elliott (837 W. 36th St.), and Minas (815 W. 36th St.).

To liven up your digs, hit up some of Hampden’s quirky housewares boutiques. In Watermelon Sugar (3555 Chestnut Ave. Suite 1) has been offering elegantly offbeat small wares for over 13 years. Find artfully distressed furniture from local designers at Trohv (921 W. 36th St.) as well wonder-ful gifts for anyone on your list. Hanging on a Whim (828 W. 36th St.) features hand-painted furniture and home décor and custom pieces are always avail-able. The literary-minded shouldn’t miss Atomic Books (3620 Falls Rd.). This indepen-dent bookstore sells a wealth of carefully selected tomes from all genres, as well as hard-to-find graphic novels and zines.

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And toys, lots of toys to make us adult children squeal. In the back of the shop you’ll find Cel-ebrated Summer Records and a standout collection of punk and hardcore on vinyl. Hampden is becom-ing one of the best destination neighborhoods in Baltimore for independent salons. There’s the celebrated Sprout (925 W. 36th St.), an organic salon, an army of personal stylists at NV Salon Collective (861 W. 36th St.), Flaunt (803 W. 36 St.), and Padma (3401 Keswick Rd.) to name just a few. Finish off your gorgeous look at Kiss ‘n’ Makeup (827 W. 36th St.) for accessories, NYX cosmetics, and goods with a sense of humor. If a more permanent type of modifica-

tion is your thing, Have Fun Be Lucky (820 W. 36th St.) is home to some of the best tattoo artists in the city. Finish your Hampden experience at any one of the hood’s many quality restaurants and bars. For lunch, sample authentic regional Indian fare at Verandah (842 W. 36th St.). New Italian deli and grocer Luigi’s (846 W. 36th St.), with their massive sandwiches and house-made fresh mozzarella, is destined to become a Hamp-den staple. For some quick homemade pasta, pay a visit to Daniela’s Pasta and Pastries (900 W. 36th St.). As the sun goes down it’s time for some spirits with your meal. Southwestern-inspired Golden West (1105 W. 36th

St.) is great for all diners, car-nivore and vegan alike. The pretty people like to hang out at Rocket to Venus (3360 Chestnut Ave.) for great happy-hour specials and delicious dishes like their banh mi. If you’re feeling fancy, the Avenue hosts The Dogwood (911 W. 36th St.), one of the gems of Baltimore’s farm-to-table scene. And no trip to Hampden would be complete without a visit to Fraziers (919 W. 36th St.), a neighborhood standby which has the unique distinc-tion of being the bar for all of Hampden, from jaded hipster to longtime resident and everyone in between. Just like the neigh-borhood itself, if you’re alright, you can come here.

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It’s not strange to see groups of teenagers prowling the Av-enue. Seeing groups of teenagers prowling the Avenue clutching brand-new digital cameras is slightly more out of the ordinary. They’re a part of Access Art, an afterschool program based at the Hampden Family Center, which teaches middle and high school students photography to encourage their artistic and emo-tional development. Since its inception, the program has worked with over 150 students, providing them with tools they can use to express themselves in a positive fashion. Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist and Hampden resident Monica Lopossay has been teaching up to three classes a week ever since she was invited to speak to the kids about her work over 18 months ago. The concept of art as therapy was nothing new to Lopossay – when approached by Access Art, she was already teaching photography to African victims of torture.

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The program is far more involved than just showing kids how to work a camera. Lopos-say devises specific assign-ments designed to provoke and to bring out the best in her pupils. One such exercise in-volved the concept of empathy versus apathy; another explored intent versus chaos. Lopossay explains, “[With] intent, they had to wait and concentrate for five seconds before they could make their photo. The next day was chaos, where they got to go wild and run around shooting without looking, stopping, think-ing, ect. Obviously, they loved chaos!

“The images they wind up producing in the class are always surprising and amazing to me. I loved what they got from shoot-ing chaos because their lives can be intense and that assignment worked with that. That there too can be progress and good coming out of chaotic situations, that it doesn’t last forever and that real strength and beauty can manifest from it, just like in their photo-graphs. The assignments are a little in the ether and people some-times ask ‘Do you think they’re getting this stuff?’ YES.”

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In the fall of 2010, the kids had their very first exhibit under Lopossay’s tutelage at the Com-mon Ground café in Hampden. The show was a success – not only eliciting positive feedback from the neighborhood merchants and residents who frequented the coffee shop but, in a rare occurrence for café art, some of the pieces even sold. It gave the students an opportunity to display their work and to tell their own stories behind the images. “We had all the kids write up an artist’s statement next to their photographs,” Lopossay ex-plains. “The feedback was things like, ‘I’m learning who I am through photography,’ ‘it’s an escape for me.’ It was heart-lifting to say the least. They were proud of their work and themselves. I couldn’t ask for anything better to come of it.”

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One look at their images, the way they choose to document their lives, is the greatest evidence of the program’s success. At times haunting and sparse, beautiful and mundane, some of the stu-dents have shown a growing maturity that may not be immediately visible to the outsider. It’s been a benefit not only to the kids, but to their instructor as well. “Now, I’ve been teaching there for a year and a half, and seeing where they were then to now, it’s wild! You’re watching them grow into these young adults and also watching their photographic vision grow. The experience is mind blowing, awesome, frustrating, intense, hilarious! So many emo-tions I’d never expect to experience from doing this job.”

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The Hampden Renaissance is in full swing. It began twenty years ago, when brave new business owners took a chance and set up shop on the fading Avenue, occupying storefronts that could have only been called derelict. They were attracted by the people and the feel of the neighborhood and could see the potential. Each business that has opened up since, whether they were successful or not, has strived to put their own special stamp on the community, and each deserve credit for building the Hampden that exists today. Here, we take a look at three businesses that have each made an impact on the neighborhood and the city at large.

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K StatonOwner: Jade Greer1007 W. 36th St.K Staton fills a significant gap in the Baltimore retail market by offering stunning and affordable clothing for women sizes 12 and up. Owner Jade Greer used to oper-ate out of the back of the boutique Lynne’s Gifts on the Avenue; now she has a fabulous storefront of her own, warm and chic and crammed with her handpicked finds.Even though she’s one of the newer kids on the Avenue, Greer has already received great reviews and awards from the local press.

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Ma Petite ShoeOwner: Susannah Siger832 W. 36th St.It’s quite simply one of the best damn ideas for a shop EVER. It takes a certain kind of genius to combine gorgeous shoes for all budgets with gourmet chocolates. That’s what Siger has offered to her customers in Hampden and beyond ever since she opened her doors about ten ago, just a few doors down from her first boutique. Check them out every First Friday for their Chocolate Happy Hour, or for a special event like their annual Bastille Day bash.

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Steve BakerStudio: Wholly Terra3406 Chestnut Ave.If you’ve spent any time walking the streets of Hampden, you’ve surely seen artist Steve Baker’s work. Known for whimsical sculptures and adornments made from metal and stained glass, Baker has also contributed his talents to several public works’ projects. His work is instantly recognizable and well on the way to becoming iconic imagery of Hampden.Baker is also the evil mastermind behind the Toilet Bowl Race, held every fall during Hampdenfest. For those of you who’ve never attended the race – it’s exactly what it sounds like.

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It started off as a pop-up boutique in the back of the successful ladies’ shop Doubledutch - an experiment, if you will. Doubledutch co-owner Leslye Jennings had long heard grumblings from the men dragged into her store by their female counterparts. Vintage-inspired frocks, quirky acces-sories, house-made original designs, and all at reasonable prices. Why the hell wasn’t there a shop like that for men? Jennings’ husband, Dan-iel Wylie, took heed, and the pair tried out offering a selection of like-minded menswear in the back of the shop. The experi-ment was a success, so much so that, when the time came for Daniel to move the remaining stock to his new retail establish-ment, it all fit into a cardboard box. Now the boys have 16 Tons, a gentleman’s boutique featuring clothing and accesso-

ries that could have come from a bygone era but are in no way costumes, heritage style that is both retro and achingly modern. The collection is like Wylie him-self – intelligent and articulate, a prime example of the kinds of passionate small business owners who have opened up shop in Hampden over the last decade. It’s a damn handsome store, all designed and built by Wylie, with display elements that could have been lifted from your grandpa’s woodshop, which is fitting, since Wylie used to be a carpenter. The unfin-ished plywood floor contrasts beautifully with the warmly lit arched ceilings. The building was originally a small bank and retains a charming personality, which drew Wylie straight to it. It is a marriage of concept and character. Wylie had long cultivated his own personal style, even

though through the years, he often had difficulties finding the pieces that spoke to him. But the switch has been flipped (call it the Mad Men effect), and what once was old and brilliant is again new and cool, popping up more often at the trade shows Wylie visited. “There seemed to be a whole new revival of clas-sic menswear, something true, simple cut, well-fitting, maybe domestically made, something that doesn’t go out of style,” Wy-lie explains. “Something that’s probably always been in style, but just sort of lingering in the background. It’s almost become alright to be a man and care about what kind of clothes you wear. I believe that Baltimore was ready for something like this.” Wylie finds himself in good company on the Avenue amongst other independent boutiques. Really, there was

no other place for him. “Look-ing back on the decision,” he says, “I can’t think of any other neighborhood where something like this would fit it, or have the critical mass of other indepen-dent businesses, small busi-nesses, bars, restaurants - kind of an eclectic, sort of gritty feel. I would challenge anybody to show me another place in Balti-more that has the same feel as Hampden.” Speaking to Wylie, his passion is infectious, not just for his store and his style, but for his community and his role as a small business owner within. Like other members of the Hampden Merchants’ As-sociation, he strongly holds the opinion that it’s only by folks supporting their neighbors that a community can maintain its health and vibrancy. This was a recurring topic during the last holiday season. “I talked to a lot of people that were like, ‘I’m trying to spend all of my money locally if I can.’ And I was like, ‘You know what? Thank you. That’s awesome. We all appreciate that.’ And in return, people spend their money here, I take it across the street and I buy dinner, or I go down and buy coffee from Common Ground. It stays literally right here. It’s someone’s tip. It’s someone’s rent. It’s someone’s mortgage. It’s someone’s kid’s shoes.” It’s a fine thing to not only get yourself some style but to sup-port a neighbor in the process. So head over to 16 Tons, and tip your hat to the dapper gentleman behind the counter.


For those about to rock, we salute you. For those about to rock while wearing a paper mâché shark head, we say you are fucking rad.

What makes the Matrimonials even better is that when they sported their finest whacked-out costumes to honor the Baltimore Rock Opera Society at the BROS fundraiser earlier this year, it was completely without any trace of art-school bullshit or irony. The boys are plugged into something more pure – the spirit of badassery as exhibited by KISS or AC/DC. Throw in some Replacements and a touch of Ke$ha, and you have a faint inkling of the Matrimonials’ sound. Guitarists Edan Perrigo and Stephan Kaplan, bassist Chris Howard, and drummer Adam Smith can often be found working or playing at Golden West or the Wind-up. They’ve got an undeniable chemis-try. Don’t ask who the singer is, because they all share frontman duties, often at the same time.

It’s best to see the boys in a packed, sweaty, crowded house with a beer in your hand. It’s rowdy, it’s loud, it’s the finest controlled chaos – the music seems sloppy and out of control until you realize that it’s actually tight. And when you compare them to some other acts playing the same venues, their refusal to take themselves too seriously is a thing of beauty. If you’re one of those folks who go to a show just to stand still with your arms crossed, then the Matrimonials probably ain’t for you.

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Boys (and girls) love their toys, and for the serious cyclist, the Twenty20 Cycling Company in Hampden has plenty to play with. Fancy road bikes, moun-tain bikes, triathlon bikes, even bikes designed just for the lady rider, they can all be found on display at Twenty20’s spacious storefront on the 700 block of the Avenue. They don’t just sell bikes, though. The knowledgeable staff, led by owners Kris Auer, Norman Brach, and Johnny May, claim on their website that they can “fix anything and everything.” And not only is Twenty20 the only bike shop in

Hampden, they’re garnering at-tention throughout the region for their use of BG FIT (Body Ge-ometry Fit Integration Technolo-gy), a professional fitting system which allows a technician to mold bikes to each unique rider for maximum com-fort and efficiency. You can’t get that kind of service just anywhere. So rare is it that Twenty20 has performed fits for riders referred to them from shops all over the Mid-Atlantic. However, novice riders need not feel intimidated. The versa-tile shop offers services for cy-clists at all levels, from budding commuters to nationally-ranked racers. Brach explains, “[There are] lots of folks coming in just

to get a $500 bike and a lock and ride to school, ride to work. We kind of cater to both ends of the spectrum. The dude who wants to spend as much money as he can to go 10 seconds faster and the dude that wants to chill to work without spending $4 a gallon on gas.” Before there was a Twenty20 Cycling Company, there was a racing team. The shop is the home base for C3 – Athletes Serv-ing Athletes, the larg-est cyclocross team in the Mid-Atlantic. The 70-member strong col-lective includes riders

of all ages and levels of experi-ence, including several national cyclocross champions. Team Director Auer ain’t too shabby either, placing in the top 10 in the most recent national cham-pionships and then 19th in the

world championships a few weeks later. The team is also a bit unconventional in its setup – no applications, no annual dues, no stuffy meetings. “[It’s] a lot of very serious people who are very serious about bike racing, but without some of the pretention that has gone along with bike racing,” says Auer. “The rule for our team is that if you see someone wearing the same uniform, just be cool. And of course, for our one and only team function, we ask that you show up to that as well.” That function is the Charm City Cross, an annual cyclocross event held in Druid Hill Park. For the uninitiated, cyclocross is a timed race that closely resembles a steeple-chase, with racers riding over mixed terrain, often forced to dismount several times per lap to run through sandpits or obstacle courses. After seven years, the event has become

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the largest single-day cyclo-cross competition in the country, luring in riders from the East Coast and all over Europe. It’s still a Baltimore thing, though - the hosts strive to keep it local, gathering sponsorship from Mobtown businesses like Gold-en West Café and the DuClaw Brewing Company. “Every year, it’s a cross-ing of the fingers to make sure we don’t lose any money,” Auer says. “We don’t make money, it’s not our mission to make money. Our mission is to put on a good event, do something nice for Baltimore, and we try to keep it local so that people who live and work in Baltimore can benefit, businesses can benefit, hopefully that’s kind

of the mission. And the parks department this year has been a lot more supportive, and I think that they’re starting to recognize that…through our own indepen-dent studies, we bring in not an insignificant amount of money in to the local economy. Hopefully the city can see events like ours and streamline the process, make it a little easier.”

twenty20For more information on the Charm City Cross 2012, Twen-ty20, or C3, visit www.twenty-20cycling.com.


Words by Joey Salvatore

Vintage-lovers testify at the Hunting Ground

Slightly off the beaten trail a block north of Hamp-den’s 36th Street on Falls Road stands an old church building with a different kind of gos-pel: vintage and new clothing for men and women. Hunting Ground is a store in a monu-ment of a corner church. The hall proudly displays its grandi-ose front windows, with stained glass tinting the large panes. Beneath the grand stone en-tranceway now dangles a fresh, crisp white sign that says Hunt-ing Ground. Well-dressed bust forms placed on the porch show pedestrians what modern churchgoers might wear, if they shopped there. A mint green dress with dainty cream-colored polka dots is cut at a length ap-propriate for the religious or the secular. A tiny keyhole cutout on the chest makes it slightly seductive. The dress, a vintage item hand-selected for the store, has enough modern flair that it could be worn just hanging out about town and enough soul to

wear to an old-fashioned malt shop. For the men’s bust form of the day, they selected new items from the store: a striped blue and white spring tank top and rust red shorts. Old meets new as girl meets boy. The ministers/shop own-ers, Jessica Soulen and Jenna Hattenberg, partnered up years ago while working for American Apparel. Spending time with each other on sales floors and dance floors, they had built a good working relationship as well as established a friendship,

and decided to venture into the world of owning their own small business. The ladies have created a store that fits perfectly into the Hampden shopping district while managing to stand out at the same time. When select-ing merchandise for the store, they hunt down new clothes with an old soul and old clothes with modern flair. Jenna jokes, “Well, we try to avoid polyes-ter, shoulder pads--- We cut out ANY shoulder pad, avoid-ing any clothing that screams: This is from another time pe-riod.” These chosen pieces can integrate seamlessly into an everyday wardrobe. Either new or vintage, the clothes all look fresh and clean. And with the help of Jenna’s fiancée, Jesse Lyell, the Hunting Ground has also acquired a selection of used guitars, equipment, and accessories. As Jenna notes, there is not one place to buy guitar strings within the city, let alone a new shirt and shoes at the same time. Thanks to Jes-sica and Jenna, there is now such a store within city limits.

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Fresh from the success-ful Philadelphia restaurant Zot, Brussels-born chef Bernard Dehaene opened his new ven-ture, the Corner BYOB, to great anticipation. This is, after all, the man who created the “Flintstone Dinners,” serving such fare as python, kangaroo, and yak, to name a few. It’s here that you can become a member of the Gastronaut Society, where you can dine on the most exotic meat the team at the Corner BYOB can prepare. Less adventurous din-ers are also welcome to eat as heartily as their brave coun-terparts as Dehaene provides continental fare with good old all-American ingredients. Plates that seem simple or com-mon are somehow caressed into a higher form, like an old friend looking his best. He exhibits extreme attention to sensitive preparation items; his shrimp and octopus cevi-che - plump pieces of seafood lightly dressed with just the right amount of citrus - is one of

many standouts. Chef Dehaene is not afraid to play with his food; his restaurant is his play-ground. His arrival in Hampden is a perfect fit as he offers not only a fine dining menu throughout the week, but also, for those of us who have champagne tastes on a beer budget, a $25 three course prix fixe on Monday nights. Going into the endeavor, you may envision prix fixe to be a light sampling of Chef Bernard Daehene’s skills; that maybe you would get some dainty portions with splashes of flavor-packed reductions. But you’ll

find yourself treated to full-sized plates that differ very little from the dishes served during peak hours. Not to state the obvious, but the restaurant is a BYOB establishment. There is a cork-age fee, and guests might want to do some research in advance to plan which wines pair well with the menu items. For more information on the Corner BYOB and the Gastronaut Society, visit www.cornerbyob.com. For our expanded review of the Corner BYOB, please visit www.mob-townthemag.com

A New Home for Gastronauts

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hoodscape

It’s not hard to develop a fascination with Molly McNulty’s artwork. Her art is the product of a person who loves where she lives. She starts with a street map and slowly builds her mixed media masterpieces, pouring her abstract impres-sions over the reality of the streets that she walks. One of Molly’s paintings, “Strawberry Mood”, has layers of texture that can not only be seen, but felt. She leaves parts of the map still visible so you can marvel at her ability to create chaotic beauty from such structured rigidity. That’s not the only pot Molly has her hands into. Molly and her genre-defying partner in crime Katie Myers started the promotional group “Hoodscape”, also the name of their inaugural event, which was a huge suc-cess. The event started with a madcap parade that kicked off on Elm Street and travelled down the Avenue, winding its

way back to McNulty’s house, where she and Myers contin-ued the festivities with a piñata and a roster of bands led by the amazing Community Center. All aspects of the event reflect these ladies’ personality, art, and creative mentality; from the extravagant outfits provided by Dreamland, to the out of the box, over-the-top makeup art

by Danielle Robinette, to Myers’ own gorgeous and wild collec-tion of hand crafted hat and foxtail accessories proudly worn by many of the Hoodscape con-spirators. With no permits and armed only with their charms, the ladies put on an event that went as smoothly as one could hope, given the sheer number of people attending the party.

“It’s Right Up Your Alley”

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Molly and Katie pro-gressed toward their goal of bringing Hoodscape to other neighborhoods with the party “UpChuck: It’s After Dinner” at the old Zodiac restaurant, now home to the Yellow Sign The-atre. A pirate and mermaid themed event (yes, complete with its own pirate ship) was a chance to show the rest of Baltimore that Hoodscape has what it takes to survive in an extremely competitive event promotions market. The event itself was sponsored by Mob-town Publishing, NV Salon Col-lective, Dreamland, 9th Life, and Christopher King (of Chained Desires) and featured makeup by artist Nikki Berry and hair by NV Salon Collective. The night started off with Community Center playing an acoustic set in the pirate ship out front. Soon, partygoers were

drawn inside by the siren song of Joseph Mulhollen and The Problematical Animals, who enamored the crowd with mash-up renditions of Temple of the Dog and the Little Mermaid before moving on to Mulhollen’s stunning original songs. He was followed by Community Center, this time with a PA and ready to deliver an almost punk gypsy style of music that set the tone the rest of the show. The Pan-das were loud and aggressive just like they were touted, and the Sneaks were slightly faded at the end, possibly due to just the sheer number of people coming and going at the end of a successful evening in Station North. Party people of Baltimore can catch the next Hoodscape event at this fall’s Hampdenfest as they team up with Dream-land’s own carnival and run the ever-popular Toilet Bowl Races.


The Nightlife Revival of Station North

Don’t be scared of Station North. While the neighborhood once bore a resem-blance to a burnt-out wasteland, with the punters only venturing there to catch a movie and then get the hell out, it’s now home to some of the best clubs and parties in the city. From Dig at Joe Squared to Four Hours of Funk at the Windup Space to Punk Rock Karaoke at Liam Flynn’s Ale House, there is something for every-one. Check out our coverage of the good times after dark in the October/November issue of MOBTOWN Magazine. Theatre Feature

Even though the Everyman has moved to shiny new digs, there is still great the-atre happening in Station North. The independent theatre scene is alive and well, and we’ve got tickets.

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