The Signal’s Aaron Henkin, at the Maryland Zoo’s Animal Embassy, interviewing a blue and gold Macaw named Paco.

Artist Alzaruba stands in front of his work at The Creative Alliance, a ’shipwreck’ that represents the human condition

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• We visit with multi-media artist Alzaruba for a tour of his latest art installation – a massive, fully interactive “shipwreck” that explores the human condition
• We get a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the Maryland Zoo’s “Animal Ambassadors,” a group of exotic creatures that travels around the state visiting schools, senior groups, and even appearing at the occasional wedding
• While we’re over at the Maryland Zoo, we sit down for a chat with zoo president Elizabeth “Billie” Grieb about the institution’s financial struggles and how she and the staff are hoping to turn things around for the better
• We also hear from two Baltimore hip hop luminaries, C Love and Kelly Connelly, about a special multimedia event that’s bringing together live music, photography, and a variety of other visual arts in a one-of-a-kind show called Fusion

Fridays at The Walters continues tonight (03.16.07) with a performance by the band Thank You. The music starts at 7pm in the Graham Auditorium, but you might want to stop by early and catch the guided tour of “The Hidden Secrets of The Ceramic Arts of Byzantium” led by senior conservator of Objects Julie Lauffenburger at 6:30.

www.thewalters.org
410 547 9000

The Baltimore School for the Arts presents Tony Award winning playwright Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. This particular version of the classic tale of the beguiling storyteller Scheherazade features a cast of 12 and will be performed in the school’s Black Box Theater through March 24th.

410 396 1185

Baltimore’s Queen of the mystery novel, Laura Lippman, celebrates the release of her new book, WHAT THE DEAD KNOW, with a series of readings this weekend. You can see her at Pages Bookstore in Pikesville tonight at 7pm, tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 at Daedalus Books and Music at Belvedere Square, or Sunday at noon at the Loews Annapolis Hotel in Annapolis.

www.lauralippman.com

And, beginning next Wednesday, Everyman Theatre presents C.P. Taylor’s And a Nightingale Sang. The play is set in England WWII, and features music of the era. Everyman describes it as “a tender family farce,“ and the show runs from March 21st to April 29th.

www.everymantheatre.org
410 752 2208