You're there to be seen . You've done lots of things in your basement, but you've probably never staged a play there. The Living Room Co. has one up on you. Tonight the group opens Conor McPherson's one-act Rum and Vodka in, quite literally, someone's cellar. Company founder Michael Patrick Smith stars as a Dubliner recalling a disastrous bender.
Most clubs offer a lineup of musicians who all sound pretty much the same.
The Ground Floor is not like most clubs. The former Daily Grind space is being booked by the Fells Point Creative Alliance, which has assembled an amazing panoply of local sounds for tonight's especially eclectic bill. Also, the new trio Zanza offers a Baltimorean take on traditional African instruments and sounds, and pianist Lafayette Gilchrist performs propulsive jazz in a trio format. It all sounds great to us. Baltimore is more than a stone's throw from the Amazon rain forest, but you wouldn't think so when you visit the National Aquarium.