Performances include:
Guitarist Alex de Grassi - A Story of Floating Weeds
Presented in Partnership with Howard Community College
World-renowned guitarist Alex de Grassi performs his original score in accompaniment to the silent film, “A Story of Floating Weeds” (1934, black & white) by pioneering Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu.
Smith Theatre
Wednesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15-$30
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“My Favorite Poem” High Tea
Presented in Partnership with the Howard County Poetry & Literature Society
Students and community leaders including County Executive Ken Ulman, Beverley Francis, Kate Hetherington, and Phil Nelson read their favorite poems at an elegant high tea. Maryland Poet Laureate Stanley Plumly will close the reading.
Historic Oakland Manor
Thursday, June 17, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Ticket includes Afternoon High Tea
Tickets: $30
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Officially the international torchbearers for traditional New Orleans Jazz, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings their infectious, high-energy foot-stomping sound to Columbia!
Rouse Theatre
Friday, June 18, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25-$50
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Winner’s Circle Comedy Tour
Featuring Last Coming Standing Winners John Heffron, Jon Reep, & Iliza Shlesinger
This not to be missed revue stars three of America’s most successful stars of stage and screen for an evening of non-stop laughter.
Rouse Theatre
Saturday, June 19, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25-$45
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Reading and Wine & Cheese Reception with
Novelist Sheila Kohler
Presented in partnership with the Howard County Poetry & Literature Society
South African-born Sheila Kohler will read and talk about her new novel, Becoming Jane Eyre, which imagines the dichotomous life of Charlotte Brontë, as well as her other six novels and short stories. A film based upon her novel, Cracks, opens in U.S. theaters this year after debuting at the Toronto Film Festival. The film was directed by Jordan Scott, daughter of famed director Ridley Scott. The evening begins with a wine and cheese reception.
The Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall – Rm. 400
Howard Community College
Tuesday, June 22, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $30
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“Man 1, Bank 0”
Direct from a sold-out run spanning New York’s Times Square to the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Patrick Combs tells the amazing-but-true and hilarious account of how he deposited, and cashed, a junk-mail check marked ‘non-negotiable’ in the amount of $95,093.
Smith Theater
Wednesday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20-$35
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beatlegras
This talented trio shakes up the music of the Fab Four with infusions of bluegrass and jazz, and tops it off classical twist. Not your typical Beatles band!
Belmont Conference Center
Outdoor lawn seating, bring your own blankets and chairs. In the event of rain, tent seating available.
Thursday, June 24
6:00 p.m. dinner and 7:00 p.m. performance
Ticket includes buffet dinner and cash bar
Tickets: $45
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Parsons Dance
With their sexy athleticism, exuberant personality and joyous movement, Parsons Dance will perform In The End, a piece set to the music of Dave Matthews Band, Caught, featuring a solo dancer defying gravity and flying above the stage, and Kind of Blue, commissioned by the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy and featuring the music of Miles Davis.
Rouse Theatre
Friday, June 25, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $25-$45
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Arlo Guthrie
The eldest son of singer/writer/philosopher Woody Guthrie, legendary musician Arlo Guthrie is coming to Columbia for the first time in 20 years.
Rouse Theatre
Saturday, June 26, 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $35-$55
Performances are subject to change based on tour schedules or other reasons beyond the control of the Columbia Festival of the Arts.
Festival tickets are currently on sale through www.tickets.com or by downloading the order form from the Festival website. For additional information, visit the web site at www.columbiafestival.com or call 410-715-3044.
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