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Feb. 7: Ice Cream for Breakfast at The Charmery
Multiple locations including 801 W. 36th St. 10 a.m. A la carte pricing.
Quick reminder—you have free will, which means you can have ice cream for breakfast, especially if it means going to The Charmery’s annual celebration of National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Roll out of bed in your PJs and head to your nearest location for a fleet of fun flavors that riff off of classic morning meals. This year’s roster includes mocha sorbet, cottage cheese ice cream with a pineapple drizzle, brown butter scone ice cream with orange marmalade, a savory three-cheese omelet flavor (custard base with candied egg yolk and pepper flecks), and Uncle Drewby’s French Toast—a scoopable iteration of the famous French toast at the shop’s Hampden neighbor Catalog Coffee.
See also: Soul Food Sundays at BLK Swan, Carnevale at Cinghiale
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Feb. 7: Nepenthe Brewing Co.’s Seventh Anniversary Party
Nepenthe Brewing Co. 3626 Falls Road. 12 p.m.-10 p.m. Free admission.
When your lucky seventh anniversary lands on the seventh day of the month, you know the party is going to be something special. Post up in the Nepenthe taproom all day for food, fries, fresh merch, the famous photobooth, Nicolas Cage movies on a loop, and a bunch of birthday beers. Aside from five can releases (including collabs with Union, Checkerspot, and Delaware’s First State Brewing Co.) the team is rolling out limited-edition variants of some of its best sellers on an hourly basis. Only one keg of each experimental brew (think: tropical and creamsicle versions of the Space Marauder IPA) will be available, so be sure to line up early to snag your 10-oz. pour.
See also: Meander Art Bar One-Year Anniversary
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Feb. 6-8: Opening Weekend of August Wilson’s Fences
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, 7 S. Calvert St. Times vary. $25-69.
As part of the citywide Baltimore August Wilson Celebration, downtown’s Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is debuting its production of the prolific playwright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences this weekend. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the work is part of Wilson’s American Century Cycle—a collection of 10 plays that each capture one decade of the 20th century, altogether depicting 100 years of Black life. During opening weekend, purchase evening or Sunday matinee tickets to get lost in the story of Troy Maxson, a former Negro League baseball star wrestling with resentment that he didn’t live out his dream on the field, illuminating the invisible fences that keep us from making our aspirations reality.
See also: Dawn at Everyman Theatre. If you already have tickets: Baltimore Crankie Festival
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Feb. 8: The Dance of a Thousand Moiras: A Celebration of Catherine O’Hara
The Club Car. 12 W. North Ave. 4-8 p.m. Free admission.
The recent loss of actress Catherine O’Hara hit cinephiles hard. (This week’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show—and its moving tribute to O’Hara—had Best in Show fans all in their feels.) Whether you loved her as eccentric Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, red-headed mom Kate McAllister in Home Alone, high-strung Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice, or another iconic role, The Club Car is holding space for fans to honor her legacy on the dancefloor this Sunday. DJ Steve Shimmer will be spinning the soundtrack, so expect memorable musical moments like “Day-O” by Harry Belafonte, and maybe even some a cappella tributes to Schitt’s Creek’s Jazzagals.
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Feb. 6-8: Bad Bunny Super Bowl Weekend Parties
Times, locations, and prices vary.
Since the Ravens didn’t make the cut this year, as far as we’re concerned, the Super Bowl is really just an occasion to order some crab dip and watch Bad Bunny perform at half time. The city is pumped for the Puerto Rican superstar to take the stage, with watch parties planned everywhere from Pink Flamingo in Remington—where you can sip coquito, daiquiris, and other specials showcasing Puerto Rican rum—to Baltimore Soundstage downtown, where Tola’s Room founder Christina Delgado and Councilwoman Odette Ramos will be dancing at half time.
If “DtMF” and “Tití Me Preguntó” are already on repeat and you can’t wait until Sunday to start the party, get to Ottobar for Friday night’s Perreo Bowl, featuring nonstop reggaeton and hip-hop hits by Benito, as well as J. Balvin, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Pitbull, Rauw Alejandro, and more.