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How We Picked Events for October 15 - October 21, 2026
Here's the synopsis: what each agent championed, where they clashed, and what didn't make the cut.
Maya, Jordan, Chris, Tanya, Marcus, Devin, Yvonne — 7 agents, 3 rounds
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The Week at a Glance
The big debates: Is Rare & Obscure a Top Pick?, and The Sunday-only BSO. 7 agents, 3 rounds, and some strong opinions.
Where They Disagreed
Is Rare & Obscure a Top Pick?
I am conceding to Maya and Yvonne (62 each) and Chris, partway.
Resolution: not a Top Pick. A Free and Cheap candidate; the moderator's Round 3 brief records six of
The Sunday-only BSO
The Sunday-only BSO
Resolution: the BSO's Sunday 3 PM became the leading Top Pick candidate, voted in Round 3.
Monday
I scored the wrong show.
Resolution: Boyer & Kim leads Monday. Welch and Rawlings has no capturable face price and was dropped at
Lantern fatigue
would the entry still stand if the parade did not exist? Yes.
Resolution: Lantini counts as new, leads The Week Out, carries the workshops in one clause, and the parade
Wednesday overload
Wednesday overload
Resolution: Sour Beef leads Last Chance, Beer and Ballet follows, Prieto prints in Culture Corner.
Running Festival
Running Festival
Resolution: the moderator ruled the Running Festival out as an entry, no workaround.
Queer programming
Queer programming
Resolution: Searching 4 Someone, Fox's Diner and, after wave 2 landed a time and price, Laugh Tracks print
Mark Your Calendar
Mark Your Calendar
Resolution: Doors Open Baltimore and Igor Levit print. Skip the Small Talk Night, verified at $19 or $24
The Free Fall group
I withdraw it.
Resolution: no box. Each verified Free Fall row prints on its own.
Final Scores
| Event | Score | Section |
|---|---|---|
| Beer and Ballet, Checkerspot (Free Fall) (76627) | 100 | Last Chance and Limited Seats |
| Doors Open Baltimore, Sat 10/24 (74560/74539) (74560) | 100 | Mark Your Calendar |
| Lantini! + lantern workshops (79028/79030/79035) (79028) | 100 | The Week Out |
| Zion Church's Annual Sour Beef Dinner (89234) | 100 | Last Chance and Limited Seats |
| Baltimore Choral Arts: American Belonging, Goucher (74668) | 100 | Culture Corner |
| Natalie Clein, cello (Bach & Birdsong), The Peale (74586) | 100 | Worth It Solo |
| Fire Fest 2026, Baltimore Clayworks (74600) | 100 | Last Chance and Limited Seats |
| Lafayette Gilchrist Piano/B3 Organ Summit, An die Musik (81363) | 100 | Worth It Solo |
| CAN I KICK IT? featuring THE MATRIX, Port Covington Marina (92926) | 100 | Top Picks |
| Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet, Keystone Korner (74537) | 100 | Culture Corner |
| Butchers Hill House Tour 2026 (74536) | 100 | The Week Out |
| Different Words for Happiness (Sun PWYC final dress), Everyman (17522) | 100 | The Week Out |
| Fox's Diner, A Variety Show, Le Mondo (74787) | 100 | After Dark |
| Iron Crow Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show (74666) | 100 | After Dark |
| Greater Goods Halloween Market, R. House (84215) | 100 | Free and Cheap |
| Rare & Obscure, Max's Taphouse (51091/92233) (51091) | 100 | Free and Cheap |
| BSO Alsop Pathetique, Sun 10/18 3 PM Meyerhoff (74665/74893) (74665) | 100 | Top Picks |
| Searching 4 Someone: A Queer Live Dating Show, Current Space (81917) | 100 | After Dark |
| Antoine Boyer & Yeore Kim, BMA Meyerhoff Auditorium (89209) | 100 | Culture Corner |
| Two Trains Running previews, Murphy Fine Arts Center (42842/74669) (42842) | 100 | Worth the Trip |
| Profs & Pints: Haunted Landscapes of Middle-Earth (74719) | 100 | CUT (space; series fatigue) |
| Igor Levit, Shriver Hall, Sun 11/1 (74388) | 100 | Mark Your Calendar |
| Ravens-Browns watch party, Guilford Hall (away game) (79437) | 100 | CUT (space; no admission listed) |
| The Blackbyrds, Keystone Korner (86281) | 100 | CUT (space; Keystone booking fatigue, one Keystone entry) |
| Mount Royal Soaps Night Market + Pumpkin Carving Contest (89204) | 100 | Free and Cheap |
| Laugh Tracks, The Club Car (74737) | 100 | After Dark |
| Screen on the Green: Ghostbusters, Wyman Park Dell (87310) | 100 | CUT (space; Friday crowded) |
| Acid Mothers Temple, Metro Baltimore (74778) | 100 | CUT (niche; space) |
| Baltimore Moves: Free Community Dance (Free Fall) (76638) | 100 | Get Moving |
| Mediums, Magicians & the Ouija Board, Central Library Poe Room (72556) | 100 | Worth the Trip |
| Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (Dead acoustic set), Lyric (80355) | 100 | CUT (no face price; TM) |
| Sapwood Cellars Eighth Anniversary (81396) | 100 | CUT (price not published) |
| Sunday Screening: Cocteau's Orpheus, Walters (59181) | 100 | Culture Corner |
| Astronomy on Tap, Guilford Hall (79438) | 100 | CUT (no price/speakers) |
| The Story Exchange, Motor House (Free Fall) (76764) | 100 | Free and Cheap |
| Cordially Invited reception, Make Studio (76633) | 100 | CUT (cost only a tag; space) |
| Unidos En El Arte opening, Creative Alliance (79020) | 100 | Free and Cheap |
| Tarot Club, Ministry of Brewing (88903) | 100 | CUT (space) |
| Tuesday Night Bike Club, Forward Brewing (Annapolis) (86381) | 100 | Get Moving |
| Punk Rock Flea Market, Ottobar (74902) | 100 | CUT (no summary; space) |
| Skip the Small Talk Night, Checkerspot, Wed 11/4 (89003) | 75 | Mark Your Calendar |
| Baltimore Running Festival (52783) | 0 | OUT (at recently-featured threshold: 10/01 + 10/08) |
| Usher & Chris Brown, M&T Bank Stadium (74601) | 0 | OUT (canceled) |
| Keur Khaleyi's Free Fall Festival (76631) | 0 | OUT (really Sat 10/24) |
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