(Photo Credit: Chris Myers for NYT)
Legendary film director and cultural icon, John Waters recently named Metro Baltimore one of his “5 Favorite Places” in The New York Times. We are honored to be included in the list with our friends and neighbors The Charles Theatre, Club Charles, Atomic Books and Peter’s Inn.
The thrash-metal band Sadistic Ritual performing at Metro Baltimore in early June. Credit: Christopher Myers for The New York Times
“On any given night at the performance space Metro Baltimore — formerly known as the Metro Gallery — you never know quite what to expect. Which is why Mr. Waters loves it. In February, he attended “anti-Valentine’s gay night,” a dance party crowded with young L.G.B.T.Q. people and heavy metal fans. “So the gay people there are the ones that do not fit in gay bars,” Mr. Waters said. “I’m one of them. The first time I ever went to a gay bar, I thought, ‘I might be queer, but I ain’t this,’ because I was looking for bohemia.” The Metro, he said, feels like a modern bohemia. The program (think acts with names like LustSickPuppy and Pansy Division) is as motley as the crowd, and includes drag nights, record releases and film premieres.” (Megan McCrea for NYT)