Welcome to the website for 2640, a collectively run events venue in Baltimore, located at 2640 St. Paul St.

Saturday Feb 11, 7PM : A Debate Fundraiser for Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle

If you've been paying attention, you know that Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle is one of the smartest, most articulate collective voices on the streets of Baltimore City today.  Uncompromisingly bringing a black liberation perspective to the problems faced by youth of color and the city as a whole, LBS has been formulating razor sharp policy tools, challenging the electoral status quo, and generally making exactly the kind of trouble Baltimore could use a lot more of.

So when LBS approached Red Emma's and 2640 about hosting a fundraiser to help them take their work to the next level, we were only too happy to agree; join us as we welcome LBS to 2640 for an evening of incisive debate, followed by a reception.  (More details on the debate topic coming soon)

 

 


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Tuesday Feb 14, 7:30PM : Mobtown Modern presents: John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes, performed by Adam Tendler

In celebration of John Cage's centenary, Mobtown Modern presents pianist Adam Tendler, performing Cage's landmark work Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano!  Doors at 7:30, concert begins at 8 pm.  This concert will take place in the sanctuary space, please enter at the 27th St. door.  $10 ($5 with valid student ID).


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Friday Feb 17, 8PM : Salsa Sensation- a Casa Limay Baltimore fundraiser!

Tonight St. John's hosts a benefit for Casa Baltimore/Limay, a friendship city program and mission of St. John's with aid projects in Limay, Nicaragua!  Dance the night away with salsa instruction at 8:00 PM by DanceInTime studio, followed from 9:00 to 10:30 by spirited selections from WEAA's Latin DJ Guillermo Brown.  Admission is $15 general public and $10 students and low-income.  For more info, please contact Barbara Larcom, Barbara.Larcom@gmail.com, 410-662-6292.  Hope you can make it!


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Thursday Feb 23, 7PM : Political Action Forum: OCCUPY and the 2012 Elections

Come hear a diverse set of viewpoints on the Occupy Movement and the 2012 Election Season. This is an opportunity to identify and shape Occupy Baltimore’s shared goals and possibilities for the future.
The event will contain short presentations from groups and individuals and provide time for questions and short discussions after each presenter.
This event is free and open to the public.  For more information: www.b-heard.org and www.facebook.com/#!/groups/bheard/

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Wednesday Mar 7, 7PM : screening: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

After forty years, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1972) by legendary Brazilian filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos still remains a dark classic of post-colonial film -- a Tropicalist allegory rooted in the conquests of the colonial past, the oppressive political realities of the twentieth century, and a cinema bent on devouring both.   As a shipwrecked Frenchman navigates the anthropophagic territories of what is now known as colonial Brazil, he is made a slave, married off, and then fattened up for an upcoming feast prepared by his captors, the Tupinamba.  This screening is presented by JHU's Program in Latin American Studies and Red Emma's.  Free, donations to support the space welcome!   Snacks will be available.


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Wednesday Mar 21, 6PM : in concert: Kimya Dawson with Paleface and Your Heart Breaks!

2640 is thrilled to welcome Kimya Dawson back to Baltimore!   Kimya's last pass through 2640 brought some of the warmest, most beautiful songs we've heard in some while, and we can't wait for more.  Formerly of the Moldy Peaches, featured on the soundtrack to Juno, and creator of six gorgeous solo albums, Kimya creates music celebrating "all the magnificent strangeness and unwavering beauty in the world and in people", and she's on a mission to embrace the whole world. 

Literally. 

Doors open at 6 pm, show at 7.  Come early for music by Kimya's touring partners Paleface and Your Heart Breaks!  All ages, $12.  Advance tickets available at  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/222807

See "more info" for artists' bios.  Hope to see you there!

www.kimyadawson.com

www.palefaceonline.com

www.yourheartbreaks.com

 

 

 


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Thursday May 24, 7PM : The Ric Pfeffer lecture: David Harvey

The Ric Pfeffer Lecture commemorates the life and work of Ric Pfeffer, a committed social justice activist and advocate who passed away in 2002.  David Harvey, who developed his ideas around the geography of anticapitalism to a large extent during his extended residence in Baltimore, gave the first Pfeffer memorial lecture in 2002, where he spoke about "The New Imperialism."  2640 and Red Emma's have been honored to host several of the most recent Pfeffer lectures.

For this year's Lecture, which will commemorate the tenth anniversary of Ric's passing, David Harvey will be returning to Baltimore; more information about the topic of his talk is forthcoming.

The event will be free, but donations to the lecture fund—a project of the amazing Research Associates Foundation—to keep this tradition honoring Ric Pfeffer's legacy alive are always welcome.

 


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2640 is a noncommercial, cooperatively managed space for radical politics and grassroots culture, located at 2640 St. Paul St. in Baltimore's Charles Village Neighborhood. The project was started as a joint venture between Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse and St. John's United Methodist Church, but we're actively seeking new individuals and organizations who are interested in using the space on a regular basis as members of the cooperative.