
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at
erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click
here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.
Midnight Sun covers Baltimore music, live entertainment, and nightlife news. On the blog, you'll find, among other things, concert announcements, breaking news, bars closings and openings, up-to-date coverage of crime in nightlife, new music, round-the-clock coverage of Virgin Mobile FreeFest, handy guides on bars staying open past 2 a.m. on New Year's Eve and those that carry Natty Boh on draft. Recurring features include seven-day nightlife guides, Concert News, guest reviews of bars and concerts, Wednesday Corkboard, and photo galleries, as well as reader-submitted photos. Thanks for reading.
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tonight: seeing the small sur show
tomorrow: heading to hampdenfest to check out some bands, then over a friends to do crabs, then to watch OSU hopefully not embarrass themselves
Sunday: NFL all day...think i am gonna check out city limits in locust point, i hear they have a lot of tv's, and good specials.
Posted by: ryan97ou | September 12, 2008 12:43 PM
Hampdenfest son!
Posted by: GMan | September 12, 2008 1:19 PM
ok, so we know what I'm doing.....
Posted by: pops | September 12, 2008 1:51 PM
tonight,O's game if the weather holds up,or I'll just hang out at pickles and sliders.....Tommorow bartending at laurel park(I'll be on the apron if anybody comes out)....sunday don't know yet
Posted by: DavidS | September 12, 2008 2:06 PM
Sam,
Have a Delmarvelous time!
Posted by: GDA | September 12, 2008 2:41 PM
no one mentioned the Max's German Beer fest?
Posted by: JMGiordano | September 12, 2008 2:41 PM
I forgot about Max's Thanks JMG!!
Tonight - House party which will include booze and rockband.
Tomorrow - Max's, BSSC, and Crab feast
Sunday - NFL all day with a visit to some bar (Max's again?)
Posted by: TS | September 12, 2008 2:59 PM
Max's tonight
Dragon Boats, followed by Irish thing at Korean memorial on Saturday.
Watching football and hoping that both Browns and Stealers find a way to lose on Sunday.
Posted by: Cheese | September 12, 2008 3:49 PM
Whats the deal with the Dragon Boat races?
Posted by: eCommerce Consultant | September 12, 2008 4:14 PM
eCommerce, this is the deal
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-li.family11sep11,0,7949587.story
Posted by: Sam Sessa | September 12, 2008 4:27 PM
Naked Baltimore opens here at Metro Gallery Saturday Night @ 7pm!!
Posted by: Sarah | September 13, 2008 12:14 PM
I recorded The Degenerettes, Harlot, and Baby Aspirin at Hampden Fest:
http://av.beatbots.com/2008/09/14/hampden-fest-baltimore-md-september-13-2008-city-paper-stage/
Posted by: Jeff | September 14, 2008 7:17 PM