Readers Poll
Alex Fine
2010 Readers Poll: Arts and Entertainment
Readers pick the best movie theater and more.
Published: September 22, 2010
Best Rock Band
Winner: Fools and Horses
2nd: Beach House
3rd: Loving the Lie
Best Hip-Hop Act
Winner: (tie) Get 'Em Mamis and A Cool Stick
2nd: Rap Dragons
3rd: Height With Friends
Best Solo Music Act
Winner: Caleb Stine
2nd: Kevin Hock
3rd: Shodekeh
Best Rock Club
Winner: Ottobar, 2549 N. Howard St., (410) 662-0069, theottobar.com
2nd: Rams Head Live
3rd: 8x10
Best Place to Hear Hip-Hop
Winner: Sonar, 407 E. Saratoga St., (410) 783-7888, sonarbaltimore.com
2nd: Hip Hop Cycle at Merritt Canton
3rd: Ottobar
Best Underground Music Venue
Winner: Floristree, myspace.com/floristree
2nd: Charm City Art Space
3rd: Hexagon Space
Best All-Ages Venue to See Bands
Winner: Rams Head Live, Power Plant Live, 20 Market Place, (410) 244-8854, ramsheadlive.com
2nd: Pier 6 Concert Pavilion
3rd: Ottobar
Best Local Music Festival
Winner: Whartscape
2nd: Artscape
3rd: Virgin Fest
Best Radio Station for Music
Winner: WTMD-FM
2nd: 98Rock
3rd: 92Q
Best Movie Theater
Winner: Charles Theatre, 1711 N. Charles St., (410) 727-3456, thecharles.com
2nd: Landmark Inner Harbor East
3rd: Senator Theatre
Best Film Festival/Series
Winner: Maryland Film Festival
2nd: Cinema Sundays, Charles Theatre
3rd: 48 Hour Film Project
Best Local Theater Company
Winner: Single Carrot Theatre, 120 W. North Ave., (443) 844-9253, singlecarrot.com
2nd: Everyman Theatre
3rd: CenterStage
Best Dance Company
Winner: Effervescent Collective, effervescentcollective.org
2nd: The Collective
3rd: Full Circle Dance Company
Best Drag Performer
Winner: (tie) Sunrize Highway and Sue Nami
2nd: Paco Fish
3rd: Franz Fiddler
Best Multi-use Arts Space
Winner: Creative Alliance at the Patterson, 3134 Eastern Ave., (410) 276-1651, creativealliance.org
2nd: Windup Space
3rd: Load of Fun
Best Place to See Art
Winner: American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, (410) 244-1900, avam.org
2nd: Baltimore Museum of Art
3rd: Walters Art Museum
Best Visual Artist
Winner: Kristina DeSantis
2nd: (tie) Spencer Horsman and Matt Bovie
3rd: (tie) Jimmy Joe Roche, David Purcell, Robert McClintock
Best Local Cartoonist/Illustrator
Winner: Dina Kelberman
2nd: Tom Chalkley
3rd: Emily Flake
Best Local Author
Winner: Laura Lippman
2nd: Anne Tyler
3rd: David Simon
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