If the only words you understand from reporter Audrey Ye’s story are “Mobtown Modern,” that’s enough to clue you in that Baltimore’s New Music bastion is going global with a report on Voice of America’s China branch. (And if you can decipher more than that – we’re seriously impressed!)

The story shows a legion of Mobtown Modern fans as they simultaneously synched up a chorus of boomboxes at the December 12 performance of Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night.

The VOA crew followed along during the entire hour-long parade as fans took New Music to the streets of Baltimore during the interactive performance.

Baltimore Sun pages have been filled the past few days with stories about the great fun that folks of all ages had or will soon have at Maryland Science Center.

Jonathan Pitts had a blast at the annual daytime New Years Eve celebration Midnight Noon, which featured the famous kid-friendly rock of the Baltimore-based Milkshake. Read his review here, as well as Kate Shatzkin’s preview.

On Tuesday, the Maryland Science Center kicked off its IMAX Film Festival, featuring 7 IMAX Favorites and reduced ticket prices. CEO Van Reiner walked Sun movie critic Michael Sragow through the repertoire.

Meredith Cohn also posted at the Sun’s B’more Green blog about the Festival as well as about the upcoming Galileo Nights programs.

(Once again, one of Baltimore’s premier destinations gets the credit it deserves!)

One of our New Year’s resolutions is to get healthy. We’re on our way.

We are excited to have been selected to promote the inaugural Indy Health Expo in January in Indianapolis. Our roster of consumer show clients continues to grow.

The mission of the Maryland Science Center is to make science education fun and accessible through informal, interactive experiences.  And it has found yet another way to do just that through a partnership with Maryland Family magazine that provide families with science activities they can do at home.

Kitchen Sink Science is a monthly feature on Maryland Family’s website that provides safe, easy, and fun ways to explore science though simple experiments that can be performed using everyday household items.  The website features a different experiment each month, and the activities are appropriate for a wide range of ages.  This month’s feature is about bending light.

Congratulations to the Maryland Science Center, for being part of the Industry Partnership Award presented at last week’s Maryland Tourism and Travel Summit. The Science Center was recognized along with the National Aquarium, Visit Baltimore and the Waterfront Partnership for the great success of the Waterfront Invasion, which promoted Chinasaurs at the Science Center, Jellies at the National Aquarium and family-friendly events that packed the Inner Harbor throughout the summer. We encourage cooperation and partnerships, and are pleased to have had the opportunity to promote them through this successful program.

Congratulations to Jenn Kampmeier, founder of Bebe Paluzza Productions who received The Expo Group’s Show Manager of the Year Award (the “SMOTY”) at the Award’s 10th anniversary gala last night in Houston. This well-deserved honor recognizes Jenn’s innovative practices, premier customer service, commitment to success, and ability to overcome obstacles in the trade show industry. We are excited to be helping Jenn expand her shows in the Midwest in 2010, with expos in Chicago, Denver, Des Moines, Indianapolis and Austin (Midwest… mid Texas… same difference.)

Forget the candy and bring on the crafts!  Over Halloween weekend, it seemed as though all of Central New Jersey was at the 15th annual Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Somerset! The doors opened on Friday to a waiting crowd and  the show was packed throughout the day, setting the pace for the entire weekend.

Sugarloaf received “shining” media coverage for its ruby anniversary in the Garden State in The Daily Record, Home News Tribune, Star Ledger, Burlington County Times and Courier News. New York’s FOX 5 featured Sugarloaf on Good Day New York, not to mention the dozens of bloggers that spread the word about Sugarloaf online!

Now on to Philadelphia for this week’s Sugarloaf Crafts Festival!

One of the great things about a career in public relations is that you get to work with recognizable people.  Getting to work closely with them, whether it’s a governor or celebrity or the Ravens’ defense, you get an experience that few people are lucky enough to have.

Over the last week, I had the privilege of working with one of the most recognizable people on the planet, and to hear him referred to, affectionately, as “the Boss.”

Not Springsteen.

Not George Steinbrenner.

But Mickey Mouse.

As we helped Disney with its “Give A Day, Get a Day” volunteer service promotion in Baltimore, hearing the professionals that represent Mickey call him “the Boss” was a treat.  The culture of reverence that permeates everything that was done, from scheduling interviews with local media to rallying the public on street corners to visiting children in the hospital, made even the most basic tasks important and unified the team members.  It was very cool to be a part of that, if even for only a little while.

So as I crossed another celebrity name off the list of people I’d like to work with, I’m getting closer to my goal of working with The Donald.  I’m just not sure anymore if it’s Trump or Duck.

In the current issue, the preeminent arts magazine Art in America highlights two of the Contemporary Museum’s recent exhibitions: Cottage Industry and The Reverse Ark: In the Wake.

Cathy Lebovitz writes about Cottage Industry in an article about green art, recounting a 2008 trip to the front lawn of Baltimore resident Clarence Ridgley, which artist Fritz Haeg transformed into a functioning garden. She also reviews The Reverse Ark as the magazine’s featured  International Review, chronicling the transformation of the museum’s gallery into a “ship’s galley” for the exhibition.

Bravo to the Contemporary Museum – raising Baltimore’s profile as a rich and eclectic arts community!

Based on last weekend’s huge turnout at the Maryland Home, Garden & Living show, it would appear that Marylanders might be ready to put the last few months of economic uncertainty behind them.

The aisles at the three-day show were packed with people investigating everything from man caves to steam mops, hot tubs to siding, gutters covers to solar panels, as well as the comedy stylings of antique appraising guru Dr. Lori. And we are delighted that attendance was up (by a lot!) over last year’s successful show.

Local media was in on the action, too. Check out coverage from the Baltimore Sun (here and here),  WJZ-TV, and WBAL-TV.