Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more

Plan your week with our rundown of what's going on 1/9-11/15

  • Nuclear Cowboyz freestyle motocross tour
Nuclear Cowboyz freestyle motocross tour (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore…)
January 08, 2012|By Jordan Bartel, b

Our rundown of what's going on in for the week of 1/9-1/15

MOVIES OPENING (Friday)
Beauty and the Beast 3-D
Carnage
Contraband
The Iron Lady
Joyful Noise

NOTABLE TV

MONDAY
First Week In (series debut; 9 p.m.; Discovery)
America’s Money Class With Suze Orman (series debut; 9 p.m.; OWN)
Mobster Confessions (series debut; 10 p.m.; Discovery)
Caged (series debut; 10 p.m.; MTV)
Castle (returns; 10 p.m.; ABC)

TUESDAY
Shipping Wars (series debut; 9 p.m.; A&E)
Dance Moms (season premiere; 9 p.m.; Lifetime)
24 Hour Catwalk (series debut; 10 p.m.; Lifetime)
The Game (season premiere; 10 p.m.; BET)
Tabatha Takes Over (season premiere; 10 p.m.; Bravo)
Flip Men (season finale; 10 p.m.; Spike)
Let’s Stay Together (season premiere; 10:30 p.m.; BET)

WEDNESDAY
Whitney (new timeslot; 8 p.m.; NBC)
One Tree Hill (returns; 8 p.m.; the CW)
Are You There, Chelsea? (series debut; 8:30 p.m.; NBC)
Rock Center With Brian Williams (returns; 9 p.m.; NBC)
Amazing Eats (series debut; 9 p.m.; Travel)
Only in American With Larry the Cable Guy (season premiere; 9 p.m.; History)
People’s Choice Awards (special; 9 p.m.; CBS)
Ghost Hunters (returns; 9 p.m.; Syfy)
Face Off (season premiere; 10 p.m.; Syfy)
American Restoration (returns; 10 p.m.; History)
Law & Order: SVU (returns; 10 p.m.; NBC)

THURSDAY
Bones (winter finale; 8 p.m.; Fox)
Big Bang Theory (returns; 8 p.m.; NBC)
30 Rock (returns; 8 p.m.; NBC)
Parks and Recreation (returns; 8:30 p.m.; NBC)
Rob (series debut; 8:30 p.m.; CBS)
The Finder (series debut; 9 p.m.; Fox)
Person of Interest (returns; 9 p.m.; CBS)
The Office (returns; 10 p.m.; NBC)
Up All Night (new timeslot; 9:30 p.m.; NBC)
The Firm (timeslot premiere; 10 p.m.; NBC)
The Mentalist (returns; 10 p.m.; CBS)

FRIDAY
Kitchen Nightmares (returns; 8 p.m.; Fox)
Fringe (returns; 9 p.m.; Fox)
Grimm (returns; 9 p.m.; NBC)
Real Time With Bill Maher (season premiere; 10 p.m.; HBO)

SATURDAY
The Fades (series debut; 9 p.m.; BBC America)
Collision Earth (movie debut; 9 p.m.; Syfy)
The Nerdist (series debut; 10 p.m.; BBC America)

SUNDAY
60 Minutes (returns; 7 p.m.,; CBS)
Golden Globes (special; 8 p.m.; NBC)
Undercover Boss (season premiere; 8 p.m.; CBS)
Napoleon Dynamite (series debut; 8:30 p.m.; Fox)

NEW ON DVD/BLU-RAY (Tuesday)
An Idiot Abroad
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete First Season
Killer Elite
Moneyball
Primeval: Volume Three
There Be Dragons
What’s Your Number?

NOTABLE NEW BOOKS (Tuesday)
“The Fault in Our Stars,” John Green
“Elizabeth the Queen,” Sally Bedell Smith
“10th Anniversary,” James Patterson
“Greedy Bastards,” Dylan Ratigan
“Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun”
“I Got This,” Jennifer Hudson
“The Final Storm,” Jeff Shaara
The Book of Drugs,” Mike Doughty
“The Money Class,” Suze Orman
“Condoleezza Rice,” Condoleezza Rice (paperback)

NEW ALBUMS
David Crowder Band, “Give Us Rest”
Red Wanting Blue, “From the Vanishing Point”
Young London, “Young London”

NOTABLE AREA SHOWS

RAMS HEAD LIVE: Medicine Lake (Thursday); G. Love & Special Sauce (Friday); In Flames (Saturday)

BALTIMORE SOUNDSTAGE: Eric Johnson Electric Band (Tuesday); Bootsy Collins (Wednesday); Charm City Devils (Saturday); Battle of the Bands finals (Sunday)

SONAR: Ice Jam pre-show party (Friday); Ice Jam (Saturday-Sunday)

GOLDEN WEST: Simon’s Birthday Party w/ Simon Phoenix, Stereo Faith (Friday); Lost Tribe (Saturday); Graveyard (Sunday)

OTTOBAR: The HarDDads, Hank (Wednesday); the Independents (Thursday); School of Rock (Saturday); Girlfriend in a Coma (Saturday); Blind Til Now (Sunday)

METRO GALLERY: Yip Deceiver (Friday); Save Your Soul presents: I Heart Toubin benefit (Saturday)

RECHER: Havoc, 93 Buick (Thursday); E Joseph and the Phantom Heart (Friday); Anthony Green (Saturday); Wake Up Monday, Ape Riot (Sunday)’

RAMS HEAD ON STAGE: The Music of ABBA (Tuesday); the Smithereens (Friday); Christopher Cross (Saturday); Burton Cummings (Sunday)

FILLMORE SILVER SPRING: Live Lava Live (Friday); Rebelution (Sunday)

9:30 CLUB: Thievery Corporation (Wednesday-Friday; sold out)

ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL: Fear of Virginia (Friday); Pants Velour (Saturday)

BLACK CAT: The Chariots (Wednesday); Jonny Grave and the Tombstones (Thursday); Tabi Bonney (Friday); Cults (Saturday); Oh So Peligroso (Sunday)

Baltimore Sun Articles
|
|
|
Please note the green-lined linked article text has been applied commercially without any involvement from our newsroom editors, reporters or any other editorial staff.