Urban Discoveries Baltimore

Now that the ice is melting and we no longer have to worry about breaking our necks when we walk down the sidewalk, we’re itching to get out of the house. Here are our events picks for this weekend and beyond:

Worried that your big screen TV just isn’t quite enough for Superbowl Sunday? Lucky for you, the Senator Theatre will be broadcasting the Superbowl in humongous HD. Admission is free, but a canned food donation is encouraged; beer and wine will be available for purchase. Doors open at 5 p.m. and kickoff is scheduled for 6:18 p.m.

If Baltimore has the nation’s best music scene and if Aural States is Baltimore’s best local music blog, we can only conclude that this weekend’s Aural States Fest will be the hippest event of the year. The blog’s one-year anniversary show features a Performance Night (Friday, Jan. 30 at Sonar, 407 E. Saratoga Street) and a Dance Night (Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Whole Gallery, 405 W. Franklin Street). Listen to mp3s from some of the scheduled bands on the blog.

After the music gets your creative juices flowing, you can channel your artistic impulses at a three-hour glassblowing workshop with Corradetti Studio in Clipper Mill. The studio will help you make a heart paperweight just in time for Valentine’s Day. Thursday, Feb. 5 is an adult’s only class featuring wine and cheese ($60); Saturday’s workshop ($47) is open to everyone.

But everyone knows the real point of Valentine’s Day is eating as much chocolate as possible. Get an early start at the annual Chocolate Affair fundraiser, which benefits Health Care for the Homeless. (Even the website makes us hungry.) Get your chocolate on Thursday, Feb. 5 at the M & T Bank Stadium (1101 Russell Street); tickets are $75.

Baltimore’s Poe-mania comes to a head this weekend at the Edgar Allan Poe Bicentennial Celebration. We have just a few phrases for you: life-sized puppet show; costume contest; giveaways; scream-along performances; apple-cider toasts; comic mummies. Check it out at the Westminster Hall (529 W. Fayette Street). Advance tickets are $30; $35 at the door.

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