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Molly Burger, left, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions state affairs manager, and Sharon Beach, retired preschool teacher.

Brad Kolodner, left, musician/Baltimore Old Time Music Festival co-organizer, and Lizzie Grabowski, environmental consultant.

Jason Steer, left, Creative Alliance executive director, and Martha Stein, Baltimore social worker

Fern Poling, left, Smith College student, and Sunflower Williams, Creative Alliance executive assistant.

Joylene John-Sowah, left, PCORI merit review officer, and Dr. Cy Hamidi, LifeBridge Health family physician.

Event organizers Tinku Bhattacharyya, left, Creative Alliance performance director, and Joy Davis, Creative Alliance visual arts director.

Jenny Sage, left, Baltimore licensed master social worker, and Tyler Wheeler, Baltimore-based musician.

Vishva Iyer, left, Carnegie Mellon University student, and Vyom Iyer, New York publicist.

Anne Jones, left, University of Maryland Medical Center pediatric nurse, and Eileen O’Rourke, Abell Foundation director of impact investing.

Sean Creighton, left, Avalere healthcare consultant, and Natasha Rutherford, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deputy director.

Courtney Malvik, left, Oceantic Network vice president, and Jessica Kohnen, nonprofit consultant

Rebekah Geller, left, University of Michigan student, and Alex Norbrook, Princeton University student.

For some folks, being in the audience was just fine.

Dancers sometimes got tied up in knots, so to speak, at the Creative Alliance’s Say Sister! Festival opening Square Dance. Sloane Brown photos

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Jan. 15: 37th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Dinner Hosted by The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Maryland Maryland Live!, 7002 Arundel Mills Circle #7777, Hanover6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Tickets $100 eventbrite.com/e/37th-annual-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-awards-dinner-tickets-1077304178799?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Jan. 18: Iced Tea Dance – Oh, Canada! Hosted by Friends of the Rawlings Conservatory Rawlings Conservatory, 3100 Swann Drive4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Tickets $50 eventbrite.com/e/iced-tea-dance-oh-canada-tickets-1115053949379?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Jan. 18: Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Party and Murder Mystery Hosted by Poe Baltimore and Poe’s Magic Theatre Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette St.6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Tickets $39 poeinbaltimore.org