On Wednesday, the bicentennial of President Lincoln’s birthday, Ford’s Theater celebrated its grand re-opening after having been closed for a significant renovation and restoration project since June 2007. As Paul Tetreault, the theater’s director, explains in the video below, many of the changes aren’t entirely obvious, as many objects were carefully restored to their original luster from 1865, the year Lincoln was assassinated. However the theater also boasts new seats (a change we understand patrons…

FRIDAY: >> Baltimore’s Fertile Ground return to 9:30 Club for a concert with collaborator Raheem DeVaughn called Let’s Do It Again. Also singer Anthony David. 9 p.m., $22. >> Gallery Openings of Note: Maria Friberg opens her show, titled embedded, at Conner Contemporary, reception 6 to 8 p.m. That’s embedded #4 at left. Also we checked out a preview of Colby Caldwell’s new show, Small Game, at Hemphill Fine Arts on Wednesday, and definitely recommend…

FRIDAY: >> James Wong Howe’s 1954 film Go, Man, Go! is a fictionalized account of the Harlem Globetrotters story, starring Sidney Poitier, Dane Clark and some of the original Globetrotters. And we don’t know about you guys, but we’re just never bored watching those guys do things with a basketball that seem to defy the laws of physics. Plus there’s a love story, and who couldn’t use a little more love? A free showing has…