Everyone wants to know about Harriet Tubman’s city. Whose is it, what happens here, and how we live it. How on the spectrum from “The Wire” to “Hairspray,” we birthed artists and thinkers as canonical as Edgar Allan Poe and Benjamin Banneker. But how does one capture Baltimore? A city as diverse and as tough […]
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is exploring possible future uses for its Cathedral Street garage property in Midtown
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is exploring possible future uses for its Cathedral Street Garage property near the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and Lyric Baltimore.
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Q&A with Frederick writer Suzanne Feldman, author of ‘The Witch Bottle and Other Stories’
Suzanne Feldman’s award-winning new collection, “The Witch Bottle and Other Stories,” lays bare the complex lives of characters chasing dreams, redemption and belonging. The first two stories introduce us to visual artists scraping by in distressed Baltimore neighborhoods. Twenty-something, restless and driven, these female protagonists desperately want the recognition their work deserves. Opportunities arrive, but […]
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Want a new subway line built? Take a page from the Brits and name it after the guv’na
A trip outside normal stomping grounds can yield interesting results. That was the case this past week, when I traveled to Vienna to write a freelance review of the tour-opening performance of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Along with Vienna’s musical offerings — opera posters everywhere and so many buskers! — I appreciated the logic […]
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For his next movie role, John Waters would like to play a talking penis
Writer and filmmaker John Waters said he wants to play a character’s free-spoken phallus in the film adaptation of his “Liarmouth” novel.
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Maryland’s stricter gun laws await Moore’s signature
Gov. Wes Moore is expected to sign gun control legislation that the Maryland General Assembly passed this session.
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Maryland Republican Party at critical juncture as election nears
By Emmett Gartner, Capital News Service Republican Larry Hogan is one of the most popular governors in Maryland’s recent history. After two terms, including a landslide victory in 2018, Hogan leaves office with a 62% approval rating according to a Sept. 19 Goucher College Poll. By comparison, his gubernatorial predecessor had a 40% approval rating […]
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BmoreArt’s Picks: February 14-20
BmoreArt’s Picks: February 14-20 This Week:  Tom Miller Week at University of Baltimore, reception for exhibition at Cade Center Gallery curated by Andrew Liang, Maryland Arts Day, Jonna McKone opening reception at Full Circle Gallery, reception for Kevin Hailey at Hotel Indigo, Cliff Banquet hosts a screening at Guilford Brewery, Katja Toporski: Meet Me opening […]
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Homesick in the Woods
Have you ever had to pee in the middle of the night and, leaving your cabin with flashlight in hand, walked to the side of the tiny wooden house and heard a rustle? Over there, in the bushes, something loosening the leaves. You stop mid stream and cut your light – your eyes adjusting to […]
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Developer who wants to buy Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church said he’s willing to sell his contract to the local community association
The developer who has a contract to purchase Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church says he is willing to sell that contract to a local community association, if its members want to buy it.
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How to Read Like a Child
Last week, while I was driving to yoga, the dog got out. Not my dog, but the dog in the audiobook I was listening to, “The Family Chao,” by Lan Samantha Chang. This was a problem. I stared accusingly at the dashboard of my car, through which the audiobook app was playing, as if it […]
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Hot Plate: Lunar New Year celebrations, truffles at The Milton Inn, pop-up at The Sinclair, and more
This week, the Baltimore food world celebrates all things winter, from ice to truffles, and gets ready for the Year of the Rabbit. Here’s a look at what’s coming up:
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The candidates on Baltimore’s challenges and their solutions: Katie Curran O’Malley
Baltimore Fishbowl asked candidates running in this year’s election to share their views on the three most important challenges facing Baltimore and the region, and solutions they support to make progress. We asked candidates to submit a video answering that question, so you can hear their ideas and goals in their own words. Former Judge […]
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John Waters receives honorary doctorate degree from University of Baltimore; pre-sales begin for new book about him and his moviemaking
Baltimore filmmaker John Waters, who served as a commencement speaker for the University of Baltimore’s Class of 2023 on May 24, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the university, where he was once a student in 1965.
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Debate over Wine Source parking spaces in Hampden continues as hearing is postponed
Supporters and opponents of a proposed parking lot for The Wine Source say their debate points to a larger issue in Hampden: the need for a comprehensive parking and transportation strategy.
