With the holidays here, we know there’s plenty of local spots to check out. But to the outside, the reviews on Baltimore are as mixed as ever.
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Digging Deeper Into an Old Baltimore Murder
If you listened to this week’s episode of This American Life, you heard the story — or part of the story — of Adnan and Hae, two students at Woodlawn High School back in 1999. In January of that year, though, Hae went missing; a few months later, her body was found in Leakin Park, […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Lake Falls, Shop Local, Sponsored Post
Sunday at The Ivy Bookshop: Kathy Wielech Patterson and Neal Patterson: Baltimore Chef’s Table
KATHY WIELECH PATTERSON AND NEAL PATTERSON: BALTIMORE CHEF’S TABLE ORIGINAL NORTHWOOD BOOK CLUB & THE IVY BOOKSHOP Sunday, August 31, 2014 – 5:00pm Join the Ivy in celebrating Baltimore’s best restaurants and eateries – and enjoying food featured in the book! Click to R.S.V.P. Event attendees are encouraged (but not required) to bring Baltimore-inspired finger food […]
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Friday Afternoon Headlines: State Senate Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana; Maryland To Add Commuter Trains Between Baltimore And Washington; FBI Hunts For Serial Baltimore Bank Robber; and more
State Senate Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana– Baltimore Sun 81-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Jailed For 2 Days For Pet Violation– CBS Baltimore Man Shoots Wife In Randallstown, Flees To Baltimore City & Shoots Himself In Head– CBS Baltimore Maryland To Add Commuter Trains Between Baltimore And Washington– WBAL Baltimore’s Largest Club, Voltage, Gets It’s Liquor License Revoked– WBAL […]
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Another Way to Think About Violence: A Conversation with John Cammack
From Citybizlist– I was a bit unfair last week. I suggested that my conversation with John Cammack, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, was somehow going to reveal how we could save Baltimore one brain at a time. Yet I didn’t get around to sharing John’s view of how that might be accomplished. Instead, I focused where […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Lake Falls, Shop Local, Sponsored Post
Author Walter Kirn of Blood Will Out – Wednesday at The Ivy Bookshop
WALTER KIRN: BLOOD WILL OUT THE IVY BOOKSHOP Hosts- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 – 7:00pm Walter Kirn discusses his new memoir, about his tumultuous friendship with the murderer and serial impostor known as “Clark Rockefeller.” Click Here to RSVP Notes from the Author: In the summer of 1998, Walter Kirn set out on a peculiar, […]
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In Baltimore, When Students Play Hooky It’s the Principals Who Get Detention
Student absenteeism is alarmingly high in Baltimore City schools, and now 61 principals — almost one third of all principals in the system — are facing disciplinary action. They’re being put on performance improvement plans, which the Baltimore Sun reports “historically have been used as punitive measures that can be precursors to dismissal.” Baltimore schools […]
Posted inLifeline, Top Headlines, Towson
Rare Civil War Auction in Towson This Weekend
Alex Cooper Auctioneers, Inc., one of the largest auction houses in the mid-Atlantic, is excited to present the expansive Civil War collection of James R. Weitzel on May 3, 2014. This treasure trove of rare Union and Confederate firearms, accoutrements, uniforms and other historically important documents details the lives and belongings of soldiers and civilians […]
Posted inLake Falls, Shop Local, Sponsored Post
Five Spring Picks From The Ivy Bookshop
Sponsored Content: Our friends at The Ivy Bookshop have put together a list of spring reads, with something for everyone, young and old. These finds are in stock now, along with a slew of new books that will keep you engrossed till the tulips pop up. 1. Dot by Randi Zuckerberg, illustrated by Joe Berger […]
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Upcoming Events at The Ivy Bookshop: Spring 2014
UPCOMING EVENTS 2014 Wednesday, March 19, 7 PM. Mohsin Hamid: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia The award-winning author reads from his newest novel,the biting tale of a man’s journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon. Saturday, March 22, 6 PM. Russ Crandall: The Ancestral Table Food blogger and home chef Russ Crandall presents over one hundred […]
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Here’s the Black Blues Musician Who “Dismantled the Entire KKK in Md.”
When Daryl Davis is talking with one of his friends in the Ku Klux Klan, and that friend says something like “All black people have a gene in them that makes them violent,” he doesn’t respond in anger. Instead, he challenges him to examine that belief: “After a time I said, ‘You know, it’s a […]
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Friday Morning Headlines: Gansler Controversy Continues; Baltimore Police Officer Gets 8 Years; Jeffrey Zients: The Guy Tapped to Fix Healthcare.gov; and more!
Gansler Controversy Lingers – The Baltimore Sun Midei Breached Medical Care Standards, Says Jury – The Baltimore Sun Annapolis Police Catch Serial Peeping Tom – The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Police Officer Sentenced to 8 Years for Drug Dealing – The Washington Post Who is the Guy Fixing Healthcare.gov? More about Jeffrey Zients – The Washington […]
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This Week in Research: Predicting Crime and Staving Off Alzheimer’s with Sleep
Don’t worry, there’s nothing sinister and dystopian about “predictive policing,” the attempt to stop criminals before they commit a crime. Right? RIGHT? According to Jennifer Bachner, program coordinator for Johns Hopkins’ Center for Advanced Governmental Studies, predictive policing techniques use algorithms, time/space analysis, and social network analysis to get a jump on crime. For example, […]
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Baltimore Communities Plagued by Serial Arson; Arrest Yet to Be Made
Well, this is scary to say the least. Over the past three months, an arsonist has been throwing crudely constructed Molotov cocktails at residences and public spaces throughout Baltimore, with at least 12 incidents since April 29. Thankfully, no injuries have resulted so far.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured, Prologue, Sponsored Post, Top Headlines
Complicated Knots: An Interview with Justin Kramon
Justin Kramon is as unpredictable as he is sweet. In his debut novel, Finny, a tender coming-of-age story, Kramon showed great sensitivity in portraying female characters, particularly the title character, Finny, a fiery young redhead from Baltimore. So why did Kramon decide to make his follow-up novel, The Preservationist, a thriller? Jen Michalski, host of Starts […]
