A new documentary premiering on HBO next month offers us a look in the mirror two and a half years out from the Uprising that ignited with Freddie Gray’s death.
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On Not Being Roseanne Barr: An Awakening in Whitesville
A couple of weeks ago I was in New York City for my son Vince’s graduation from his masters’ program, held at Radio City Music Hall. His sister Jane and I were waiting on the plaza across the street; I was reminiscing geezeresquely about how I used to eat falafels for lunch in this very […]
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Mayor Young’s boxing-conflict resolution idea becomes the main event
At an anti-gun violence rally on Sunday with other local officials, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young offered a very quotable Willie Jones-like take on how to steer kids away from guns to resolve their conflicts: Have them “box it out” downtown.
Posted inAround Town
Weekend Events Calendar: Hot August Music Festival, Crab Feast at Oriole Park, Muslim Food Fest, Vegan Restaurant Week
This weekend, get out to see some music at the Hot August Music Festival or, for the food-inclined, check out the Muslim Food Festival and Vegan Restaurant Week. There’s also a new jazz club opening on Howard Street, a crab feast on the field at Oriole Park and more. Here’s the full list:
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Joyce and Elizabeth Talford Scott’s exhibition ‘Hitching Their Dreams to Untamed Stars’ feels potent, if out of place within BMA
Joyce Scott’s “Inkisi #2” is one of her sculptural works that sneakily knocks you out. It’s a wooden figurine from Nigeria that Scott clad in a billowing tiered skirt made of cast glass, beads of clay, plastic, thread and wire. Scott sewed some of the beads together to become faces on large medallions that hang […]
Posted inPolitics & Business
Mosby decries ‘slum-like’ conditions at Laurel Park, calls for halt to ‘super track’ legislation
Baltimore Del. Nick Mosby released photos today that he said show the “slum-like” conditions for backstretch workers at Laurel Park and illustrate the track’s owners, The Stronach Group, prioritize “horses over humans.” He called for the withdrawal of paired bills that would authorize $120 million in state bonds to turn Laurel Park into a “super […]
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Feds indict Jessup prison officers, staff, inmates and folks on the outside in racketeering scheme
Maryland has added to a growing list of prison corruption cases with today’s indictments of 20 individuals, including a half-dozen corrections officers or staffers, accused of running a smuggling ring at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Anne Arundel County.
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What happened to Kinderhook Snacks? Retailers say company has disappeared
Jason Jeffers, a store manager at Eddie’s Market in Charles Village, has been fielding questions for months about Kinderhook Snacks. He tells customers, eager for favorites like salted chocolate chip cookies, coconut honey macaroons and baked cheese stamps, the same thing about the company every time they ask: It seems like they have disappeared.
Posted inFeatured, Lifeline
Rapper Tyree Colion Arrested for ‘No Shoot Zone’ Graffiti at Middle River Store Where Teen Was Fatally Shot
Baltimore hip-hop artist and anti-gun violence activist Tyree Colion was arrested in Baltimore County yesterday for spray painting a wall with his signature anti-gun violence tag – even after he said he’d been given permission.
Posted inFeatured, Politics & Business
Feds Offer Money to Help Revive a Campground in Gwynns Falls Leakin Park
Gwynns Falls Leakin Park is set to get a sizable makeover, with a little bit of help from federal officials.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Take in the Sondheim finalists’ work showing how economic realities impact culture, skip the marketing panels
Cheeny Celebrado-Royer‘s motorcycle has a flat. Sure, the two-wheeled vehicle is constructed out of upcycled cardboard tape, and twine, but its rear wheel is toast. It’s not merely deflated, but the rim’s got a flat spot like it was carrying an oversized cargo and hit a pothole at speed. Cyclists, of the human- or machine-powered […]
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Tuesday Morning Headlines: Can Owings Mills Achieve Glory Through More Development?; After Fire, Lanvale Towers Temporarily Condemned; and More
Oral History: The Wire’s East-West Showdown – Sports Illustrated Living on the Edge – Baltimore Magazine Lanvale Towers temporarily condemned after two-alarm fire – Baltimore Sun Sen. Ben Cardin pledges to fight for Chesapeake Bay funding – ABC2 Brendan Foster Fieldhouse, City Paper photographer and documenter of Baltimore’s punk and metal scenes, has died – […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Featured, Lifeline
David Simon Condemns War on Drugs at NYT Conference, Using Baltimore as an Example
A lot has changed in the two yeas since David Simon sat down with the president to discuss drug policy, but the writer and producer’s message remains the same.
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Interview With a Mermaid: Deborah Lee Walker remembers her part in Schaefer’s famous seal pool swim
The first time Deborah Lee Walker visited the National Aquarium in Baltimore, she was working as a model and helping to promote its grand opening, back in 1981. This month she made a return visit, 37 years later, and learned that she had become a permanent addition to the aquarium. As aquarium president and CEO […]
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NYT Profiles Baltimore’s Dan Bell and the Area’s Once-Thriving Malls
A darker side of business in Maryland is on display in The New York Times this week, with a Baltimore-based filmmaker and YouTuber serving as the narrative guide.
