Obama will make it official this Monday
President Obama will officially designate a national monument dedicated to Harriet Tubman on the Eastern Shore. Obama, according to a Sun report, will sign a proclamation on Monday that, after years...
On Sunday, a few hundred of Richard Ben Cramer’s friends, family, colleagues, and admirers gathered for a memorial service at Washington College’s Gibson Center for the Performing Arts in...
If you haven't already read it, check out Michael Gonzales's moving tribute to artist Larry Scott ("Larry Scott's Baltimore") in last week's City Paper. Scott, who passed away five years ago, was at...
It's Mencken Day, so celebrate accordingly. I'd suggest drinking a beer and reading a bit of Heathen Days.
Tonight, you can preview MOBTOWNMoon—a track-by-track tribute to the Pink Floyd classic by...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Billy Martin
There are so many. David Lynch's Eraserehead is probably on every art student's list these days. Also, Luis Bunuel's Un Chien...
Reclusive r&b superstar D'Angelo is coming to D.C.'s Verizon Center on August 26th! It's a double-bill with Mary J. Blige, and tickets go on sale, via Ticketmaster, this Saturday.
Not so long...
Johns Hopkins University recently announced it was eliminating the poetry concentration from its AAP Writing Program. As we've seen at the University of Virginia, college administrators are looking...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
My earliest memory of a piece of art that caught my attention and made an impact on me was a sculpture my mother Karen Mendez was working...
Earlier this week, I printed out a map of locations for the Open Walls Baltimore (OWB) pieces around Station North.
In about half an hour, I visited all the walls (and one piece that was done on...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I was in Barcelona last summer and went to the Joan Miró museum. I'd never been a huge fan of his, but the museum was excellent—it...
