I'm sure most media outlets had this obit in the can years ago, but I'd always hoped Amy Winehouse had some of that Keith Richards longevity juju, because her talent far outstripped her personal...
Last weekend, the family and I headed to MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in North Adams for Solid Sound, the music and arts festival curated by Wilco. We loved it, every bit of...
I was scrolling through my photos of the Maryland Traditions fest from two weekends ago, and this image struck me as being representative of why that event has become so essential. Here was an...
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival at the Creative Alliance. For 10 years, the fest has been showcasing traditional arts from around the state, and this year’s lineup...
After 82 years in business, Globe Poster has printed its last show poster. The Baltimore-based company—known for its eye-popping, day-glo designs—announced it was closing late last year, but co-...
Now that all the Schaefer hoopla has subsided, it's a good time to check out the Schaefer profile Richard Ben Cramer wrote for Esquire in 1984. It's been posted on Esquire's politics blog, and as...
Did you see Bill Simmons's fantastic column that uses dozens of quotes from The Wire to critique and examine the NBA playoffs? If not, check it out here. You don't have to be a hoops fan to enjoy it—...
As unlikely as it seems, Bob Hieronimus designed a campaign poster for William Donald Schaefer's 1971 mayoral run. Pictured above, it was done with Schaefer's blessing, and here's an explanation,...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
That’d be a lot of things. On the wall of our house when I was growing up in Brooklyn, my father had pictures of African kings and...
