While writing the Andy Warhol feature story ("15 Minutes and Counting") for the October issue, I made a pilgrimage to Pittsburgh, his hometown.
The full schedule of events for the Frank Zappa sculpture dedication, set for Sept 19, has been announced, and it figures to be a fantastic day. Starting with a pre-dedication talk by Zappa's wife,...
How to Say Goodbye in Robot is an evocative, moody, and thoroughly delightful young adult novel about a couple of offbeat teens finding each other, and themselves in the process. Beatrice and Jonah...
Atticus. Scout. Jem. Dill. Boo. Yes.
On Saturday afternoon, literary legend John Barth received the key to the city and was honored with a historic marker in Cambridge, where he was born and raised.
During a ceremony—...
The show about to close at the Crystal Moll Gallery in Federal Hill feels like an extension of the magazine's See Hear project a few years ago. Gathering cityscapes from various painters—in this...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I know immediately what that would be. In college, in '92, a friend and I took a pilgrimage to Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, and it...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
My favorite book is [William Golding's] Lord of the Flies. It introduced me to the darker side of human nature—something I explore in my...
The Reginald Lewis Museum and Civic Frame—a non-profit that encourages critical thinking about pressing social issues—host an intriguing double feature and panel discussion this afternoon. They'll...
