Movie buffs won’t want to miss this weekend’s Maryland Film Festival. My fellow editor Max Weiss previewed a few of the fest’s films on her blog, and you can check out her reviews here. The Smartish...
Tonight, Second Chance—a nonprofit with the worthy goal of “retraining and creating employment for displaced and unemployed workers in deconstruction methods” and “reclaiming building materials to...
Last week, I walked through MICA’s The Narcissism of Minor Differences exhibit and was struck by not only its powerful images and overarching themes, but also its implicit message. Individually,...
You may want to get some rest tonight, because Saturday and Sunday are jam-packed. Zappa tribute band Project Object—featuring ex-Mothers Ike Willis and Ray White—plays 8x10 tomorrow night; at the...
Early on, Patti Smith pulls the reader into this intriguing memoir, which chronicles her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe....
It was the summer Coltrane died. The summer of "Crystal...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
When I was growing up, my parents had a copy of Diane Arbus's Aperture Monograph, published in 1972. I discovered it on their bookshelf...
The cover of the new Double Dagger, CD, More.
[Image: Thrill Jockey]
Reporting on the upcoming Bob Dylan CD, Together Through Life, the folks at Pitchfork are speculating that the cover is "sure-to-be-scrutinized." Well, no kidding. When considering any Dylan release...
Katie Miller will be exhibiting her work at this year's Armory Show (March 5-7) in New York. It's quite an honor for the Parkton artist. Here's some more info...
Miller recently won the prestigious...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
My first art form was music. I got my first set of drums when I was 14 years old. Within a few years I was playing in a number of bands...
