You still have enough time catch Arty Hill tonight at my favorite neighborhood bar in Fells Point, 1919 Fleet. You can probably guess the address. While you’re there, check out proprietor Sally...
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—...
This is the first time I've ever recommended a TV show, but I'd walk a mile on my tongue to watch Treme, which begins its second season on HBO this Sunday. Some folks might tell you it's not for...
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...
I recently read an excellent piece by Dan Baum about a New Orleans high school band director in The Oxford American’s “Music Issue.” It richly underscored the vital role school bands play in the...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I think it was 1955 when my father brought home a TV set. I was four years old, and I watched the Mickey Mouse Club every day. My...
Ed Norris stole something last week. I witnessed it, and so did hundreds of other Baltimoreans. Norris stole the show at Centerstage.
At the end of The Second City Does Baltimore show last Wednesday...
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced that Wire/Treme creator David Simon is among 23 "genius" grant recipients this year. You might recall that the BSO's Marin Alsop won a...
David Simon's HBO series Treme just got some love from the Emmys and scored two nominations. Agnieszka Holland was nominated for "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" for the pilot episode ("Do...
Last night, I caught Megan Anderson's excellent performance in David Harrower's play, Blackbird, at Everyman. Fans of The Wire know Anderson as Jennifer Carcetti, the mayor's wife. Exiting the...
