Before watching Treme tomorrow night, tune in to 60 Minutes for a segment on music education programs that includes the BSO's OrchKids initiative. You might recall that BSO Music Director Marin Alsop...
I’ve never seen a television show like David Simon’s Treme, which debuts Sunday night. Some viewers, accustomed to the relentless pace of most shows, might feel that not much happens,...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Wow, it's 3 different things. The song ‘Dancing in the Street’ by Martha and the Vandellas blew me away as a kid. Pounding drums, wild...
HBO has announced that David Simon's new series, Treme, will air in April. Taking its name from a legendary New Orleans neighborhood, the show will focus on post-Katrina life in the Crescent City....
During a recent interview with This American Life host Ira Glass, I asked about his favorite storytellers. Here's his list...
Errol Morris
Michael Lewis ("especially The Blind Side")
Malcolm...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Like many kids in the late ‘60s, I would run home from elementary school to catch soap-opera phenomenon Dark Shadows. A daytime serial...
Millard Kaufman, who created the Mister Magoo cartoon character, passed away a few days ago. Kaufman, who grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Hopkins, also wrote the screenplay for Bad Day at...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The most influential artistic experience of my life was seeing the original Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo at the Lyric when I six years...
M.I.A., the British/Sri Lankan songwriter/producer/designer, has teamed with Baltimore DJ Blaqstarr for this take on The Wire theme song, "Way Down in the Hole." It's the...
