The Baltimore Opera Company is gone and other institutions are struggling to survive.
A new display turned up at the Walters Art Museum this March. It wasn't fashioned around an Egyptian artifact or some newly acquired piece of medieval weaponry. Rather, it was part of a grassroots...
Matthew Porterfield and a new crop of local filmmakers utilize Baltimore as both setting and muse.
It was a father-and-son bonding experience, one that would forever chart the arc of a kid's life, but it wasn't exactly playing catch in the backyard.
"Dad would rent a print of Lili from the Pratt...
Desiree Collins was just looking for an investment property—she found a treasure trove of local jazz history.
When Desiree Collins stepped into Benny Kearse's house in 2001, she wasn't looking for a piece of history. She was looking for an investment property. Kearse, who lived in the 2800 block of Brighton...
Is the Death of the Baltimore Opera Company Just the Beginning?
As the national and local economies continue to falter, Baltimore's arts institutions are in a state of crisis. The first casualty is the Baltimore Opera Company,which announced friday that it...
Is there anything better than a cozy bookstore on a cold day? Here are four independent shops that make us happy
Atomic BooksLooking for graphic novels and comics, plus books on street art, hot rods, anti-capitalism, tattoos, or knitting? This Hampden fave stocks them all. Plus, check out their great ’...
Visionary artist Loring Cornish has transformed his home into an artful house of worship
Six years ago, Loring Cornish faced eviction from his house in Los Angeles. He hadn't paid the rent in months, and the situation was dire. So what did he do? He went on The Price Is Right.
"I...
Two scholars debate where the legendary author belongs
It all started with an October 2007 article in Philadelphia's City Paper. In it, Edward Pettit—an Edgar Allan Poe scholar—touted Philly's ties to the great author and suggested exhuming Poe's remains...
Baltimore's only fiction reading series celebrates its one-year anniversary
The writing life is inherently antisocial—long, solitary hours spent banging away at a keyboard while basking in the moody glow of a laptop screen (for purists: insert old typewriter and desk lamp)....
Marion WinikThe Glen Rock Book of the Dead (Counterpoint)In this slim but potent volume, Winik recalls 51 people, all now dead, who've touched her in some meaningful way. A lecturer at...
Inara George with Van Dyke ParksAn Invitation (Everloving)Inara George was born in Baltimore in 1974, when her father, Little Feat's Lowell George, was in town recording Feats Don't Fail Me Now...
