Autumn Johnson did the practical thing after graduating from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 2000: went to college, got a degree, and entered the "real world." But, in a few years she realized...
Artist Shinique Smith wraps memories of Baltimore, as well as her grandmother's sheets, into unique sculptures.
Sitting in Starbucks on Charles Street, Shinique Smith speculates that she may be the first artist to paint directly on the walls and ceilings of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
"It felt...
The BSO hopes a music program creates social change at a West Baltimore elementary school.
If you think putting a violin in the hands of a six-year-old sounds premature, think again.
This month, first graders at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in West Baltimore will begin OrchKids, an...
After 60 years, they've stopped selling those clunky instant cameras and film cartridges. At least one Baltimore artist is totally bummed.
Jim Lucio opens a shoe box, searches, and then pulls out a photo he took nearly two decades ago. It's a Polaroid of a teenage girl wearing an orange bikini, floating atop a blue swimming pool, her...
From the pages of Rolling Stone to the far reaches of the blogosphere, the national media is hyping Baltimore's music scene as the next big thing.
Baltimore's art scene, especially its music scene, reached a tipping point in April. That's when Rolling Stone published its "Best of Rock" issue, which included categories such as Best Live Band (...
Amp museum pays homage to tubes, tweeters, and tone.
Somewhere here, amid the stacks of vintage Marshall amps, tweed-covered Fender cabinets, and dozens of off-brand amplifier oddities, is the sound heard in rock and roll heaven. The grungy treble of...
A new documentary chronicles Cal Ripken Jr.'s mission to introduce baseball to China.
In America, Little Leaguers would be ecstatic to get a clinic from Cal Ripken Jr. In China, they don't even know who he is. So when Ripken went to the country last fall to conduct baseball clinics...
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, and Elizabeth Spires
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland RamageThe Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt (Northwestern)If you're looking for the definitive Cone Sisters biography, this isn't it....
The Wayfarers, Bill Frisell, and Marin Alsop and the BSO
The WayfarersSorrow and Snakes (self-released)I first heard The Wayfarers at an Elks Lodge on the Eastern Shore, which is probably the best way to experience a band that plays Hank Williams,...
The performance group Fluid Movement revels in an ongoing dance with life.
It's a Saturday afternoon, and the performance space at Saint John's United Methodist Church in Charles Village is filled with brightly dressed people. The crowd of 60 or so includes young girls with...
