Thirty years after its release, Baltimore gives its most famous film the respect it deserves
Earlier this year, when Vanity Fair marked the 30th anniversary of Diner by proclaiming the Baltimore-set movie, written and directed by native son Barry Levinson, “the most influential movie of the...
Editor's Note: Anne Tyler’s 19th novel is, not surprisingly, set in Baltimore, so its geography and overall feel will be familiar. But the book contains some surprises, including a quasi-...
Various ArtistsWorks of Larry Hoffman: Contemporary American Music (DBK)William Ferris, arguably this country’s preeminent scholar on Southern folklore and the blues, has written that Larry Hoffman “...
Jehanne WakeSisters of Fortune (Touchstone)The paperback edition of Wake’s history of the Caton sisters takes full advantage of Downton Abbey mania, from the Downton-ish estate on the new cover to...
Bob EhrlichTurn This Car Around (BenBella)Former governor Ehrlich must be pulling at his thick hair about now. If he’d beaten O’Malley in the 2010 election, he might be a viable presidential...
AlakazamWhat Once Was (Howlin Hog!)
Thanks to Alakazam, the spirit of Frank Zappa—with a little Pink Floyd, a pinch of Captain Beefheart, and a robost prog sensibility—is alive and well in Baltimore...
All the world’s a stage at Towson University’s suddenly vibrant arts program.
His septet had only two days before a big concert, so Ellery Eskelin was conducting this rehearsal with a certain urgency. The highly acclaimed jazz saxophonist, long and lanky beneath a brown-felt...
<p>Local artists are using a high-tech form of patronage to fund a wide variety of projects.</p>
For five years, Erin Gleeson and Benjamin O'Brien have been producing a surreal children's show, Showbeast, and posting episodes online. Billed as "a show to feel weird about," their Web series makes...
James Egan (editor)John Waters: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi)University Press of Mississippi publishes an incredible series of books dedicated to interviews with iconic filmmakers,...
Johnny CashBootleg Volume 3: Live Around the World (Sony Legacy)In its heyday throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Cecil County's New River Ranch hosted afternoon concerts by the likes of George Jones,...
