The food pied piper on skipping college, Berger Cookies, and hating the word "foodie."
Through Charm City Food Tours, Celeste Corsaro gives out-of-towners (and locals) guided gustatory tours through Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Yes, there will be crab cakes. And no, you won’t overeat (...
The Camden Yards maven on bad advice, pale imitations, and the egalitarian glory of baseball.
She helped create the best ballpark in baseball (if we do say so ourselves), and now architect Janet Marie Smith is back with the Orioles, renovating the club’s new Sarasota spring training facility...
The local author on Oprah, his bright future, and having faith, not fear.
Since writing his critically acclaimed book, The Other Wes Moore, about another young man from Baltimore who shares his name but a very different fate, it’s been a whirlwind of interviews, lectures,...
The new law dean on her dreaded crab allergy, Baltimore taxis, and building a more loveable lawyer.
One year ago this month, the University of Maryland School of Law hired Philadelphia's Phoebe Haddon as its new dean. We check in with her and see how she's transitioning from Brotherly Love to Charm...
WJZ’s main man on Al Sanders, covering the Vatican, and being a real-life superhero.
He's more than just an affable anchor. WJZ's Vic Carter is also a writer and activist who has helped lead the charge to erect the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in D.C. Here, he talks about his new...
The so-called “Indie Mom of Comedy” on her funny husband, getting material from her kids, and staying sane.
Give comedian Meshelle (real name: Meshelle Foreman Shields) an audience—any audience—and she’ll give them an earful, cracking wise on politics, her three young kids, and feminism. Today, we give her...
Living Classrooms chief on selling his bike, helping kids, and his secret stint as 007.
In its 25 years, the Living Classrooms Foundation, which was created to provide hands-on environmental education to underprivileged youth, has expanded its services to include public safety and job...
The museum founder on good choices, bad likenesses, and Obama's popularity—in wax.
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum continues to be one of Baltimore's most popular attractions, bringing in more than 200,000 visitors annually. We caught up with Dr. Joanne Mitchell Martin, who...
The media maven on bad decisions, male pattern stupidity, and why he still wants to buy The Sun.
Ted Venetoulis—politician, newsman, and media exec—can now add a new hyphen to his name: novelist. So is his book, about a revenge-seeking First Lady, actually about Hillary Clinton? Read on . . ....
The Creative Alliance co-founder on paying cash, liquor board snafus, and being wrapped up in fun.
The Creative Alliance, that vital cynosure of all things arts, is about to turn 15 years old. We sat down with co-founder and program director Megan Hamilton, who always manages to make us smile....
