Our full interview with the outgoing artistic director and conductor for Handel Choir of Baltimore.
You've been the Choir’s artistic director and conductor since 2004, what made you decide to leave now?
You know, I love Handel Choir and what a community chorus represents to its singers,...
Our full interview with Jason Winer: Producer/director of Modern Family and co-creator of 1600 Penn
Where did grow up exactly?I grew up in Pikesville, specifically Stevenson, but I went to high school at Friends School of Baltimore
I know Julie Bowen went to RPCS. Do you ever compare notes on...
What are your memories of segregated Maryland?I grew up in total segregation in Harford County. Total. And by that I mean we could not even go to the hospital. We could not go to the public library....
We speak with Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at The Johns Hopkins University.
What is the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar?The Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar (HHPC) would be the same year after year. For example, July 4 would always fall on a Wednesday; Tax Day—April 15—would...
For a band that makes such heavenly music, Beach House is incredibly down to earth.
Walking through Beach House’s Fells Point rehearsal space is like visiting an island of misfit musical toys. Dozens of keyboards and amps, with cables snaking between them, line the floor, and some...
How did you get into wine/How did you become The Wine Coach?It really goes back to a job I had in software sales. I was living in Federal Hill at the time. I was selling to Fortune 100 food and...
Jim Newell, 27, freelance political journalist for The Guardian, Salon, formerly Wonkette/sportswriter for Grantland.
You are an Annapolis native. What are your abiding memories of growing up there?I am indeed from Annapolis, born and raised. My memories are mostly of going to either the mall or to Main Street in...
Jack Andraka, North County High School sophomore, 16, winner of the 2012 Intel Science Fair.
Can you explain—in layman’s terms—what the test you invented does?Basically, it consists of some carbon nanotubes, atom-thick tubes of carbon, and antibodies, which bind and capture only this one...
Tatyana McFadden, Howard County resident and Paralympic track star.
Can you tell me about your childhood and adoption?
I was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with spina bifida in 1989. At that time in Russia, people just didn’t believe that people with disabilities...
The actor behind Ocean City’s “Rodney the Lifeguard” campaign on being Maryland’s face of summer.
How familiar were you with Ocean City before you were cast as Rodney?
I was really familiar from my youth. I was born in Columbus, OH, and my family used to vacation there. Then, after my parents’...
