We interview Laura Lippman about her new book (And When She Was Good), being a mother, and getting a good cup of coffee in New Orleans.
In what ways did being a mother affect your understanding and portrayal of Heloise?
I think, in some ways, I went on a similar journey -- starting as a woman (a stepmother) on the sidelines of soccer...
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’...
As a criminal-justice major at Towson University, Tony Conrad once dreamed of a career with the FBI. But after four years of working in telecommunications, the lifelong waterman could no longer...
<p>Why are we still trying to make soccer work in America?</p>
Seems like we’ve tried everything: playing exhibition games in America, watching Brandi Chastain celebrate a goal in her sports bra, and even bringing freakin’ David Beckham over to play in Los...
<p>As Michael Phelps embarks on his final Olympic lap, we chronicle his training leading up to London, his life in Baltimore, and his future outside of the pool.</p>
One-hundred-and-five days before the beginning of the end, Michael Phelps appears as relaxed as a man whose every move is being recorded by cameras and curious eyes can be.
Wearing a three-piece...
<p>Baltimore City College’s first class with women celebrates a 30th reunion.</p>
Anita Allen was about five years old when her big brother, Alton, a student at Baltimore City College, came home in his marching-band uniform.
“I remember him wearing that big top hat and playing the...
For 35 years, House of Ruth has been giving voice and hope to victims of domestic violence.
Sitting in an office at House of Ruth Maryland, Christina Laumann takes a deep breath as she begins her story. It’s the one that started in 1993 when she was 14 and first fell in love with a 16-year-...
<p>Crabaret offers eating and altruism for the 10th year.</p>
Held in The Baltimore Museum of Art’s Sculpture Garden, Crabaret gives the grubby Eastern Shore crab-feast tradition a total makeover: trading out brown paper towel rolls for linens and cheap beer...
<p>A Hopkins dean commits to East Baltimore’s renewal.</p>
When David Andrews became dean of The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education in late 2010, he and his wife, Marti, packed up their stuff and moved from a 15-acre horse farm in Ohio to...
A few years ago, Mike Rice was trying to use his laptop to sketch some drawings outside of his family’s summer home in Canada. But he needed a workspace. So he went to his woodshop and carved out a...
