Our interview with Manil Suri, best-selling author and UMBC mathematics professor.
Does Baltimore ever remind you of Mumbai, or other cities in India? If so, how?It doesn’t, but we can work on it. First, fill the streets with people until every inch is occupied. Ask every car owner...
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....
Winston Blick of Clementine transitions from chef to business manager.
Despite his affable manner, Winston Blick is worried. The chef/owner of Clementine restaurant in Hamilton and the recently opened Green Onion market and Clementine at the Creative Alliance is once...
Baltimore celebrates the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two special events this month.
First up is the play The Mountaintop, which brings alive the man himself as he unwinds after delivering what would be his final speech in Memphis in early April, 1968. In room 306 of the Lorraine...
John Waters performs in the latest version of his cult classic.
The tagline for Hairspray could read something like, “Your favorite movie, now a musical, now a movie, now a . . . symphony concert?” That’s right, John Waters’s beloved 1988 film about racial...
Greg Merson has come a long way. From a 16-year-old playing cards in his parents’ basement to a drug addict who lost his way to the 2012 World Series of Poker champion. “It doesn’t seem like real...
Local institutions are trying to attract a younger generation.
Looking at the local events calendar for nonprofit institutions, you may be surprised. Black-tie galas have made way for museum happy hours and library beer tastings. As traditional supporters get...
A firsthand account of what's happening in Baltimore.
Wedding Bells
November 6, 2012 - Market Place
“If we pass gambling and not this, I’m moving to D.C.,” someone jokes, or maybe half-jokes, inside the Marylanders for Marriage Equality election night...
At 70, Maryland’s longest-serving Senate President isn’t stepping aside anytime soon.
Reality set in during the 11th hour of the final day of the General Assembly last April at the State House in Annapolis. The last day of session—known as sine die, which in Latin means to adjourn...
Did you play cards as a young boy?I played poker for the first time when I was 16 and I went full-time when I was about 19. I basically went to college for my parents, but was spending all my time...
