Firsthand accounts of what's happening in Baltimore.
Blast Off
September 15, 2012 - S. Ellwood Avenue
Normally a forward, Moshe Hochman is getting precious few touches during a Saturday morning scrimmage on the indoor turf at Du Burns Arena. The...
A local dancer was featured in a famous ballet documentary.
A year after leaving the prestigious Washington Ballet, Rebecca Houseknecht still dances. But the symphonic sounds of ballet have been replaced by the driving beats of the 14-time national champion...
How furrier Mano Swartz has defied the odds and stuck around for 123 years.
Several years ago, David Swartz stumbled across an archival story from The Baltimore Sun recounting a brawl between his great grandfather, furrier James Swartz, and a customer who had come into his...
Actor Clarke Peters came to Baltimore for The Corner and The Wire; he stayed for the people.
As soon as Clarke Peters steps off the porch of his North Baltimore row home, a passerby does a double take, stops in his tracks, and flashes a smile. “Hey, I know you,” the guy tells Peters. “Well,...
ISE breaks into computer systems in order to protect them.
When Steve Bono was young, he was great at cheating in video games. Now Bono, 32, has turned that skill into a business as the CEO of Independent Security Evaluators (ISE), a professional hacking...
We speak with bassist and Peabody instructor Michael Formanek.
How would you characterize the current group and how has its music has evolved? Will you continue recording/performing with them?
The quartet that is on my two ECM CD's is kind of a dream come true...
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...
We take a look back at the best games of Joe Flacco’s Ravens career.
1/10/09: 13-10 vs. Tennessee Titans
Flacco earned his place in the hearts of Ravens fans with this steady, patient win against the Titans, where he became the only rookie QB ever to win two post-...
<p>Two years after her father’s death, Eddie’s of Roland Park owner Nancy Cohen talks about life with—and after—Dad.</p>
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There is a traditional American story and it goes something like this: Immigrant father starts to work in an industry. First he’s a clerk, then he’s a manager, then one day he buys a store. Then he...
A man who was told he could never walk tackles a 5K.
When Jerry Sersen was four years old, he was hit by a car. A couple years later, he developed partial paralysis in his legs. He went through several years of testing and never received a diagnosis....
