If you're on your way to the beach, pull over in Cambridge for a minute and visit the new Harriet Tubman mural/memorial. As my colleage Jess Blumberg reported earlier this week, there's a state park...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The first three notes of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Why does it make us feel that way? It has that spacious, poignant, happy, sad...
I spoke with Jeff Bridges earlier this week. Yup, that Jeff Bridges. When he picked up the phone, he said, “Heyyy, Johhhhn. Hey, man. How’re you doin’?” in that distinctive, slacker/stoner...
The International Festival comes to Poly/Western this weekend, and it should be great fun. Besides all the traditional arts and crafts, demonstrations, and food, there will also be music from War...
Otakon, the gathering of Japanese anime/mange fans, runs all weekend at the Convention Center. A three-day pass will set you back $75, but it's free to gawk at all the outrageous costumes...
The dynamic duo of Kanye West and Jay-Z will be coming to 1st Mariner Arena on November 1st. It's part of their Watch the Throne tour, and it figures to be the hip-hop event of the year, maybe even...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The Art that has changed my life recently was the Buddah statues that were destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. In spite of their...
I'm sure most media outlets had this obit in the can years ago, but I'd always hoped Amy Winehouse had some of that Keith Richards longevity juju, because her talent far outstripped her personal...
Experimental filmmaker and Baltimore expat Catherine Pancake screens new work at the the Creative Alliance tonight! Tomorrow morning (11 am), Joyce Scott hosts a bead workshop at the Reginald...
Years ago, I interviewed trombonist Joseph Bowie at his family's homestead in Frederick, Maryland. Joseph and his brother Lester stretched the boundaries of jazz with their sonically adventurous...
