Our full interview with the legendary Baltimore-born saxophonist.
What inspired you to record a Coltrane tribute at this point in your career? I have had so many record labels suggesting I do a Coltrane tribute recording. I said, “Everytime I play it is a tribute...
Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies) Jill Smokler (Gallery)
Reading this essay collection from Baltimore’s “Scary Mommy” blogger, I wasn’t sure whether to recommend it or submit...
Towson residents react to Recher Theatre becoming a nightclub.
Seeing a show at the Recher Theatre has been somewhat of a rite of passage for teenagers growing up in Towson for the past 16 years. The venue has hosted a plethora of acts, from legend Iggy Pop to...
An arts festival in Druid Hill Park harkens to days gone by.
When Roslyn Zinner was 15 years old, she remembers her father taking her to an arts festival in Druid Hill Park. “It was like going to a candy shop for me,” says the Columbia artist, now 61. “I can...
Actor John Astin enjoys a second act, playing professor at The Johns Hopkins University.
Wearing a gray newsboy cap and carrying a leather organizer, John Astin looks like the very model of a Johns Hopkins professor as he strides across the Homewood campus en route to lunch at the Brody...
Our own Beach House performs with Yo La Tengo at The Lyric.
Who says you can’t go home again? While in the midst of a world tour, dream-pop duo Beach House, pictured, stops by its native Baltimore to play the Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric on...
MilkshakeGot a Minute? (self-released)
Milkshake continues to up the ante for kids’ music in Baltimore. Here, the band——led by guitarist Mikel Gehl and singer Lisa Mathews——charges through 34 big-...
Daniel W. Webster & Jon S. Vernick, Laura Castellani & Alessandra Catalioti and Justin Sirois
Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis(The Johns Hopkins University Press)One month after the Newtown shootings, The Johns Hopkins University held a two-...
CityLit Festival has been bringing literary stars to Baltimore for 10 years.
During its first two incarnations, CityLit Festival conferred a curious Midas touch: Book a writer as headliner, and, whammo, he or she wins the Pulitzer Prize. Ten days prior to the 2004 inaugural...
Jen Michalski burns up the local lit scene with three new books.
Upstairs at Minás Gallery in Hampden, dozens of friends and well-wishers throng Jen Michalski after she reads an excerpt from “May/September”—the affecting, bittersweet story of a tentative younger...
