May 18, 2011
The other morning, I saw big big crowd out on front of the school. About twenty kids stood on all…
May 11, 2011
"Hilvarenbeek," a film. Composer Dan Deacon and filmmaker Jimmy Joe Roche go wild with heavily armed Dutch crazies in "Hilvarenbeek."…
May 11, 2011
Sometimes the things that make the difference on issues like education are so obvious that we just can’t see them.…
May 11, 2011
The Jones Falls river runs hidden beneath the highway like Baltimore's forgotten circulatory system. It was first covered by the…
May 11, 2011
The MFF is a huge success. The streets and restaurants were buzzing, the screenings were well-attended (often packed), the…
May 5, 2011
Events like the Transmodern Festival, now in its eighth year, are filling the void in our culture left by the…
May 5, 2011
You see a dark-haired angel, a small girl who counts her polka dots when she’s tired. Her mother speaks to…
May 4, 2011
While interviewers, critics, and scholars must try, analytical discussion with the artist seldom sheds light on the meaning or purpose…
May 4, 2011
The first short film in a series that deconstructs "the education problem" in the US by looking at it through…
May 4, 2011
Here’s the deal. Playwright Jonathan Wei interviewed five veterans, and a military wife and mother. All were from Baltimore. …
April 28, 2011
For the video for their song "Fish", Baltimore duo Wye Oak recruited a few fellow hometown artists, painter Katherine Fahey…
April 28, 2011
As an artist/educator, it seemed relevant to learn about how the human mind and brain process information and respond to…
April 28, 2011
Photo by Matt Kelley On the first Tuesday of every month the Ottobar undergoes a transformation from premier head-banging –…
April 28, 2011
It’s easy to see feature films on the big screen. Every multiplex and arthouse theater across the country slathers the…
April 28, 2011
Upon seeing this band for the first time we certainly were not disappointed. The band, consisting of “Sidecar” Tommy Cappel,…
April 21, 2011
Femi The Dri Fish - "Representing Lovely" music video…
April 21, 2011
Photo by John Deamon A Break In The Clouds (I Love It When She Smiles At Me) What extraordinary beauty…
April 21, 2011
It is these kind of imaginative, playful, socially-conscious, boundary-pushing experiences that breathe life into the people, give meaning to art…
April 20, 2011
Part 4—the final short film in this series about intuitive insight and the cultural impediments to becoming the innovation powerhouse…
April 20, 2011
Lo Moda’s strength in this setting is their ability to work space and subtlety into their no wave/post-punk song structures,…