Baynard Woods

Rhymes With Opera

Photo by Brooke Hall From Ale House to Opera House on North Avenue Andy Rubin, the owner of Cyclops Books,…

“Do I dare disturb the universe? In a minute there’s time for decisions and revisions Which a minute will reverse There will be…

Edward Glaeser argues that, as the subtitle puts it "Our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.”…

Leviticus Lockjaw was born on Halloween night of 1984 from Madonna and marijuana. At least, that’s how Chris Lawson—the artist…

Story by Baynard Woods Photo by Sofia Silva Meditations on the Landscape of Desire by Sofia Silva and Practice by…

The other morning, I saw big big crowd out on front of the school. About twenty kids stood on all…

Here’s the deal. Playwright Jonathan Wei interviewed five veterans, and a military wife and mother. All were from Baltimore. …

Sometimes, on nice afternoons in the Inner Harbor, just above the din of shoppers, tourists, strollers, families, and flocks of…

And here is the tragedy. The piece is titled “Torso of Diana with Head of Aphrodite” (allowing the Greek and…

Grant Whipple pedaled down the bike path. He was thinking, watching, passing through space and time. A small brown gray…

If the desire for food, sex, and shelter are the most basic of our requirements, telling stories is the most…

I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…

Ellie Beziat, Sick Weapons energetic blond singer, was standing around the Golden West before the band’s final show. She and…

In the Bent Ear, Baynard Woods follows the great writer Joseph Mitchell, in allowing Baltimore's quirkier citizens to bend his…