Rhymes With Opera
January 4, 2012
Photo by Brooke Hall From Ale House to Opera House on North Avenue Andy Rubin, the owner of Cyclops Books,…
The Nature of Things
August 17, 2011
John Ruppert is known for using foundry-work to create “natural” or organic shapes. In the 'Nature of Things,' currently at…
Ketamyth
July 27, 2011
“Do I dare disturb the universe? In a minute there’s time for decisions and revisions Which a minute will reverse There will be…
PS None
July 21, 2011
Blades of grass tickled the bare-feet of a couple sipping cold beer and reading paperback books as they lazily swung…
Giordano’s Giant Nudes
July 21, 2011
Giordano’s project may have done more than anything else to commemorate thirty years of Artscape, and it wasn’t even part…
Reflections On Collaboration
July 13, 2011
Edward Glaeser argues that, as the subtitle puts it "Our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier.”…
Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival
June 29, 2011
Maryland Traditions' Folklife Festival felt a lot like living in Baltimore: there were so many cool things going on at…
When the Stoop Says I Do, It Really Means It
June 22, 2011
Like the great Greek playwright, the humor looks upon our marital foibles with a generous grace. Like the unscripted stories…
Leviticus Lockjaw
May 25, 2011
Leviticus Lockjaw was born on Halloween night of 1984 from Madonna and marijuana. At least, that’s how Chris Lawson—the artist…
Meditations on the Landscape of Desire and Practice at C. Grimaldis Gallery
May 18, 2011
Story by Baynard Woods Photo by Sofia Silva Meditations on the Landscape of Desire by Sofia Silva and Practice by…
Students Protest BSA Budget Cuts
May 18, 2011
The other morning, I saw big big crowd out on front of the school. About twenty kids stood on all…
Telling: Baltimore
May 4, 2011
Here’s the deal. Playwright Jonathan Wei interviewed five veterans, and a military wife and mother. All were from Baltimore. …
Hoodoo Dance Party
April 6, 2011
Conjuration, my friends. That's the word for the day. Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, I'm here to…
Song of the Harbor
April 6, 2011
Sometimes, on nice afternoons in the Inner Harbor, just above the din of shoppers, tourists, strollers, families, and flocks of…
Torso of Diana With Head of Aphrodite
March 23, 2011
And here is the tragedy. The piece is titled “Torso of Diana with Head of Aphrodite” (allowing the Greek and…
“Protracted Moments”
March 9, 2011
Grant Whipple pedaled down the bike path. He was thinking, watching, passing through space and time. A small brown gray…
Stoop Storytelling
February 24, 2011
If the desire for food, sex, and shelter are the most basic of our requirements, telling stories is the most…
Secret Mountains at MICA
February 16, 2011
Secret Mountains is one of my favorite Baltimore bands. Their recent ep "Rejoice" swirled around in my mind, creating my…
Lafayette Gilchrist and The New Volcanos
February 10, 2011
Lafayette Gilchrist is a master of the piano, but like Duke Ellington, his real instrument is his band. Gilchrist, who…
Post-Industrial Hollywood
February 9, 2011
A striking, small woman in her sixties was wearing a long fur coat, gesturing out at the industrial waste-land that…
