Anne Tyler On Her Novel, "A Spool of Blue Thread"
Pulitzer prize-winning writer Anne Tyler has lived in Baltimore for decades. She published her 20th novel this year, A Spool of Blue Thread. It...
View ArticleWoogle, Slumbrage, Crambitious: Words That Should Exist, But Don't
Sometimes the perfect word hasn’t yet been invented, so you have to do it yourself. Writer Lizzie Skurnick has written a new book of words she’s coined,...
View ArticleBaltimore Writer Jen Grow's "My Life As A Mermaid, And Other Stories"
Writer Jen Grow has just published her first book, a collection of short stories called "My Life as a Mermaid, and Other Stories". Grow introduces us to...
View ArticleWhat Summer Blockbusters Should You Check Out?
What makes for a better movie: Tom Hardy blowing stuff up or a Beach Boys biopic? Tom Hall asks Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival and Washington...
View ArticleStephen Sondheim's Women
Carolyn Black-Sotir may be known as a television host on Maryland Public Television or other stations, but she's also a classical and cabaret singer....
View Article'Wait, Wait' Host Peter Sagal Returns To His Scripted, Theatrical Roots
Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me is in town this week to play the role of the Narrator in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Marin...
View ArticleAnnual Fallen Heroes Day Ceremony Honors Those Lost In The Line Of Duty
This afternoon at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Baltimore County, the 30th annual Fallen Heroes Day ceremony will honor police officers,...
View ArticleMaryland Traditions Folklife Festival Returns This Saturday
For the last five years, the Maryland State Arts Council has produced a festival of music, arts, crafts and food that celebrates the great ethnic and...
View ArticleBaltimore R&B And Soul Star Maysa Gets "Back 2 Love"
On Thursday night, the Reginald F. Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture will celebrate its 10th anniversary with...
View ArticleGrowing Up African In America
Saturday is World Refugee Day, and the Creative Alliance is using it as an opportunity to shine a spotlight on some of the talented refugee and...
View ArticleAn Exploration Of Home: Novelist Marian Palaia's "The Given World"
Novelist Marian Palaia spent some time in Kensington, Maryland as a teenager, before adventures that took her to Montana, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Nepal....
View ArticleHow High Art Shaped The Early Days Of Television
Maybe you were a "Mad Men" fan, or you were addicted to "Breaking Bad", or you’re losing sleep over the fate of Frank and Claire. If so, then maybe you...
View ArticleAdrienne Barbeau
Tom talks with Adrienne Barbeau from the touring production of Pippin at the Hippodrome.
View ArticleDoreen Bolger's 17 Years As Director Of The Baltimore Museum Of Art
Doreen Bolger has been the Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art for the past 17 years. She will retire from that position at the end of this month....
View ArticleBurt Kummerow, Head Of The Maryland Historical Society, Stepping Down
For the past five years, Burt Kummerow has served as the President and CEO of the Maryland Historical Society. Next Wednesday, he will hand over the...
View ArticleRousuck Review: "Pippin" At The Hippodrome
J. Wynn Rousuck talks with Tom about the Tony-award winning musical Pippin, now at the Hippodrome through June 28th.
View ArticleLea Gilmore, At The Intersection Of Music And Activism
Lea Gilmore is an internationally acclaimed blues, jazz and gospel singer who calls Baltimore home. However, a lot of her musical activity takes place...
View ArticleJim Miller
Tom talks with Jim Miller, Senior Associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
View ArticleSimple Poems About Complex Topics
In poet Sue Ellen Thompson's most recent collection of poems, They, she reflects on her relationship with her transgender child, and the ways in which...
View ArticleHow Faith Is Shaping Sandtown-Winchester
At one time, there were more than 50 churches in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood in Baltimore. There are now more than 30, which still represents a...
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