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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
It's another week filled with fun and interesting events in Charm City! We're excited about the African-American Heritage Festival that attracts crowds from all over the Mid-Atlantic region with its lineup of nationally known performers. Pride Baltimore also takes place this weekend holding its 35th annual celebration of Baltimore's GLBT community. But before we get to the weekend, OSI-Baltimore takes on a serious topic with its new forum series on "Arrests in Schools" that starts tonight.
Sarah Perry
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
What high school did you go to? It's the question that separates the natives from the transplants in Baltimore. For decades, the answers have included Poly, Western, City, Douglas, Dunbar, Mervo and others. Starting in 2011, lucky Bmore teens with an eye for design will add a new name to the list.
Sarah Perry
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Friendly? Check. Funky? You know it, Hon. As the fashion icons of "Sex and the City" strut their stuff across the big screen once again, we went out into Charm City in search of Baltimore's fashion scene. We discovered that thanks to a wealth of talent and bumper crop of boutiques, It may be high time to add "fashionable" to the city's description.
Sarah Richards
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
By day Adam Scott Cook lives inside the button-downed, carefully thought out and illustrated lines of an architecture firm. After 5 p.m. a welder's mask replaces the tie freeing Cook to let his creativity run amok, piecing together sculptures replete with Baltimore's history.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
To some it's a case of us and them. A current exhibit at the Creative Alliance proves that there are strong ties binding rural and urban America. Here's a stop-motion peek at the birth of the "Ain't Goin' Home" exhibit by Baltimore native Chris Stain and fellow artist Leon Reid IV
Dan Collins
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bonnie Matthews didn't let a little thing like no official training keep her from pursuing her dream of becoming an illustrator. She just moved to Baltimore and started drawing. The story was much the same when she lost 130 pounds and became part of television doc, Dr. Oz's' team. It's a typical Bmore success story, or is it? Our Dan Collins went out to get the scoop.
Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The mark of a great civilization is in part measured by its art. The same holds true for great cities. Michael Owen, a MICA graduate is doing his part to make Baltimore great with murals scattered throughout the city. He's dubbed his campaign the Baltimore Love Project.
Walaika Haskins
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
And while you're at it bid a fond farewell to the expensive sets, the concert halls, the tuxedoed gents, the bejeweled, perfectly coiffed, mink-wearing ladies and every other opera stereotype. Rhymes with Opera, a young company launching a three city tour in Baltimore, wants to bring opera to streets, the warehouses, and any other place you wouldn't expect it.
Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
When their hopes to try to break a Guinness World Record fell through, The Cheasapeake Fencing Club didn't cry touche. Instead club members will lift their epees, foils and sabres and take on as many opponents as they can in what they've dubbed the Megabout.
Julekha Dash
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
It doesn't take a multi-million dollar budget to be a good filmmaker. It does take vision, passion and a compelling talent for story-telling. Just ask John Waters. Or better yet, ask Matt Porterfield. With Baltimore as his backdrop, Porterfield is earning top marks in the indie film scene for his portrayal of working-class Baltimoreans. Our Julekha Dash sat down with Porterfield as he prepares for the Md. Film Festival.
Dan Collins
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
From Shakespeare to Cinderella, Jimi Kinstle has trod the boards in Baltimore for 20 years. As the artistic director of Pumpkin Theater, Kinstle hopes his passion for Baltimore's theater scene will create a new generation of theater lovers to carry on.
Dan Collins
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
If you don't -- or even if you do -- you'll enjoy our Q&A with this Baltimore-based actress and playwright. She may have the mien of a pixie but she's dead serious when it comes to her craft.
Dan Collins
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
A song can make you tap your toes and clap your hands. A good song can take you back to the first time you heard it. A fantastic song can take on a life of its own, inspiring others to great works. Would it surprise you to know that Baltimore has just such a song?
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Will Noel, curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at The Walters Art Museum, shares the story of how he became a curator, the beauty he finds in rare manuscripts and books, and how he makes these stories of times gone by relevant for today's audiences.
Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
What do you get when you combine a natural disaster of historic proportions with a community of people anxious to help the best way they can? A new Baltimore-based organization with philanthropic plans for Haiti and Baltimore.