Arts and Culture :
Featured Stories
Walaika Haskins
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Beauty it has been said rests in the eye of the beholder. More correctly, what each of us finds attractive lies in our brains. A new exhibit at the Walters Art Museum hopes to help a Hopkins researcher ferret out the truth with a little input from you.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
We caught up with the American Visionary Art Museum's Rebecca Hoffberger following her TEDx Mid-Atlantic presentation in November. She shares her thoughts on art, passion, community, and her hopes for Baltimore.
Elaine Labalme
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Ever wonder what a visitor thinks about Baltimore? Or what another city might want that we have? Our sister publication, Pittsburgh's Pop City, took a look at our city. Here's what Pitt wishes they had...
Dan Collins
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
The Everyman Theater is a Baltimore institution for many local theater goers. But, the indepdent theater has big plans and changes underway. Vincent Lancisi chats with Bmore about the future of the theater company and why independent theater thrives in Baltimore.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
John Forte has lived the American Dream rising to fame as a member of Hip-Hop's groundbreaking group The Fugees. But in his pursuit of fame Forte admits he lost his way. At TEDx Mid-Atlantic, Forte told his story and then stopped to share it with Bmore.
Dan Collins
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Carole Langrall sees more in nature than you or I. In flora and fauna, Langrall sees a world of artistic possibilities. They are more than just flower arrangements to Langrall and her admirers they are works of art.
Lisa Cleary
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
For the uninitiated art is something found on a museum wall or in a classroom. Creating beautiful objects, paintings and drawings can have a higher purpose, bringing a community together. Peter Brunn knew art's potential and is using it to help Baltimore residents find a new purpose.
James A. Carroll
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Some people see the world as black and white. Others are able to see the grey areas. Jose Villarubia looks at the world and sees a kaleidoscope of colors - reds, oranges, purples, blues, and greens - that bathe his work, the city and its artistic community in a vibrant glow.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Sonja Sohn caught the public's eye playing Kima Greggs on "The Wire." At the recent TEDx Mid-Atlantic conference, she talked to us about her new project, "reWIRED," and how stories can help change the lives of Baltimore at-risk youth.
Lori Grisham
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Storytellers come in all shapes and sizes. They tell stories of love and loss, despair and triumph. Seldom, however do they tell their tales while soaring through the air.
Jason Policastro
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Mayo Shattuck. Mayor Sheila Dixon. Peter Angelos. Baltimoreans immediately recognize these names. There are plenty of lists chronicling the business barons and established leaders at Baltimore's helm, but what about those operating a little closer to the edge? We've put together a list of fresh innovators who are rising stars in the artistic, health care, entertainment, and business communities in Baltimore, and it's time you knew their names too.
Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
In some cities like DC, NY and LA living like a millionaire takes much more than $1 million. New transplants and long-time residents alike, however, have discovered that it takes a lot less loot to live well in Bmore.
James Carroll
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Once reserved for the geekiest of geekdom, comic book culture has come out of the basement and into the light of day. With Hollywood mining the short stories for box office gold, the question is have comic's fanboys finally gone mainstream?
Monday, October 12, 2009
Baltimore continued its Nevermore 2009 celebration, a yearlong observance of Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday, finally laying the Master of the Macabre to rest with funeral services 160 years in the making at Westminster Hall on Sunday. If you couldn't make it, we've got the pics.
Michael Cook
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Art is a uniquely local business. Art is also a distinctly difficult business. Tightened budgets have made the task of selling art more difficult than ever. Somehow, though, our local artists are finding ways to work with businesses, become entrepreneurs, and bring beauty to Baltimore's public.