arts and culture : Featured Stories

Have you taken a Fells Point Ghost Tour? How about seeing a play produced by the Baltimore Annex Theater? If so, then Tim Paggi may look familiar to you. The Vermont native shares his love of acting, theater and all things Baltimore with Bmore Media.

Local film professionals had gotten used to traveling to Michigan, Louisiana and Pennsylvania to keep earning a living. Now, some are staying close to home as the state spends more money to woo movies and TV crews like the HBO series Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Take a peek at how Maryland is rolling out the red carpet.

For this month's photo essay, Bmore Media's Arianne Teeple took a look at the Corradetti Glassblowing Studio in the Clipper Mill Foundry Building.

Film directors usually depict small towns as either Norman Rockwell-esque fantasies or intellectually stifling places full of small-minded people. But life in these places has a distinct rhythm and is full of individual stories that present a much deeper picture to those who care to look. Baltimore filmmaker Josh Slates aims to bring a more robust image of small-town America to moviegoers with his first feature film, Small Pond.

Mixed media artist Jane Wynn is waiting to be discovered. While she waits, she also works really hard, dedicating hours of studio time every day to her art on top of a teaching schedule. Whether she’s doing a whimsical twist on a classic painting or teaching a mixed media workshop in the Midwest, Wynn manages to keep herself pretty busy. Despite the dark humor some of her artwork features, Wynn is one of the most optimistic and enthusiastic up-and-coming artists in Baltimore you’ll meet.

To speak of a neighborhood's "growth" or "renaissance" is usually to speak of that which is new, that which is emerging and upcoming. It's just as important, however, to remember the stalwarts. Those who kept their heads down through the madness, through good times and bad. Like, for example, Hippodrome Hatters.

Startup digital magazine Maché is the love child of four people: foodies, crafters, and designers. It's free, spreading, and prepared to go as far as it can.

What sort of change has to happen to turn Baltimore into the kind of place where Stanford sends its newly-minted MBAs? Scott Burkholder thinks it comes down to social entrepreneurship, and Baltimore is uniquely qualified to see it happen.