“Five years ago, in June of 2014, 10 months before the Uprising, D. Watkins was…
Art & Entertainment
In the second season of “She’s Gotta Have It,” there’s less sex, more art and a palpable sense of place informed in part, on Baltimore
The Spike Lee multiverse grows, a Black arts syllabus expands, DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling…
An Excerpt From Lawrence Lanahan’s ‘The Lines Between Us’
In this excerpt, author Lawrence Lanahan writes about the two Baltimores and how they came…
An Excerpt From Shawna Potter’s ‘Making Spaces Safer’
I was having a good night. I had traveled to New York City to visit…
Photos and Art from “The Future Generation: Parenting, Children, and Community Stories”
At the Beat’s Baltimore Museum Of Art Open Hours event “The Future Generation: Parenting, Children,…
MdFF Picks: Period blood, ’80s sing-alongs, and feelz in ‘Knives & Skin’
“Knives And Skin” remixes and reckons with the ’80s and that’s what sets it apart…
MdFF Picks: ‘Well Groomed,’ a blissed-out doc about neon-dyed dogs and the people who love them
Creative grooming, wherein dog groomers take dogs (poodles, huskies, bichon frisés mostly), grow their fur…
MdFF Picks: David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ Ain’t Got Shit on ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’
A discursive documentary about the origins of the Baha Men’s 2000 hit, “Who Let The…
Baltimore, Just Below the Surface
Baltimore is an indescribable city, though you wouldn’t know it from all the national reporters…
Working To Live: Poet Mohamed Tall talks about his book ‘Too Broke To Die’
When Baltimore poet Mohamed Tall performed his poem, “Invisible Cage” at the 2017 Youth Poet…