Letter from the editor-in-chief
Letter from the Editor – Issue 5
This issue is all about dignity. When Jeremiah Brogden lost his life in September, the tragedy sent ripples through Mergenthaler Vocational High School’s football team, through the community, and through Baltimore City as a whole. In a city where so many people are dealing with loss, the pain is sharper and more profound when the…
In this issue
Picking Up the Pieces: A Baltimore high school football team learns from loss
The last time Sterling Thomas saw his teammate Jeremiah Brogden alive was in the hallway at Mergenthaler Vocational High School just before the football team’s first game of the season on September 2. The two varsity players met briefly, when Thomas was on his way to the multipurpose room at Mergenthaler…
Black Cowboys Bring Western Styles To Maryland
Bill Pickett, born in 1870 in Travis County, Texas, is perhaps the most famous Black cowboy and was one of the first Black cowhands in rodeo. He was the inventor of “bulldogging.” This technique of rodeo steer wrestling — grabbing a steer by the horns and twisting its neck — became popular, and a central part of…
Baltimore Government and Community Events 10/05/22-10/19/22
Wednesday, October 5 Free Farm Family Hours at Great Kids…
Baltimore City prosecutors’ attendance problem
In Baltimore City, there is no such thing as a fair and speedy trial, and part of that is due…
Baltimore Arts and Culture Listings 10/05/22 – 10/19/22
Friday, October 7 Everybody Eats: A weekly showcase featuring local…
Marilyn Monroe movie can’t find its way
The biopic may remain the stalest genre in American filmmaking, but that’s never stopped thirsty actors and deluded directors from teaming up to mine the lives of dead famous people for Oscar clout. “Blonde,” Andrew Dominik’s first feature since 2012’s blunt force, anti-capitalist crime drama “Killing Them Softly,” is the latest attempt at harnessing the…
Tarotscopes
Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Queen of Cups, Three of Swords, Five of Cups Your challenge this month, air signs, is to not completely live in your head. For some, there was a recent emotional upset that is consuming your thoughts. For others, perhaps old wounds have reopened. This is causing you to replay…
“My Closeness”
we were never like sisters, never close enough to fight without fear but close enough to talk through yawns at two in the morning when yes, we know we have an english test tomorrow, and no, our conversation isn’t groundbreaking but it’s important and it can’t wait four hours I miss being close to her …
