Letter from the editor-in-chief
Letter from the Editor – Issue 7
This issue comes out just a few days before Election Day. As such, we used this issue to think about Black movement and Black power. Our Arts and Culture Editor, Teri Henderson, talked to the Baltimore Museum of Art’s curator and department head of contemporary art Jessica Bell Brown. Along with Ryan N. Dennis, chief…
In this issue
The story of the Great Migration comes to the Baltimore Museum of Art
A Movement In Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration features the work of Akea Brionne, Mark Bradford, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates Jr., Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. These 12 Black contemporary artists, some with direct ties to the South, and a…
Black Girls Vote works to empower more Black women
Ashley Daniels, of Black Girls Vote, uses her work to better understand how power works, or doesn’t, for Black women. Black Girls Vote is a nonpartisan group dedicated to highlighting the political needs of Black women – a group that is often very much relied on and neglected at the same…
The Wild Card: What Wes Moore could mean to state politics.
In early October, Maryland gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore appeared at a panel discussion at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore. In a crisp blue suit, Moore directly addressed the problems Baltimore faced. “What we’re seeing in the city of Baltimore, what we are watching is an intentional neglect that has led to generational impacts,”…
Baltimore Government and Community Events 11/2/22-11/16/22
Wednesday, November 2 Harbor West Food Distribution: Food giveaway. Nov.…
Baltimore rent courts stack the deck in favor of landlords
Outside Courtroom 2 in Baltimore City District Court at 501 East Fayette Street, dozens of people—some holding clipboards and chatting…
Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 11/2/22-11/16/22
Wednesday, November 2 Twerk Fit Class: Werk it out Wednesday…
In Defense of “Halloween Ends”
As the 13th film in a decades-spanning franchise, “Halloween Ends” was marketed to prospective viewers with an inherently ironic sense of finality. The series has endured long enough to have star Jamie Lee Curtis transform from a high schooler to a mother with a teenage son (“Halloween: H20”) and for iconic slasher-villain Michael Myers to…
Around Baltimore: Election Day voter guide
Baltimore politics is dominated by the (D). You’ll see the capital letter inside the parentheses after every name of every elected official in the city. For even the most engaged political observers, this means the competitive races in Baltimore are summertime affairs: the primaries. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t turn out, or that there…
November Tarotscopes
Get a sneak peak at what’s in store for you this November with Iya Osundara’s tarotscope forecast. Take what resonates and leave the rest.
“Ode to the black girl…”
Ode to the black girl… your skin ranges from the inside of almonds to the darkness of the midnight sky your skin is beautiful and immaculate and unmatched though the world tries to tell you otherwise people will fear your heart for it is filled with strength oh beautiful black girl they will try to…
