Letter from the editor-in-chief
Letter from the editor – Issue 18
Musician Brandon Woody is everywhere. He has performed at Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s inaugural celebration, in large and small venues all around the city, and beyond. Woody represents the latest generation of Baltimore’s important cultural contributions. It’s an honor to have him grace our cover and to profile him in these pages. “Playing the trumpet…
In this issue
Feeling the squeeze
This story originally appeared on The Real News Network, a nonprofit news organization connecting viewers to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. Despite the cold weather, dozens of workers and their supporters picketed outside the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore in February, as they had…
Reflecting The Times
How often have you seen a work of art that drew you in, made you feel a connection, an emotional response you couldn’t find the words to explain? Artists in this city are incredibly gifted at tapping into the lane of communication between heaven and earth, unearthing and elevating truths that…
Around Baltimore: The state of Black Baltimore, Lamar Jackson, the Highway to Nowhere, and Baltimore’s community violence intervention ecosystem
Report: Black Baltimore is Leaving On April 25, the news website The Baltimore Banner published a story about the decline in the city’s Black population. “Once the most loyal segment of the city, African American residents are leading the migration out. While they still make up the…
Photostory: Reemerging nature
Baltimore Beat Director of Photography Schaun Champion has taught young people the technique and art of photography at the Youth Art Institute at Morgan State University’s James E. Lewis Museum of Art since 2019. Participants range in age from 11 to 16. The lockdown stage of the…
Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 5/3/23 – 5/17/23
Thursday, May 4 Jazz Night at Werner’s: A night of…
Here, There
Here – in, at, or to this place or positionThere – in, at, or to this place or positionI am…
Baltimore Government and Community Events 5/3/23-5/17/23
Wednesday, May 3 West Wednesdays: Hear about the ongoing fight…
Is Apple’s ‘Ghosted’ a glimpse of Hollywood’s AI-driven future?
We live in an era where film enthusiasts often accuse new movies of not really existing. They’re not rejecting observable reality. Rather, they are offering an exaggerated way of saying that something isn’t any good. They are acknowledging the fact that more and more content, designed for quick and casual consumption directly through streaming platforms,…
