Finding Your Identity Through Writing
Growing up around the music business, music was a constant. When you stripped the sounds away, you were left with the words. Lyrics drew...
Lost in the Shuffle
Among painters of the Italian Renaissance, Carlo Crivelli has always been cast as something of a supporting actor behind leading men such as Da...
No Weekend Plans? Check out The Crankie Festival!
Do you know what a crankie is? Probably not. Most people haven’t heard of them, so you’re not alone.
Here are the basics: A crankie...
Reality Check
Goucher professor Kathy Flann’s second collection of stories, “Get a Grip”—released last month through Texas Review Press—recalls the hilariously hyperbolic energy of an early...
Women of Strength: Rebecca Alban Hoffberger
With sculptures of primates made up of dozens of different shades of green, and hand-embroidered collages that tell a Holocaust survivor’s story, the American...
Break-Neck Pace
When a mystery author has a backlist, there are expectations that the new work will be both different and the same. Surprises are good, as...
Something New
The Fairytale
The way Ella Pritsker and Ivona Schapiro tell it, their meeting was something of a Cinderella story — but designer Pritsker was less...
Breast Practices
October is filled with inspiring tales of breast cancer survivors and their stories of pain and determination. It’s a month when the country becomes...
Screen Time
The annual Maryland Film Festival kicked off last night, and our heads are already spinning from the spoil of cinematic riches—with 45+ feature flicks...
Ones to Watch: Music
Abdu Ali, recording artist
At 24, the nationally touring UB grad already has two mixtapes under his belt. Influenced by Baltimore club music, his funky,...