Twisting Tales
This year has been a great year for watching science fiction. It’s been the year of the superhero blockbuster, with “Infinity Wars” and “Black...
The Mermaid of Meadowbrook
Something odd caught my eye as I stood poolside, surveying the vast blue. A woman’s hair, long and uncapped, snaked free in the middle...
Get Out: July and August
ARTS ALIVE
Drumroll, please! The theme for this year’s Artscape festival is … Artscape. According to organizers, the huge Station North celebration is returning to...
Life in Review
University of Baltimore professor Jane Delury recently brought new life into the world, accompanied by that familiar maelstrom of love, pride and uncertainty. Unlike...
Where Art Meets Tech
In 2015, Winston Frazer was traveling in São Tomé and Príncipe, a small island off the coast of Central Africa, as part of a...
Making His Mark
Baltimore native Mario Armstrong’s bio reads a bit like the results of a career aptitude test — “TV host, media personality, motivational speaker, public...
THE BEAT: Why I Carried My Pants into the Dave Matthews Show
It’s surprising, even to me, that having been a concertgoer since the age of 10 and seeing hundreds of concerts since then, it wasn’t...
Shine On
Brandon Warren has always been surrounded by hair, makeup and all things fashion. From sitting at the hairdresser’s with his mother every other Saturday...
Circles of Life
"I’ll give you $4,500,” the pawnshop owner said as he studied my vintage art deco ring. He wore trendy wire-rimmed glasses, a pink Polo...
On Point
Someone’s smartphone is chirping at Jenny Henry’s Friday night “Stitch and Bitch,” but no one is paying
attention. They are too busy stitching.
Happily, it should...