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The Roc-A-Jets were tough, they sported pompadours, and they made the ladies swoon… but they weren’t guys.  We meet musicians Carla Mandley and Jo Kellum, members of this 1950s rockabilly band that pioneered a social scene for gay women in Charm City.

Baltimore’s Annex Theater takes on Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, and Signal contributor Baynard Woods talks with director Evan Moritz about the musical’s thematic resonance with modern-day politics.

September 16th & 17th, 2011, on The Signal…

World War II veteran Charles Wells served our country as one of the first African-Americans enlisted in the US Marine Corps.  The Corps was segregated at the time, and Mr. Wells shares his memories of training at a remote outpost for black recruits called Camp Montford Point.

Katherine Meredith paints portraits in the traditional style of classical realism, but her recent series, Partners, has a distinctly modern twist:  All of her subjects happen to be gay couples.

This week (August 26th & 27th, 2011) on The Signal…

US Navy veteran Jeremy Johnson made the tough decision to come out to his commanding officer after a ten-year military career under the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ policy.  Jeremy talks with us this week about what went into his decision and what the repeal of the policy might mean for the future.

For many Charm City locals, there’s a seedy stretch of Baltimore Street that might as well not exist, but this week guest producer Baynard Woods gives us a look at what life really is like for the people who make their living in the city’s red-light district, The Block.

Dan Isaacson, Mathew Olwell, and Kelly Smits join us for a live in-studio performance of traditional Irish music

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This week (May 20 & 21, 2011) on The Signal…

In case you haven’t heard the news, the end of the world is scheduled for this Saturday, May 21st, at least according to an Evangelical sect that’s been warning us of the date with billboard messages and pamphlets all across the country.  This week on the program, contributor Baynard Woods talks with die-hard believers about how it feels to be on the verge of a presumed apocalypse.

For many Charm City locals, there’s a seedy stretch of Baltimore Street that might as well not exist, but this week guest producer Baynard Woods gives us a look at what life really is like for the people who make their living in the city’s red-light district, The Block.
We pay a visit to the Baltimore Free Farm, where community activists are working to promote sustainable living and urban agriculture in a once-vacant lot in Hampden.