Maryland Morning

May 20, 2013

Audio for this segment will be available by the end of the day.

It’s Museum Week in Baltimore, and 19 museums are offering "buy one get one free" admissions throughout the week.

On The Lines Between Us, 50 years after Gideon v. Wainwright established the right to an attorney in criminal cases, but access may be limited. We talk with a public defender for the State of Maryland, executive director of Maryland's Access to Justice Commission, and a law professor.

Then, Tom Hall talks with actress, writer and director Rain Pryor about a new school program that gives students access to tehater.

May 17, 2013

She's been on stage, off stage, in films, behind a microphone, and now Rain Pryor is in schools.

Tom and Rain discuss how arts programs can enter school in a 'helicopter way.'

Tomorrow Governor O'Malley will sign into law new restrictions on guns in Maryland. We talk to the woman leading a referendum drive against the bill and to a researcher who studies gun laws across the country.

Tom Hall talks to the winner of Washington College's Sophie Kerr prize, the largest undergraduate literary award in America.

Preakness is here Saturday. What will you be serving at your Preakness Party? Sascha Wolhandler has some ideas.

The Maryland Morning Culture Calendar: treats for aesthetes!

May 15, 2013

Governor Martin O’Malley is scheduled to sign the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 into law tomorrow.

Web Extra: Daniel Webster on when we will know whether the law is having an affect on gun violence

Last Wednesday, we presented an installment of "Flags of Maryland," our producer Stephanie Hughes’s series featuring Marylanders and the stories behind their flags. Baltimorean Adam Farcus talked about stealing flags for art projects—including 34 American flags from stores like Walmart and CVS for a piece called "Raised American."

Thursday May 16

Art Walk
Maryland Institute College of Art
5 p.m.

Thursday May 16 through May 25

The Acme Corporation presents If You Can Get to Buffalo: An Exploration of a Rape in Cyberspace by Julian Dibbell
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Baltimore

Friday May 17

May 15, 2013

Preakness is here Saturday. What will you be serving at your Preakness Party? Sascha Wolhandler has some ideas.

Crab Dip

May 15, 2013

Last night at the Enoch Pratt Central Library in Baltimore, Washington College announced the winner of the Sophie Kerr prize. At $61,000, it's the largest undergraduate literary award in the country.