Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

It’s October 1st—Maryland’s 860-thousand public-school pupils are approximately one month into the school year.  Their state superintendent, Lillian Lowery, is three months into her new job.  Dr.

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September 26 - November 10
Anthony Caro solo exhibition 
C. Grimaldis Gallery at 523 N. Charles
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5:30pm   

Expect a complex ballot in November:  Once you finish voting for President, Senator, Congressperson, and multiple  referendum questions, then you might have a series of bond issues to vote on. UMBC political scientist Roy Meyers tells you what you need to know when you get there.

Then – Members of the local Muslim community respond to the film Innocence of Muslims, which has spurred international outrage and which some say led to the deaths of four Americans in Libya.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified 26 different species of gut bacteria that may be linked to obesity and diabetes.  Nathan Sterner talks with Dr. Claire Fraser, who led the study.

Our garden guru, Anne Raver, has decided to sell her family farm in Carroll County.  She wrote about the decision in an essay in the New York Times, "Saying Goodbye to the Farm."  The decision to sell means the land could be planted differently, and that the converted barn where she and her partner have lived for a long time

Thursday, September 13
The 39 Steps at The MarylandEnsemble Theatre 

Frederick
Thursday - Sunday, various times. Please check website

City Councilman Bill Henry is sponsoring four charter amendments that would shift the balance of power in Baltimore.  We ask him what they would do.

Then, Regina McCarthy takes us through the history of winemaking in Maryland, all the way back to the catawba vines planted by Thomas Jefferson's friend John Adlum in the early 19th century.

And on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks, Tom Hall takes a tour of the Maryland 9/11 memorial at Baltimore's World Trade Center in the Inner Harbor.