Maryland Morning

April 24, 2013

April 24, 2013

April 24, 2013

Many of Baltimore's neighborhoods draw visitors from outside the city, even outside the state to view rowhomes, historic churches, monuments, and other architecturally significant sites. 

But in northeast Baltimore, just outside of the boundaries of Morgan State University, sit two early African-American neighborhoods not nearly so well-known.

About W.E.B. Du Bois' life in Morgan Park

Architecture of Morgan Park and Wilson Park homes.mp3

Benefits of national and local historic designation.mp3

After covenants were dissolved.mp3

The Maryland GOP elected a new chair last weekend. We ask Diana Waterman of the Eastern Shore about her plans for the party after a General Assembly session that was tough for Republicans.

Then, on the eve of Baltimore Civic Work’s 20th anniversary, we speak with co-founders Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Dana Stein about the service organization's past and future.

April 23, 2013

The Maryland Republican Party elected a new chair over the weekend. Diana Waterman, a bookkeeper from Queen Anne’s County, will lead the party through the gubernatorial election in 2014. 

April 23, 2013

It's been 20 years of tutoring, lot-clearing, community gardening, and other community service projects. Now the Baltimore service organization Civic Works will focus on what's next--and it's apparently green.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend-improving the city, improving themselves.mp3

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend asks Dana Stein about geothermal.mp3

Dana Stein on the work being completed at the Clifton Park mansion.mp3

April 23, 2013

April 29, 2013

Author Stephen Crane died at age 28, but was incredibly prolific during his lifetime. He's best known for The Red Badge of Courage, but was also a poet and a newspaper reporter during the Spanish American War. He had trouble making a living, and eventually died of tuberculosis.

April 22, 2013

April 22, 2013

Maryland Morning theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews Clybourne Park which she says is one of the most produced plays at regional theatres this season.