Maryland Morning

Tom takes an artwalk through the sites and sounds of the AKIMBO dance, music and art festival which hits Baltimore's Station North on Saturday.

Kwame Kwei-Armah took over the reins of Baltimore’s Center Stage in July 2011.

Kwame Kwei-Armah on Center Stage's "My America" project.

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

All hail the gut bacteria! There are TRILLIONS of bacteria living within our digestive tracts… and they do a lot to help us out. They assist in food digestion, bolster our immune systems, and can even help prevent allergies.

Thursday, September 13
The 39 Steps at The MarylandEnsemble Theatre 

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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.

An agreement signed last month by the United Steelworkers Union has left 1600 Sparrows Point workers without health benefits or an active pension plan.  We talk with Baltimore Brew reporter Mark Reutter about how it happened so quickly--and what's next for the plant.

Then – On Sunday, the Found Footage Festival brings the best of the worst of VHS to the Creative Alliance. Nathan Sterner talks to festival co-founder Nick Prueher about what kind of bizarre and inadvertently hilarious footage lurks in the nation's thrift stores.

Baltimore City has what’s known as a “strong mayor” form of government, in which the executive branch has powers that far outweigh those of the council.  Now, one of the councilmembers is sponsoring a package of four charter amendments that would shift that balance of power. 

69 Maryland residents died as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The 9/11 Memorial of Maryland, which is located at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, was dedicated in 2011 to honor those victims.