Arts & Culture

2.8.13: For All the World to Hear

Janice GrantLiving witnesses to history are a precious (and often overlooked) cultural resource.  What young people read in textbooks about 20th century history is alive and well in the minds of neighborhood elders who’ve experienced it firsthand.



Maryland's Black Civil War Soldiers, Honky-Tonk Meets Johnny Mercer

February 5, 2013

1015 Paca St. 633 Sarah Ann St. Dozens of addresses all over Baltimore were once home to Maryland's African-American Civil War veterans. Many of them had been Eastern Shore slaves. Today, we'll hear about a Maryland State Archives project to document their lives, and we'll hear what their experience was like during the war--and after.



In "The Mountaintop," MLK is More Man Than Myth

 February 4, 2013

"Katori Hall chose to depict King as--in her words--'the man, not the myth'." - J. Wynn Rousuck

A scene from "The Mountaintop"On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous last speech often known as "The Mountaintop speech." The next day he was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.



2.1.13 Signal: Zippy Larson, China Martens, Marianne Amoss, and Ink Press Productions

Tour guide Zippy Larsen has built her reputation on taking visitors off the beaten path.  We’ll talk with her about her shoe-leather research methods and what she’s learned about the real character of Charm City.

We look at the intersection of political action and parenthood with China Martens

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Marianne Amoss takes stock of her life and ponders the meaning of the impending milestone.

The co-founders of Ink Press Productions join us with their new book of darkly humorous verse, “Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today”



2.1.13: Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today

 

The co-founders of Ink Press Productions aren’t likely to be hired by Hallmark this Valentine’s Day – they join us with their new book of darkly humorous verse, titled “Sorry I Wrote So Many Sad Poems Today”

 



2.1.13: Staring Down the Big Three-Oh

 

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Marianne Amoss takes stock of her life and ponders the meaning of the impending milestone.

 



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