Arts & Culture

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.

 February 4, 2013

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

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.

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”

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”

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

We look at the intersection of political action and parenthood with China Martens, editor of Don’t Leave your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities.

Baltimore independent tour guide Zippy Larson 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.

Baltimore independent 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.