Arts & Culture

We meet a man who grew up blind in a small village in Sierra Leone.  As a child, he taught himself how to play a rare, traditional instrument called the Kondi.  He adopted the name of his instrument, and today, Sorie Kondi is on an unlikely international tour, thanks to a network of world music fan

On Saturday at the Golden West Café in Hampden, several local musicians will donate their talents to raise money to support research into a cure for Polycystic Kidney Disease, or PKD.

In addition to voting for President Barack Obama, Maryland voted yes on all seven statewide ballot questions. To run down the results from the 2012 Election, Sheilah is joined by WYPR's Fraser Smith and Joel McCord, as well as The Capital's Pamela Wood and Bethany Rodgers of the Frederick News-Post.

Marin Alsop will conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this weekend in concerts that feature perhaps the most recognizable piece of western art music in the world, paired with a new piece by a composer with Baltimore roots.

Wednesday
Documentary screening and discussion: Brooklyn Castle
Creative Alliance
Baltimore
5:30pm

Pianist Laurie Hudicek performs John Cage
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Noon

“For 19 years I lived on the streets.  I slept during the day underneath a bridge.  At night I would get up, stand on the corners, prostitute, get my drugs, use all night long, and I’d go back underneath my little bridge and I’d go back to sleep and I’d start all over again.”

-Tonier Cain, Team Leader at the National Center for Trauma Informed Care

Tom Hall reaches out to people in Garrett County and on the Eastern Shore for an update on post-Sandy conditions.

One of the referenda on the ballot next week that has gotten less attention than others is the Congressional redistricting map. Marylanders will be able to decide whether to abide by the obviously gerrymandered map. Sheilah talks with a law professor and journalist about the controversial map.

Wednesday - Sunday, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Turpin-Lamb Theater at Murphy Fine Arts Center, Morgan State University
Baltimore

If you talk to most opera fanatics, they’ll tell you that their love of opera started early. Maybe their parents listened to the Met broadcasts every Saturday afternoon. Or, maybe they were taken to the opera by their grandparents.