Arts & Culture

October 12th & 13th, 2012, on The Signal:  Stories about ‘circulation’…

We visit a fitness instructor who specializes in training senior citizens.

We ride the MARC train with a commuter who’s turned his hours on the rails into an album of electronic music.

We drop in at the Enoch Pratt Free Library to meet the team that gets all those returned books back on the shelves.

We pedal along with a bicyclist who tags the city streets with digital graffiti.

A new bill in the City Council would require restaurants and bars to post health inspection grades out front. We talk with the lead sponsor of the bill and a representative from the Health Department about how the grading system might work.

Thursday, October 11
Baltimore Green Works Question and Answer session for 10th Annual Baltimore Green Week
Stadium Place, Ednor II Building
Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.
RSVP to guarantee seating

Saturday, October 13
Forest, Wind, and Rain: Korean Music by The Sonagi Project
Center for the Arts, Kaplan Hall on Towson University
8 p.m.

Saturday, October 13

The war on drugs has led to mass incarcerations, with the nation’s poor and minority communities disproportionately affected. Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki filmed in more than 20 states to capture the stories of individuals affected by our country’s longest war --  from dealer to grieving mother to narcotics officer to politicians. Jarecki, whose new film “The House I Live In” opened in limited release last week, is our guest this hour, along with Judge Andre Davis of the U.S.

Wednesday, October 17
Anne Arundel Community College Job Fair 
David S. Jenkins Gymnasium on the Arnold Campus
Noon to 4 p.m.
For more info, call 410-777-2770 or 410-777-2512.

"Centerstage's swift, engrossing production...seems less about the Fifties or Sixties than it does about right now" -J. Wynn Rousuck.

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews CENTERSTAGE's production of "An Enemy of the People," adapted by Arthur Miller from Henrick Ibsen's 19th century play.

October 5th & 6th, 2012, on The Signal:  

The War of 1812 is remembered in paintings, legends, and one very famous song, but its story has never been the subject of a rock opera – until now. We meet the minds behind 1814! The Rock Opera! 

We hit the streets with Matt Kelley and 700 of his fellow cyclists to experience the revelry of the monthly Baltimore Bike Party.

Janice Greene of the Griot’s Circle of Maryland joins us with a folktale about the benefits of learning a second language

October's here. So's Sascha Wolhandler, to tell you how to make your pumpkins as tasty as your jack-o-lanterns are scary.

Sascha's October Pumpkin Recipes

Roasted Pumpkin

Ingredients:
1 Pumpkin

To celebrate Center Stage's 50th anniversary, artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah undertook an ambitious project to open a dialogue about the theater and how it fits into our local and national culture.

The community surrounding Patterson Park is rallying against a plan that would add parking and an access road to the park. Acting director of the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks Bill Vondrasek joins us to talk about the controversial plans.