Arts & Culture

March 29, 2013

Film critic Josh Slates is just back from the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, and he fills us in on the latest in martial arts and action cinema, from Herman Yau’s “Ip Man:  The Final Fight” to Wong Kar-Wai’s “The Grand Master”

We’re joined by father-and-son duo Ken and Brad Kolodner, who play old-time music together on banjo, fiddle, and hammered dulcimer

On March 17th, Baltimore lost one of its most original and revered poets:  ‘Blaster’ Al Ackerman.  Blaster’s longtime friend and publisher, Rupert Wondolowski of Shattered Wig Press, shares a remembrance.

Ken Kolodner has formed a musical partnership with his son, Brad. Together, they play music with Brad on banjo and Ken on hammered dulcimer and fiddle.  The result harkens to a time when generations shared musical traditions as commonly as family recipes and folktales. Ken and Brad join The Signal’s Lisa Morgan for music and conversation.

Signal film critic Josh Slates has reported on the film festivals at Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, and Sitges.  Now, Slates has added ‘Hong Kong’ to his passport.  He joins The Signal’s Aaron Henkin for a look the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

March 25, 2013

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.

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We talk money with Jeff Dicken, of the Baltimore Green Currency Association, about the monetary and social value of the B Note.

We scope out Baltimore’s Transportation Management Center, where the city’s intersections are monitored – and manipulated – by remote.

We pedal along with bicyclist/artist Wally GPX, who tags the city streets with digital graffiti.  He's on Twitter @WallyGPX.