Arts & Culture

April 9, 2013

Lawmakers are heading home after three months in Annapolis.  While there, they created a gas tax, banned the death penalty, and created new gun laws. We talk with two reporters about the 2013 legislative session.

We visit the oldest continually operating blacksmith shop in the country, G. Krug and Son, located in downtown Baltimore.

Melinda O'Neal has been directing Baltimore's Handel Choir since 2004.  Now, as she finishes up her final season, we talk about her tenure as conductor.

April 9, 2013

On The Lines Between Us, we look into the value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.  We talk to Morgan State professor  Ray Winbush, Delegate Aisha Braveboy and formber HBCU student Antonio Johnson.  Then, Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival and our own Tom Hall dicuss the late film critic Roger Ebert.

In this week's episode of “The Lines Between Us,” we’ll hear how inequality in the Baltimore region looks, from your point of view. Then, former President of Mexico Vicente Fox, on how America's War on Drugs plays out in Mexico. And continuing a Maryland Morning St. Patrick's Day tradition, guitarist Robin Bullock joins Tom Hall in studio.

Today on the Lines Between Us: CEO pay. It's grown manyfold in the last few decades. We'll look at efforts here in Maryland to bring more accountability and transparency to the way corporate boards put together executive compensation packages. Then we'll ask Professor Michael Faulkender of the University of Maryland Smith School of Business why CEO pay has outpaced worker pay, and what impact that gap has on overall inequality.

April 5, 2013

Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post joins Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival to discuss the legacy of film critic Roger Ebert. 

They also talk about the movies coming out this month, including The Sapphires, Ginger & Rosa, The Place Beyond the Pines, and Spring Breakers.

We talk with Elisabeth Dahl about her new book, “Genie Wishes.” It tells the story of a young girl navigating the murky waters between childhood and adolescence as she embarks on her 5th grade year.

We visit a nearly forgotten cemetery on the grounds of the now-shuttered Crownsville State Hospital, where patients buried their own.  Historian Janice Hayes-Williams walks us through the gravesite, and tells the story of the institution originally named, ‘The Hospital for the Negro Insane.’  We also talk with Paul Lurz, who worked inside Crownsville for 40 years.

Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom Hashoah - begins Sunday evening, April 7th, and continues through Monday until sundown.  Writer Eric D Goodman joins us to observe the somber occasion with a short story.  It’s the story of a survivor – and that survivor’s memories – so please be advised that the following does include some grim details.

Producer Aaron Henkin takes us on a visit a nearly forgotten cemetery on the grounds of the now-shuttered Crownsville State Hospital, where patients buried their own.

Elisabeth Dahl’s Genie Wishes tells the story of fifth grader Genie Kunkle as she navigates the tumultuous ground between childhood and adolescence. While dealing with new teachers, new freedoms, and a new student trying to steal her BFF Sarah, Genie is elected to write her class blog.