Arts & Culture

March 8, 2013

Joy Heyrman walks us through the Woodville painting "Politics in the Oyster House"

Joy Heyrman talks about the city of Baltimore during the mid 19th century

Joy Heyrman compares Woodville's painting to mid 19th century photgraphy

Will The Baltimore Sun have a new owner soon? Tribune Company says it has gotten offers, and it has hired investment bankers to evaluate those offers. We'll get reaction from inside the Sun newsroom … and we talk to former Baltimore County Executive Ted Venetoulis about putting together a local ownership group.

Then, Baltimore's Child magazine turns 30 this month. Tom Hall talks with publisher Joanne Giza about why – and how – she started it in her Charles Village home.

March 05, 2013

March 4, 2013

The 4th annual NOVO Instrumental Musical Festival kicks off Friday evening, March 8, at the Windup Space. More than 20 bands will take the stage over the course of three nights. Festival organizer Mat Leffler Schulman and musician-composers Anna Meadors and John Carillo talk with The Signal’s Lisa Morgan.

Fiction writer Rob Roench has won the prestigious Scott Prize for his short-story collection, The Wild Flowers of Baltimore.  He’s also an open-minded guy who agreed to collaborate with producer Aaron Henkin this w

A woman tries to deal with a husband who’s somehow been possessed by the soul of Henry David Thoreau.  It’s a special radio adaptation from the short fiction collection, The Wild Flowers of Baltimore, by Rob Roensch.

March 1, 2013

Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post joins Jed Dietz of the Maryland Film Festival to discuss the Oscar winners--and the job Seth McFarland did as host. 

Friday March 1