Arts & Culture

Md. hospital rates, Aubrey Bodine's labor photography, and segregation in Druid Hill Park

Maryland is the only state that sets rates for hospital services. Some hospitals say the rates are too low: the University of Maryland Medical System and some other hospitals have announced layoffs. We talk about it with John Colmers, former state health secretary and chair of the state's rate-setting commission.
Then, perhaps no one captured life in mid-20th century Maryland better than the late Baltimore Sun photographer Aubrey Bodine. Today his daughter brings us a new photo book of umbrella menders, crab pickers, and other locals.


The Dignity of Work, the Photographs of Bodine

 

"Concrete Pouring," 1968. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine, © Jennifer B. Bodine, courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com.

June 18, 2013

Web extras: Jennifer Bodine talks about a humorous picture of the "Maryland Board of Censors," and which pictures have been most commercially viable.



6.14.13: Mobtown Moon

This year is the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s album, Dark Side of the Moon.  In Baltimore, a cast of more than forty musicians has reimagined the album, and the project’s executive producers, ellen cherry and Sandy Asirvatham, join The Signal’s Aaron Henkin for an unveiling of Mobtown Moon



6.14.13: Benn Ray’s Summer Book Picks

Benn Ray from Atomic Books in Hampden is always happy to recommend a good read. He joins the Signal’s Lisa Morgan with a stack of books to keep you entertained and well-informed all summer long.



6.14.13: Sounds of Latinofest

Summer officially begins in Baltimore next weekend with Patterson Park’s Latinofest, the city’s annual open-air celebration of Hispanic food, dance, and music.  Latinofest organizers have booked an impressive roster of live bands for the occasion, including some high-quality local talents.



6-11-13: A Nobel Laureate on Sequestration and Science Research, Remembering Homer Favor, and Baltimore Children's Authors

It took two decades, but molecular biologist Carol Greider won a Nobel Prize in 2009 for work she did as a graduate student. Now, thanks to sequester budget cuts, graduate students have been cut from her  lab at Johns Hopkins. We talk with her about the sequester’s impact on her research.

Then, civil rights leader and retired Morgan State professor Homer Favor died this past weekend. We'll hear part of a conversation we taped with him less than two months ago and we’ll talk about his life and work with Ray Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State.



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