The Filbert Street Community Garden, ‘Riots & Rebirth’, and violinist Chelsey Green

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August 10 & 11, 2012, on The Signal:  

South Baltimore’s Filbert Street Community Garden was a trash-strewn lot when Jason Reed showed up there two years ago.  With the help of Curtis Bay Elementary Middle School students, he’s transformed the area into a flourishing green space, and we’ll drop in on Jason and the kids as they cultivate their harvest. 

A talk with the editors of “68: Riots and Rebirth in an American City,” a book about the riots in Baltimore following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Plus:  R & B meets classical strings when musician Chelsey Green trades the symphony circuit for the club scene