WYPR Programs

Midday Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck looks ahead to the productions coming to a theatre near you this season.

From Venice to Toronto, from Telluride to New York, and Baltimore's New/Next, the annual round of film fests promises a rich crop of movies for local screens.

I. Henry Phillips Sr. documented the vibrancy of Black communities in Baltimore for decades. His son, Webster Phillips, talks with us about his vast photo archive.

On its argument that untraceable “ghost guns” amp up violence in the city, Baltimore just won a $62 million verdict against a company that makes them. What will be the impact?

Public input is crucial as the city's Board of School Commissioners narrows down their criteria for CEO Sonja Santelises' successor.

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott is rejecting President Trump's claim that federal troops are needed to quell crime in the city.

Cuts to federal funding for public media threatens to shut down journalism organizations across the country. We ask NPR's Ailsa Chang and Maryland Public Television's Steven Schupak about the future.

Police Chief Robert McCullough describes how his department is making Baltimore County communities safer.

What happens when a teacher's union tries to edit history for its students?

Each week here on Midday, it is our practice to read the names of the people who have lost their lives to violence in Baltimore City.