Performance Venues Stay Steeped In Community

By Jamyla Krempel,

Published June 26, 2019 at 8:44 AM EDT

How do you design programming in order to attract a diverse audience? We talk with two new proprietors about re-envisioning and running performance spaces in Baltimore -- and how they plan to keep their venues entertaining and safe for all audiences to enjoy.

Émile Joseph Weeks reveals plans for the soon-to-open Rituals … And Tecla Tesnau, new owner of Remington’s Ottobar, discusses the power of art to bring people together.

Correction: The Ottobar has been open for more than 20 years, but it has only been on Howard Street since 2001.

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Jamyla Krempel

Jamyla Krempel is WYPR's digital content director and the executive producer of Wavelength: Baltimore's Public Radio Journey. She collaborates with reporters, program and podcast hosts to create content for WYPR’s online platforms.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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