WYPR Arts

This weekend the Baltimore Choral Arts Society will have singers from far and wide join them in a community sing along of Beethoven's ninth symphony.

Midday hears from the new generation of Old Time Music musicians. Bassist Nelson Williams of New Dangerfield, Fiddler Jamie Fox and Banjo player Brad Kolodner visit the show in advance of the Baltimore Old Music Festival.

Manor Mill in Monkton has become a cultural arts center for northern Baltimore County. Midday hears from the owner and founder Angelo Otterbein and Vanessa Eskridge, director of the Manor Mill Playhouse.

Midday Theater Critic J. Wynn Rousuck shares her latest review and this week she talks about "Rarefied Air" at The Strand Theatre.

Heidi Ackerman, Music Director of the Frederick Chorale, highlights an upcoming collaboration with The Frederick Chorale, The Frederick Symphony Orchestra and Charm City Sings.

Baltimore Center Stage's Managing Director Adam Frank and Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb join Midday to share their reasons for rejecting new federal funding guidelines from The National Endowment for the Arts.

Theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck gives us the lowdown on Sarah Silverman's The Bedwetter which runs at Arena Stage through March 16.

Govans Presbyterian Church recently installed two murals titled "Sanctuary City Part I & II" to honor lives of Black and Brown Baltimoreans.

After last night's Oscar Awards, award-winning dramaturg James Magruder discusses his book "The Play's The Thing" which chronicles one the greatest preparatory programs for actors, the Yale Repertory Theatre.

Tom Hall chats with former UMBC President Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III, about his latest book, The Resilient University: How Purpose and Inclusion Drive Student Success.