Jan.
03
2025
Faraway Tables on BookNotes
Fiction and travel writer Eric D. Goodman is out with his first poetry collection: Faraway Tables. He’s my first guest on BookNotes for 2025.
Judith Krummeck
Dec.
18
2024
How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is an award-winning one-man show written and performed by Patrick Page. It’s at the Shakespeare Theatre Company until December 29th, and I spoke to Patrick Page by phone from D.C.
Dec.
10
2024
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at Shakespeare Theatre
Tom Stoppard’s deeply personal play Leopoldstadt is on at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. until December 29th. I spoke with the director Carey Perloff from her home in San Francisco.
Dec.
06
2024
Emotion as Industry on BookNotes
Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.
Dec.
06
2024
A world premier by Michael Hersch at St. David’s
Music at St. David’s, in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center Psychiatry and the Art Program, is presenting a concert at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 10th called Night Falls Fast. I invited Music Director Douglas Buchanan and composer Michael Hersch into the studio.
Nov.
29
2024
Baltimore debut for early music group ACRONYM
The early music group ACRONYM is dedicated to giving modern premieres of the wild instrumental music of the 17th century. They are making their Baltimore debut with the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday, December 8th, at 5:30 PM, and I spoke to two members of the group: Viola da gamba and lirone player Kivie […]
Nov.
25
2024
The Equipoise of Abstract Painting
The artist Timothy App practices a meticulously disciplined yet nuanced exploration of hard-edge abstract painting that is, at the same time, metaphorical and personal. His latest exhibition, Equipoise, is on view at Goya Contemporary in Hampden.
Nov.
08
2024
A Roadmap to Less Stress
Dr. Gary Sprouse AKA The Less Stress Doc is a retired physician who makes it his mission to help people have less stress, and he’s written a couple of books about it.
Nov.
03
2024
Norfolk Letters with Music at St. David’s to commemorate Veterans Day
A collection of art songs entitled Norfolk Letters is a setting of soldiers’ letters from the Norfolk Armed Forces Memorial in Norfolk, VA. I spoke to composer Michael Rickelton and Douglas Buchanan Music Director of the Music at St. David’s series about a performance coming up on November 10th. […]
Nov.
01
2024
BookNotes’ insights into the little known Portuguese Inquisition
Portuguese Jews and New Christians in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822: A New Geography of the Atlantic World is the title of the new book being published this month by geographer Alan Marcus. I spoke to him for BookNotes.
