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Judith Krummeck

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Judith is WBJC's afternoon host. Her full bio can be read here.

May. 21 2022

BookNotes Review May 2022

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes Review May 2022

MAY 2022 BOOKNOTES REVIEW LINEUP THE NETANYAHUS JOSHUA COHEN INVISIBLE CHILD poverty, survival & hope in an american city ANDREA ELLIOTT THE TRAYVON GENERATION ELIZABETH ALEXANDER HAPPY-GO-LUCKY DAVID SEDARIS LIARMOUTH JOHN WATERS  

May. 07 2022

BookNotes seeks out The Lost Weekend

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes seeks out The Lost Weekend

  Since the Covid-19 pandemic, literary events have nearly disappeared. The Lost Weekend—hosted by Baltimore independent bookstore Greedy Reads in partnership with production friends The Stables—is reigniting the spark by bringing together the best of Baltimore’s literary voices and creative talent with the city’s most celebrated food and drinks vendors, May 13—15. I spoke with Greedy Reads […]

Apr. 27 2022

One of the members of the stellar Kanneh-Mason musical family

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on One of the members of the stellar Kanneh-Mason musical family

    Siblings, Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist, will be on the Shriver Hall Concert Series stage this Sunday, following their sensational Baltimore debut in 2019 on the Discovery Series. I spoke with Isata by phone.        

Apr. 25 2022

Baltimore’s brand new art fair

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The Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, the only all-contemporary print fair in the country, will be at the Baltimore Innovation Center in the Pigtown neighborhood on the last weekend of April, bringing together 24 galleries, dealers, and print publishers from across the country. I spoke with Vice President, Content and Programming, Ann Shafer.  

Apr. 22 2022

“Sing to Me Sylvie”

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Annapolitan, Jannette Bloom, a musician and filmmaker, will be in discussion about her film “Sing to Me Sylvie” at an event hosted by the Friends of the Annapolis Symphony on Sunday, April 24. I spoke with Jannette about her work and aspirations.  

Apr. 16 2022

BookNotes Review April 2022

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes Review April 2022

April 2022 BookNotes Review Lineup Finding Me Viola Davis Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life Delia Ephron The Candy House Jennifer Egan French Braid Anne Tyler  

Apr. 08 2022

A Joan Mitchell retrospective at the BMA

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    The Baltimore Museum of Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have co-organized a comprehensive exhibition following the career of the internationally renowned artist, Joan Mitchell. I spoke with BMA co-curator, Katy Siegel.      

Apr. 02 2022

BookNotes finds itself amongst the Wrecks and Ruins

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes finds itself amongst the Wrecks and Ruins

    Apprentice House Press will release the new novel by Baltimore writer, Eric D. Goodman, on Tuesday, April 17th. He talks here about this part romantic comedy/part buddy novel.        

Mar. 30 2022

“Guarding the Art” Exhibition Guest Curated by BMA Security Officers

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      Kellen Johnson selected two works for “Guarding the Art.” Max Beckmann’s Still Life with Large Shell (1939), a portrait of his wife, Mathilde, has a connection to music (Kellen is studying singing at Towson University), and Normandy Landscape (1928) is by the Black artist, Hale Woodruff.             […]

Mar. 19 2022

BookNotes Review March 2022

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on BookNotes Review March 2022

March 2022 BookNotes Review line-up Recitatif A STORY By Toni Morrison Introduction by Zadie Smith Time is a Mother Ocean Vuong Burning Questions ESSAYS AND OCCASIONAL PIECES, 2004 TO 2021 By Margaret Atwood  

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