Mar.
01
2018
A user friendly concert series in Prince George’s County
The Davies Concert Series in Camp Springs, Maryland is in its 46th year, but is new to WBJC. Here is their Secretary, Hiram Larew PhD.
Judith Krummeck
Feb.
19
2018
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Baltimore Concert Opera is presenting Stephen Sondheim’s extraordinary piece, Sweeney Todd. Managing Director, Courtney Kalbacker, who is also the stage director for this production, came in to talk about it.
Feb.
13
2018
“Red Velvet” and Ira Aldridge
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is currently presenting a fascinating play about an African American Shakespearean actor from the early 1800s who should be much better known than he is. CSC’s Ian Gallaner came in to talk about Ira Aldridge.
Feb.
09
2018
The BSO’s hip-hop Carnival
The Baltimore Symphony’s family program this week features Camille Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals with a difference. Here is Baltimore singer-songwriter, Wordsmith.
Feb.
08
2018
Odyssey honors Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins University will mark the anniversary with multi-speaker series beginning on February 19th. Odyssey’s Director, Douglas Blackstone, talks about this and other highlights from the Spring 2018 semester. Odyssey catalogue […]
Feb.
03
2018
A new Director for America’s oldest university press
The historic Johns Hopkins University Press has a newly appointed Director, who brings to the position twenty years’ experience with the National Academies Press. Barbara Kline Pope is this month’s guest on Booknotes.
Jan.
29
2018
Anatomy of Wings
A Baltimore-bred film, Anatomy of Wings, which is being produced with the support of the Maryland Institute College of Art, chronicles ten years of extraordinary human connection across the divide of the Two Baltimores. The documentary is scheduled for release next year, and its co-directors, Kirsten D’Andrea Hollander and Nikiea Redmond, came in to talk […]
Jan.
17
2018
Music in Art
Last July, I posted a piece with the subject heading, “The Impressionist Painter with a Flair for Music,” about the friendship between the French painter, Frédéric Bazille, and the musician and art patron, Edmond Maître, and how they bonded over their shared love of music. Since then, I’ve been thinking quite a bit […]
Jan.
15
2018
The ways of our world
As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival in the nation’s capital region — chaired by Allison Janney — Theresa Rebeck has written and directed an adaptation of the Restoration comedy The Way of the World by William Congreve. She transports the action to the Hamptons, and takes a satirical swipe at the wealthy 1%. […]
Jan.
09
2018
Impressionistic crossover
The Baltimore Symphony is partnering with the Baltimore Museum of art for Off the Cuff: Impressionist Masterworks. The BSO’s Vice President & General Manager, Tonya McBride Robles, along with the BMA’s Senior Curator for European Painting & Sculpture, Katy Rothkopf, came to share ideas about Impressionism in music and art. […]
