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

Dec. 17 2023

BookNotes Review December 2023

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Absolution Alice McDermott Homicide: The Graphic Novel Part II David Simon Illustrated by Philippe Squarzoni Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song Judith Tick Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney  

Dec. 01 2023

An epistolary novel with a difference on BookNotes

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        J. Wynn Rousuck, theater critic at WYPR and former theater critic at The Baltimore Sun, is out with her first novel, Please Write, from Bancroft Press. After all these years, it was a pleasure to talk to her in person.  

Nov. 30 2023

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective makes its U.S. debut on the Shriver Series

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        The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective is a flexible, transatlantic ensemble that mixes and matches as a chamber orchestra, a chamber group, or anything in between. I spoke with Co-Director and violinist Elena Urioste about their forthcoming Shriver recital.        

Nov. 17 2023

BookNotes Review November 2023

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My Name is Barbra Barbra Streisand To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul Tracy K. Smith The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 Robert Darnton Day: A Novel Michael Cunningham  

Nov. 15 2023

Folger Theatre’s homecoming production is The Winter’s Tale

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      The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare is considered one of his “problem” plays. Hadi Tabbal is making his Folger Theatre debut playing Leontes, and I spoke to him about working through some of the perceived problems within the play.    

Nov. 13 2023

The Tacáks at Shriver with music inspired by the natural world

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      A program of Haydn, Beethoven, and the premier of a quartet by Nokuthula Ngwenyama—an American composer of Zimbabwean-Japanese heritage—will be offered by the Takács Quartet on Sunday, November 19th at 5:30 pm. I spoke by phone to the quartet’s violist, Richard O’Neill.    

Nov. 03 2023

Glazed With War: honoring Veterans Day on BookNotes

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      On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11 at 7 p.m., the Iranian-American poet, writer, and graphic designer, Pantea Amin Tofangchi, will launch her poetry collection, Glazed With War, published by Mason Jar Press. It will be my pleasure and privilege to be in conversation with Pantea at her launch and, by way of a sneak preview, […]

Nov. 02 2023

The Venice of the North

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  In case you wondered where I was for three weeks, this blog post explains it in part. Let me take you on a little trip…

Nov. 02 2023

Music at Evergreen turns 70!

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    Music at Evergreen in the intimate Bakst Theatre at the Evergreen Museum & Library on North Charles Street opens its 70th season this Sunday with a recital by Taiwanese-American harpist Noël Wan. I spoke with Genya Hopkins, secretary of the Evergreen Foundation Board and Artistic Advisor for the music series.  

Oct. 20 2023

BookNotes Review October 2023

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Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein Anne Eekhout Translated by Laura Watkinson The Exchange John Grisham Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis  

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