Dude, the Lost Wireman
Throughout the 1960s, Dude’s alarm clock rang at 4:00 a.m.—Saturdays, Sundays, holidays included. An hour or so later he was …
Arts
What do this sculpture and Woody Woodpecker have in common?
Their creators were brothers Michael (1908–1988) and Walter Lantz (1899–1994). The National Sculpture Society awards the Walter and Michael Lantz Prize each …
At the Hirshhorn — Damage Control.
Earlier this week Jacob and I went to D.C. for a few days to visit some museums and—more specifically—to see the …
To DC for a few days; not just for blossoms
As a kid growing up in a small town in the middle of Kansas in the middle of the 20th …
A period in U.S. gay history? No, in straight history.
I’d never heard of this mid-century American group of straight men who just wanted, from time-to-time, to be able to pass …
Demme won, Material Culture won, we won
I wrote a short while back about Material Culture’s weekend of auctions dedicated solely to the superb, self-taught art collection of …
Share your taste. Your vote counts.
The Art Everywhere US campaign is a public celebration of great American art to be exhibited on thousands of out …
MdVLA’s Spring Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Clinic is April 12
Art Law Clinic MdVLA holds Art Law Clinics 12 times yearly. Artists may bring any short-form legal issue to the …
Truman Capote reads part of Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the 92nd Street Y, 1963
In 1963, Capote read from Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the 92nd Street Y, a cultural center on New York’s Upper East …
We have new family members. Two of them are forged iron.
You may know the Oscar and Golden Globe award winner, Jonathan Demme, as a director-producer—he has been the force behind movies …
High School officials cancel production of Sweeney Todd
Officials for Timberlane High School in Plaistow, New Hampshire cite the Tony Award winning* musical’s subject matter as not suitable: …
Fargo TV? Yah!
You saw it here first—this will sell out. If you are not a Paley member, get your tickets April 1. Friday, …
Are you the poetic type?
Poetic Types II is the Society of History and Graphics’ second annual experiment in presenting relationships between poetry and typography. …
Opening at Everyman Theatre, April 16th
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark — We have our tickets. Here’s the scoop: At Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre you’ll be introduced …
We have two new boys in residence
And we are loving all 310-pounds of them. Haru Onoda (Japanese b. 1929) Aikido Bronze sculpture on anodized black steel …
Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is doing everything right.
Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is doing everything right. From Everyman Theatre: This June we invite you to join Everyman Founding Artistic …
Open Walls Baltimore 2
From the fine folks at Baltimore’s Station North Arts District: Open Walls is back! Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. …
My old friend, Sherman Hemsley—George Jefferson—has Died. My mom didn’t accept his hug.
Sherman Hemsley & Jeffersons’ co-star, Isabel Sanford Way back, in the mid-70s, I joined Norman Lear’s Tandem-TAT Productions. From my …
We purchased a 1973 Harold Krisel; it arrived damaged
My first thought after unpacking the shipment was, “Well now, that’s a depressing beginning to our weekend.” I paused, looked at …