FOUND: The only known film of Louis Armstrong in a recording studio. (video)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the great jazz musician …
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Finalists announced for the 2016 Baker Artist Awards
BACKGROUND Baltimore area artists who create a Baker Artist Portfolio are automatically eligible for one of five Baker Artist Awards, …
Not the best question to ask a gay guy: “So what does your wife do?”
I’m a writer in the financial services and asset management industry. Some years ago, a new manager came to lead …
Baltimore opportunities in the arts, January 2016
BARCO seeks Marketing & Communications Manager January 26, 2016 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER The Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO), a …
The one about a phone call from NASA, holding Aerogel, and my name on a space probe.
I’ve always been a science and space geek, so I’m looking forward to July 14th and New Horizons’ close encounter with …
You’re invited to honor and celebrate the outstanding work of BMA’s Doreen Bolger.
Yes, you’re invited. Celebrate with Jacob and me and the Baltimore Museum of Art as Charm City honors Doreen Bolger, one of Baltimore’s most …
July 4th, the Washington Monument, and a Baltimore celebration.
I received a note from The Historic Charles Street that I though you’d enjoy: With its cornerstone laid on July …
Free art books from the Met. 438 of them, and counting.
It’s no secret that art books are expensive. They’re wonderful resources and often great reads, but just a few titles …
Here’s the first trailer for Albert Maysles’ IRIS. The documentary screens at The Charles in May.
UPDATE, MAY 11, 6:00 p.m.: Tickets just went on sale for the showings at The Charles. Here’s the link. IRIS …
VIDEO: The brilliant and talented Stockard Channing. Nothing else need be said.
I’m a proud supporter of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. 100% of every dollar donated to the SAG Foundation goes …
With a Libertarian agenda and some troublesome baggage, the Smiling Cobra tries to buy goodwill
The following post contains information courtesy of ArtNews, where I first read this story; writer and ArtNews contributor, M.H. Miller; The Natural History …
61 years ago today, television took a huge step in validating broadcast journalism.
On March 9th, 1954, Edward R. Murrow went head to head with Senator Joseph McCarthy with this broadcast of CBS …
Snickers’ Brady Bunch Super Bowl commercial – behind the scenes
Last week, Ian Failes posted an article on the fxguide website that provides some great insight into the making of …
Jesse Jackson 1984, “The most honest, courageous politician I have ever met.”
On this day, February 6th 1959 : Talks began between the U.S.S.R and Castro. The Soviet Union agreed to buy …
If I were going to be in town on February 12th, I’d brave hell and high water to see this concert
Pablo Casals performed at Peabody; cellist Amit Peled will honor one of those performances with one of his own. Here’s …
Reason #2361 that I love Baltimore
The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University—our just-up-the-street neighbor on Charles—trains musicians; the GRAMMY Awards honor them. Hilary Hahn, Preparatory …
You’d think, of all places, the art world would be less gender focused
I’ve read several accounts of this price-setting sale of a Georgia O’Keeffe painting and they generally read like this one. From …
News from our friends at the Jewish Museum of Maryland
Lloyd Street Synagogue Anniversary Sunday, November 9, 10:00am to 5:00pm 1:00 pm Lecture: Mendes’ Baltimore: The Industries That Built a City …
2015 John Dales Scholarship for SAG Members and Families
Yet another reason I’m proud to be a Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA, One Union, member: The 2015 John L. Dales Scholarship competition is …