Theatre people: A 70s Christmas in New York, a dinner in Philadelphia, and a petrified Christmas tree.
It was Christmastime in 1971. I’d just returned to New York after having been on the road in the cast …
Friends
Asked the forbidden question, Janis stared at me with dagger eyes, rose, and projectile vomited on me.
Less than a year after I met Janis Joplin, she was dead. Fifty years ago, I was an ambitious, plucky …
My friend and fellow writer, Brian Sullam retired last year. I thought you might like to meet him.
A PERSONAL REFLECTION In late 2017, four T. Rowe Price talent scouts were at Bukowski’s—a dark, dusty little joint in …
Dr. Carla Hayden, the next United States Librarian of Congress
News from the Library of Congress Press contact: Gayle Osterberg (202) 707-0020 Press contact: Jennifer Gavin (202) 707-1940 July 13, 2016 Senate …
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 …
An impressive, four-tier, practical set for The Diary of Anne Frank
I couldn’t sing or dance, but I sure could cry. Picture it. Wichita, Kansas, 1968. Stage direction: The curtain rises on …
Hear Candice Bergen read a passage from her new book, A Fine Romance
I love to read and I read a lot. But, I enjoy hearing Candice Bergen’s voice more than I enjoy …
Oh crap, I just learned that my old buddy Gary Owens has died
I’ll miss you, Mister. And, thanks again for the wonderful introduction to your son, Scott, at the Hollywood Roosevelt. You …
The one about tube-based meat and workplace conversations
You know how, sometimes, when you’re walking down a hall at work and you start to pass a couple of …
Gunshots, crossbows, blood spatter, oh my!
Baltimore has so many wonderful local and regional theatre companies—Spotlighters, CenterStage, Single Carrot, Iron Crow, Vagabond Players, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Fells …
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 …
Again this year, I’m sharing Christmas with my good friends at 28 Barbary Lane.
Down the Peninsula at Cypress Lawn Cemetery, a woman in a paisley turban climbed out of a battered automobile and …
A. Aubrey Bodine – two silver gelatin prints coming soon to auction in Baltimore
There aren’t a handful of American photographers whom I admire as much as I admire Baltimore’s A. Aubrey Bodine. The man was …
Baltimore. Monument Lighting. December 4th. Party.
It’s about that time again—let’s all gather around our newly restored Washington Monument, raise a glass and a cheer, and wish …
Norman and Tom and Curley. (A fun interview with Norman Lear.)
Lear’s on a book tour promoting his new memoir, Even This I Get to Experience. Have a listen to the …
Just another day in Manhattan: A bank robbery, some penny candy, the FBI, and a dog day afternoon.
New York. As the summer dragged on, each day seemed a bit more oppressive than the one before. As the …
