Media & Literature

Media & Literature

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Union unity at The Walters, behind the scenes of Church bar, the Brooklyn Museum names BMA's Darienne (Dare) Turner its first-ever full-time curator of Indigenous art, Baltimore Club music, MSGargaritas, an arepa cookbook from Alma Cocina, and more reporting...

A Rare and Revelatory Collection on View

Douglass, as a man, was continuously evolving, just as he fiercely advocated for societal evolution. On view until April 21, 2024, this exhibit reflects how our understanding of his legacy is ever moving forward as well.

Highlights: A potter named David Drake, ICWA, the Iowa Supreme Court, Philip Lewis, Black Women Writers, Kiese Laymon on the Second Person, Myrlie Evers, Juneteenth, the war inside psychoanalysis, and social media babies

I learned a lot on the internet this week!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Nicole Santiago wins the Bethesda Painting Awards, Maria Broom's former students document her life in film, a fundraiser for Landis Expandis, BOPA and FOPA, the new Baltimore Guitar Center in Hampden, Hons stand with Planned Parenthood, and more

Highlights: being queer in Florida, the Lady Vols, ‘The Ultimatum’, Cornel West, goggles, ‘The Age of Pleasure’, Charlie Wilson, Tea with Queen and J., Kelis and Bill Murrary (maybe?), and Zion Williamson

So many things happened on the internet that I didn’t know what to think of this week.

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Raúl de Nieves receives BMA Meyerhoff-Becker commission, the 2023 Baker Artist Awardees, BOPA Budget Hearings and Interim Director Todd Yuhanick, the Planned Parenthood-Honfest conflict, "People of Pride" Interviews, Fashion designer Justin Shaw, and more!

Highlights: Miss Majors, teaching in a red state, Tina Turner, ‘The Little Mermaid’, hiring a pop star, ‘Succession’, seeing Vermeer, public art, waking up after 20 years, and SCOTUS really doesn’t care about labor.

The internet had some good art and cultural criticism this week, but maybe I’m also just getting back into it!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Phaan Howng's Dinner Gallery exhibition, BMA + MICA's Elizabeth Talford Scott exhibition + community celebration, Adam Holofcener interviews on Beyond the Studio Podcast, MCHC's Jim Henson exhibition, Catalyst Contemporary moving out of their space,+ more reporting from local + independent sources.

Highlights: Tina Turner, Janelle Monáe, pandemic intimacy, Dr. Money talks the WNBA, Brittney Griner, CitiBikes, Succession, Harlan Crow, trees, and Alyx Weiss.

I learned some things on the internet this week.

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Half a century of memories from The Hippo, BmoreArt's Cara Ober interviewed by Tom Hall on WYPR's Midday, WTMD + WYPR team up for New/Next Film Festival, Bethesda Painting Awards Finalists announced, and more reporting from Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Magazine, East City Art, and others.

Highlights: limerence, criticism, baseball caps, the WNBA and Brittney Griner, gambling, the extreme adventure industry, seeing 10,000 birds, free-living dogs in India, and orcas are sinking boats. 

I LOVED the internet this week!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Highlights: Jordan Neely, WGA, US Labor movements, archiving Black Twitter, Jamie Foxx, Janelle Monáe, monarchs, Elizabeth Holmes, and KCIII

Happy Mother's Day!

Baltimore news updates from independent & regional media

Two new Joshua Johnson Council Artist in Residence at the BMA, MICA's next provost, MAP partners with Baltimore Peninsula, Jonathon Heyward's vision for the BSO, Screenwriters Competition Winners Announced by BOPA, and more

A Welcome Tradition in the Making

“My initial hope was to bring people to Waverly, highlighting the fact that we have tons of authors, creatives, writers, and book vendors right here in the community,” Diana Emerson, the executive director of Waverly Main Street and one of the festival’s organizers, said.

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