Cultural Critic
Bask in the Majesty of Kotic Couture, Baltimore’s Reigning “Queen of the Underground”
Since her arrival in Baltimore nearly a decade ago, Couture’s profile as entertainer and host has risen in a way that has been anything but chaotic.
A Baltimore Art Community Collage Compiled by Rahne Alexander with Jared Earley and Russell Hite
In the days after her devastating and untimely passing in early December 2023, friends, peers, and artistic partners shared anecdotes reflecting on the breadth and versatility of Elena Johnston the person, the artist, and her body of work spanning multiple genres.
A Photographer and Filmmaker on the Rituals of Image Creation
One of McKone’s pieces from first last light is on view through August 12 in Richmond, VA as part of Candela’s Gallery’s annual juried and invitational show UnBound12!
Current’s "Crip Algebra" and the Calculus of Accessibility
An international group show explores disability and networks of care. The exhibition closes this Sunday, June 4 with an artist talk and reception from 3 to 5 PM.
An Artist's Growth from Architectural Illustration to Herbalism
“All buildings are living systems, and I wanted to live in a building where the builder ⁄ designer knows and feels this in their bones.”
Experimental short film series New Works expands to 2640 Space
New Works, Baltimore’s own showcase of experimental, adventurous short filmmaking returns this week to bring together filmmakers and cineastes alike.
The prolific artist brings his talents to the festival of improvised, experimental music this weekend
Although this will be his first in-person performance with High Zero, Chacon performed in High Zero’s virtual festival in 2020 with Tatsuya Nakatani and Carlos Santistevan.
The series has featured reimaginations of speeches by the likes of James Baldwin, Mother Jones, and Shirley Chisholm
The miniseries concludes on August 25, with Bobby Harris as Nixon defending himself in his infamous 1973 “I Am Not a Crook” press conference.
Chris LaMartina’s 'Out There Halloween Mega Tape' exorcises the politics of nostalgia
A spiritual sequel to 2013's 'WNUF Halloween Special,' 'Out There' is a slight tone change for LaMartina and the dedicated creative team he has nurtured over the years.
Baltimore creative powerhouse Landis Expandis virtually reinvents himself as a power trio
In a town full of creatives who might claim the title of “hardest working artist in town,” Landis “Expandis” McCord is arguably among those with a real shot at that crown.
Shane Moritz and Dustin Junkert's poetry collection is a portal to elsewhere
“We have a shared sensibility of what we want and what we don’t,” says Moritz. “We want to amuse each other. But at the end, we want something that's maybe deeper and truer to the human experience.
The Baltimore supergroup Old Songs features Elizabeth Downing, Mark Jickling, and Chris Mason
As with many of the poets Old Songs has explored, Callimachus was equally at home writing grand paeans to deities as he was writing personal, even confessional verse.
