Midday
2,843 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsMonday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at [email protected]
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The Baltimore Banner analyzes speed cameras & car crashes
October 23, 2023 18:50 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBThe Baltimore Banner conducted an analysis of the impact of speed cameras on I-83 in Baltimore City. Joining Tom to discuss the results of The Banner's analysis are reporters Hallie Miller and Ryan Little. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Are labor requests in the UAW strike connected to CEO pay?
October 23, 2023 18:45 - 18 minutes - 17 MBTom starts with a conversation about the UAW strike against the big three auto makers: General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. At the heart of the argument between workers and upper management is the discrepancy between executive and worker compensation. Car makers have been highly profitable businesses since the government bailout during the Obama administration. But workers contend that those profits have been earned on their backs, while executive compensation has soared. Joining Tom to di...
Latin-GRAMMY nominated guitarists 'Beijing Guitar Duo'
October 20, 2023 19:15 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBSince their Carnegie Hall debut 13 years ago, Meng Su and Yameng Wang of the Beijing Guitar Duo have appeared around the world in recitals and with orchestras. They’ve got a new album out: Claire de Lune, which includes music of French composers. The pair, who first met at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, China, are currently on a tour of twelve cities across the United States. The duo will perform at Towson University Saturday night as a part of a series presented by the Baltimore Cla...
Newswrap: New city district lines and the latest Catholic abuse case
October 20, 2023 19:08 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBToday is Midday's Newswrap, and we start with Emily Hofstaedter of the WYPR news team. She is covering the Baltimore City Council’s deliberations about a new map for councilman districts and a financial penalty for environmental crimes in Curtis Bay. Tom continues with Tim Prudente, enterprise reporter for the Baltimore Banner, on the latest Catholic abuse case coming out of St. Benedict's Church in Southwest Baltimore. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-...
Rousuck's Review: Baltimore Rock Opera Society's 'The Gold Night'
October 19, 2023 18:27 - 10 minutes - 9.35 MBIt's time again for a visit with Midday's theater critic, J. Wynn Rousuck,who joins Tom each week with her reviews of Maryland's regional stage. This week she reviews the Baltimore Rock Opera Society’s production of “The Gold Night," which runs until October 21. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
'Kin: Rooted in Hope' uses poetry to unearth Black family roots
October 19, 2023 18:17 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBTom's guests are Carole Boston Weatherford, an award-winning author, and her award-winning son, Jeffery Boston Weatherford, who is an acclaimed illustrator. They have collaborated on a powerful book about their family’s journey in Maryland, from enslavement to freedom. It’s called Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will speak about the book tonight at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or ...
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker on religious connections and social justice
October 19, 2023 18:12 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBTom's guest is an African American religious scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of race and religion. Dr. Walter Earl Fluker is a Distinguished Professor at the Howard Thurman Center at Hartford University for Religion and Peace in Hartford, CT. He has been invited by the Institute for Islamic, Christian and Jewish Studies to give the annual Manekin-Clark Lecture, which he’ll deliver on Monday night at Northside Baptist Church. His talk is entitled Wake Up Running: A Vision for C...
Where are city schools on attendance, literacy and safety?
October 18, 2023 18:24 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBOn today's show, students and teachers in Baltimore City are in their second month back in classrooms following summer break. Each fall, at about this time in the new school year, Dr. Sonja Santelises joins us with updates on the school year so far. Dr. Santelises has been the CEO of the City School System since 2016. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Adam Nagourney goes behind the headlines of The New York Times
October 17, 2023 18:32 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBOn today's show, a conversation about the New York Times, one of the world’s most singular and powerful journalistic enterprises. Adam Nagourney joined the Times in 1996, and served as the chief political correspondent in Washington, D.C., and as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief. He now covers national politics. Nagourney captures with exquisite detail and insight the triumphs and the tumult of the world’s “paper of record,” between the post-Watergate years in the 1970s through the surprise ele...
Two academics share their views on the Israel-Hamas conflict
October 16, 2023 18:17 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBToday, we continue our series of conversations about the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The latest crescendo of violence in the decades-long conflict began when Hamas terrorists attacked Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023. Tom speaks with Dr. Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. He’s also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Later in the program, we hear from Palestinian-American scholar Dr. Sa’ed At...
Rousuck's Review: Think Pink!, A Gay Play Festival
October 13, 2023 18:34 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MBIt's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the Maryland, DC and Virginia regional stage. Today, a theater review about a new show, at a new theater in town. Pink Pen Theatre’s production of “Think Pink!” continues at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church through October 15. (Photo by Robin Davis Mill) Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Midday Newswrap: Redistricting and BPD Chief Worley
October 13, 2023 18:31 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBToday, on the Midday News wrap, we’re going to focus on local news with Baltimore Banner reporters Justin Fenton and Adam Willis. First up, Fenton updates us on Baltimore Police Chief Richard Worley and ownership problems with vacant properties. Willis shares the latest on city redistricting and the Mayor's Office of Recovery Programs. The reporters also address the proposed $48 million payout for the Harlem Park Three. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410...
Baltimore City's Inspector General on fraud and unpaid water bills
October 12, 2023 20:32 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBIsabel Cumming, head of the Office of Inspector General for the City of Baltimore, joins us. The Office of the Inspector General estimates it saved the city nearly $7 million in 2022. We’re talking about some of the complaints she and her staff have been looking into lately. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Midday with the Mayor
October 12, 2023 20:25 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBOn today's show, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins me to talk about violence reduction, economic development and redistricting. Homicides are down in the city, year over year, but some high-profile shootings have people worried. And, city employees are headed back into their offices. Will that improve city services? Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Vocalist Sara Serpa and Guitarist Andre Matos are "Nightbirds"
October 11, 2023 20:06 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBWe talk to a singer and guitarist whose musical compositions and style are unique, and genre-defying. Sara Serpa is a vocalist, composer, and improviser. She is a native of Lisbon, Portugal. She’s in town as part of a seven city tour with the guitarist André Matos. There new album is Night Birds. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Can A.I. make people laugh? Comedian Allison Goldberg puts ChatGPT to the test
October 11, 2023 20:04 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHow much of a threat does artificial intelligence present to the creative community? In their recent contract negotiations, writers of movies and TV shows wrangled with producers over the use of A.I. in creating content. Allison Goldberg is a Baltimore comedian who organizes showdowns between humans and AI to see who’s funnier, faster. She joins me to explain when Chat GPT is a boon and when it’s a bust. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Update on Israel-Hamas with Washington Post columnist Ishaan Tharoor
October 11, 2023 20:02 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBIsrael has continued bombing targets in Gaza as the Israeli Defense Forces gather hundreds of thousands of troops and reservists near its southern border. Many assume an impending ground attack into Gaza is likely. To share the latest with Midday on this conflict is Ishaan Tharoor, a foreign affairs columnist for the Washington Post. He joins us on Zoom from Washington. (Photo by Adel Hana, AP) Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Israel-Hamas War: Biden addresses the nation as deaths soar
October 10, 2023 18:06 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBIsrael is assembling troops near Gaza, from which it has cut-off food, water fuel, and electricity. Israel state officials believed that Hamas is holding about 150 hostages in Gaza. Yesterday, Hamas threatened to execute Israeli hostages if Israel bombs civilian homes in Gaza without warning. There is concern that the war will expand to fronts other than Gaza and southern Israel. Hezbollah fired some missiles into northern Israel from Lebanon. The Israeli military says it bombed three milit...
Will Baltimore city's school facilities and funding ever catch up?
October 09, 2023 18:16 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBToday on Midday: a conversation about local schools, in particular, how the physical condition of some Baltimore City Public Schools impacts educational equity. The state of Maryland has an Interagency Commission on School Construction. The Capital Improvement Program averages about $280 million dollars each year for major new, renewal, or replacement projects as well as for addition projects or capital maintenance. CBS News reported recently that in Baltimore and across the country school...
Rousucks' Review: "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill"
October 06, 2023 19:23 - 9 minutes - 8.39 MBIt's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the Maryland, DC and Virginia regional stage. We review “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” which continues at Baltimore Center Stage through October 15. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Midday Newswrap: Shooting at Morgan & McCarthy's ouster
October 06, 2023 19:01 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBIt's the Midday Newswrap with the biggest stories this week which include a mass shooting at a local Black college and a leadership change in Congress. On Tuesday night, the Morgan State University Community was shaken by a shooting that occurred after a joyous start to their annual Homecoming festivities. Five people were wounded with non-life-threatening injuries. To discuss this incident Tom speaks with Charles Robinson, a correspondent for MPT and the host of Future City here on WYPR a...
The Orioles are headed to the playoffs!
October 05, 2023 20:56 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBThe Baltimore Orioles are the top seed in the American League playoffs. Their week of rest comes to an end Saturday when they’ll take on the Texas Rangers in the ALDS, the Division series. It’s the first time the team has made the playoffs since 2014. The excitement that the Orioles have generated this season is peppered with no shortage of anxiety as negotiations continue to finalize a lease agreement between the team and the MD Stadium Authority. Today we talk baseball with Danielle Alle...
One Maryland One Book selection: "There There" by Tommy Orange
October 05, 2023 20:54 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBTommy Orange is a Native American author whose debut novel burst onto the literary scene in 2018. The book garnered a Pulitzer Prize nomination, and praise from literary giants such as Colm Toibin and Margaret Attwood. It’s called There There, and it chronicles the Native American experience far from the reservation, in the cities that were the final stop in a centuries-long campaign of assimilation and erasure. The story takes place in Oakland, CA, and it’s told through the eyes of a large...
J. Wynn Rousuck on healing through letters in "Please Write"
October 04, 2023 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBJ. Wynn Rousuck joins Midday to discuss her new book "Please Write." Written entirely in letters exchanged between two Baltimore dogs and a Cleveland artist, the story delivers a distinctive account of coping with heartbreak and loss through the power of imagination and love. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Baltimore Banner 'Impact Maryland' panelists on state's future
October 03, 2023 20:25 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThe Baltimore Banner will hold iMPACT Maryland on October 10 to gather leaders in varying industries to discuss the ideas and innovation necessary to shape the future of Baltimore and Maryland. Tom starts with a conversation on the importance of violence intervention and data collection. Our guests are Beth Blauer, the Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation at Johns Hopkins University and Adam Rosenberg, the Executive Director of the Center for Hope, and Vice President for Viol...
Goucher poll: Candidates challenged on crime, schools & city services
October 03, 2023 18:50 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBToday, The Baltimore Banner in conjunction with Goucher College, released a new poll that took the temperature of the local electorate on a number of issues including beliefs about Baltimore's future and approval rates of elected city leadership. Joining Tom to discuss the poll results is Dr. Mileah Kromer, director of the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College. Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.
Celia Bell's story of love, power and magic in 17th century France
May 25, 2023 18:21 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBA new novel by Celia Bell explores the court of Louis XIV in 17th century France, where two noblewomen fall in love amongst dark magic and intrigue. From the most elite salons to the grittiest quartiers, the Bell weaves a tale that is complex and compelling. Bell joined Tom in studio to talk about The Disenchantment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Johnny Olszewski's $5 billion dollar budget for Baltimore County
May 25, 2023 18:11 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBEarlier today, the Baltimore County Council passed the $4.9 billion dollar budget proposed by County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. The package includes raises for county employees, teachers and police, school construction, two new senior centers, and improvements to parks. County Executive Olszewski joins Tom to talk about the budget, and his priorities for the next couple of years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Time to Get Your Garden Ready!
May 24, 2023 18:44 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBMemorial Day weekend is often the time when gardeners get to work digging, pruning and planting. It’s a perfect time to head Back to the Garden here on Midday, where we have the answers to all of your gardening questions. Our guests are Farmer Chippy, the creator of the Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm, and Carrie Engel, the Greenhouse Manager at Valley View Farms in Cockeysville, MD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New leadership and transition at Associated Black Charities
May 23, 2023 21:40 - 10 minutes - 10 MBAssociated Black Charities was founded in 1985 to advocate on behalf of African Americans in the Baltimore metropolitan region. The organization has recently gone through a re-examination and re-tooling of its mission. To navigate the transition, ABC's board hired Chrissy Thornton, a resident of Baltimore for three decades and a Morgan State University alumna. Thornton made a career in non-profit management, including positions with the National Alliance for Mental Illness and the Myositis...
Midday Newsmaker: Attorney General Anthony Brown
May 23, 2023 19:39 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBTom's Midday Newsmaker is Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown. In the 2023 session of the state legislature, lawmakers gave the Attorney General’s office expanded powers to prosecute police-involved killings, and to prosecute and remediate civil rights violations. The expansion also created the Environment and Natural Resources Monitoring Unit in Attorney General Brown's office to investigate and prosecute crimes against the environment and natural resources. See omnystudio.com/listene...
'King: A Life,' The latest biography from author Jonathan Eig
May 22, 2023 18:14 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBWriter and journalist Jonathan Eig is the author of a new biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The book is the first biography of the civil rights icon for more than three decades. Jonathan Eig incorporated research material unavailable previous biographers, including hundreds of pages from the files of a close aide to U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, made available last year. One of the book's revelations is that a widely-circulated quote from King criticizing Malcolm X had been faked. ...
An Ode to Theater and Film on John Pizzarelli's 'Stage & Screen'
May 19, 2023 18:27 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBThe great jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli released his first album 40 years ago. It was called I’m Hip (Please Don’t Tell My Father). His father, by the way, was the great jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, who passed away in 2020. Since the release of that album, John has toured the world and established himself as one of the great interpreters of the Great American Songbook. He’s appearing at Keystone Korner here in Baltimore this weekend, and his sets will feature music from h...
A New Film Festival Debuts in Baltimore This Summer
May 19, 2023 18:22 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBWYPR is proud to announce the New/Next Film Festival, a weekend-long celebration of film culture, is taking place August 18-20 in Baltimore. Sam Sessa is the Director of Events & Community Engagement for WTMD and WYPR. Eric Allen Hatch is the curator of films for the New Next Film Festival. They joined Tom in Studio A to share news about this exciting cinematic event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What's the latest from Baltimore's arts world?
May 19, 2023 18:17 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBCara Ober covers the latest in Baltimore's vibrant art scene. She is the founder, editor and publisher of BMore Art, a magazine that explores the arts in Baltimore. Their latest print issue, The Migration Issue, came out last week. It features several international artists who now call Baltimore home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Washington Post columnist takes humorous look at U.S. history
May 18, 2023 20:07 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBAn array of fictional documents that take us behind the headlines of important historical events in Alexandra Petri's "US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)" Petri is a terrific political satirist and humor columnist for the Washington Post. The fictitious documents run the gamut from “top toys for Puritan parents” and “John and Abigail Adams try Sexting to” Aaron Sorkin’s “Gettysburg Address” and Richard Nixon “Tapes - But Just the Parts Where He’s Yelling at Checkers.” Thr...
Rousuck's Review of "Life is a Dream" at Baltimore Center Stage
May 18, 2023 19:59 - 8 minutes - 7.42 MBIt's time again for a visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins Tom each week with her reviews of Maryland's regional stage. She joins Tom to tell us about Life is a Dream at Baltimore Center Stage, which runs until May 21, 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Florida teach-in seeks to counter Gov. DeSantis's policies
May 17, 2023 18:38 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBReports indicate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is soon to officially announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. President. He trails in the current polls behind former President Donald Trump, as does the rest of the growing field. The first caucuses and primaries don’t take place until February. DeSantis has preceded his run for the White House with months of TV appearance focused on "wokeness" and political correctness, while lauding several bills he has signed into Florida ...
Pharmacy deserts leave Baltimore residents without access to care
May 17, 2023 18:19 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBBaltimore Banner reporters Clara Longo de Freitas and Ryan Little explored the access to pharmacies for Baltimore City residents. Analysis from the Banner found majority-Black and minority-majority neighborhoods in Baltimore have less access to pharmacies than majority-white neighborhoods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Author Lisa Haushofer on empire, business and what's for dinner
May 16, 2023 18:19 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBThe story of modern food is a fascinating tale captured in a new book by physician and historian of science, medicine, and food, Dr. Lisa Haushofer. Her research reveals the connection between nutrition with money, business, conquest, and colonization. The new book is Wonder Foods: The Science and Commerce of Nutrition. Haushofer makes a compelling case that the way we relate to food has been shaped by a variety of economic and geopolitical factors. Dr. Lisa Haushofer joins Tom to discuss ...
Title 42 is over. What's next for U.S. immigration?
May 16, 2023 18:12 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBTitle 42, the Trump era effort to restrict asylum seekers that was continued during the first two years of the Biden Administration, ended last Thursday. With the policy's end, immigration experts expected a surge of migrants at the U.S. southern border. Bu that hasn’t happened. Last week, before the regulation was rescinded, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended as many as 11,000 migrants a day. Over the weekend, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, those numbers we...
Baltimore Peace Movement: A report on their weekend of healing
May 15, 2023 19:14 - 9 minutes - 8.3 MBThe Baltimore Peace Movement is a community-based non-profit group that works to end violence in Baltimore. On Mother’s Day weekend and three other weekends every year, they hold events to encourage all of us to act peacefully, and to help those who are in danger or in mourning. On the Mondays following each Peace Movement weekend, we check in with the group’s co-organizers. Letrice Gant is one of those co-founders, and also Deputy Director of the Baltimore Community Mediation Center. Sin...
Sen. Ben Cardin: Reflections on Congress, and a career of service
May 15, 2023 19:06 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBU.S. Sen. Ben Cardin has been a fixture on the Maryland political scene for 56 years, and a member of the United States Senate since 2007. Earlier this month, he announced that he will not seek re-election when his term expires on January 3, 2025. As the Chair of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, a long time member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the Finance Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Cardin has been a champion for small businesses in...
Rousuck's Review: 'Six' takes the stage at the Hippodrome Theatre
May 12, 2023 19:52 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBIt's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the mid-Atlantic regional stage. Today, she tells us about the new touring company production of Six — now in an eight-performance run at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre — in which the six wives of Henry VIII take the stage to spin their infamous 500-year-old heartbreaks into an exuberant, 21st century "her-storical" musical. Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Six won 23 aw...
Carolyn Surrick, Ronn McFarlane's new CD, 'And So Flows the River'
May 12, 2023 19:36 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBViola da gambist Carolyn Surrick and Grammy-nominated lutenist Ronn McFarlane have joined together again for their latest album "And So Flows The River." The celebrated artists will perform selections from their new project at a benefit concert at the Church of the Nativity and Holy Comforter in Baltimore on Saturday, May 20, from 3:00 – 4:00pm. For more details, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'Shared Voices' program working to diversify classical vocal arts
May 12, 2023 19:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBToday, it’s Midday on the Arts. We begin with a conversation about a program designed to help further the educations and careers of young people of color in classical music. It’s called Shared Voices, and it connects students studying at HBCUs with the top schools of music and conservatories across the country. It is the brainchild of Denyce Graves, one of the most acclaimed opera singers of her generation. As a performer, teacher and the founder and artistic director of the Denyce Graves F...
Midday in the Neighborhood: Locust Point Community Garden
May 11, 2023 18:35 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBToday is another installment in our series, Midday in the Neighborhood, which we produce in cooperation with our news partners, the Baltimore Banner. The series examines issues facing some of Baltimore’s 278 different communities. Today, we turn our focus to Locust Point, and a community garden that is facing an existential crisis. The Banner’s Cadence Quaranta reports that, “Under Armour owns the garden plot located near its Tide Point headquarters. It opened it up to the community arou...
Showdown as federal debt looms over Congress
May 11, 2023 18:27 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBToday on Midday, a heated impasse over the debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the Treasury will soon run out of the “extraordinary measures” currently being employed to maintain the full faith and credit of the federal government. After a meeting on Tuesday with Congressional leaders, neither President Joe Biden nor Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy expressed great optimism that either side had budged in the standoff over whether budget cuts can be tied to ...
Reimagining Harborplace, and other city development projects
May 10, 2023 19:10 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBHarborplace in Baltimore has been in a steady decline for years, as store after store and restaurant after restaurant closed. Only a couple of places remain open and the entire Light Street Pavilion has been shuttered. Now, the reimagining of Harborplace has begun. Late last year, a local developer named P. David Bramble purchased the property, and pledged to revive this centerpiece of downtown that was once a proud symbol of Baltimore’s Renaissance. Bramble is the managing partner at MCB ...
New exhibit at Walters Art Museum spans Islamic, Asian art
May 09, 2023 20:30 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBA new installation at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore showcases art from across Asia and the region's Islamic cultures. The new exhibition is called Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World.The museum's recent renovations have been a few years in the making. The re-imagined space allows the museum to display more than 90 works from its collection for the first time. Dr. Julia Marciari Alexander is the Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director of the Walters Art Museum. Theresa Sot...