June 2011
61 posts
An eclectic goldmine of opinion, events, ruminations, reflections, commentary, and observation of, by, and for Baltimore. (Deemed by the Baltimore Sun and its readers to be “the best music/nightlife blog” in the paper’s 2010 Maryland’s Outstanding Blogs contest.)
Here’s the setup; maybe you have your own list, or additions/subtractions to this one:
For all the reputation this city carries nationwide as being rough or gritty, we don’t exactly pour on the hatred the way we pour Natty Boh. Living in a place like Charm City, you learn to put up with a lot, and Baltimoreans sometimes even exercise more patience than we ought to.
There are a few people though who have raised the ire of enough Baltimoreans to be truly hated. If we were still living up to our Mobtown nickname, and if there were any justice in the world, these ten people would have been rode out of town on a rail long ago. Some of them actually were. Five of these ten have been convicted of crimes, and four have served or are serving jail time.
St. Louis theater company wades into the vortex where arts and technology are mingling.
[a comment strangely akin to the theatrical rubric that “all writing is rewriting.”]
One take, from a student journalist, on the Baltimore mayoral primary—and the context and possible impact of one high-profile (rumored) candidacy. Gathering more backdrop for Second City.
Baltimore Sun piece on the new life of longtime mayor Kurt Schmoke.
A little background on the coming primary race in Baltimore’s mayoral election. Providing fodder for the next visit by Second City…
Fabulously bizarre little incident briefly upends the Baltimore City Council. Story at the link, and video here. Wonder whether this will make it into the Second City: Charmed and Dangerous show at CENTERSTAGE in September?
