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Journalist Amy Davis discussed Tuesday her book-in-progress, “Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters.” She presented a slide show of some of vintage photos of the once-grand movie theaters

Elizabeth Hazen has received the honor of having one of her poems  selected for a prestigious national publication, “Best American Poetry 2013.” Hazen is an educator who lives in Towson. She

"John Waters learned to make movies by watching movies!" - Robert Maier Back in the early 80s, I was penning a political column for Baltimore's weekly City Paper. Its office

Haitian-born musician, actor and producer, Wyclef Jean, was in Baltimore on Sept. 19, 2012, promoting his biography, "Purpose: An Immigrant's Story." He gave a talk, performed some hip-hop/rap, conducted

On the evening of Tuesday, September 18, 2012, author Rafael Alvarez talked about, and signed, his latest book, "The Tuerk House." The event was held in the Poe Room

"The first portrait I shot in the Tuerk House series was of 92-year-old ex-nurse Wendy Mater.  British born, vibrant and still an avid yoga practitioner, Wendy didn't try to

In 1973, the movie, "Magnum Force," came out. It was a huge hit with the public. It featured Clint Eastwood as the iconic San Francisco cop, "Dirty Harry." The flick's

Extracted from That Should Still Be Us: How Thomas Friedman’s Flat World Myths are Keeping Us Flat on Our Backs by Martin Sieff.   Our use of oil is wasteful and stupid.

(Extracted fromThat Should Still Be Us by Martin Sieff - Available from amazon.com) President George W. Bush spent his eight years in office investing $13 billion in the development of