All the Pieces Matter

Condron's Stillness Is the Move

John Lewis — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:15:46 +0000

Walking through Fells Point, I recently popped into the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Museum and checked out Stillness in Movement, an exhibit of Jim Condron paintings. Condron specializes in large oils of nature scenes, and a few of those pieces are on display. But the real gems here are his much smaller, more evocative paintings [...]

Beach Reads 5.0

John Lewis — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:47:53 +0000

Dan Fesperman, an ex-foreign correspondent for The Sun, sharpens his storytelling acumen to cut through various global issues in his latest thriller, Layover in Dubai. As usual, it's set in some exotic, chaotic locale, and Dubai proves to be an ideal spot for excess, intrigue, and nefarious corporate shenanigans. Sam Keller, a big pharma auditor, accompanies [...]

Whartscape! Today!

John Lewis — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:21:23 +0000

Today's Whartscape features a jaw-dropping lineup of indie bands, most of them local. Starting at 4 pm, you can catch Thank You, Double Dagger, Ponytail, the Dan Deacon Ensemble, No Age, Arab on Radar, and Lightning Bolt. It's outside Current Gallery, at 421 Howard Street. Hurry! And this figures to be Whartscape's final year.

Robot Author at the Beach

John Lewis — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:13:50 +0000

Baltimore native Natalie Standiford, author of How to Say Goodbye in Robot, signed books for fans this evening at Delaware's Bethany Beach Books. Robot is the best non-wizard kids book to come down the pike in quite some time. My 12-year-old daughter, a voracious reader, considers it one of her favorite books, and I'm a [...]

Beach Reads 4.0

John Lewis — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:15:07 +0000

How to Say Goodbye in Robot is an evocative, moody, and thoroughly delightful young adult novel about a couple of offbeat teens finding each other, and themselves in the process. Beatrice and Jonah aren't vampires or wizards. They're just kids—in Baltimore, it turns out—forging a deep friendship characterized by empathy and an appreciation for benign [...]

Beach Reads 3.0

John Lewis — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:08:48 +0000

Atticus. Scout. Jem. Dill. Boo. Yes.

There’s a First Time for Everything

Intern — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:41:48 +0000

Baltimore editorial interns Elizabeth Laseter and Megan Richards had never been to Artscape before. We encouraged them to go and write up their thoughts on what has become the largest free, public arts festival in the country.

Warhol Fans at Artscape

John Lewis — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:50:17 +0000

Be sure to snag one of the nifty Andy Warhol fans being given away by the BMA at Artscape. It'll certainly come in handy, with temps hovering around 100 degrees. And if it doesn't totally beat the heat, at least you'll look cool.

Baltimore Club Goes Platinum

John Lewis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:43:31 +0000

Baltimore Club producers Aaron LaCrate and Debonair Samir have been awarded platinum records by the British Phonographic Industry for their contribution to Dizzee Rascal's hit UK CD, Tongue n' Cheek. The disc hit #5 on the pop chart, topped the R&B chart, and turned out to be Rascal's best-selling effort to date. LaCrate and Samir produced "Road [...]

Beach Reads 2.0

John Lewis — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:54:52 +0000

Early on, Patti Smith pulls the reader into this intriguing memoir, which chronicles her relationship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe.... It was the summer Coltrane died. The summer of "Crystal Ships." Flower children raised their empty arms and China exploded the H-bomb. Jimi Hendrix set his guitar in flames in Monterey. AM radio played "Ode to Billie [...]