by Brew EditorsJan 23, 2021A critical look at the BMA’s year of acquiring art only by womenPurchasing works by just 49 women artists, only three of whom are based in Maryland, is “abysmal,” argues BmoreArt editor Cara Ober.
Dec 23, 2020In Baltimore, for better or worse, pandemic shows musicians “the shape of jazz to come”Deprived of the gigs that give them life – and pay the bills – jazz players and venues are battling despair and finding creative ways to keep the music coming.
Jul 4, 2020Goodbye, ColumbusActivists predicted this would occur, and tonight it happened. Protesters toppled Baltimore’s Columbus statue and threw it into the harbor.
Jul 3, 2020Supporters want to move Little Italy’s Columbus statue before activists tear it downCiting prohibitive costs, an Italian American group has asked the city to move the monument or protect it. No comment from the mayor’s office.
Jun 28, 2020After Ouzo Bay incident, musicians call on Atlas to end dress codesThe Baltimore restaurant group “creates spaces that systematically discriminate,” performers say in open letter.
Jun 15, 2020When students demanded of City Schools: “Work to be actively pro-Black and anti-racist!”A high school student’s photographs and description of last week’s youth-led march to Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters.
Apr 13, 2018“AS OF A NOW” shows Baltimore rowhouses not vacant, but full of generations of “quiet stories”
Feb 17, 2018As part of its Jazz Studies reboot, Peabody adds three acclaimed local musicians to its faculty