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Section 8 Housing; R&B singer Maysa; "Blithe Spirit" Review; Historical Ship Celebration

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Federal housing officials are considering a change to Section 8 vouchers that would let voucher holders in some cities move to more affluent suburbs. We talk about the implications with an assistant secretary at HUD.

Then, she's a Grammy-nominated jazz and soul singer. But before any of that, international chanteuse Maysa got her start in the Morgan State University choir.

Plus: an incorrigible ghost materializes in Everyman Theater’s production of “Blithe Spirit” that feels "happily haunted" by the spirit of comic playwright Noel Coward. J. Wynn Rousuck brings us her review.

And, the reanimated French tall ship Hermione sails into Annapolis harbor tomorrow, to great fanfare. We learn about the Revolutionary War history of the ship, the marquis de Lafayette, and the French solders buried at St. John’s.