The Signal

The story of street-corner poet Abi Mott; a visit with the Fort McHenry Guard Fife & Drum Corps; and a studio mini-concert with Kristen Toedtman What’s…

A preview of Erik Spangler’s ‘hiking opera,’ Cantata for a Loop Trail; Monica Lopez-Gonzalez’ theatrical experiment, UltimaPartida – The Final Draw; Rob…

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward remembers his years as a heavy metal trailblazer; Lisa Van Wormer shares an essay on ritual and symbolism in a military…

The quizzical story of a lifelong trivia fanatic; Brooke Johnson’s one-woman play, Extra Alive; and storytellers from the oral history performance, O Say…

Film Critic Josh Slates previews the 2014 Maryland film Festival with guests John Waters, Chris LaMartina, and others; Bret Jaspers profiles the community…

The linotype machine astounds the world; AricWanveer invents Magma-Bond; Betsy Boyd gets pregnant; Nancy Heneson recalls a death in the family; and Alan…

Lauren Francis Sharma's novel, Til the Well Runs Dry, Interweaving Traditions: Bookbinding across Cultures, Drop Electric's Mobtown Studios B Side…

Toy piano composer David Smooke, Anne Thomas at The Stoop, “An Evening with Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald,” and the short film “Charlotte”When you ask David…

soul singer Bosley Brown, the movie Spare Rooms, and the graphic novel, Megillat Esther... Charm City’s high-octane, retro-cool, soul sensation Bosley…

Gather Baltimore, memoirist Nancy Heneson, rock duo Peals, The Drawing Zoo, and Jim Karantonis at The Stoop. The term 'gleaning' goes back to the Old…