“One of the problems is that we’re so quick to throw our youth into prisons and jails that we refuse to look them in the face and see them as human beings,” said 23-year-old East Baltimore native Shahem Mclaurin as members of the Frederick Douglass High School Marching band milled about with their instruments behind […]
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People Missing From the Room: The Trans Day of Remembrance offers solace and acknowledges that’s still not enough
“Look out for people missing from this room,” Kevi Smith-Joyner, an activist with the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, said in a tone that was at once critical and encouraging at the Transgender March of Resilience on Nov. 20. “I see no one in the community I work with every day.” The attendees applauded. Smith-Joyner […]
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Week In Review: Scott Plank accused of exposing himself, Dru Hill returns, Shomrim controversy, more
–According to The Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore City Police Department received a complaint against developer Scott Plank earlier this month saying he exposed himself to a female employee of the luxury condominium building where he lives in Locust Point. Plank, a wealthy and influential Baltimore businessman, calls the incident a “misunderstanding.” He was not charged […]
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The Eating Beat: Richard Gorelick, a food reporter’s return
What’d I miss? What’d I miss in the two-plus years since I stopped reviewing restaurants full-time? Not much. A bunch of new restaurants opened. I want to go to Gnocco. That place looks good. Some new places I don’t think I’ll ever go to, now that I’m not dining on the company dime. I’m surprised […]
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Sugar Talk: Unreciprocated oral sex and the importance of the conversation sandwich
How do you define sex? When is it OK to have sex? Who is OK to have sex with? Are you having enough sex? Or what’s too much? Is there such a thing as too much or too little? What makes something a fetish? How do you ask for something new in the bedroom? What’s […]
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Controversial cop on the disciplinary board of Brian Rice, the highest-ranking officer charged in the Freddie Gray case, nearly assured the outcome
The highest-ranking officer who was charged in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray in 2015 was cleared of all charges by a departmental trial board last week. That result is not surprising since one of the three law enforcement officers on the administrative trial board is a controversial captain with a reputation for violating the […]
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The Real Resistance—finding the heroes in the global fight against fascism
A couple weeks ago, when tens of thousands of Polish fascists marched in the streets of Warsaw, a smaller group of anti-fascists confronted them—many carrying images of slain Charlottesville anti-fascist Heather Heyer. Heyer’s image also adorns walls in Exarchia, the anarchist neighborhood in Athens, where 3,000 protesters took to the streets in September, marching to […]
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Nice Shot: Photographer Kyle Pompey’s new book makes people look at Baltimore with fresh eyes
Baltimore photographer Kyle Pompey wants his new self-published book, “Perspective: Baltimore,” to be an interactive experience. The 118-page paperback is filed with street scenes and other photos the 37-year-old West Baltimore native has snapped around Baltimore (one shot captures the top of a decaying rowhome and a police helicopter; in another, a bundled up little […]
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Celebrate 2004—the year crunk broke at The Crown Knuck If You Buck party, Nov. 25
Knuck If You Buck Party Nov. 25 In March of 2016 at University of Chicago, protesters successfully shut down a Donald Trump rally—this was when he was still some kind of hatemongering underdog and not yet the nominee, mind you. Protesters inside the UIC pavilion chanted the inspiring words of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Alright,’ while outside […]
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Caleb Stine’s new band the Revelations, mix the pleasant with the gnarly, play Metro Gallery on Nov. 24
Caleb Stine & The Revelations Nov. 24 Local folk singer Caleb Stine is a treasure, as both a patient and somber solo singer and as the slightly grittier leader of his band the Brakemen. Now he’s got another band, the Revelations—a six piece featuring Nick Sjostrom, Burke Sampson, EJ Thompson, Ray Eicher, Tiffany DeFoe, and […]