“The Goodies” Dec. 1-10 When a BBC reporter was actually thick enough to ask Woody Allen, of all people, his thoughts on the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the beloved filmmaker who allegedly assaulted his seven-year-old daughter expressed his concern over a “witch hunt atmosphere.” Women hear that a lot, often from men who enjoy telling people […]
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Stage: Nov. 29-Dec. 6
BIG Holiday Party. The Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) kicks off the holiday season with performances from improv troupes and live music by Big Infinite. Dec. 2, 7 p.m.-midnight, The BIG Theater, 1727 N. Charles St., (888) 745-8393, bigimprov.org, $5. Centurion Comedy. Local comedians perform exactly one hundred minutes of stand-up comedy. Hosted by Ian Salyers. […]
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Hannah Sawyerr, 2016 Baltimore City Youth Poet Laureate releases her first book, “For Girls Growing into Their Hips”
Hannah Sawyerr, 21, says she’s been working on her first book “For Girls Growing into Their Hips” (Penmanship Books) since she was 17. “My senior year of high school, that’s when I wrote the poem ‘For Girls Growing into Their Hips,’ and I remember I told myself if I ever got a book deal, that’s […]
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Activist, Community, and Government Events: Nov. 29-Dec. 6
BPD Monitoring Team Community Engagement Forum. The second of four planned events for citizens to contribute to the team’s community engagement plan. Nov. 29, 5-9 p.m., Dunbar High School, 1400 Orleans St. (410) 528-4670, bpdmonitor.com, free. West Wednesdays. Tawanda Jones, the sister of Tyrone West, a man killed in police custody in July 2013 has […]
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The women of the French Revolution take Everyman Theatre
“The Revolutionists” Dec. 6-Jan. 7 Lauren Gunderson’s ode to women of the French Revolution poses the always-pressing but now particularly urgent question: What is the responsibility of the citizen when a country is in crisis? Gunderson—the most produced playwright in the country this theater season—puts former queen Marie Antoinette, feminist playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin […]
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Literary Events: Nov. 29-Dec. 6
Atomic Books, 3620 Falls Road, (410) 662-4444, atomicbooks.com. Carolyn Turgeon, editor in chief of “Faerie Magazine” discusses the new book, “The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects.” Nov. 30, 6 p.m. Baltimore County Public Library Pikesville Branch, 1301 Reisterstown Road, (410) 887-1234, bcpl.info. Kathleen Waters Sander shares her latest […]
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Zeni Cafe offers up a filling Ethiopian breakfast
This city boasts quality Ethiopian cuisine, but if you ask me, there are too few places to get it. There’s Dukem in Mount Vernon, and Tabor and Jano Bar & Lounge downtown. Ebenezer is moving from its spot on Washington Boulevard in Pigtown a few blocks up on Pratt Street. That’s pretty much it. This […]
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Hi H8ERZ: Mayhem bring brutal riffs and some fascist sympathy to Baltimore
In a ridiculous and rightfully ridiculed New York Times piece from last week titled “A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland,” journalist Richard Fausset hangs out with a Nazi doing regular things, not Nazi things, such as planning his wedding or shopping at the grocery store—in one of the photos accompanying the profile we see […]
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Big Buddha Cheese, a no bullshit strain that’ll get you feeling hippy-dippy
Before we get going, crucial inside baseball worth your time: Weed writing, I fear, is maybe entering its annoying explainer phase, with lots of glib weed hot takes that essentially add up to “this commonly understood thing about weed is in fact bullshit.” Vice Motherboard published “Weed Strains Are Mostly Bullshit” on 4/20 of this […]
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Dutch Treat, a nostalgic strain if you’re old enough to remember how underground weed used to be
If you’re young, it may be hard to fathom just how underground the cannabis scene used to be. The drug war really was a war, and a lot of people have a lot of scars. It seemed then, in those grim years, that there was only one sane place in the world, one place you […]