January 6th & 7th, 2012, on The Signal...
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January 6th & 7th, 2012, on The Signal…
David Silverman’s got a collection of almost 900 pinball machines, and he’s about to open the National Pinball Museum right here in downtown Charm City. We drop in at the museum for a crash course in pinball history.
Arthur Magida talks about his book, “The Nazi Séance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle.” The book tells the tale of Erik Jan Hanussen, a celebrated clairvoyant who let his own ambition blind him to the terrible realities of life in Berlin during the 1930’s.
Plus: We visit with writer (and recovering heroin addict) Clarence Brown, whose new crime novel, “Needs,” pits a drug-addicted Baltimore detective against an elusive killer.
December 9th & 10th, 2011, on The Signal
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December 9th & 10th, 2011, on The Signal:
Jewish grandmother Esther Weiner invites us into her kitchen for a lesson in the finer points of latkes
Editorial cartoonist Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher reflects on the some of the biggest stories of 2011 and looks to the year ahead with his 2012 Economist Wall Calendar, a catalog of obscure, off-beat and occasionally well-known holidays and milestones from around the world
Plus: Readings from the poets of “life in me like grass on fire,’ an anthology of love poems from The Maryland Writers’ Association
November 4th & 5th, 2011, on The Signal…
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Tracy Miller is the mother of fallen US Marine Corporal Nicholas Zielkowski. He was killed in combat in Iraq in 2004. This year, he’s been memorialized in song. We talk with Tracy about her son, and we meet Michael Beresh, the musician who took it upon himself to make sure Nicholas’ memory is preserved.
We meet Geoffrey Welchman, host and writer of “The Inverse Delirium,” a podcast that pokes gentle fun at public radio and life in “This American Baltimore.”
Plus: MICA students are building an innovative emergency shelter for victims of natural disasters. We hear about their recent expedition to Haiti and tour the site where their new prototype is under construction.
Oct 21 & 22, 2011, on The Signal...
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October 21st & 22nd, 2011, on The Signal…
“Bodies, Attitudes, Reflections, Exposed,” an upcoming performance by Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company, explores social pressures, sexual power, and body image. We drop in at a rehearsal and talk with director Donna Jacobs about what happens when controversy meets choreography.
The Creative Alliance is hosting the 10th annual CAmm Slamm 48-hour film festival, and we get a preview with one of the festival organizers and the host for this year’s gala event.
Harvard University economics professor Edward Glaeser is the author of “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” – we ask him how Baltimore fits into his optimistic thesis.
Oct 21 & 22, 2011, on The Signal...
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October 21st & 22nd, 2011, on The Signal…
“Bodies, Attitudes, Reflections, Exposed,” an upcoming performance by Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company, explores social pressures, sexual power, and body image. We drop in at a rehearsal and talk with director Donna Jacobs about what happens when controversy meets choreography.
The Creative Alliance is hosting the 10th annual CAmm Slamm 48-hour film festival, and we get a preview with one of the festival organizers and the host for this year’s gala event.
Harvard University economics professor Edward Glaeser is the author of “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier” – we ask him how Baltimore fits into his optimistic thesis.
October 7th & 8th, 2011, on The Signal
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October 7th & 8th, 2011, on The Signal:
Before he ever tickled the ivories, Lafayette Gilchrist used to lace up the boxing gloves. We talk with the pianist and composer about his years as a fighter and the musical inspiration he’s taken from the sweet science.
From The Stoop - Joe Challmes made a promise to himself last year, the day he lost his leg. We’ll hear what it took to keep that promise.
This weekend, the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra hosts a concert featuring 130 mandolin players on stage at the same time, and we’ll hear from members of the orchestra about why the instrument is uniquely suited to such a performance.
Marion Winik shares her secret recipe for the perfect dinner party.
And astrophysicist Mario Livio says he’ll eat his hat if neutrinos are actually traveling faster than the speed of light.
Sept 30 and Oct 1, 2011, on The Signal...
(Thank you, Leasa Fortune, for the photos in this week's video post)
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September 30th & October 1st, 2011, on The Signal…
It took ten years of his life, but Joseph Norman has just completed an epic-scale mural project called “The Middle Passage: A Love Story.” We step back with the artist as he considers what he’s accomplished.
Victoria Vox stops by to preview her new CD, “Vox Ukelele Cello,” a harmonious blend of serious songwriting and playful instrumentation.
Plus: From contributor Erin Gleeson, Baltimore DIY music legend Dan Deacon tells the tale of an early tour that tested his mettle – he went it alone, with only his instruments, a bag full of canned food, and a well-worn Greyhound Bus pass.
Sept 23 & 24, 2011, on The Signal...
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“In the past, personal and political liberty depended to a considerable extent on government inefficiency. The spirit of tyranny was always willing, but its organization and equipment were generally weak. Progressive science and technology have changed all that completely.”
-Aldous Huxley, 1948
Little could Mr. Huxley have imagined today’s internet and the digital apparatus that surrounds us all – cell phones, GPS, and ‘smart’ devices of all sorts, and so this week we ask: Are we better off with these tools, or are they making tools of us?
This episode of The Signal is a collection of highlights from the 2011 Constitution Day symposium, “Free Speech in the Digital Age,” organized by MICA and the Maryland ACLU and recorded in front of a live audience on September 17th at MICA’s Brown Center. The panel included ACLU policy analyst Jay Stanley, artist Trevor Paglin, and blogger Andrew Sullivan of The Daily Dish.
Sept 16 & 17, 2011, on The Signal
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9.16.11 & 9.17.11 on the show...
World War II veteran Charles Wells served our country as one of the first African-Americans enlisted in the US Marine Corps. The Corps was segregated, and Mr. Wells shares his memories of training at a remote outpost for black recruits called Camp Montford Point.
Katherine Meredith paints portraits in classical realist style, but her recent series, Partners Portraits, has a modern twist: All of her subjects happen to be gay couples.
When jazz-man Carl Grubbs was growing up, he had an older cousin named John – John Coltrane – and we’ll explore the legend’s impact on his young admirer’s own music.
Plus: Essayist Marion Winik considers the Google Search as a window into the soul.
September 2nd & 3rd, 2011, on The Signal…
The Chester River has been an important part of life for poet Meredith Davies Hadaway. It’s also been the inspiration for her poetry. This week, the Eastern-Shore writer takes us out in her boat to share the waters that have meant so much to her.
We talk with mother-daughter duo Anne Watts and Posie Lewis about the joy that music brings to their everyday lives and the simple pleasure of performing together.
Plus: When the five-o’clock whistle blows, what happens to the animals at the Maryland Zoo? It’s the job of zookeeper Tanya White to get the creatures inside and safe & sound at the end of the day, and Signal contributor Charles Cohen tags along to watch her wrangle the rhinos.
