AltWeeklies Wire
Filmmakers Turn Lens On Baltimore's Growing Latino Populationnew
Viva El Cine Latino, a Latino short film festival, is a long-overdue examination of Baltimore's Latino culture through language and how linguistic misunderstandings can lead, through pain and confusion, to growth and catharsis.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
10-14-2008 |
Movies
In the Hacknew
Filmmaker Bernard Threatt flags down "illegal" rides -- with his camera in tow.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
03-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A History of the Nation's First Order of Black Nunsnew
The Oblate Sisters have published a beautiful pictorial history of their order that serves not only as a handsome souvenir for a religious organization that is approaching its 200th year but also a treasury of rare and fascinating images of African-American history in Baltimore.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-20-2007 |
Books
Matt Taibbi Showa Disgust for Media Establishmentnew
His jabs and swipes at the modern-day booboisie are merciless and incisively written, and a pleasure to read from start to finish -- as visceral as political commentary gets.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Janelia Sanya Hides in Plain Sightnew
Nigerian star Janelia Sanya is relatively unknown in her Baltimore home and that's just fine.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
'The Religion' Turns 16th Century Battles into Fantasynew
Yes, this is airport fiction about an obscure historical military conflict.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
10-16-2007 |
Fiction
Pickin' a Fightnew
Young punks and rockers -- like the Avett Brothers and the Everybodyfields -- try to find their place in an old folks' bluegrass world.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
04-17-2007 |
Music
