For the past four years, the i.e reading series, curated and hosted by Michael Ball, has been bringing local and national writers to read in Baltimore. Now Narrow House, the local publishing house that prides itself in “creating interdisciplinary language-based craziness,” has published ...
Published: December 23, 2009
A good café is hard to find. Maybe the coffee's great, but the food is mediocre. Or the food is good, but overpriced. When you find a really good place, there's a tendency to keep it to yourself, in case it becomes too popular and ...
Published: December 17, 2009
Sometimes you read a story and it stays with you, lingering until you re-read it to check if it's as good as you remember, surprising you when it is. The stories of Breece D'J Pancake are like that―they so completely hold your attention, so deftly ...
Published: December 11, 2009
Every third Saturday of the month, Minás Gallery hosts the 510 readings, the self-proclaimed “only dedicated fiction series in Baltimore.” With its intimate upstairs gallery, vintage boutique, and “free book with every purchase” policy, Minás is a good spot to hold ...
Published: December 6, 2009
Ideas worth spreading is the oft-quoted slogan of TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), an organization famous for its annual conference in California where speakers from a variety of disciplines give lectures, known as TED Talks. Though entry to the conference is near impossible to finagle-the standard ...
Published: November 16, 2009
Normal's Books & Records is a Baltimore institution. A perpetual recipient of City Paper's Best Used Bookstore award, and counting John Waters among its many fans, the Waverly landmark is more than just a great used bookstore, though it is most certainly that, with a ...
Published: November 11, 2009