Wordsmith crafts teen troupe’s ‘genius’ performance at the Lewis Museum
In the week leading up to Juneteenth, Baltimore audiences will have the opportunity to spend quality time with Black woman geniuses, teenage edition. A troupe of 10 students from four Baltimore middle...
View Article‘Inside Out 2’ review: Old emotions make new frenemies in excellent sequel
Remember at the end of 2015’s acclaimed “Inside Out” when the emotions operating within a 12-year-old girl were introduced to a mysterious button on their big, new control console marked “Puberty”?...
View ArticleBuffalo chicken pizza: All the spice with none of the mess
Meredith Deeds | (TNS) Star Tribune I’m a big fan of Buffalo chicken wings. The heat and the sourness from the hot sauce, contrasted with the cool, creamy, slightly funky blue cheese dressing, takes...
View ArticleHow Stuart Woods’ character Stone Barrington lives on in Brett Battles’...
After a hurricane-delayed landing into New York City a few years ago, Brett Battles had just 10 minutes to make his connecting flight to Zurich. And that’s when the novelist saw a message from his...
View Article6 reasons I prefer cruises when I travel with family
Holly D. Johnson | (TNS) Bankrate While I find value in all types of travel — including adventure and sightseeing trips all over the world — I try to plan family vacations that are both relaxing and...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for June 14, 2024
General Daily Insight for June 14, 2024 Our ideas are extra powerful today. Potent influences tug us one way and then another as the Moon squares Venus, stirring up the desire for comfort. The Sun...
View ArticleBiden to join Obama, salvo of Hollywood star power Saturday in LA
President Joe Biden is coming to Hollywood on Saturday, surrounding himself with big-name celebrities led by late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel who will interview him at a live event, along with...
View ArticleBSO begins an unprecedented collaboration with Morgan State professor and...
It might sound like hyperbole, but anecdotal evidence suggests that the Baltimore composer James Lee III really did become a musician in his mother’s womb. “My parents told me that when my mother was...
View ArticleQuick Fix: Salmon Kebabs with Dill Tartar Sauce and New Potatoes with Green...
Linda Gassenheimer | Tribune News Service (TNS) Rich meaty salmon is perfect for cutting into pieces for kebabs. This is a great time of year to enjoy wild salmon. The season starts in May and runs...
View Article2024 Tony Awards: Best musical is a guessing game, but not all the deserving...
In a gift for Tony Awards headline writers, Maria Friedman’s gut-wrenching “Merrily We Roll Along” (nominated for revival of a musical) will do precisely that at Sunday night’s ceremony at New York’s...
View ArticleColumn: Why aren’t you watching one of the best shows on TV?
The best show on TV right now is AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” and chances are you’re not watching. That’s because without a big advertising spend, too many titles fall through the cracks in...
View ArticleSurprise guests this summer with these 3 easy sides
Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With Memorial Day behind us, we’re guessing the cooks among us have already dusted off their grills in anticipation of all the cookouts they’re hosting...
View ArticleWhy Maisie Dobbs author Jacqueline Winspear says it’s time to end the series
Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs novels immerse you so deeply into 20th-century British life that you could get lost in the past. Just ask the author. “I was sitting in my office, working away; air...
View ArticleWhy you should consider train travel in Europe
By Elina Geller | NerdWallet If you’ve been dreaming about visiting Europe this summer and eating gelato in Italy or visiting the Basílica de la Sagrada Familia in Spain, good news: Airfare is down 8%...
View ArticleLighthouse superlatives: Exploring Florida’s oldest, tallest and most haunted...
The word “lighthouse” probably conjures images of idyllic beachside scenes or historic postcards that invoke a certain sense of nostalgia. They might be seen as beacons of hope to guide those in need...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for June 15, 2024
General Daily Insight for June 15, 2024 We’re moving along at a gentle pace today, with no need to rush or worry. The Moon is in Libra, speaking up about the rewards of aiming for a steady middle...
View ArticleCommentary: Revenge travel not flying so high these days
Andrea Felsted | (TNS) Bloomberg Opinion Revenge travel is losing its appeal. After three years of rushing to book trips in the wake of pandemic-era restrictions, sharply higher fares, protests against...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for June 16, 2024
General Daily Insight for June 16, 2024 The world is like a watercolor painting at this time — beautiful, but blurry. The Moon opposes Chiron first, so we may feel a bit sensitive, before it moves on...
View ArticleGov. Wes Moore surprises Maggie Rogers at Merriweather Post Pavilion with day...
Not that it was ever really going to happen, but nobody’s going to forget Maggie Rogers now. The Grammy-nominated Easton singer-songwriter received a surprise tribute Sunday night during her Don’t...
View ArticleTony Awards 2024: ‘Outsiders’ and ‘Stereophonic’ are big winners, plus a...
“The Outsiders,” the stirring, coming-of-age musical based on the 1967 young adult novel by S.E. Hinton, won the Tony award for best musical Sunday night, even as Shaina Taub won best book and best...
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