Simone Ellin, Associate Editor
Memoirist Dani Shapiro to Headline CityLit Festival
For most of her life, Dani Shapiro’s identity was inextricably bound to coming from a modern Orthodox Jewish background. Shapiro, a New York-born best-selling novelist and memoirist, was always proud that members of her father’s family were prominent leaders in...
Janet Kurland Honored by Comptroller Franchot and Jewish Community Services
Love was in the air as approximately 100 staff members of Jewish Community Services and community leaders gathered April 9 at the Park Heights Jewish Community Center to honor Janet B. Kurland. Kurland — who last November retired from her position as JCS senior...
Arab and Jewish Israeli Students Visit Pikesville High School
Before visiting the United States, Radn Shalata said she expected a place like Pikesville High to resemble the American schools she’d typically seen “in the movies.” An Israeli Arab from the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, Radn, 17, said her expectations were met...
‘Weed the People’ Explores Cannabis as a Treatment for Pediatric Cancers
Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of medical marijuana for such conditions as chronic pain, epilepsy, nausea and anxiety. But medical cannabis advocates like filmmaker Abby Epstein and actress/producer/talk show host Ricki Lake...Upcoming Events
Apr
29
Mon
6:00 pm Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Apr 29 @ 6:00 pm
Enjoy intimate staged play readings (with cocktails!) by emerging women playwrights and directed by the women of Everyman Theatre’s Resident Acting Company (Dawn Ursula, Beth Hylton, Deborah Hazlett, Paige Hernandez and Megan Anderson) in the[...]
May
3
Fri
all-day Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
May 3 all-day
Play-A-Role events at the theater include a meal and play reading, and are enhanced with props, costume pieces and backstage stories from your Resident Company host about the recent Everyman productions of these beloved plays.[...]
8:00 pm The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric 
May 3 @ 8:00 pm
This hologram tour from Eyellusion includes former Zappa bandmates guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, multi-instrumentalist Robert Martin, percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer and Zappa archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers. It also promises[...]
Publisher’s Notes
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