by Caryn Sagal | Jul 1, 2020 | Art, Arts & Life, Books
Over the years, Heidi L. Klotzman’s name has become synonymous with Baltimore’s events planning and brand promotion culture. As founder and CEO of HeidnSeek Entertainment LLC, she is part marketer, talent agent and influencer to thousands of social media... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Jun 23, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
World War II-era novels, both fiction and nonfiction, offer readers insights and glimpses into life during that particularly turbulent and brutal period of human history. Joining that popular genre is “Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris,” the true... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, Film & TV, Performing Arts, The Arts
You know Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer as a world-renowned celebrity sex therapist. For the past four decades, she has delighted and enlightened radio listeners, TV viewers, college students, readers and her own patients with her candid, no-holds-barred advice about human... read more
by Emma Snyder | May 29, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
Seeking your next good read? Emma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children. Fiction “We Ride Upon Sticks: A Novel” (hardcover)By Quan Barry, Pantheon, 384 pages, $26.95 Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | May 18, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books
Author and investigative journalist Robert Kolker admits he tends to be drawn to dark subject matters. “I think the job of most nonfiction writers is to tell vivid, dramatic stories,” he says. “My job is to not make those stories sensational but to identify with the... read more
by Peter Arnold | Mar 24, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
In some ways, Jeffrey Kluger’s newest book, “Raise Your Voice: 12 Protests that Shaped America,” couldn’t come at a better time. With the challenges facing the United States and world right now with the coronavirus outbreak, young people desperately need heroes, a... read more
by Stephen Silver | Mar 17, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
In the early 2000s, director and cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld got into a shouting match with Larry David at a hotel breakfast in New York. Donald Trump was in the room, too. The topic of the argument? Who was more neurotic. “As a Jew, you want to be No. 1,”... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Mar 10, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
(Editor’s Note: This event has been cancelled by its organizers due to the coronavirus situation. The Soul Center hopes to present Lori Gottlieb’s talk virtually in the future.) If you’re in therapy, maybe you’ve wondered how your therapist really feels about... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Feb 21, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
Tracy Walder was a young Jewish sorority sister in her junior year at the University of Southern California in the spring of 1999 when she stopped by the CIA’s recruitment table at an on-campus job fair. Walder, who planned to be a high school history teacher, didn’t... read more
by Emma Snyder | Feb 19, 2020 | Arts & Life, Books, The Arts
Seeking your next good read? Emma Snyder, owner of the Ivy Bookshop at 6080 Falls Road in Mount Washington, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children. Fiction “Such a Fun Age” (Hardcover)By Kiley Reid, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 320 pages, $26... read more
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