Israel Comedy Night Fundraiser Shifted to the Gordon Center
The show at the Owings Mills venue, featuring Judy Gold, Aaron Berg and Olga Namer, is a benefit for Friends of the IDF.
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The Arts
Museum Examines the Life and Times of Baltimore’s Bygone Bars
A Baltimore Museum of Industry exhibit explores the role played by Charm City’s neighborhood bars in the decades before Prohibition.
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‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Fleishman,’ Natasha Lyonne among Jewish Nominees at Strike-Delayed Emmys
The Emmy Awards for the 2022-23 television season, originally scheduled for September, will take place on Jan. 15. Here is a guide to the significant Jewish nominees in advance of Monday’s awards ceremony.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony held for Pikesville Armory Redevelopment Project
The former military site will be transformed into a community hub and multi-use venue.
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Lez Zeppelin to Get the Led Out at Gordon Center
Jmore caught up with Steph Paynes, founder and lead guitarist of Lez Zeppelin, the only all-female quartet to pay homage to Led Zeppelin, ahead of the band’s Feb. 17 concert at the Gordon Center.
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Baltimore-raised, Nationally Known Comedian Lonnie Shorr Dies at 86
Shorr, who grew up in Reservoir Hill and attended City College, was a familiar face on TV programs and game shows in the late 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.
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A Different Time, A Different Frequency
The recent passing of WCBM’s Dave Humphrey reminds Michael Olesker of AM radio’s glory days in Baltimore.
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You Oughta Know … that Alanis Morissette is Jewish
The Canadian-Jewish singer learned about her family’s hidden Holocaust past on the recent season opener of PBS’s “Finding Your Roots.”
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Play Chronicles Life of Baltimorean Who Translated the New Testament into Yiddish
“The Gospel According to Chaim” is based on the life of Baltimore Christian missionary Henry Einspruch and will be performed through Jan. 7 at Theater for the New City in Manhattan.
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Sorry, ‘Maestro’ Misses the Mark
Bradley Cooper’s new film treatment of the life of conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein drops the baton, writes Michael Olesker.
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Local Artists Encouraged to Apply for Pikesville Community Mural Project
Civic leaders hope the Northwest Baltimore suburb’s first publicly funded mural, on a sidewall of Zips Cleaners in the “Main Street” corridor, will be completed by May 30, 2024.
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