Visual Arts
AVAM Exhibition Explores Genocide and the Ravages of War
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and her younger sister, Mania, were the only members of their immediate family to survive the Holocaust. But Krinitz, a Polish Jew who died in 2001, kept the memories of her parents and siblings vividly alive in 36 hand-embroidered collages...
The Earliest Surviving Photographs of Jerusalem Live On in Historic Exhibit
(JTA) — When French architectural historian Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey left Paris in 1842, his luggage weighed over 100 pounds and his three-year itinerary was ambitious. He was mesmerized by photography — invented just a few years before by a fellow...
American Craft Show Celebrates 45 Years in Baltimore
Lori Gottlieb has always had a passion for creating art. So when forced to abandon her career as a general surgeon due to health reasons, she turned to her muse. As founder of LoriMeg Designs, the Owings Mills resident now happily spends her days and nights creating...
JMM Exhibit Sheds Light on the Lives of Jewish Refugees in Shanghai During WWII
Owings Mills resident Yvonne Daniel says her parents, Hermann and Hetty Heuman, never forgot their time in Shanghai. The Heumans were newlyweds when they fled Nazi Germany shortly after Kristallnacht, the infamous “night of broken glass” on Nov. 9-10, 1938, viewed by...
A Well-Done Burger
“I’ve done it all by being honorable …” –Jim Burger When Baltimore photographer, bon vivant and mentsch Jim Burger waded into the mess left behind in 2015 when Freddie Gray died in police custody, he didn’t bring his camera. He brought a broom....
New Yorker Cartoonist Liana Finck Draws on the Light and Shadows of Her Jewish Upbringing
NEW YORK (JTA) — Liana Finck is in the eating area of a grocery store in Southampton, N.Y., and I’ve interrupted her beach excursion. Once a week, the Brooklyn-based illustrator rides a train to the east end of Long Island to channel her creative energy. She wakes up...
Stan Lee Gave Comic Books Permission to be More Jewish
By Arie Kaplan (JTA) — When Stan Lee died on Nov. 12 at 95, he left behind a vast legacy. Between 1961 and 1969, his greatest sustained burst of creative activity, he co-created a vast array of iconic characters, including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the...
Rube Goldberg Exhibition Opens at Jewish History Museum in Philly
When hearing the name Rube Goldberg, one notion instantly comes to mind: those fun machines that complete simple tasks in overly complicated and humorous ways. Think a ball rolling down a long ramp that hits a series of dominoes, which hits something else, so on and...
Artist/Author Reveals her Special Relationship with the Animal Kingdom
Animal lovers know full well that a furry companion can raise our spirits and lift our hearts. Betty Grodnitzky found an animal friend in the most unlikely of creatures — a deer on the lawn outside of her Pikesville residence whom she named Bambele, Yiddish for...Upcoming Events
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7:00 pm Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre
Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre 
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm
The Parkway kicks off its Contemporary Women Filmmakers series with a sneak preview of the next to last episode of “Broad City,” “Along Came Molly,” with series co-creator (and MICA grad) Abbi Jacobson. A conversation[...]
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all-day Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center 
Mar 23 – Apr 16 all-day
The BJFF presents internationally renowned Jewish-interest films. Here’s this year’s schedule: March 23, 8 p.m.: “The Last Suit” — An 88-year-old Jewish tailor runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland seeking a friend he hasn’t[...]
7:00 pm Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith discusses and signs copies of his new book, “Nobody’s Fool — The Life and Times of Schlitzie The Pinhead.” Reserve your signed copy today.
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