Category: Baltimore News

Join the author of REDWOOD, A. Rod Womack, 6:30 p.m., March 25 for a book signing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. The author’s event will take place at the Enoch Pratt Library, 4330 Edmondson Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact Vern Goff at emeraldcitycomm@aol.com or (202) 262-1786 for more information.

On March 27 the Village Learning Place will host the Mother Goose on the Loose story time at 10:30am. The Village Learning Place is located at 2521 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. For a full list of upcoming events, visit www.villagelearningplace.com.

From now until April 1, The Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Baltimore Orioles are launching the Tom Clancy Reading Club. Children thru fifth grade can register any Pratt Library location in Baltimore. For more information on the Tom Clancy Reading Club visit www.prattlibrary.org.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) The American economy continues to improve while too few reap the benefits, requiring more pathways into the middle-class, said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez. He shared these thoughts while speaking at a Greater Baltimore Committee breakfast March 16. According to Perez, the U.S. has […]

Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, director and Ursula V. Battle, playwright. Unified Voices of Johns Hopkins University will present Ursula V. Battle’s DisChord in The Choir, the gospel stage play musical production being directed by Dr. Gregory Wm. Branch, March 27-29, in Turner Auditorium, located in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Ross Research Building, 720 Rutland Ave. […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called for Black men to do more about Black on Black violence during her, “State of the City,” address earlier this month. And today she released an, “open letter,” to the city making some of the same assertions. Today, during our first hour we’ll engage […]

Derick Ebert, recently named Baltimore’s first youth poet laureate, wants to challenge problematic notions of masculinity as he works with Dew More Baltimore to increase community engagement through the literary arts. Derick Ebert, Baltimore’s first youth poet laureate, performs at the Reisterstown Road branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library for a group of students […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called for a community dialogue on reducing African-American homicides and increasing the number of mentors available to young Black males in Baltimore City. “My goal is to convene community leaders and experts and let us all work together to discuss what’s working, what we need to improve, and hopefully […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, seated next to Del. Curt Anderson (D-Baltimore City), testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on a bill that would create a new felony for police who commit crimes while on duty. (Photo by Roberto Alejandro) Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake faced down tough questions from lawmakers in Annapolis while testifying in favor of creating […]

Advocates appeared much better prepared for a second round of hearings on Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill Of Rights (LEOBR) reforms in Annapolis. They were caught a bit flat footed during the first go around. On Feb. 26, Senate Judicial Proceedings heard testimony on Senate Bill 566, which would reform Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill Of […]

Police have arrested a suspect in the stabbing of two persons on the campus of Morgan State University. This undated photo provided by the Baltimore City Police Department shows Carlos Mars. Police have arrested Mars in connection with a stabbing at Morgan State University that left three football players injured. Police said Wednesday, March 18, […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u More racism at a college fraternity, this time on the campus of the University of Maryland. We’ll discuss the rise of open racism and intolerance in the U.S. with Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Plus, Baltimore City school police are attempting to resurrect the issue of […]