Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3 We discuss the effort to restore full voting rights to ex-felons, with freshman East Baltimore Delegate Cory McCray. Plus, we talk to AFRO reporter Roberto Alejandro about the latest from the legislative session in Annapolis and the launch of his new blog, “On Background, with Roberto Alejandro.” It’s all […]

Director David Sommerville Model, actor and director David K. Sommerville is prepping for his directorial debut, a short film he wrote and developed titled, Indoctrination. The film challenges its audience to take a strong look at their values and ask whether they are personal commitments or simply personal inheritances, and Sommerville is currently raising funds […]

Wes Moore’s THE WORK, the follow-up to his bestselling debut memoir, The Other Wes Moore, is already on the New York Times’ bestselling list. By most people’s estimation, Wes Moore has met his quota of accomplishments—a Rhodes Scholar, combat officer in Afghanistan, special assistant to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Obama campaigner, Wall Street banker […]

Advocates and former felons testify before the Senate’s Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee on expanding voting rights for former felons. From left to right: James Grayson, Greg Carpenter, Perry Hopkins, Tomas Lopez and Nicole Porter. (AFRO Photo/by Roberto Alejandro) A Senate hearing on whether to expand voting rights to former felons still on parole […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and director of the Department of Public Works Rudolph Chow announce the establishment of a new command center to handle deluge in water related service requests due to the extreme cold. (AFRO PHOTO/ by Roberto Alejandro) Thousands of water related calls have inundated Baltimore City’s Department of Public Works (DPW) as the […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We send Black History Month 2015 out in a blaze a glory with a celebration we’re calling, “The Black Explosion,” as we examine the state of Black America and the state of Black Baltimore with our panel of experts. It’s all coming up this evening on AFRO’s First Edition […]

Phaze 10’s three managing partners, from left, William Hudson Jr., John Carter and Tony Randall Sr. (AFRO/Photo by Roberto Alejandro) It could be said that jazz is a genre best enjoyed by the musically mature. There are familiar patterns and progressions that form the scaffolding of music that one learns over time, and the gift […]

Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg, left; Brig. Gen. Allyson Solomon, assistant adjutant general, Maryland Air National Guard and honoree Maj. Gen. (Ret) Thomas Prather at the 15th Annual Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Banquet. (Photo by James A. Lewis) The National Association for Black Veterans (NABVETS) hosted its 15th Annual Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Banquet Feb. 22 at Morgan […]

Branch and Battle Caption: 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 […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We take a look at the results of the latest “Goucher Poll,” which measures the opinions of Marylanders on issues such as the legalization of marijuana, Governor Larry Hogan’s first month in office, President Obama’s job approval and the so-called heroin epidemic. Plus, Governor Hogan released his plan this […]

Waterfront Wellness Series: The Waterfront Partnership and Medifast are joining together to bring free fitness classes to the Inner Harbor, Baltimore. The kick off begins on May 23 through September 20 on Saturdays and Sundays at West Shore Park.  Returning classes are Yoga, Charm city Yoga, and Parkour with Urban Evolution. Participants of all ages […]

Serving  ‘Eighty Years Strong’, the Monumental City Bar Association is celebrating 80 years of service. A cocktail reception will be held 5:30 p.m. , April 16 in the Calvin and Tina Tyler Ballroom, Morgan State University Student Center, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore . The attire is business. The admission is $80 until March […]