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Final Post: Race, Incarceration and American Values 31 Oct 2012 | 09:00 pm
This will be the final post from Crime & Punishment. Our host Urbanite is no more. The archive, while it lasts, will be here. Like Urbanite, Crime & Punishment attempted telling stories about what se...
Pot, Cops and Baltimore 18 Oct 2012 | 01:00 am
October saw two new—and little noted—Maryland laws go into effect that have the potential to alter police work in Baltimore more than any other recent legislation. Maryland House Bill 350 and Senate B...
Silencing the Past and Present 11 Oct 2012 | 10:00 pm
This summer Michel-Rolph Trouillot died. He graduated with his PhD in Anthropology from Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and was founding director of that schools Institute for Global Studies in Cultu...
A New Kind of Dangerous. All Kinds of New Walls. 2 Oct 2012 | 11:00 pm
At night as you drive up out of the valley that House of Corrections Road circles through, circumnavigating Maryland’s prison campus in Jessup, you have to be careful and watch for geese and deer. It ...
Last Course 27 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
Some high points from the Food & Drink ezine by Tracey Middlekauff I am not sentimental as a rule, and so for this, the final Urbanite food and drink ezine, I’d simply like to look back at some of my ...
A Fond Farewell 25 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
As the Urbanite Arts and Culture ezine wraps it up, it's more important than ever to make a plan for the future. by Cara Ober I started the BmoreArt Blog in 2007 without much fanfare. I had just finis...
Second Helpings 20 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
As Urbanite winds down, a look back at the Food & Drink ezine by Tracey Middlekauff Sadly, the September issue of Urbanite will be the last, and the website will go dark soon thereafter. And so, for m...
On The Move 18 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
New works by Emily C-D at Loyola University's Julio Gallery reflect her travels literally—through the bits and pieces she has collected in India, Mexico, and Baltimore. by Cara Ober When you enter Int...
Fifteen Minutes of Good Luck 18 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
An array of the original String Dolls, made from a single piece of string in Thailand, are available at the BMA gift shop. by Cara Ober Whether it attaches to your key chain, cell phone, or other smal...
A Rainbow of Possibilities 18 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
The Color Wheel Mobile proclaims your love of all of the colors and moves in the breeze. by Cara Ober The Color Wheel Mobile is the perfect gift—for baby showers, housewarmings, or any other event req...