Archive for April, 2009
The “small view” is the “big view”
For the past year or so I have been working on a project looking at crime, poverty and life in between it all in Baltimore. For the last few months I have been sort of wondering, trying to figure out the next part of the story I want to focus on and I have been [...]
Transmodern
Last weekend I headed downtown to the Transmodern festival going on all weekend long. I spent part of Sunday enjoying the craziness that took over. As I wandered around, it was hard not to notice that the street performers and exhibits turned the area into the closest thing to Alice and Wonderland without me having [...]
Elephants in the city….
On Wednesday, April 1st, the circus, which is in town for the week, brought six elephants up Eutaw street to the historic Lexington Market in Downtown Baltimore to have lunch with Baltimorians. The elephants stood outside the market in front of huge piles of fruits and vegetables. I have to say, they probably ate better [...]