Category Archives: Neighborhoods

Baltimore writer describes life in the death business, her 9 years at a city funeral home

(The Washington Post, 5/29/2013) Sheri Booker was 15 when she got a summer job at a West Baltimore funeral home. In the beginning, she answered phones and babysat bodies, showing guests into the funeral home’s viewing room. But over the … Continue reading

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Here Comes Towson, Maryland’s White-Power Safety Patrol

Here Comes The White-Power Safety Patrol They Want To Clean Up Your Campus By Wes Enzinna (Vice.com, 5/29/2013) Matthew Heimbach insists he’s not a racist. This comes as a surprise to his fellow students at Towson University, in the suburbs … Continue reading

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Alice Cooper Rocks the Towson, Maryland Courthouse, 1991

Alice Cooper rocks 2,000 in Towson Some skip school to hear ’70s rocker deliver his new anti-drug message. By Meredith Schlow (Baltimore Evening Sun, 9/10/1991) Rocker Alice Cooper played to about 2,000 in Towson’s Courthouse Plaza today, turning the normally … Continue reading

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The Mark Harp All-Stars highlight SoWeBo Fest 2013

Redux Stage celebrates music long gone but far from forgotten by Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude) It was the best of times, it was the Worz of times (yes, perpetually frenetic scenester Keith Worz was there!) at the 30th annual SoWeBohemian … Continue reading

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