Zac Rissmiller has degrees in engineering, but he calls them “just pieces of paper.” Instead of putting what he learned in college to work, he pursued his love of brewing. As a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre that left 15 dead in 1999, Rissmiller said life’s too short not to pursue...
Dennis Hof, a pimp who gained notoriety for an HBO series about his brothel business and who fashioned himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican candidate for the state Legislature, was found dead hours after his extended-weekend 72nd birthday bash, authorities said Tuesday. Hof was pronounced...
For the most part, forget the words that President Donald Trump said Sunday night to Lesley Stahl in his “60 Minutes” interview. It is a mistake to focus on his words. He lies about almost everything. And he denies saying all sorts of things whenever he finds it convenient. He did just that Sunday...
Baltimore police have agreed to change policies regarding protests after a settlement with local activists and others who sued the department after their arrest during a protest at Artscape in 2016. “Today’s settlement is a small step toward achieving Bloc’s and other community activists’ goals...
Chris Bedford and Mark Bradford are used to having people tangle up their last names, which contain nearly all the same letters in roughly the same order. Bedford, the director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, can only claim his “e” for his exclusive use, while the superstar artist Bradford retains...
In a spirit of ecumenicism and civic activism, Union Baptist Church in West Baltimore will present “Amazing Grace: Uniting Community,” a free concert Oct. 11 featuring notable classical and jazz artists. The event is an outgrowth of collaborations in recent years between Union Baptist and the Church...
For the ninth time since 1990, Baltimore will get to experience “Les Miserables,” the high-emotion mega-musical based on the Victor Hugo novel about petty crime and inordinate punishment, poverty and greed, revolution and romance. The show’s run at the Hippodrome Theatre, Oct. 9 to 14, will give...
Nobody ever lost money remaking “A Star is Born,” Hollywood’s favorite tragic romantic fable. Whether it’s any good doesn’t matter. To wit: The 1976 Barbra Streisand/ Kris Kristofferson remake wasn’t good, but you believed the archetypal show business lovers had musical talent. And they could act,...
Superhero fatigue got you down? Tired of the same old bland Marvel Cinematic Universe offerings? A dose of "Venom" could be just the right antidote. This dark, wacky MCU-associated outing combines one of the most interesting contemporary leading men with a daring director who has a hit-or-miss...
An earlier version of this review had an incorrect name of an actor. Am I asking too much of “Night School”? It’s no big thing, this new movie starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, and nobody’s expecting a formula-, game- or life-changer. You just don’t want to leave feeling shortchanged. Right...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it, as the saying goes. That seems to be the approach taken by the screenwriters of the new animated feature "Smallfoot." The story is actually "Bigfoot," but it hinges on a clever reversal of perspective, centering on a tribe of Yetis in the Himalayas who fear the...