Staff Picks

Ethos Percussion Group, Glen Velez and Bernard Woma

By Robert Novak
Friday, February 15th at 8:00 p.m., the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will present the Ethos Percussion Group, Glen Velez and Bernard Woma in concert. To see any one of these performing artists would be an experience in and of itself. The opportunity to experience them collectively, in the same room on the same night, is one I wouldn't want to miss. These are six astounding artists who create music at the highest level imaginable...

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers

By Drayton Foltz
I must admit a bias for the subject matter of Top Secret. I live in probably the most liberal section of Baltimore and every morning I stand in front of my Tivoli Radio and listen to NPR while I savor a cup of overpriced, fresh-brewed, sustainably grown coffee, which I admit I care way too much about, as I slowly start my day listening to the dulcet tones of NPR's Morning Edition. So, you can imagine my dismay...

Daniel Bernard Roumain

By Jermaine Lewis
As human beings, we can't always make sense of natural or man-made catastrophes, but fortunately, we have art. With an inherent desire for understanding, art can help us grieve through insensible acts of destruction and uncontrollable forces of nature. How did Billy Holiday make death by a noose such a painfully beautiful song?...

How Long, Brethren?

By Maddie Bell
As a third generation Greenbelter, I have always felt like I own a little piece of history. Despite the lack of road signs declaring it an historical landmark, How Long Brethren? is – like Greenbelt – a special look into the past.