One Baltimore is a weekly column on politics, culture, arts, and the environment. Focused on justice. Free Keith Davis, Jr.!
12/30/19 I’ve been in love with the American Visionary Art Museum since I was a teenager. I remember one of the first exhibits I saw there. There was a little set of embroidered pieces showing domestic scenes and pastoral views. Lovely, but they didn’t seem like much to me until I read the placard alongside … Continue reading One Baltimore #30, Making A Secret Life
10/21/19 This past weekend, I braved the marathon and the rain to hang out with friends who were vending handmade reusable cloth menstrual pads (more on them below) at Baltimore Comic-Con. Now in its 20th year, the convention brings together hundreds of artists, from big name professionals to fans taking their first shot at selling … Continue reading One Baltimore #22, Baltimore Comic-Con
7/29/19 Cities get my blood going. All the people and possibilities, the public spaces and the hidden places, the markets and clubs, the infinite shades of art. I love visiting cities, their streets usually feel like home to me no matter how far they are from here. I especially love the world class ones that … Continue reading One Baltimore #12, World Class
6/8/19 “Cities have always been the refuge of gay people. At the end of the 1960s, a gay activist described San Francisco as a ‘refugee camp’ that had attracted gay people from all over the country -- people who were running from the impossibility of living out gay lives in the hostile, hate-filled atmosphere of … Continue reading One Baltimore #6, Pride
