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Judith is WBJC's afternoon host. Her full bio can be read here.

Nov. 02 2023

The Venice of the North

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  In case you wondered where I was for three weeks, this blog post explains it in part. Let me take you on a little trip…

Nov. 02 2023

Music at Evergreen turns 70!

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    Music at Evergreen in the intimate Bakst Theatre at the Evergreen Museum & Library on North Charles Street opens its 70th season this Sunday with a recital by Taiwanese-American harpist Noël Wan. I spoke with Genya Hopkins, secretary of the Evergreen Foundation Board and Artistic Advisor for the music series.  

Oct. 20 2023

BookNotes Review October 2023

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Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein Anne Eekhout Translated by Laura Watkinson The Exchange John Grisham Worthy Jada Pinkett Smith Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis  

Oct. 09 2023

Angela Hewitt opens Shriver Concerts with Bach’s Goldberg Variations

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      The 2023-2024 season of Shriver Hall Concert Series opens with Angela Hewitt, “the preeminent Bach pianist of our time” (The Guardian), playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations. I spoke with her via Zoom in London.          

Oct. 08 2023

Music at St. David’s commemorates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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    Indigenous Peoples’ Day falls on the second Monday in October each year, and this year we mark it on October 9th. Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music Ministries at St. David’s in Roland Park, spoke to me about the Recital & Evensong that Music at St. David’s is offering for the Commemoration of Indigenous Peoples […]

Oct. 06 2023

Artwork as a trigger for public awareness on BookNotes

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    Phase Two In this garden, the snow will melt, evaporate, and begin its cycle all over again. — Lee Heineman Jann Rosen-Queralt is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent project is Heart Beating Beneath the Earth, a book of photographs and the writings they inspired.  

Oct. 04 2023

Making Her Mark at the BMA

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    Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800 is a ticketed exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, featuring more than 200 objects across fine art, craft, and design, capturing women’s integral contributions to the evolution and production of art across 400 years. It was my pleasure to speak to […]

Sep. 15 2023

BookNotes Review September 2023

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The Fraud Zadie Smith The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang Elon Musk Walter Isaacson  

Sep. 08 2023

Douglas Buchanan celebrates 10 years with St. David’s Music

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    The 2023 – 2024 season of the Music Series at St. David’s Roland Park begins on September 17th, with a bonus concert on Sunday 10th. Douglas Buchanan has special plans for his 10th season.      

Sep. 06 2023

The viol of the leg

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As the names suggest, the viola da gamba is the viol of the leg, whereas the viola da braccio is the viol of the arm. But, while the viola da braccio was the distant ancestor of the viola in a present-day string section, the viola da gamba was not the forebear of the cello. Rather, […]

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