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

Mar. 14 2023

St David’s 47th Annual Baltimore Bach Marathon

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      The 2023 Baltimore Bach Marathon hosted for the 47th year by the St. David’s Music Series sees the completion of several cycles of Bach’s works. Director of Music Ministries, Douglas Buchanan, came to talk about it.          

Mar. 04 2023

BookNotes reconnects with Passager

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  “I see this issue as a mending, turning trauma and pain into art . . . It is the process of creating that heals us.” Christine Lincoln, Guest Editor        It’s been almost seven years since BookNotes caught up with Passager the local, independent literary press dedicated to older writers. So, I invited Founding […]

Feb. 23 2023

Shriver Concerts welcomes double bassist Joseph Conyers and “Norma”

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      Double bass player, Joseph Conyers, joins the Dover Quartet for a performance of Dvořák’s String Quintet in G major on the Shriver Hall Concert Series. It was my pleasure to catch up with him by phone to talk about the February 26th concert.          

Feb. 18 2023

BookNotes Review February 2023

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  Victory City Salman Rushdie A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe Mark Dawidziak What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro BLK ART The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art  Zaria Ware  

Feb. 15 2023

Recital & Evensong for the Feast of Frederick Douglass

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      Honoring the life of Frederick Douglass, Music at St. David’s directed by Douglas Buchanan will offer a program featuring baritone and 2022-23 Composer-in-Residence Rahzé Cheatham on Sunday, February 19th starting at 4:30 pm.                 

Feb. 11 2023

Silver Anniversary at WBJC! 🍾🥂🎉🎶

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  Today, even though I haven’t been on the air with you—this being a Saturday—I am celebrating my quarter-century with WBJC! I like to tell the story of when I was in the process of immigrating from Africa to America and I had this seemingly outlandish fantasy of being a classical music DJ somewhere on […]

Feb. 04 2023

The Father of the Underground Railroad on BookNotes

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      At the start of Black History Month, we honor a towering figure in the abolitionist movement, William Still — not to be confused with the Dean of African American composers, William Grant Still. Historian at Towson University, Andrew K. Diemer, talks about his William Still biography, Vigilance.    

Jan. 26 2023

International Shakespeare Theatre Association honors CSC founder

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      Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, has received the 2023 Sandra and Sidney Berger Award from the international Shakespeare Theatre Association. Ian has philanthropic plans about putting the award to good use, and he came in to talk to me about them.  

Jan. 21 2023

BookNotes Review January 2023

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  Seasonal Work Laura Lippman One: Simple One-pan Wonders Jamie Oliver MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ilyon Woo A Message From Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky  

Jan. 07 2023

BookNotes honors MLK Day

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  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, GA, and in 2023, we mark MLK Day on Monday, January 16. To talk about the legacy of his words, the guest on BookNotes this month is Marilyn Nelson, award-winning poet and author or translator of more than 20 books […]

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