Revisiting the 6th of January with Filmmakers Andrea and Sean Fine
[youtube id=”gcpmBUyncd8 In many ways, filmmakers Andrea and Sean Fine didn’t have much choice in doing a documentary about January 6th, the now tragically familiar historical moment when supporters of Donald Trump stormed the nation’s capitol to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. And the reason was simple enough: they and their film […]
Out and About (Sort of): Fictional, Insightful by Howard Freedlander
Streaming along at night, my wife and I have found ourselves transfixed by the Netflix hospital drama, “The Resident.” If even a small portion of the series is true, hospital care is open to serious scrutiny for its goodness as well as its flaws. The series is absorbing. The casting is excellent. The operations seem […]
It’s Primary Election Day
Tuesday is primary election day in Maryland, and here’s the skinny on where to vote, how to vote, and how long the polls are staying open. The Maryland State Board of Elections has issued a few reminders for voters still looking to pick candidates during this year’s primary. Voters will choose candidates for president, U.S. […]
Finalists Announced in Superintendent Search
Three frontrunners have emerged in the Kent County Board of Education’s search for the next superintendent of schools. The search process launched in January when Dr. Karen Couch, the current superintendent, announced her plans to retire at the end of the current school year. The board hired the Maryland Association of Boards of Education (MABE) […]
Something of the Marvelous Challenge features tour of Wye House
Pickering Creek Audubon Center’s Something of the Marvelous spring fundraiser for 2024 is a dollar-for-dollar matching challenge with every dollar being matched up to $50,000. These funds support Pickering Creek’s science and nature education programs in Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, and Wicomico counties for students from at least one grade level in each school system, ensuring that every […]
Five Maryland Students Vie for Washington College’s $77k Sophie Kerr Prize
Washington College has named five students to its short list for the 2024 Sophie Kerr Prize, which is valued at just over $77,000 this year. Now in its 57th year, the prize continues to be the nation’s largest literary award for a college student and totals more than the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award […]
Postcard from Florida
Florida gets a bad rap these days: its hurricanes are scary and its political tilt is a bit unsettling (remember all those hanging chads?). Then there’s that infamous classified document storage facility at Mar-a-Lago, a list of banned books as long as I-95, and I just saw a gecko the size of a French poodle. […]