Why the Democrats are Winning the Shutdown: Our Bi-Weekly Political Roundup

Despite what the phony hand-wringing moralizers among us say about how the government shutdown hurts everybody and there are real human consequences and veterans and cancer patients and little children yadda yadda and “there are no winners” well that’s bullshit. At the end of the day, like it or not, one side will win and […]

Oblivians, Advlts @ Ottobar Tonight

We posted back in August about Oblivians being forced to postpone their Baltimore tour date due to a death in the family. It was a bummer, but the thing about delayed gratification is that eventually, you get gratification. And now six weeks later here we are. If you had tickets for the August show, they’ll […]

Baltimore Book Festival This Weekend

Starting today and running through Sunday evening the annual Baltimore Book Festival comes to Charles Street at Mount Vernon Place. And for us the timing could hardly be better. As we gear up to go out to sea we’re going to want to be stocked up on unread books, and trolling through Amazon in ‘just […]

Ignite Baltimore @ MICA Brown Center Tonight

So Ignite Baltimore is tonight. We’re going to go because we enjoy the Ignite series very much and always come away with some interesting perspectives on things we may not have considered before. Tonight’s event will be no exception, and we’re most especially looking forward to talks like Bicycle Lanes: A Path to Sustainable Urban […]

E.T. Screening @ Patterson Park Tonight

Something happened after Hampdenfest. It hit us that all of a sudden the Summer was over. Like for real over. It’s starting to get dark a bit earlier and the air conditioners are about to come out of the windows. We’re wearing cardigans. And one of our favorite Baltimore pastimes, Summer outdoor movie season is […]