Midday

Earlier this week, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board released a report with new details into the collapse of The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26th, 2024. The tragedy claimed the lives of 6 construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge at the time. The NTSB report takes us deep inside the container ship Dali, as the skyscraper-...

Some of the most important examples of our city’s urban renewal were guided by Bob Embry’s imagination and skill. The Inner Harbor, the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium, the subway system and the “dollar house” program that helped revitalize some of Baltimore’s most troubled neighborhoods, all bear the Embry stamp. In 1987, he became the President of the Abell Foundation, which has g...

City Council President Zeke Cohen joins Midday to talk about the latest news from inside City Hall. We ask him about new legislative efforts to curb the proliferation of smoke and vape shops in Baltimore City. Plus, an effort to study stubbornly high rates of chronic absenteeism among students.

Two leading advocates for behavioral health crisis response discuss efforts to improve Baltimore's civilian-led services for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

Baltimore City Public Schools is seeking a new CEO to succeed Sonja Santelises when her tenure ends after the 2025-2026 school year.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Institute of Politics released a new poll earlier this month measuring, among other things, the approval rating of Gov. Wes Moore and President Donald Trump. Marylanders were also asked about their perceptions of the Democratic and Republicans parties, and their perception of artificial intelligence. Dr. Mileah Kromer is the Director of the Institute...

Sen. Bill Ferguson, the President of the Maryland Senate, has been under pressure from Gov. Wes Moore and prominent Democrats around the country to get on board with efforts to counter redistricting efforts by Republican legislators in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and other states that favor Republican candidates for the House. Ferguson opposes redrawing congressional lines, like California did...

Arts Every Day director Julia DiBussolo and City Schools' Diya Hafiz-Slayton discuss ongoing efforts to strengthen fine arts curricula in Baltimore City's public schools.

Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck reviews the new North American touring production of 'The Phantom of the Opera,' Broadway's longest-running musical, at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre.

Sportswriter Jane Leavy's new book is a fact-filled fastball pitch for new rules in baseball to bring more fairness — and fun — back to 'America's pastime.'

Jazz singer Gabrielle Cavassa, who has toured and recorded with legendary saxophonist Joshua Redman, previews her gig tonight at Keystone Korner.

'Holding Liat' producer Lance Kramer discusses the powerful new documentary about the family of an Israeli-American woman kidnapped by Hamas fighters on October 7. 2023

When fires broke out in 18th century Baltimore, historian Clarence H. Forrest wrote, “Then everybody became a fireman, and with the primitive appliances at hand attempted to extinguish the flames.” Clarence, writing at the end of the 19th century, notes times had changed with the adoption of dedicated firemen companies. “Now,” he wrote, “the few fight the flames and the many are spectators.” Balti...

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Veterans Day, the 11th day of the 11th month each year, is set aside to honor Americans past and present who served in our country’s armed forces. This year, the government shutdown prompted the cancellation of several Veterans Day events, but that was far from the only consequence of the shutdown for veterans. Many veteran families rely on federally-funded food assistance programs and other progr...

Four times a year, the Baltimore Peace Movement, a community-led, not-for-profit organization, observes what it calls Peace Promise Weekends, where those who've lost loved ones to violence in the city are comforted, and those who've passed are remembered. The Peace Promise is about bringing the city together to celebrate the connections that make our neighborhoods safer. Darnyle Wharton is a co or...

The redrawing of voting districts usually happens at the end of each decade after the U.S. census supplies lawmakers with the latest demographic data. But in an unprecedented move, more than a dozen states are either considering redistricting or have already enacted new congressional district maps, five years early. California, Texas, Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina have enacted maps, though leg...

Full Circle Dance Company was founded in 2000 and approaches each year with a different theme for its choreography.

We talk with the directors of the 2025 Maryland Film Festival about the latest edition of Baltimore's esteemed showcase for new films & filmmakers, and we check out what's new on local screens & TVs.

Eva Cassidy, a singer from Washington, DC, died of melanoma in 1996 at the age of 33. Though she never achieved widespread recognition or commercial success during her lifetime, her posthumous fame and influence have continued to grow. Singer Alexis Tantau, along with singer/musician Letitia VanSant and her band Rusty Sal, are among the featured artists for the opening set tomorrow night at the An...

Tom's next guests are the three cast members in the new Everyman Theatre production of Art, which Midday's theater critic, J. Wynn Rousuck, reviewed here last Friday. Bruce Randolph Nelson plays Serge, a dermatologist who becomes an obsessive art collector; Kyle Prue plays Marc, Serge's intellectual friend, and Tony K. Nam plays Yvan, a mutual friend. In the Tony Award-winning play, the three men...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins Midday to discuss the latest issues important to city residents. Scott signed a series of consequential, and controversial, housing bills earlier this week. What does he say to critics who claim the bills will drive out longtime residents? And, as the longest government shutdown in American history continues, how is the city supporting furloughed federal workers...

Tom's next guest is Democratic Congressman Kweisi Mfume, who represents Baltimore City and the rest of Maryland's 7th District in the U.S. House of Representatives… ...which is where, alongside the US Senate, gridlock over funding the federal government has reached a new record. At 36 days, the shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.  But after Tuesday's sweeping Democratic ballot victories —...

Albert Shanker, a leading proponent of the early charter school movement in the 1980s and 90s, thought of charter schools as “educational laboratories” where teachers could try innovative pedagogical methods unburdened by standardized public school curriculum. In Maryland, charter schools are funded by the public school districts where they operate. How much funding has been the topic of debate fo...

Annie E. Casey Foundation CEO Lisa Lawson says adolescent brain research suggests new strategies for supporting teens through a crucial stage of their development.