“The Brothers Grimm” (PG-13)
Who's in it: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger What it's about: Jacob (Ledger) and Wilhelm Grimm (Damon) are con artists who bilk superstitious locals of their money by promising to chase...
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“The Brothers Grimm” (PG-13)
Who's in it: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci. What it's about: Jacob (Ledger) and Wilhelm Grimm (Damon) are con artists who bilk superstitious locals of their money by promising...
New chapter in a story of struggle and triumph
For Nina Cole Rawlings, yesterday's opening of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture meant a day of mixed emotions. She was overjoyed to see...
At last, a place for generations of history, hope
More than 350 years have passed since the first enslaved Africans, taken forcibly from their homelands and sold to people in a land thousands of miles away, set foot in...
Baltimore promoting its black heritage
City tourism officials are using this month's scheduled opening of a museum spotlighting black history and culture to push Baltimore as a destination of choice for African-American tourists. With an...
Lewis museum to open with ‘Slave Ship’
Simple iron bars that could be used to purchase a human being. Iron shackles clearly designed for a young child's legs. A captain's log that complains of the stifling African...
Lewis Museum will open June 25
Baltimore's long-awaited Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, initially scheduled to debut last fall, is scheduled to open to the public June 25, museum executives...
Movie stars found heroes in Baltimore
Movie stars John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix want to be like firefighters. Better yet, they want to be like Baltimore firefighters! How cool is that? "They're the most humble, modest...
Real-life heroes, Hollywood style
The most realistic parts of Ladder 49, the new film shot in Baltimore and starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix, are the things that movie-goers will never see on-screen. They...
Waters’ latest: sex by pseudonym
A Dirty Shame is a tale of marauding sex addicts who wage a pitched battle against the morally upright citizens of Harford Road. It's also a celebration of sexual rapaciousness,...