Articles by Anna Ditkoff

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Alone in the Dark: Two excellent peformances anchor this emotionally powerful experience

Stage | 2/4/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

I can't remember the last time I cried during a play. I'm not the type that gets teary easily, but Two Rooms at Everyman Theatre left me wiping my eyes with the back of my hands as the lights went up....[MORE]

Curtain Time

Arts and Minds | 2/3/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Funny Business Make your way to the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatree (817 St. Paul St., [410] 752-1225) on Feb. 7 for Drop Three Comedy & Improv's monthly show. The February edition features co...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 2/3/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders this Week: 2 Murders this Year: 12 With just two homicides this week, as of Feb. 1, Baltimore City had 10 fewer homicides this year than the same time last year. Monday, Jan. 25 ...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 1/20/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders this week: 0 Murders this year: 5 There were no murders in Baltimore this past week through Friday, Jan. 15, the last date for inclusion in this column due to an early holiday deadline....[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 1/20/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Baltimore City went six consecutive days without a murder. As of Monday, Jan. 18 there were nine fewer homicides this year than at the same time in 2009. Sunday, Jan. 16 5:30 a.m. Police were ca...[MORE]

Rising Tide: Baltimore's 2009 homicide toll goes against national trends by going up

Feature | 1/20/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Illustrations by Jennifer Daniel Baltimore City reported four more homicides in 2009 than in 2008--238 vs. 234. It wasn't a big increase, especially for a city used to numbers closer to 300. Still, ...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 1/13/2010 | By Andrea Appleton, Anna Ditkoff

Murders this week: 4 Murders this year: 5 One murder was removed from the 2009 homicide total in December and another was added. Baltimore Police are no longer counting the Dec. 9 police-involved s...[MORE]

Curtain Time

Curtain Time | 1/6/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

OPENINGS A fairytale takes flight Jan. 7-16 when In-Flight Theater presents The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen at MICA's BBox performance space (The Gateway, 1601 W. Mount Royal Ave., [410] 800...[MORE]

Twitter Cake

Feedbag | 1/6/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

I finally understand the purpose of Twitter. It was created so that Red Emma's could tell me they have "delicious vegan red velvet cake." No sooner did a colleague see the tweet then we were bundled u...[MORE]

Murder Ink Updates

Murder Ink | 1/6/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

The murder of Roger Dennis, a 25-year-old African-American man, has been closed by exception. Dennis was shot in the 1900 block of West North Avenue in 1997. He died on Aug. 1, 2008. The man police be...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 1/6/2010 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders this Week: 4 Murders in 2009: 238 Murders in 2010: 1 Baltimore City saw four more homicides in 2009 than in 2008. While this total keeps the city's homicide rate at a low not seen since...[MORE]

DuClaw Closure Update

Feedbag | 12/30/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

I just got off the phone with DuClaw Brewing Co. president David Benfield. He says there were two reasons for closing down DuClaw's Charm City location. "One is a small dispute with our landlord over ...[MORE]

DuClaw in Fells Point Closes Today

Feedbag | 12/30/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Today, Dec. 30, is your last chance to hit DuClaw Brewing Co. in Fells Point. The brew pub is shuttering at end of business today. When I called to ask why, I was answered by an understandably testy e...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 12/30/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders this Week: 8 Murders this Year: 235 Two deaths were added to homicide rolls this week, putting the city one homicide above last year's total of 234. Police were called to the 2800 block ...[MORE]

She's With the Banned: Judith Krug

Feature | 12/30/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

If you've read The Catcher in the Rye or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you might have librarian Judith Krug to thank. Hell, if you've used the dictionary--which has actually been removed from s...[MORE]

Facing Facebook: 2008: Just because I was late to social networking doesn't mean I didn't get sucked in

Feature | 12/23/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

I've never been an early adopter. I didn't get e-mail until college, and then barely used it for years. I waited as long as humanly possible to get a cell phone, and even then it took me a while to st...[MORE]

In My Place: 2002: Searching for a house to call a home

Feature | 12/23/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

I'm not sure what inspired me to buy a house. I wasn't married and I didn't have kids. Maybe it was because by 2002 so many people I knew had scored $40,000 rowhouses. Maybe it was a desire to invest ...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 12/23/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders This Week: 3 Murders This Year: 227 Wednesday, Dec. 16 3:33 p.m. Darnell Gray, a 35-year-old African-American man, was riding in the back seat of an SUV with a bunch of friends. When ...[MORE]

Dogwood Reopens

Feedbag | 12/15/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Dogwood is reopening Dec. 17 according to an e-mail from the restaurant. Last August, it closed down amid rumors that this temporary hiatus would prove permanent. Rumors that seemed pretty likely when...[MORE]

Murder Ink

Murder Ink | 12/16/2009 | By Anna Ditkoff

Murders this Week: 6 Murders this Year: 224 The death of Josue Zelaya, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, has been removed from the Baltimore Police Department's official homicide tally because it has be...[MORE]

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Baltimore Ballet 10 Year Anniversary Gala

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 2/3/2010

The Baltimore Ballet celebrates a decade of existence with a performance that brings heavy hitters of dance to the Lyric. Along with performers from the Baltimore Ballet, you can also see pirouetters ...[MORE]

Charm City Cupcakes

Restaurant review: by Anna Ditkoff | 1/27/2010

If there is one thing we like more than delicious sugary treats, it's a good yarn. Our visit to Charm City Cupcakes in Brown's Arcade on Charles Street provided both. The man that greeted us at the sm...[MORE]

Hairspray

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 1/6/2010

Some of us didn't love the 2007 movie based on this musical--not to be confused with the 1988 movie this musical was based on, which we loved. How can you replace a cast like Ricki Lake, Debbie Harry,...[MORE]

Man of La Mancha

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 1/6/2010

Man of La Mancha is a gorgeous musical--heartbreaking and uplifting all at the same time. It tackles the classic tale of Don Quixote with unforgettable songs such as "The Impossible Dream," and with ...[MORE]

Ulysses' Crewmen

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/30/2009

If you like your theater heavy on message and light on conventional story telling, Ulysses' Crewmen is for you. The show, put on by Insurgent Theatre and written by the company's co-founder, plays wit...[MORE]

New Year's Day Poetry and Performance

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/30/2009

We know the old saw about assuming, but on New Year's Day it's pretty safe to say that most of us are at least a little bit hungover and contemplating the year ahead. Why not soak up the leftover alco...[MORE]

Did You Hear About the Morgans

Movie review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/18/2009

Much of this romantic comedy centers on Hugh Grant making jokes that nobody else thinks are funny. Nobody--not the wife he cheated on, nor the country folk he ends up surrounded by. As each joke echoe...[MORE]

The Young Victoria

Movie review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/25/2009

The Young Victoria delivers something woefully few movies have lately--a believable and engrossing love story. It chronicles the early life of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt) from her sheltered childhood...[MORE]

Nam Kang

Restaurant review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/23/2009

I recently stopped into Nam Kang for lunch. I wasn't thinking about having a thrifty lunch, I just had a serious hankering for a Korean hot pot. But it turns out, Nam Kang is loaded with lunch special...[MORE]

danceRINK's Alice in Wonderland

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/16/2009

Theater/dance troupe danceRINK will take you through the looking glass and down the rabbit hole in its version of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale Alice in Wonderland. This telling is based on a 1950s rad...[MORE]

Out of Sight

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 12/2/2009

Sarah Felder is a juggler in more than one sense. Yes, she throws multiple things in the air and catches them, but she also melds genre, ideas, and methods of storytelling. In her latest one-woman sho...[MORE]

Aloha Hibachi Grill

Restaurant review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/25/2009

Tucked beside the downstairs bar of Aloha Sushi on Charles Street is a little grill offering dishes such as teriyaki from Japan, gal-bi from Korea, and, um, fried chicken because it's Baltimore and ca...[MORE]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Movie review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/25/2009

Fantastic Mr. Fox looks cool. The orange and brown palette and stop-motion animation is bound to send thirtysomethings into a nostalgic swoon. And while it's neat to look at, the story and characters ...[MORE]

Post-Thanksgiving Family Escape Plan

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/25/2009

We know you love your family, but a little bit of togetherness goes a long way, right? You have turkey nestled beside side dishes you wouldn't eat any other time of the year--um, pass the cranberry go...[MORE]

Charm City Roller Girls Try-Outs

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/18/2009

In Whip It, 17-year-old Bliss discovers roller derby, telling one of the wheeled brawlers that they are her heroes. The roller diva replies, "Put some skates on, be your own hero." Well, you can be yo...[MORE]

[sic]

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/18/2009

Melissa James Gibson's play [Sic] is about nothing, and not in a Jerry Seinfeld what's-the-deal-with-insert-innocuous-everyday-item-here kind of way--though it does have comedic elements. It has no pl...[MORE]

Scenes Play

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/11/2009

OK kids, prepare yourselves, because this one is going to get really meta. Forget play within a play: In Scenes Play, writer/co-director/performer Theresa Columbus is going to reference herself into a...[MORE]

Don Pasquale

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/11/2009

Fictional characters always gotta do things the hard way. In the opera Don Pasquale, the titular wealthy 19th-century Italian decides he wants to get married even though he's in his 70s, which back th...[MORE]

Meet the Authors with Alice McDermott, Gwen Ifill, and Craig Symonds

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/11/2009

St. John's College loves it some books--the Annapolis school's philosophy is based on reading and discussing "great books" instead of textbooks and tests--so it's no surprise that it uses a discussion...[MORE]

D.C DanceSport Inferno: Amateur and Collegiate Ballroom Competition

Event Preview review: by Anna Ditkoff | 11/4/2009

Ballroom has enjoyed something of a resurgence of late, between Dancing With the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and weird knock-offs like Dance Your Ass Off. Not to mention the swing revival, whic...[MORE]