Arts & Entertainment

Baltimore Center Stage (Handout photo)

Baltimore Center Stage Announces 2018/2019 Season

March 8, 2018 Amanda Krotki

Center Stage’s upcoming season includes classics (“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”), musicals (“Fun Home”) and emerging voices (“King of the Yees”).

Tony Nam as Ray (Photo by Stan Barouh)

‘Aubergine’ at Everyman Theatre

March 8, 2018 JMORE Staff

“Aubergine,” directed by Vincent M. Lancisi and produced in association with Olney Theatre Center, is having its Mid-Atlantic premiere at Everyman Theatre March 14-April 15.

Judith Jo Pachino says of her husband, Mel, "Challenges still remain, but he handles these with the same determination he demonstrated during the grueling first year after the accident." (Photo by Jeff Cohn Photography for BaltimoreJewishLife.com)

Memoir Tells a Pikesville Couple’s Story of Tragedy, Healing and Faith

March 7, 2018 Hanni R. Werner

In the aftermath of her husband’s miraculous recovery, Judy Pachino wrote, “C5: From Impact to Recovery, A Wife’s Memoir.”

Etty Ausch said her sexuality was cut from Netflix's "One of Us." (Courtesy of Ausch)

Netflix Included Her in a Documentary About Leaving Orthodox Judaism. They Didn’t Say She was Gay.

March 7, 2018 Josefin Dolsten, JTA

“They filmed, and I was openly gay in the film, and Netflix made them take it out and when they told me about it I was like ‘OK,’ but I didn’t get a choice. It wasn’t like I could say ‘no’ or ‘yeah.'” –Etty Ausch

The complications of a workplace romance (Jmore photo by Molly Blosse)

Navigating the Tricky Waters of Office Romances

March 7, 2018 Sherri Sacks

Whether your relationship looks lasting or temporary, you might want to check with human resources to understand how your workplace handles personal relationships.

Brian Levin (Handout)

Filmmaker Returns Home to Bolster Maryland’s Film Industry

March 5, 2018 Martha Thomas

Westminster native Brian Levin returns to the Baltimore area to make locally-based films.

Armie Hammer, left, and Israeli actress Gal Gadot presenting the Academy Award for best hair and makeup at the ceremony in Los Angeles, March 4, 2018. (Craig Sjodin via Getty Images)

Oscars 2018: For Jewish Nominees, a Night Not to Remember

March 5, 2018 Tom Tugend, JTA

Throughout the night, the loudest voices – and applause – were for women’s job and pay equity, the achievements of immigrants, the box office might of the black superhero film “Black Panther” and the growing presence of Asian-Americans in film.

Items at Wishbone Reserve (Facebook image)

Vintage Store Wishbone Reserve Re-Opening in Hampden — Baltimore Fishbowl

March 5, 2018 Ethan McLeod

After spending three years in their original Mount Washington space at 5730 Falls Road, store co-owners Julie Lilienfeld and Athena Hoffberger are re-opening their vintage furniture and fixtures shop just over two miles down at 3811 Falls Road in Hampden.

Passover Brisket (The Classic Catering People)

Why is This Brisket Different?

March 5, 2018 The Classic Catering People

The Classic Catering People offer up some of their tastiest Passover-inspired dishes.

Simple Lemon Salmon (Megan Wolf)

Here’s a Passover Menu Low on Calories and Carbs

March 5, 2018 Megan Wolf

These recipes are delicious and well suited for any time of year, but they are especially welcome at Passover, when we’re all looking to lighten our load a bit.

The Israeli truffles cost about $120 per pound. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Israeli Researchers Cultivate Desert Truffles Worth More than Uranium

March 4, 2018 JTA

Both the fungus and its host shrub require little water and no fertilizer, making the cultivation of Terfezia leonis potentially Israel’s most cost-effective agricultural crop.