Arts and Culture

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

November 5, 2015

Theatre Baltimore: There Was A Boy At The Murphy Fine Arts Center

November 4, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look to theatre in this segment with a preview of an upcoming production at the Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University entitled "There Was A Boy."
October 30, 2015

Diana Beresford-Kroeger and the Global Forest

October 30, 2015 - Segment 2 - We hear a fascinating and inspirational interview with Diana Beresford-Kroeger, philosopher, naturalist, world-recognized author and scientist whose writings combine western scientific knowledge and the traditional concepts of the ancient world.
October 30, 2015

Tengella’s Take: From Generation ‘Ol Head 2 The Youngins of The Baltimore Uprising

October 30, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with the newest installment of our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's edition is called: "From Generation 'Ol Head 2 The Youngins of The Baltimore Uprising."
October 26, 2015

The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City that Would Not be Broken, the latest offering from author Wendell Pierce

October 23, 2015 - Segment 1 - We start todays show by revisiting Marc's recent interview with author and Tony Award Winning Producer, Wendell Pierce, who joined us to talk about his new book (written with Rod Dreher) on New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
October 26, 2015

D. Watkins On Life After His First Book, ‘The Beast Side: Living (And Dying) While Black in America’

October 21, 2015 - Hour 1 - Author and filmmaker D Watkins joins us live in-studio for a conversation about his new book The Beast Side: Living (And Dying) While Black in America.
October 19, 2015

The Last of These: An Examination Of Immigration Detention Centers In The US

October 16, 2015 - Segment 5 - We present an archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show as we listen back to an interview with directors and producers of the documentary film The Least of These, which examines the realities of immigration detention centers across our country.
October 19, 2015

Gracie Xavier On Her New Exhibit, “Cutz: Black Men in Focus”

October 16, 2015- Segment 3 - Marc speaks with Gracie Xavier, photographer and MICA Community Art Graduate, as they take a tour of the Detroit native's exhibit "Cutz: Black Men in Focus" currently showing at the Gallery CA, Station North.
October 12, 2015

Tengella’s Take: My Black Life Matters Because I’m Black And Trying To Live It!

October 9, 2015 - Segment 1 - It's the latest edition of our weekly feature, Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. This week's episode is called "My Black Life Matters Because I'm Black And Trying To Live It!"
October 6, 2015

Remembering Activist & Civil Rights Pioneer Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)

October 6, 2015 - Segment 1 - Activist, civil rights pioneer, writer, and public intellectual Grace Lee Boggs passed yesterday morning at the age of 100, at her home in Detroit. We begin our show with a remembrance and tribute to this remarkable woman.
October 5, 2015

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

October 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - We look at this year's selection for the Maryland Humanities Council's "One Maryland One Book," The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, with author Daniel James Brown.
September 28, 2015

The Hip Hop Chronicles Presents: The People’s Climate Music “Act on Climate” Tour

September 25, 2015 - Segment 4 - The award-winning Hip Hop Chronicles takes over the Marc Steiner Show. We broadcast a panel discussion presented by the Hip Hop Chronicles: the People's Climate Music "Act on Climate" National Bus Tour Event at WEAA.
September 28, 2015

The Hip Hop Chronicles Presents: Hip Hop & Education

September 25, 2015 - Segment 3 - The award-winning Hip Hop Chronicles takes over the Marc Steiner Show with two very interesting conversations. First, we discuss hip hop and education with Dr. Jeff Menzise and Eze Jackson.
September 28, 2015

Koli & Meshelle: Presidential Candidates, The State Of Our Society & More

September 25, 2015 - Segment 2 - Koli Tengella and Meshelle the Indie Mom of Comedy join Marc for a cultural roundtable on the candidates for President, the state of our society and more.
September 28, 2015

Tengella’s Take: I Can’t Understand Why We Have Such A Prejudice

September 25, 2015 - Segment 1 - In our latest installment of Tengella's Take, Koli Tengella can't understand why we have such a prejudice. Koli Tengella is the President of Tengella Edutainment.
September 28, 2015

From The Archives: Immigrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers Share Art and Recipes In ‘Kitchen Stories’

September 24, 2015 - Segment 2 - We're joined by Baltimore artist Julie Lin, who tells us about her project, "Kitchen Stories," which has brought together groups of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, to create art, share recipes, and cook.
September 23, 2015

Theatre Morgan Presents ‘Save Our Streets: A Spoken Art Slam’

September 23, 2015 - Segment 2 - We preview "Save Our Streets: A Spoken Art Slam" with Director Phillip Royston Burgess, who is a Lecturer in the Theatre Program at Morgan State University; and Domonique Butler, one of the primary student performers in Save Our Streets.
September 18, 2015

Tengella’s Take: Being Poor Is Not A Crime!

September 18, 2015 - Segment 3 - It's another edition of Tengella’s Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
September 18, 2015

Center Stage’s 15/16 Season: Motown, Shakespeare, Football, Gardens, & Jane Austen

September 18, 2015 - Segment 2 - Motown, Shakespeare, Football, Gardens, & Jane Austen: Center Stage has it all in their 2015-16 Season! Listen in for a preview of the season with Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, Center Stage Artistic Director.
September 16, 2015

Eubie Blake Center Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Billie Holiday

September 15.2015 - Segment 2 - The Eubie Blake Cultural National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billie Holiday with an exhibit curated by Stuart Hudgins.
September 4, 2015

Tengella’s Take: My Black Life Matters Because I’m Black And Trying To Live It!

September 4, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our weekly feature Tengella's Takewith Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School.
August 28, 2015

Tengella’s Take: The NFL Delusion!

August 28, 2015 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with our weekly feature Tengella's Take with Koli Tengella. Koli is President of Tengella Edutainment, an instructor and creator of the Positive Social Change Performing Arts Program at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts High School, and he was a 2010 Open Society Institute Fellow.