Rebekah Kirkman

Sep 12, 2024 | hub.jhu.edu | Rebekah Kirkman

In tones of rust and tangerine, a woman's wavy locks trail down, her portrait inlaid like a cameo adorning an ancient Greek pedestal. Her curls mirror the long ribbonlike strands appointing the edges of the ornate art nouveau illustration, below the title: "Salome Dance (Dance of the Seven Veils)." This is the cover of a piece of sheet music for a piano solo written by Theo. M.

Jun 26, 2024 | baltimorebeat.com | Rebekah Kirkman

Content Warning: This review contains language describing the genocide and ongoing violence in Palestine and incitement of violence against Palestinian people. Every day since October, I have seen on my phone the worst things I’ve ever seen.

Sep 9, 2023 | thebaltimorebanner.com | Rebekah Kirkman

Rummaging through a file drawer, Linda Smith stumbled upon a few of her old cassettes. It was 2011, and she had stopped making music a decade earlier, reckoning she’d taken it as far as it could go. The tapes were artifacts of another time. But the songs — with their slinking melodies, simple chords, pop rhythms — were timeless. People who enjoyed Smith’s tapes in the ‘80s and ‘90s would occasionally reach out to her, wanting to hear her music again.

Aug 27, 2023 | popularresistance.org | Rebekah Kirkman

Above Photo: Common Ground coffee shop in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood. Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023, by Rebekah Kirkman. Common Ground Bakery Cafe in the Hampden neighborhood suddenly closed this summer. But workers have now revived it as a co-op. Jake Urtes and Jonah Gallagher were getting ready to play a show in Brooklyn when they found out they had lost their jobs. The pair had taken the week off work for a short tour with their band, Shift Meal.

Aug 25, 2023 | therealnews.com | Rebekah Kirkman

Jake Urtes and Jonah Gallagher were getting ready to play a show in Brooklyn when they found out they had lost their jobs. The pair had taken the week off work for a short tour with their band, Shift Meal. To everyone’s surprise, their boss and owner of Common Ground Bakery Cafe, a long-established and beloved coffee shop in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood, had abruptly shut down the shop.