Midday

Johns Hopkins University is moving forward with its plan to form a private police force, which will be deployed at its Homewood Campus, the hospitals and medical school in East Baltimore and at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood.

The MD General Assembly established laws governing the formation of the agency in 2019. In 2020, the university paused its plans for two years, after protests from students, faculty, and community members.

Today on Midday, my guest is the Vice President for Public Safety at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Branville Bard, Jr. He will head the police force, which is currently slated to become operational next summer.

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Dial M for Murder opens tonight at Everyman Theatre. Vincent Lancisi, the artistic director and founder of Everyman Theater, joins Midday along with three company members: Megan Anderson, Danny Gavigan and Beth Hylton. They join the show to share a preview of the play which offers a new twist on the classic story.

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MTA Administrator Holly Arnold joins Midday to discuss the sudden announcement of service suspension on the light rail's north-south line. Area residents are concerned with the suspension's impact on school transportation and traveling to Baltimore Ravens' games.

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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott joins Tom to discuss this year's decrease in homicides, housing initiatives from the city council and plans to reduce stolen vehicles and carjackings. Scott will also address the recent announcement of service suspension on the north-south light rail line.

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It's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the Maryland, DC and Virginia regional stage.

We talk about The Hippodrome Theatre's production of Moulin Rouge, on stage through Dec. 17

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Today is Midday at the Movies, our monthly focus on new films and film-industry trends, with our regular movie aficionados, Jed Dietz, founding director of the Maryland Film Festival, and Ann Hornaday, film critic and author.

We discuss Ridley Scott's new historic epic, Napoleon, as well as a couple topical movies for the holiday season.

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Dan Rodricks joins Midday today. He is a familiar face to longtime listeners. Rodricks hosted this show for 7 years, from 2008 to 2015. He joined the Evening Sun in 1979 and became a popular and award-winning reporter and columnist. His writing is insightful and imaginative on issues affecting Baltimore and beyond.

Rodricks is also the author of three books, and two plays. The first play is called Baltimore: You Have No Idea, which played to sold out audiences at the Baltimore Museum of Art last December. Now, the production is set to return the BMA this weekend and next week.

In February, Dan will premiere a new play, Baltimore Docket.

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On today's show its Midday with the Mayor of Frederick, Michael O’Connor. The city of Frederick and Frederick County are growing exponentially. According to analysis of census data by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Frederick added nearly 13,000 residents between 2010 and 2020, a population increase that is second only to Alexandria, Virginia, during that period. This rapid growth comes with challenges such as school overcrowding and the need for transportation improvements.

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Midday presents another edition of What Hurts Today?

This series is an homage to everyone who gets out there and works out and plays hard and gets moving and sometimes gets in a little trouble when muscles you didn’t know you had start making themselves known the old fashioned way: they hurt.

So, we humbly ask, “What hurts today?,” and we encourage you to call us and let us know.

And we are delighted that Dr. Miho Tanaka is back to help sort out what you can do about what hurts, and perhaps what you can do moving forward to keep from hurting in the future.

Dr. Tanaka is an orthopedic surgeon, the Director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an associate professor at the Harvard Medical School. She is also the Chief Medical Officer for the New England Revolution Pro Soccer team, and a physician for the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Ballet, and a professional frisbee team, the Boston Glory.

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A new book, "City of Artists: Baltimore" celebrates the vibrant, diverse, and multi-pronged literary and artistic community here in Baltimore.

The editors of this beautiful and engaging book are Cara Ober and Ed Berlin. Ober is the founder and publisher of Bmore Art, a semi-annual print magazine and insightful web site that covers all things arts in the Baltimore metro area. Ed Berlin is the former owner of the Ivy Bookshop, and the author of a memoir called Adrift: A Travelog.

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