Community Events

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

September 18, 2016

Mother’s Lament: A Multimedia Concert Tribute to Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Violence

September 15, 2016 - Segment 1 - We have a special preview of a performance that premieres this Saturday night at Morgan State University, called Mother's Lament. Mother's Lament is a multimedia performance honoring the lives of people who have been killed by gun violence.
August 11, 2016

Sound Bites: Vegan SoulFest / Clean Energy Jobs Act

August 11, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have a Sound Bites that features organizers from the Vegan Soulfest as well as a discussion on Governor Hogan's veto of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
July 25, 2016

Power Where It Belongs: The Children & Youth Reinvestment Act

July 25, 2016 - Segment 4 - We close the show with a preview of an important event happening Monday night: "Power Where It Belongs," an event to create awareness and support for the Children and Youth Investment Act.
July 13, 2016

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

July 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a preview of a special event coming next week to Red Emma's, when Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor will talk about her highly acclaimed book From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.
June 28, 2016

The Art of Storytelling: A Space To Share Personal Experiences With Baltimore Police

June 28, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a preview of an important event happening this Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center: "The Art of Storytelling" is a space to share personal experiences with Baltimore Police using any form of expression.
June 23, 2016

Sankofa: From Baltimore to Cuba

June 23, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a look at an event happening tonight that will help 14 students travel from Baltimore to Cuba. The Africa Diaspora Alliance and Muse 360 Arts are teaming together on Sankofa: From Baltimore to Cuba.
June 21, 2016

Talking About Race: Confronting The New Islamophobia

June 21, 2016 - Segment 3 - We preview an upcoming event hosted by Open Society Institute-Baltimore, "Talking About Race: Confronting the New Islamophobia." With: Deepa Iyer and Amardeep Singh.
June 16, 2016

Health and Fitness with Chauncey and Rhonda

June 16, 2016 - Segment 2 - It's our monthly conversation on Health & Fitness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
June 1, 2016

OSI Talking About Addiction: Youth, Addiction & Juvenile Justice

June 1, 2016 - Segment 1 - We begin the show with a new series coming out of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, "Talking About Addiction." The current discussion, which takes place tonight, is about Youth, Addiction, and Juvenile Justice.
May 25, 2016

Reels From the Attic: Preview With Joe Tropea

May 25, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host an interview with Joe Tropea, Digital Projects Coordinator for the Maryland Historical Society, offers a preview of an event happening Wednesday evening (May 25, 2016) at Red Emma's 2640 Space.
May 13, 2016

Baltimore Musician and Writer Abdu Ali

May 13, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host a preview of a performance this weekend, with writer and musician Abdu Ali. Ali will perform this Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 9:00pm at the Crown, 1910 N. Charles Street, in his second Baltimore solo show, The Ointment, a multi-sensory event curated by Ali and featuring artists of varying media.
May 6, 2016

Chauncey Whitehead & Rhonda Silva: Health & Wellness

May 6, 2016 - Segment 2 - We have our monthly conversation on Health & Fitness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva. The monthly community walk at Druid Hill Park will be held this Saturday, May 7, beginning at 7:30am near the tennis courts.
May 6, 2016

Special Preview: Maryland Film Festival

May 4, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host a preview of what's in store at the Maryland Film Festival, which begins tonight May 4, 2016. With Jed Dietz, Director of the Festival, and Michael Faulkner, Director of the film Shu-de!, which follows Baltimore beat-box artist Shodekeh as he travels to Tuva to collaborate with the throat singing group Alash.
April 29, 2016

A Dream Preferred Panel Discussion

April 29, 2016 - Segment 4 - We host a fascinating cross-cultural and cross-generational discussion that took place at last Saturday's World of the Play at Everyman Theatre. Our panel's topic is A Dream Preferred, based on the themes of Death of a Salesman, and our guests talk about what the "American Dream" means in today's world.
April 22, 2016

Baltimore Mayoral Candidates Forum For Ex-Offenders, Part 1

April 22, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host the first part of a broadcast of the Baltimore Mayoral Forum for Ex-Offenders, which took place Wednesday, April 14, at Douglas Memorial Community Church. Candidates who participated included: Sheila Dixon, Elizabeth Embry, Joshua Harris, DeRay McKesson, State Senator Catherine Pugh, Councilman Carl Stokes, and David Warnock.
April 22, 2016

Luminous Intervention At The Tubman House In Baltimore

April 19, 2016 - Segment 4 - We are joined by Talib Saber, Program Associate for the Friend of a Friend program, talking about the Tubman House. We discuss the Luminous Intervention Project with him and its involvement with the Tubman House.
April 14, 2016

Update: The Tubman House Project With Dominque Stevenson

April 13, 2016 - Segment 1 - We host an update on the construction of the Tubman House in Sandtown with Dominique Stevenson. Dominique is a Program Director for the American Friends Service Committee and co-author of Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a Baltimore Black Panther.
April 1, 2016

Examining Light City Baltimore, The First Large-Scale International Light Festival

April 1, 2016 - Segment 2 - We check in with an exciting and important event occurring right now in Baltimore, Light City Baltimore. We talk with three artists featured in the festival: Mina Cheon, Gabriel Kroiz, and Paul Rucker.
March 30, 2016

Monthly Segment on Health and Wellness: Men’s Health

March 30, 2016 - Segment 2 - We host our monthly segment on Health & Wellness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. The topic this month will be African American Men's Health.
March 18, 2016

Sound Bites: Sandtown–Building a Model for Food and Jobs

March 17, 2016 - Segment 3 - In a special archive edition of Sound Bites, we hear a rebroadcast of a Good Food Gathering town hall meeting called Sandtown: Building a Model for Food and Jobs.
March 4, 2016

Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts & Culture

March 4, 2016 - Segment 3 - We talk about an important local event that's coming up: The Citizen Artist Baltimore Mayoral Forum on Arts & Culture. With: CJ Phillips, Artistic Director at Dance and Bmore; and Jeannie Howe, Executive Director of Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.
March 4, 2016

Health & Wellness with Chauncey Whitehead

March 4, 2016 - Segment 3 - We host our monthly segment on Health & Wellness with fitness trainer and activist Chauncey Whitehead and Rhonda Silva, Division Administrator of the Baltimore City Cancer Program at the University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center.
February 27, 2016

Encore Presentation: Joy-Ann Reid On ‘Fracture: Barack Obama, The Clintons, & The Racial Divide’

February 25, 2016 - Hour 1 - We begin the show with an encore presentation of the conversation I had with Joy-Ann Reid a few weeks ago at the Enoch Pratt Free Library about her book Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide.
February 12, 2016

Everyman Theatre’s World Of The Play: Under The Skin

February 12, 2016 - Segment 2 - We play a fascinating panel discussion hosted by Marc that took place last Saturday (February 6, 2015) at Everyman Theatre's World of the Play: Boundaries of the Body, Limits of Love.
January 28, 2016

Sound Bites: Community Impacts of Industrial Poultry Operations On The Eastern Shore

January 28, 2016 - Hour 2 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, we look at Community Impacts of Industrial Poultry Operations. Last week I took a trip to Exmore, Virginia, a small town south of Chincoteague on Virginia's Eastern Shore, where I moderated a forum for the Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore, exploring community impacts of industrial poultry operations.
January 13, 2016

Raising Strong Leaders: A Community Discussion For Parents & Young Readers

January 12, 2016 - Segment 3 - Today we preview an important community event happening this weekend in Baltimore, hosted by the Center for Urban Families: Raising Strong Readers, a community discussion for parents and young readers.
December 16, 2015

Jazz Legend Stanley Cowell Back In Baltimore For CD Release

December 16, 2015 - Segment 3 - We have a special musical treat with jazz legend Stanley Cowell joins us to talk about his work. He's joined by WEAA's own Robert Shahid, co-Host of the Baltimore Blend and longtime musician and drummer.
December 9, 2015

Bernie Sanders Coming to Baltimore

December 8, 2015 - Segment 4 - Today we talk with former Ohio State Senator, Nina Turner, who withdrew her support of Hillary Clinton last month to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders. The Democratic Presidential candidate is visiting the communities of Baltimore city today.
December 8, 2015

Theatre Baltimore: Center Stage Presents ‘Doing Time In Education, The Baltimore Chapter’

December 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - We host a preview of a special series of events to occur this weekend at Baltimore's Centre Stage Theatre: Anna Deavere Smith presents Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education, The Baltimore Chapter.