text: May 20, 2021 in MD Community Event / Virtual Event tagged authors / Baltimore / books / corruption / crime / journalism / police / writers / writing by Angelia Levy
  Justin Fenton will be in conversation about his book, We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption. In this urgent book, award-winning investigative journalist Justin Fenton distills hundreds of interviews, thousands of court documents, and countless hours of video footage to present the definitive account of the […]
  Meet Glenn Stout, Author of ‘Tiger Girl and The Candy Kid’ (Baltimore County Public Library) – VIRTUAL
  March 31, 2021 in MD Community Event / Virtual Event tagged American crime / American History / authors / Baltimore / books / crime / criminals / gangsters / history / maryland / robbery / theft / US history / writers by Angelia Levy
  ‘Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid‘ chronicles the lives of ​Margaret and Richard Whittemore, two kids growing up in Baltimore with big dreams of a lavish lifestyle. These dreams would lead them to New York to become true 1920s gangsters, stealing over $1 million of diamonds and jewels before […]
  Tangled Up In Blue: Policing The American City (Politics & Prose) – VIRTUAL
  February 10, 2021 in DC Community Event / Virtual Event tagged Black Lives Matter / cities / crime / judicial system / law enforcement / legal system / police / police brutality / police violence / policing by Angelia Levy
  In her forties, with two children, a spouse, a dog, a mortgage, and a full-time job as a tenured law professor at Georgetown University, Rosa Brooks decided to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. A liberal academic and journalist with an enduring interest […]
  Confessions of an Axe Murderess: The Life and Crimes of Lizzie Borden (Baltimore County Public Library) – VIRTUAL
  October 10, 2020 in MD Community Event / Virtual Event tagged American History / crime / history / performances / U.S. History by Angelia Levy
  Living historian Kate Taylor brings to life Lizzie Borden’s infamous story, taking you back to Fall River, Massachusetts, and inside the mind of the mysterious woman who changed the town forever. Sponsored by the Friends of the Perry Hall Library. Registration closes one hour before the start of the program. […]