Tyler Waldman
Multimedia Journalist
Posts tagged feature
Breaking Out
Nov 1st
Originally published in The Towerlight October 16, 2008. Photos by Kristofer Marsh, who won 3rd place for Region 2 in the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2009 Mark of Excellence Awards.
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is known for a lot of things. Crab cakes, boats, tourist traps… breakdancing?
Nestled between the National Aquarium’s ambient music and natural sounds on one side of the water and the occasional gospel choir performance on the other is a boom box blasting Daft Punk, Michael Jackson or whatever can be danced to.
Several Towson students, including senior electronic media and film major Sean Johnson, have gained recognition and earned hundreds of dollars in tips by breakdancing downtown.
Johnson, who performs under the nickname “Blak Majik,” has been breakdancing for four years. He said he started breaking when a friend, Danny “Atomic Goofball” Nguyen, introduced him to the culture.
“He told me where I could go to meet people to break and just pretty much he got me into the culture,” he said. “I learned the basics from him and took it from there.”
Mass transit or high gas costs?
Nov 1st
Originally published July 3, 2008 in Owings Mills Times.
In the face of record high gas prices, more area residents and employees of local businesses are choosing to take mass transit instead of driving to their destination to cut their fuel bills.
“It’s been very helpful,” said Irene Azu, a city resident who commutes several days a week to the Bank of America in Owings Mills. “The monthly pass (good for bus, Metro or light rail) is about $64, so it’s been very helpful.”
Owings Mills is home to the western terminus of Baltimore’s Metro Subway line, which travels southeast through downtown Baltimore to Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Maryland Transit Administration also operates several local bus lines in the area.
Ridership on Metro has seen a “solid increase,” according to spokeswoman Jo Greene. Between March and April, the last month for which statistics were available, the daily number of riders rose from 47,000 to 49,600.
A play of star-crossed lovers
Oct 31st
Originally published in The Towerlight October 26, 2009.
Photo by Alan Dovell
Swords clash. Families feud. Teens find forbidden love. This isn’t a prime time drama or a new movie. It’s one of the most popular love stories in history.
“Romeo and Juliet,” which will premiere Friday night in the Center for the Arts Mainstage Theatre, is one of William Shakespeare’s most frequently performed plays, telling the story of two teens from rival Italian families who fall in love and meet a tragic end.