This is the dining room of the Hampton Mansion, where The Ridgeley family entertained company.
This is where the Ridgely’s slaves lived when they weren’t toiling to build the family’s empire of wealth and luxury.
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- We pay a visit to the Hampton National Historic Site, where historian Vincent Vaise tours us through the lavishly decorated, centuries-old mansion of Maryland’s prominent Ridgely family. We’ll also tour the bleak cabins of enslaved Africans whose labor built the family’s empire.
- We meet Michael Ball, Lauren Bender and Justin Sirois, three local poets who are part of the i.e. reading series, a monthly poetry event that brings writers from all over the country to Baltimore to share their work.
- We visit with two classically-trained musicians: Brian Sacawa and Erik Spangler. Their collaboration, The Hybrid Groove Project, manages to turn the work of American composer Phillip Glass into bona fide dance music.
- Also, short fiction from Signal contributor J Robert Lennon and poetry from Signal contributor Chris Toll.
HELPFUL LINKS:
The Hampton National Historic Site
The Unsilent Night event