Experience Baltimore’s cultural music and murals in our walking tour through the stacks. The music is curated from the PGCC’s catalog, to include articles, videos, plays/musicals, and books/ebooks. Murals are […]

The Baltimore Memories and Murals Exhibit features: Lawrence Burney’s Memories -Celebrating the 2026 One Maryland One Book author of No Sense in Wishing: Essays. Walk in the stacks, slow down, […]

Lawrence Burney — No Sense in Wishing: Essays – with Hanif Abdurraqib

Want to discuss “No Sense in Wishing” by Lawrence Burney at your book club? Here’s your chance. Each Book Club in a Bag kit contains 5 copies of “No Sense […]

In his essay collection No Sense in Wishing, Lawrence Burney heavily features Bob Marley in the essay titled “Time Will Tell”. This chapter focuses on the ritual of passing down […]

Woodlawn Senior Center Book Club

Book Review of the OMOB, Visit to the Urban Bookstore in Baltimore

Every great song holds a memory. Whether it’s a track that reminds you of growing up, a melody that ties you to your hometown, or an album that got you […]

Please join us as we discuss the 2026 One Maryland One Book, No Sense in Wishing: Essays on Black Music, Belonging, and Baltimore. “There are moments in our lives when […]

Join us for a discussion of this year’s OMOB title by culture writer and critic Lawrence Burney, essays on the black music diaspora, belonging, and Baltimore.

Book Group Discussion of No Sense Wishing

Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, “No Sense in Wishing”, by Lawrence Burney. Free copies of the 2026 OMOB selection will be available at all […]