Postcards from Italy
Photos and text by Algerina Perna
Posts by Algerina Perna:
Baltimore neighborhoods
Baltimore street photographers
Year in review
Freddie Gray: protests, aftermath
24 hours with...
A. Aubrey Bodine
Viewing Baltimore from above
Hooper Strait Lighthouse, a treasured piece of Chesapeake Bay history
Photos and text by Algerina Perna
Stories on skin: scenes from the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention
Photos and text by Algerina Perna
Family, food and fun: Ravioli-making at St. Leo’s
Photos and text by Algerina Perna
The 80-year-old tradition of ravioli-making is going strong at St. Leo’s Church in Little Italy. A welcoming atmosphere and a desire to pass on the practice to children and grandchildren, or lean something new, keeps volunteers coming from all around the region.
The joy of movement and music at Rayn Fall Dance Studio
Photos and text by Algerina Perna, The Baltimore Sun
In a high-ceilinged room with mirrors, tall windows and orange walls, children clad in yellow leotards and slippered feet scamper across the floor imitating the dance instructor’s moves like fledgling birds following in their mother’s tracks. In another room, teenagers move definitively to the beat of Hip Hop with swift and sure gestures of each body part articulated into an orchestra of movement.
Experiencing Calvert Cliffs
The Calvert Cliffs, which rise over 100 feet along 30 miles of the Calvert County eastern coastline, are eroding at a pace of nearly three feet a year, spilling secrets from their clay-rich soil of the world, as it was 15 million years ago during the Miocene era.
Keeping music alive at Perrin & Associates Fine Violins
As though the spacious showroom could not become any more pleasing with its high ceilings, numerous windows, oriental carpet and walls lined with stringed instruments, the sound of a violin pierces the silence, making the room come alive with music.