Baltimore City College gets $10,000 NBC theater grant

Baltimore City College’s theater department has been selected for a $10,000 grant from NBC, the network announced Monday. NBC handed out a half-million dollars to 50 high school theater programs across the country in honor of its forthcoming drama, “Rise.” The show, which premieres next week, is about a high school theater department and the impact it has on a workingclass town. To qualify, schools had to submit a video celebrating their program and an essay explaining what they would do with the money. City was the only school in Maryland selected for the program. “We have great motivated students here — really creative students who love making theater,” said Alan Rosenberg, the club’s director. “Money has always been our biggest stumbling block.” The $10,000 isn’t going to sustain the club for the next decade, Rosenberg said, but the school will be able to build on the investment. on Friday. Police said the incident began as an argument at a nearby grocery store. Police said Trotter left the grocery store and was followed by the suspects into the theater. Security personnel at the theater removed the suspects, but when Trotter left with his groceries, the suspects and a group of friends followed him, assaulting him and stabbing him “multiple times” before running, police said. Trotter died at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Preliminary hearings are set for the suspects — Radomski on March 16 and Rose on March 30 — in Baltimore County. Neither suspect had an attorney listed in online court records Monday morning. said Monday. Ajudge convicted Anne Kirsch, 37, of manslaughter and child abuse last year. Kirsch, of Northwest Baltimore, admitted to using heroin during her pregnancy and on Oct. 19, 2015 — the night before her son, Matthew, died. The baby was likely born with a heroin addiction and suffered severe pains from withdrawal, prosecutors said. She gave birth to the boy in the repair bay of an auto shop where she worked. An autopsy revealed the boy suffered a traumatic brain injury consistent with having his head slammed against a flat surface. Medical examiners also found his stomach empty. Prosecutors say he had been fed infrequently in his short life. The examiners determined the boy was killed by abuse and neglect. Kirsch’s husband, Matthew Kirsch Sr., 39, pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death. He was sentenced last July to 15 years in prison with an additional 10 years if he violates terms of his release. Anne Kirsch was also sentenced to an additional 45 years in prison if she violates terms of her release.