The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best activities and entertainment, from art galleries to wedding venues. Here’s who came out on top in 2019.
The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best drinking and dining, from Asian fusion food to wine list. Here's who came out on top in 2019.
The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best home and garden professionals, from electricians to upholsterers. Here's who came out on top in 2019.
The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best places to shop and enjoy life, from antiques to yoga studios. Here’s who came out on top in 2019.
The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best service providers, from audiologists to veterinary surgeons. Here's who came out on top 2019.
The Baltimore Sun’s readers and staff scoured the region for the best public figures and media, from academics to visual artists. Here’s who came out on top in 2019.
Compiled with input from readers and the newsroom, The Baltimore Sun’s list of 100 essential food experiences encompasses places people talk about, think about and come back to again and again and again.
When Michelle and Greg Webb bought their two-story, five-bedroom house in Pasadena’s Ventnor neighborhood in 2013, they knew they’d found the perfect home. It was located in a good school district, 30-minute commute from Michelle’s job at TEK Systems in Hanover, and it had a first-floor master...
Sitting in the living room of her new Pikesville home, best selling author Jill Smokler glances out the floor-to-ceiling windows at her lush backyard — her personal oasis, complete with a patio, hammock and pool — the part of the home she fell in love with first. “I had just come from this retreat...
Step out David Boteach’s front door and a gentle world beckons — one filled with wondrous plants, waterfalls and whimsical bronze busts of fauna peeking over the leafy flora. Here sit two frogs shyly holding hands beside a lily pond; there stands a blue heron looking past a cinnamon-skinned paperbark...
Some 300 plants star in the lush, green posts of Hilton Carter’s Instagram feed, which, with 160,000 followers, made him a social-media green interior design star, gained him residential plant styling clients and led to a book deal. The Baltimore native, whose plants are split between his “Jungle...
Whether they’re painted plain white or covered in wild wallpaper, walls set the tone for a room. Local designers say today’s homeowners are willing to experiment with their wall coverings, trying out different textures, colors and materials. Here, they share the hottest trends in wall coverings....
One is a big box store with a new presence in Columbia. Another is a combination decor and interior design business in Catonsville. This year has brought a number of new shopping options to area homeowners. Domain Interior designer Laura Hodges opened her home accessories and design store, Domain,...
The investigations surrounding Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” books aren’t the first time a politician has run afoul of public opinion (and possibly the legal system) because of a book. Here are five instances when politicians or government officials might have been better served...
Few fans of football and modern dance will ever get to see the two worlds collide on stage. Tuesday afternoon at Henderson-Hopkins Partnership School, about 55 students from Henderson-Hopkins Partnership School and Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women witnessed just that as Ravens defensive...
The members of Occasional Symphony are always on the lookout for their next venue. As an organization that makes a point of performing in nontraditional spaces, they welcome the moment of discovery, when a unique location inspires its own program. That’s how music director Ryan Tani describes coming...
The Baltimore writer, teacher and radio commentator Marion Winik is the Wile E. Coyote of the literary world. She has forged an impressive career and endeared herself to her audience by documenting her mistakes over four decades in unsparing and often hilarious detail. Winik, now 60, has hurtled...
Singer Leslie Odom Jr., known for his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” has postponed his performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra until July. The orchestra wrote on social media that the concert, originally scheduled for April 26 at Joseph...
In a few weeks, Governor Larry Hogan is expected to sign a bill granting an additional $3.2 million to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the next two years — a potentially crucial step toward resolving a contentious labor dispute and allowing the organization to remain a year-round ensemble....