Entertainment

Bits & Bites highlights news and notes from the Baltimore area’s restaurant and dining scene.

You still have a week to gobble up specials at Baltimore County restaurants during the area’s Restaurant Week, which runs through Oct. 24.

New owners are breathing life into two old neighborhood haunts, one in Remington and another in Hamilton.

Foodies can check out the state barbecue festival or a taco festival in town. Other events include ways to improve your home and yard, a concert of Black American songs, a rock concert and a standup comedy act.

Designs crowd Betty Cooke's mind, waiting to take form in streamlined and deceptively simple jewelry of gold, silver and stone.

This is the most recent in a series of venue shifts in response to the ongoing labor dispute between Strathmore management and the union that represents ticket sellers.

Stephanie Ybarra, the artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage, is the country’s first Latina artistic director of a major theater. She not only directs offstage with a lens towards social justice and inclusivity, but also curates those values on the stage.

Halfway through filming ‘We Own This City’ in Baltimore, The Sun was invited to the set to observe and document part of the process.

The coronavirus pandemic increased the volatility of the already challenging restaurant industry. Many stressed-out employees have walked away. The losses have added up to a massive labor shortage facing the hospitality sector.

The show is the museum’s 26th large-scale exhibition since it opened in 1995 under the direction of Hoffberger and her husband, the late art collector and philanthropist LeRoy E. Hoffberger.

Black walnuts are in season and it's time to race against squirrels and others, to nab these natively-grown fruits that harbor mysterious nuts within.

We have questions: who just spent $1 million to buy a restaurant in Fells Point? Why did a beloved bread store shut down in Fells Point? And what the heck is happening in Harbor East?