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Thomas Theophilus “TJ” Jenkins, a retired Baltimore City College art teacher and musician who performed in Fells Point, died of a massive heart attack July 8. He was 69 and was living in LaVale near Cumberland.
- African American history in Kent County dates back to the 17th century, leaving a complex, and often painful, cultural legacy that Washington College is trying to preserve.
- The 90′s are making a comeback in Baltimore. Go see a New Kids On the Block/Salt-N-Pepa concert or try to solve a 90′s themed whodunnit mystery.
- Baltimore’s coffee landscape looked very different when Jay Caragay opened up his shop in Hampden in 2010. “When we opened this place it was really bringing a new approach to Baltimore,” he said.
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Where will the Baltimore Pop-Up Jazz Jam show up next? Look for it at a park near you every Tuesday.
Even with COVID restrictions lifted on music venues the jazz jam will continue through the end of this year - “It’s very hard to please everyone. And we wanted to take a really hard shot at pleasing everyone.”
- The Argentine-themed steakhouse and hotspot for weddings and other large-scale events will serve its last meal on Saturday.
- The Maryland State Fair will be held at the Timonium Fairgrounds in Baltimore County Aug. 26 through Sept. 6.
- Answer the call for local artists in a screenplay writing contest, enter a talent show or learn about sharks while on vacation.
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- The Milton Inn, part of Baltimore's Foreman Wolf restaurant group, shut down last year amid coronavirus difficulties. It officially re-opened July 21.
- Baltimore's restaurant week for summer 2021 looks a little different from the way it did in previous years.
- Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, the founder, director and primary curator of the American Visionary Art Museum, plans to retire in early 2022 after nearly 30 years, the museum said in news release Monday night.
- “Guarding the Art” will be made up of already existing pieces in the BMA’s collection.
- The four-block, mostly industrial stretch in South Baltimore, known as the Warner Street corridor, could draw hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
- Scores of Baltimore-area arts and entertainment venues that have struggled in the pandemic will get tens of millions of dollars in federal SBA grants, including the Lyric, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Aquarium.
GAMES & TRIVIA
- Thomas Theophilus “TJ” Jenkins, a retired Baltimore City College art teacher and musician who performed in Fells Point, died of a massive heart attack July 8. He was 69 and was living in LaVale near Cumberland.
- African American history in Kent County dates back to the 17th century, leaving a complex, and often painful, cultural legacy that Washington College is trying to preserve.
- Allan D. Gallant, an accountant who was an early proponent of bringing grocery stores to underserved neighborhoods, died Saturday at his Lutherville home. He was 87.
- As powerful as the opening day testimony was, don't expect the hearings on the Jan. 6th storming of the Capitol to change anything in Washington. It's a media thing.
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- Film and TV actor Ned Beatty, who was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in "Network" and appeared in a number of the most significant American films of the 1970s, has died. He was 83.
