We’re going to have a lot of fun in and around Baltimore this year! Don’t believe us? Such skepticism is entirely unwarranted — from Orioles Fanfest in three weeks to the combined Light City and Baltimore Book Festival in early November, Charm City’s arts and entertainment schedule is practically...
From the beaches of Ocean City in the east to the Appalachian Mountains in the west, from the rolling hills of My Lady's Manor (home to Maryland's steeplechase races) in the north to the tidewater marshlands of the Chesapeake Bay to the south -- Maryland has a little bit of everything.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will remain a full-time operation, at least for this year. BSO management, which had floated the idea of reducing the symphony’s schedule from 52 weeks to 40, effectively eliminating the summer season, announced a slate of concerts Wednesday that includes performances...
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 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...
A Baltimore street artist’s wire sculpture depicting a hog-tied Healthy Holly was installed in front of City Hall early Monday morning and has since been removed. The artist, who goes by the name Reed Bmore, posted photos to social media Tuesday of his wire sculpture installation, which depicts...
It’s been four years since Freddie Gray Jr.’s death from injuries sustained while in police custody sparked widespread protests in Baltimore and helped fuel a national conversation about race and criminal justice. Gray was arrested on April 12, died on April 19, and the unrest began on April 27....
It’s common enough for a piece of music to get programmed by multiple orchestras. It’s rarer to see one orchestra return to the same piece within a few short years. And yet, the upcoming production of “Porgy and Bess” by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Morgan State University Choir marks...