Baltimore Insider

Even before it was published on Tuesday, a cloud of controversy was swirling around Jeanine Cummins’ “American Dirt." Twitter has exploded with Latino and Latina writers accusing the author of everything from cultural appropriation, to pandering to the tastes of a white audience, to indulging in harmful stereotypes.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 23, 2020

The Obama Portraits are set to embark from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery for a five-city tour beginning in May 2021.

By Lillian Reed

Jan 23, 2020

Jeanine Cummins, author of "American Dirt," is the latest addition to Oprah's Book Club.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 21, 2020

NBC's 'The Voice" will be holding open auditions in Baltimore on Feb. 15.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 17, 2020

A trailer for "Charm City Kings," a film about Baltimore dirt-bike riders from executive producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, is posted on Facebook.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 15, 2020

Ocean City, Maryland invites Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and baby Archie to come for a visit.

By Lillian Reed

Jan 10, 2020

It seems likely that when Meghan Markle walks down the aisle on Saturday and says, “I do,” this divorced bride will be greeted a lot more warmly by her crown-wearing in-laws than the “other” Yankee who became a member of England’s ruling family, Baltimore’s own Wallis Warfield Simpson.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 9, 2020

The family-owned Rooster + Hen market, which offered fresh organic produce, cooking classes and live music from its Catonsville spot since 2016, has reopened doors at its new location at Federal Hill's Cross Street Market.

Nolan Ryan Trowe recently won a grant from Getty Images for his photography documenting the everyday lives of people who live with physical disabilities.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 3, 2020

Tuesday in the lobby of the Lord Baltimore Hotel, “Master of Mind Reading” Dan Eckhart opened a sealed envelope that had been placed inside a sealed container four weeks ago. In it was a piece of of paper predicting The Sun’s headlines of Dec. 31, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 31, 2019

Maybe you have a special recipe that makes an appearance during football season. Maybe a local celebrity cracked open a beer with you. Whatever it is, we want to hear your best tailgate stories.

Timonium confectioner Jason Hisley is on the winning team on The Food Network's "Holiday Wars."

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 23, 2019

Baltimore’s Catholic leaders say the city’s own Mother Mary Lange may be one step closer to sainthood.

By Lillian Reed

Dec 13, 2019

Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' is dedicated to the late John "Bernie" Martin of Towson, the director's longtime personal assistant.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 11, 2019

D.C.-based celebrity chef and TV personality Carla Hall will be bringing her “cooking with love” mantra and some serious soul food to Baltimore diners this week.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 9, 2019

Embattled comedian Louis C.K. is scheduled to perform his standup show at Magooby's Joke House in Timonium Dec. 13 and Dec. 14.

By Lillian Reed

Dec 9, 2019

With Lamarmania in full swing, here's a list of holiday gifts to buy for your Ravens-crazed loved ones.

By Hallie Miller

Dec 8, 2019

The movie “Charm City Kings," a drama shot in Baltimore in 2018 under the name “12 O’clock Boys,” will have its world premiere at next year’s Sundance Film Festival, organizers of the influential movie showcase announced Wednesday

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 5, 2019

Baltimore activist DeRay Mckesson visits his portrait in D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 5, 2019

Baltimore’s Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum, where the famed 19th-century author and literary critic lived during the 1830s, has been named a Literary Landmark by United for Libraries, a nationwide advocacy group and division of the American Library Association.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 4, 2019

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has long kept quiet about his life outside of football. Here's what little we know about the NFL's young star.

By Hallie Miller

Dec 1, 2019

The Night Before Thanksgiving — that sometimes-wonderful, sometimes-uncomfortable mashup of family, old high-school friends and enough alcohol to make both bearable — is upon us. Worried about who you’ll run into and how you’ll deal? Fear not. Here are some quick survival tips.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 27, 2019

A round-up of Marylanders nominated for Grammys.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 21, 2019

Travel Channel’s ‘The Holzer Files’ visits Baltimore and the ghosts it says haunt the USS Constellation.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 7, 2019

Wendell Pierce and Dominic West, who played Baltimore police homicide detectives William “Bunk” Moreland and Jimmy McNulty in HBO’s “The Wire,” reunited Monday night, to the delight of the show’s fans.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 5, 2019

Gilbert, 51, said she is stepping away from television news to devote more time with her 12-year-old son and new husband. Her last day at the station is Nov. 26.

By McKenna Oxenden

Nov 5, 2019

Sam’s Canterbury Cafe, which which opened in 2017 as a neighborhood eatery where people with autism could find work, closed its doors on Sunday.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 4, 2019

A billboard went up near Mount Vernon overnight Wednesday, proclaiming a marriage proposal from Juan Carlos Puga to Allison Haley.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 31, 2019