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Paul B. Lukacs, a longtime Loyola University Maryland English professor whose specialty was 19th-century American literature, was also an oenophile, wine columnist and gourmand.
- The new location, in a strip mall where Route 7 intersects with New Forge Road, is set to open in early September. For regulars, it marks the end of an era and a reminder of just how much Highlandtown, and the city itself, has transformed.
- As the start of summer marks the traditional beginning of crabbing season, the prices for Maryland’s prized crustaceans this year are skyrocketing. In the early 1900s similar price hikes and supply issues nearly ended the vocation of many Black entrepreneurs, who were credited with crafting crabs into the cakes we enjoy today.
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- Hammerjacks, the storied Baltimore music venue known for its hard-rock, punk and metal roots, will breathe new life as a multipurpose outdoor tailgating venue and private event space as early as this fall.
- In just its second year of business, Ovenbird Bakery plans to expand in Highlandtown.
- Over the last few months, Natty Boh drinkers across Baltimore have cracked open a cold one, ready to put their brain cells to the test, only to discover a bleak reality: a puzzle-less bottle cap.
- Stephen S. George Sr., former longtime CEO and general manager of Haussner’s restaurant who was an inveterate collector and racer of Corvettes, died of cancer June 7 at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware. The former resident of Phoenix in Baltimore County was 78.
- This Saturday will see a new generation of Black families take to the street outside Dovecote, the Madison Ave. cafe Cole co-owns with her wife, as part of an ebullient Juneteenth celebration.
- Bark Social in Baltimore follows the first location in North Bethesda.
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- Prices are sky-high for Maryland restaurantgoers’ favorite ingredient. It’s leaving business owners with a difficult choice: To raise prices and risk alienating consumers, or limit crab offerings and disappoint crustacean-hungry guests.
- After years of neglect — and one unfortunate viral video of a rat nosing through a bakery — Lexington Market, one of the nation’s oldest public markets, is in the midst of a multimillion dollar overhaul as it prepares to move into a new building early next year.
- There are plenty of events to choose from for both adults and kids this week. Learn about the Black experience at a Juneteenth event, sample a selection of food and drinks from area food trucks or explore the science behind superheroes.
- With the cicada emergence near its peak in much of Maryland, talk about the culinary opportunity they present is about as ubiquitous as their shrill song.
- This is the third location for the famed taco spot.
- A portion of The Avenue in Hampden was sold to a new owner for $1.94 million in an online auction that ended Wednesday.
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- Royal Farms Arena, the aging downtown Baltimore events venue, would be renovated by a global entertainment and investment company with ties to basketball star Kevin Durant under a deal being negotiated by Baltimore Development Corp.
- Wale, Chaka Kahn, Busta Rhymes and Mooski are among artists headlining August’s in-person and virtual 2021 AFRAM Festival, Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks announced Saturday.
- Attend a festival of your choice: farm or wine; go to or watch remotely a jazz concert or listen to a reading.
- “If we allow Agent Orange to be forgotten, then the tragedy of pesticides will continue," Tran To Nga, one of the protagonists of the documentary "The People Vs. Agent Orange," says in the film that premieres Monday on PBS.
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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.
