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• Food & Drink

Baltimore’s 100 essential food and drink experiences for 2019

Compiled with input from readers and the newsroom, The Baltimore Sun’s list of 100 essential food experiences encompasses places people talk about, think about and come back to again and again and again.

By Christina Tkacik

Aug 14, 2019

• Features

17 times that The Onion skewered Baltimore

In the spirit of taking a joke, let us celebrate 16 times The Onion skewered Baltimore. Don't take it personally.

• Maryland

Blubaugh: What is it about those who forget, er, never learn history?

They learned a lot in elementary and middle school that I didn’t. I never laid eyes on a computer until high school. And they sure know a lot about Earth Day.

• Features

Baltimore's new magic theater to host its first show this weekend

Poe’s Magic Theater, holding shows twice monthly out of a space in the Lord Baltimore Hotel downtown, plays host to its first show on June 1.

By Chris Kaltenbach

May 29, 2019

• Maryland

Crabs, ravens and Jeff Goldblum? Oh my!: Scenes and words from 12th Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention

Baltimore tattoo artists speak on the last day of the Villain Arts convention - where Jeff Goldblum arrived with a documentary crew - to discuss local tattooing and the quintessentially Baltimore pieces they've inked.

• Entertainment

How the rise of the self-publishing industry contributed to the problems for Baltimore's mayor

Twelve years ago, the “Healthy Holly” scandal might never have happened. It could be argued that the self-publishing phenomenon played a key role in the premature departure of Baltimore’s mayor.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Apr 3, 2019

• Features

When Mr. Robot met Mr. Poe: the curious case of the chess-playing machine

In 1827, crowds gathered at Baltimore’s Fountain Inn on Light Street to see a European chess-playing robot that had impressed the likes of Napoleon and Benjamin Franklin and sparked a decades-long debate about the nature of man and machine. And sparked a skeptical Edgar Allan Poe to write about it.

By Christine Zhang

Jan 18, 2019

• Entertainment

Poe, the BSO and Dan Deacon — the best of the Baltimore area's A&E scene this week

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Jan. 13-19, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 13, 2019

• Entertainment

For Baltimore arts groups, 2018 was a year of transition

Baltimore arts groups from the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture to the Maryland Film Festival experienced change in 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Dec 20, 2018

• Entertainment

Two-day International Edgar Allan Poe Festival and Awards will debut in October

A free, two-day festival will help inaugurate the redevelopment of the Poppleton neighborhood by honoring Edgar Allan Poe, who once lived there.

By Christina Tkacik

Aug 8, 2018

• Features

Estate with ties to Baltimore literary legend Edgar Allan Poe to open as Designer Show House

The annual Symphony Designers’ Show House, where interior designers use an elaborate home as their canvas, returns this Sunday in its 41st year, and this time, the house — with its Flemish bond red brick, detailed arched windows and ties to a Baltimore literary legend — is an attraction itself.

By Brittany Britto

May 15, 2018

• Baltimore's Best

Best of Baltimore 2018: Dining & nightlife

Baltimore Sun staffers make "best of" choices in the dining category.

• Food & Drink

R. Bar celebrates John Waters with spring cocktail menu

At R. House's R. Bar, the new spring cocktail menu features drinks all inspired by Baltimore filmmaker John Waters.

By Wesley Case

Apr 9, 2018

• Obituaries

Subhanallah Brown Ali, retired Enoch Pratt librarian and storyteller, dies

Subhanallah Brown Ali, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library manager, died of pulmonary ailment complications Feb. 20 at her Springdale Avenue home. She was 73.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 29, 2018

• Entertainment

MLK events, Poe's birthday and more of the best of Baltimore's arts scene this week

The top A&E events in Baltimore for the week of Jan. 14-20, 2018

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 14, 2018

• Baltimore City

Jacques Kelly: Apartments at Center West carry promise for Poppleton

After a 15 year wait, Poppleton residents get new housing

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 13, 2018

• Features

Retro Baltimore Trivia

Think you know your Baltimore? Try answering our weekly trivia question.

• Maryland

Charm City Countdown celebrates new year for 10th time

Caring Communities hosts Charm City Countdown fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 31.

• Laurel Leader

Bonus class proves popular at Hammond High School [North Laurel/Savage]

Two teachers at Hammond High School offer a bonus class after school that teaches the connections between government and English classes.

• Jerry Seinfeld

Fictional characters you didn't realize were from Maryland

Who knew that Tarzan's Jane shopped at Hutzler's? An illustrated story about fictional characters that you never knew were from Baltimore.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Dec 6, 2017

• Food & Drink

RavenBeer relocates to DuClaw Brewing's facility in Rosedale

Earlier this week, RavenBeer, makers of Tell Tale Heart IPA and Pendulum Pilsner, began brewing out of its new home, DuClaw Brewing Company's production facility in Rosedale.

By Wesley Case

Dec 1, 2017

• Baltimore City

Jacques Kelly: From pork to Pilsener in Hampden

The Nepenthne Brewery takes over the old Henry Heil pork packing house in Hampden

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 1, 2017

• Baltimore City

Maryland nonprofits join 'Giving Tuesday' movement, solicit donations, volunteerism

A number of Giving Tuesday events are planned in Baltimore to drum up donations in time for the holidays.

By Yvonne Wenger

Nov 27, 2017

• Food & Drink

At Shotti's Point in South Baltimore, you'll feel like a regular — and eat well, too

I hadn't expected the kitchen to care so much about the food in a place that’s known as a locals' bar.

• Opinion

American Masters' 'Poe' goes well beyond Halloween fixture

Director Eric Stange says one of the primary goals of his film "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive" is to go beyond what he calls the 'Halloween Poe." He does that and then some in this poetic and illuminating literary biography for American Masters on PBS.

By David Zurawik

Oct 26, 2017

• Food & Drink

2017 Halloween events in Baltimore: Family fun, bar crawls and more

In a city as colorful and proudly off-kilter as ours, Halloween makes for one fun weekend in Baltimore.

By Wesley Case

Oct 25, 2017

• Maryland

Head out to hot Halloween haunts this season

For you procrastinating poltergeists, we’re ready to act as your skeleton key to unlock a multitude of macabre merriments in the Carroll County scarea this Halloween season.

• Entertainment

Fall fun: 15 autumn outings in the Baltimore area, from foliage to frights

Here’s just a sampling of fall outings in the Baltimore area, suitable for young and old, nature lovers and fright seekers, and everything in between.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Oct 11, 2017

• Baltimore County

Towson-area ghost story writers toast their works at library event

Gary Beard's story, “A Sinister Charm,” won first place in the Baltimore County library's ghost story-writing contest.

• Opinion

Not all the little things are of equal value

Yesterday, a reader commented on Facebook about my rant over the Associated Press Stylebook’s bogus rule on collide: “Seems like an odd issue to waste time

• Business

With Ravens game, NFL sees opportunity in London, land of the other football

London may present opportunity for NFL -- a new frontier for a league hoping its growth has not ended.

By Jeff Barker

Sep 20, 2017

• Maryland

In Carroll, and around the country, teachers spend out of pocket for supplies

According to the 2016 Teacher and Principal School Report through Scholastic, the teachers in the survey spent $530 of their own money on items for classroom or student use a year.

• Entertainment

10 best bets for classical music in the Baltimore area this fall

Best bets for classical music performances during the fall season.

• Baltimore County

Library's horror story contest accepting spooky entries

It's not even fall, but members of the Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library are looking forward to judging and sharing the macabre ahead of its third

By Margarita Cambest

Aug 27, 2017

• Dining review

Delta Hotels' Poe-inspired TellTale restaurant doesn't miss a beat

The TellTale restaurant in the Inner Harbor is as bright and cheery as its namesake story by Edgar Allan Poe is dark and dreary.

• Food & Drink

Annabel Lee Tavern to reopen Aug. 11

Annabel Lee Tavern is reopening Aug. 11 in Canton.

By Sarah Meehan

Jul 24, 2017

• Entertainment

The best Baltimore-area events this week: Big Glen Burnie Carnival, Baltimore Restaurant Week and Trifecta Food Truck Festival

The top 10 arts and entertainment events in Baltimore the week of July 23-29, 2017.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jul 23, 2017

• Food & Drink

Annabel Lee Tavern to reopen in Canton with help from new investors

The Edgar Allan Poe-themed corner restaurant and bar will once again open its doors in Canton in the next two to three weeks, said the owner.

By Wesley Case

Jun 12, 2017

• Features

This Day in History: Oct. 7

In 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.

• Features

This Day in History: Jan. 29

In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. Poe worked from the small room pictured above in his house on

• Opinion

Sgt. Pepper's: The greatest album of all time turns 50

Some music and art gets discussed so much that it is difficult to experience it anew. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which turns 50 this week, falls victim to this. Still, you should try to disregard the hoopla and listen to it with fresh ears, as if the first time. When you reach the closing sequence of three songs, you begin to realize the album's power. You hear two thumping rock songs that lead into the apocalyptic "A Day in The Life." The lyrics are about everyday desperation,

• Food & Drink

Annabel Lee Tavern closing Sunday

Annabel Lee Tavern will close for good this weekend.

By Sarah Meehan

May 26, 2017

• Features

New York Times again highlights visit to Baltimore -- this time on a budget, complete with quirks

Hot on the heels of last week's "36 Hours in Baltimore" feature, the New York Times is once again paying a visit to its feisty neighbor to the south, outlining

By Chris Kaltenbach

Apr 20, 2017

• Dining review

Annabel Lee Tavern is one of Baltimore's best hidden gems

When people ask me where to take out-of-towners to eat, several great places, from crab houses to waterfront restaurants, come to mind. But there's one more hidden gem I always include on the list: Annabel Lee Tavern.

• Baltimore City Paper

Forking paths in Submersive Productions' "Incredible Musaeum"

On a July evening in 1822, more than a thousand people gathered in Baltimore's Peale Museum to see a rare cactus bloom. They crowded around the foot-

• Baltimore City Paper

Eat 2017: Canton / Highlandtown

• Edgar Allan Poe

Under Armour's new football cleats are Peak Maryland

Wrap yourself in the Maryland flag, dip your face in Old Bay seasoning and behold these cleats.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 9, 2017

• Features

Baltimore's love landmarks: Spots with a history of romance -- and heartbreak

It turns out, the Baltimore region is actually pretty romantic, according to local experts and historians. Throughout the years, the area has been home to a number of memorable love stories (and the occasional not-so-blissful breakup). In fact, at least two events this weekend will be dedicated to exploring the city's romantic past — the Haunted Hearts Pub Tour in Fells Point and Baltimore Heritage's Mount Vernon Love Stories tour.

By John-John Williams IV

Feb 8, 2017

• Features

Rare photo of Edgar Allan Poe goes up for auction at New York gallery

Tintype made three weeks before the horror author's mysterious death is expected to fetch five figures

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 24, 2017

• Baltimore City Paper

Amazon You Wild Tho, WYD?: E-commerce behemoth's streaming options are really out here ready to disrupt the canon

On the curatorial chaos of Amazon Prime's streaming movie options