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The Baltimore agency that put on spring's inaugural Light City Baltimore festival has sued the couple that came up with the idea, and is asking a court to rule that the name, logos, designs and other elements associated with the festival belong to the city.

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Light City was a mixed bag. It brought lots of folks down to the Inner Harbor and funneled funds to a number of city artists, but it was also another example of

Look, there are things we can agree upon: The inaugural Light City Baltimore festival drew more than 400,000 nighttime visitors to the Inner Harbor, which,

Eight Baltimore neighborhoods have been chosen to host their own Light City installations during the 2017 Light City Baltimore festival

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Light City Baltimore, the country's first large-scale, international light festival held in Baltimore, had a total economic impact of $33.8 million on the city, according to a study conducted by Forward Analytics, a Pennsylvania-based marketing research firm.

In the afterglow of Light City, 400 Baltimore City residents are expected to come together in Bolton Hill Saturday morning for an event known as KINDLING — guided conversations meant to spark connection and build on the light festival's momentum to move Baltimore forward.

Five entities within the Baltimore area have partnered to make community the talk of the town this weekend.

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With the one-year anniversary of Freddie Gray's death just a couple weeks away, 22-year-old Towson University student, activist, and writer Bilphena Yahwon has

A huge success, Light City was made possible by BOPA's leadership and hard work

Just after Mr. Trash Wheel got a fresh pair of googly eyes, the Inner Harbor water wheel isn't seeing as clearly after losing an eyeball.

This week was Light City in Baltimore, in the same city as "The Wire" was set. What a contrast. What a juxtaposition of opposite dynamics.

DeRay Mckesson gets an endorsement from John Waters. Dooley, Lor Roger, and TLow went viral with their 'fuck Donald Trump' anthem. Light City was heavily attended, fairly diverse, and palpably fun.

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Nearly 400,000 people piled into the Inner Harbor and several other neighborhoods for the inaugural week-long Light City Festival - an interactive, art walk featuring light displays, live music and other performances.

Local activists had concerns when they learned about Light City Baltimore, its nighttime hours and brightly colored illumination. But the event producer, the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, has taken steps ¿ some independently, some after consultation with advocates ¿ that mean that the birds can safely enjoy the event as much as humans.

Concert Artists of Baltimore and Baltimore Rock Opera Society joined forces for a reprise of its 2014 "Convergence Maximus," presented as part of Light City Baltimore.

The creators of Light City want the festival to "rebrand" Baltimore. And I'll admit, at times it feels like we need a little rebranding. Nearly a year after the death of Freddie Gray and all the promises of vague change that followed, there is still little obvious transformation in the city, save for the light show going on around the Inner Harbor. So, yeah, we could use an overhaul of more than just our image. But I'm not sure that Light City is the vehicle to do it.

Light City display shows what two regular Baltimoreans who love a city can do for it.

Light City Baltimore has been a treat — and should inspire all of us to stretch city's boundaries

Uber will begin offering a new way for Light City visitors to get around during the remaining days of the festival. From Thursday through Sunday, Uber users in Baltimore will be able to request an "UberBOAT," which will shuttle between Harbor East and the Maryland Science Center at the Inner Harbor. Rides, provided by city water taxis, will be available from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. each night.

The festival, which features a 1.5-mile Light Art Walk along the Inner Harbor and more than 50 attractions, will also filter into five city neighborhoods. Hampden and Little Italy's events will continue through Sunday, while Greater Mondawmin, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello and Station North will have light displays and events Friday and Saturday.

From Light City to Port Covington, this is shaping up as a crucial time in Baltimore's history

In an effort to spark ideas for innovative social change in Baltimore and around the world, organizers of the ongoing Light City festival enlisted a series of experienced entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders to share their experiences.

While the main draw of Light City Baltimore is its illuminated tech-art, music will play a significant role as well.

It was Sunday evening and the dress rehearsal approached for Light City Baltimore, the inaugural festival of light, music and innovation. Artists scattered along the downtown waterfront hurried to finish their works, ranging from a mechanical, blooming lotus flower to a 21-foot-tall preening peacock.

Speaker-driven events designed to facilitate idea sharing are on the rise in Baltimore. And with large-scale events like Light City U's innovation conferences and the Future History Festival on the horizon in Baltimore, it's clear there's a market for this form of enlightened entertainment.

Following one of the city's most divisive years in decades, the inaugural Light City Baltimore — a festival of "light, music and innovation" — will take over the Inner Harbor tomorrow through next Sunday. Organizers eventually want the annual festival to mean to Baltimore what South by Southwest means to Austin, Texas, or what the Sundance Festival means to Park City, Utah.

Brooke Hall and Justin Allen, founders of creative agency What Works Studio and online magazine "What Weekly," have long dreamt of "shining a light" on the innovation and creativity happening in Baltimore. Little did they know, their aspirations would materialize quite literally.

With the return of his set of eyes, Mr. Trash Wheel won't have to miss out on witnessing the installations, lights or musical acts at the Light City Baltimore festival.

Light City artist Robby Rackleff is creating a large-scale projected animation on Pier 5 featuring a fantastical version of the view of Pier 5 from when the former shipyards and docks were a bustling industry. This animation features factories pulsing with color and clouds of smoke and showers of sparks from the dry docks of futuristic ships under construction.

In an effort to leave the memorabilia-hawking, find-it-in-any-major-city establishments to the amateurs, here are five downtown bars (all within short walking distance of the Light City Baltimore) for when you need refreshment and a breather from the bright lights.

Laser Lotus is a mechanical sculpture created by artist Nisha Ramnath and engineer Brian Gonzalez. The Laser Lotus takes inspiration from another reviving natural phenomena the lotus flower. The lotus can come alive again after laying dormant for a thousand years. Like the lotus flower, Laser Lotus becomes a transformational beacon floating on the water¿s surface. The sculpture itself is powered through human interaction, as audiences engage with the touch pads especially created for the installation, they cooperatively change the color of the lotus petals.

Diamonds Light Baltimore is the creation of artist and architect collaborative Mina Cheon and Gabriel Kroiz. It is comprised of fifteen unique diamond-shaped sculptures made using LED lights to highlight the geometric shape of the objects. Varying in size and shape, each diamond is large enough for audiences to walk around, underneath and through the sculpture.

Meet the couple who conceived of the idea for the inaugural Light City Baltimore festival, which starts later this month. They say they wanted to "create something cool enough that would make us want to stay in Baltimore."

Light City Baltimore organizers plan to bring illuminated artwork beyond the Inner Harbor and into five neighborhoods in the city with artist-in-residency program, Neighborhood Lights.