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• Maryland

Rising fifth-graders learn how to make paper at Living History Camp at Carroll farm museum

Living History Camp — a program teaching children about farm life in the 1800s with hands-on learning — had its first day for incoming fifth graders Monday.

• Maryland

Farm Museum Fourth activities are a mix of old and new

The family-friendly daytime events at the Carroll County Farm Museum are more than just a prelude to the night's fireworks.

• Maryland

West Carroll: Inaugural Sweet Corn Festival coming to Union Bridge; Family Day at Taneytown museum

The inaugural Sweet Corn Festival and corn-eating contest will be held Saturday, July 20 in the Flood Zone parking lot in Union Bridge.

• Maryland

Central Carroll: Farm Museum adds 'Farmyard Friends' for Fourth of July; historic Sunday School picnic

Join your friends and family at the Carroll County Farm Museum from 3 to 10 p.m. on July 4, for a fireworks extravaganza with food, fun and so much more.

• Entertainment

Fourth of July in Baltimore: 5 ways to celebrate

Here's how you can celebrate the Fourth of July in Baltimore.

By Hallie Miller

Jun 28, 2019

• Maryland

Where to watch Carroll County fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July

From the Carroll County Farm Museum to Mount Airy, here's where you can catch some fireworks this Fourth of July.

• Entertainment

Baltimore Museum of Art heads to market — Lexington Market — with new outpost

The Baltimore Museum of Art launches BMA Lexington Market with an exhibition of youth art works Wednesday before officially opening the next day.

• Opinion

Symphony wrong to 'sell' its most important asset

BSO's treatment of musicians is equivalent to BMA disposing of its prize paintings.

• Entertainment

Baltimore Museum of Art adds more than 70 works to its collection

The Baltimore Museum of Art has so far this year added more than 70 contemporary and historic artworks to its broad collection.

• Maryland

From croquet to Sinatra, Farm Museum event bringing 'Roaring 20s' to Carroll County

If you head to the Carroll County Farm Museum on Saturday donning a flapper dress or other 1920s-era attire, you might just win a prize.

• Maryland

Proposed steps on east slope of Federal Hill face pushback from neighbors, American Visionary Art Museum

A proposal to add steps to the east slope of Federal Hill  ran into opposition from neighbors and the founder of the American Visionary Art Museum.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 12, 2019

• Entertainment

Things to do in Baltimore this week: Pride 2019, World Refugee Day, 'West Side Story' and more

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of June 9-15, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jun 9, 2019

• Maryland

Food Truck Sunday Funday expected to bring food, fun and charity to Farm Museum

Food Truck Sunday Funday will be held at the Carroll County Farm Museum on Sunday, June 9.

• Features

Port Discovery reopening June 14 with new exhibits the SkyClimber and The Port cargo ship

Following a $10.5-million transformation, Baltimore's Port Discovery Children's Museum will be re-opening on June 14.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jun 6, 2019

• Maryland

New Water Taxi terminal coming to Inner Harbor

A new Water Taxi terminal is set to begin construction at Pier I in the Inner Harbor

By Brittany Brown

Jun 5, 2019

• Maryland

Howard County nonprofit earns state honors for preserving Puerto Rican music and dance

When it comes to sharing Puerto Rican culture, “the music does the translating for us,” says Hanover resident Angel Rivera.

• Maryland

3 things to know about Patapsco Heritage Greenway's Lindsey Baker

Lindsey Baker, 35, took the helm of Patapsco Heritage Greenway, a preservation-based nonprofit, in January 2018.

• Maryland

West Carroll: Hudson Car Show and Wine, Brew and Music Festival coming to Taneytown

The Taneytown Heritage and Museum Association will host the 2019 Hudson Car Show on June 15.

• Maryland

Gordon: Historical Society of Carroll County deserves ongoing support

Here are a few ideas that should be strongly considered to continue the Historical Society of Carroll County moving forward for future generations.

• Maryland

Baltimore County Historical Society hosts Smithsonian exhibit on water

The exhibit on water's effect on local history and society runs through July 6.

By Libby Solomon

May 29, 2019

• Maryland

West Carroll: Magic show to benefit Northwest Middle; Taneytown museum seeks yearbooks

Northwest Middle School will host a family-friendly magic show, Fool of Illusions, starring comedy illusionist Reggie Rice, at Francis Scott Key High School.

• Maryland

Volunteer opportunities at Mt. Airy Train Station Museum

Community service opportunities at Mt. Airy Train Station Museum

• Maryland

Catonsville Historical Society to sell its property, seeks new home for artifacts

Damage from last year's flood has made it so selling the property is the most "fiscally responsible" move for the society.

By Cody Boteler

May 22, 2019

• Maryland

Blacksmiths show there's more than one way to forge at Carroll County Farm Museum event

Blacksmith Days at Carroll County Farm Museum, featuring demonstrations, sale of blacksmith equipment, auction of hand-forged items, on Saturday and Sunday.

• Travel

Things to do on your Jersey Shore vacation, from Atlantic City to Cape May

When you need a break from the beach, head to one of these Jersey Shore attractions. 

By John-John Williams IV

May 16, 2019

• Travel

Museums, trails and more to keep the family entertained at Myrtle Beach

Want to add some variety to your Myrtle Beach vacation? Check out these local attractions.

• Opinion

Don't ignore working class - in city or suburbs

What makes a community great is not just its museums, restaurants and rich people.

• Maryland

Havre de Grace: Defenders Weekend and John O'Neill Day set for May 4 & 5

Welcome to May, dear readers. Join us for Defenders Weekend and John O'Neill Day, Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, in Concord Point Park.

• Obituaries

James Sieling, MTA union official and Bainbridge volunteer, dies

James Sieling was a Bainbridge Naval Training Center Historical Society Museum volunteer and board member.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 11, 2019

• Maryland

McDaniel grad finalist for prize, work to be featured in Walters Art Museum

Cheeny Celebrado-Royer a graduate of McDaniel and MICA, was named a 2019 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize finalist. Her work will be displayed alongside her fellow finalists at the Walters Art Museum.

• Maryland

Editorial: Thumbs up to colleges' agreement, history exhibit, retiring streets superintendent

Who received thumbs up from the Carroll County Times this week?

• Sports

Orioles announce ‘A Celebration of Frank’ on April 6 to honor Hall of Famer Robinson

‘A Celebration of Frank’ in Frank Robinson's memory will begin at 6:15 p.m. April 6 at Orioles Park at Camden Yards. The event will feature a video tribute to Robinson, as well as appearances from Orioles greats Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer and Boog Powell.

By Nathan Ruiz

Mar 29, 2019

• Maryland

Check out the Easter tree at the Havre de Grace visitors center

The Easter Bunny already made his first rounds and the Easter tree is up at the Havre de Grace Visitor Center, 450 Pennington Ave. Drop in to see it.

• Maryland

Sykesville Town Council nominations include incumbents, former mayor, museum curator

Eight Sykesville residents were nominated Monday evening for the three seats opening on the Town Council, though it’s not yet clear how many will officially run.

• Maryland

Baltimore Streetcar Museum to reopen Sunday after train derailment — but without streetcar rides

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum's visitors' center will reopen to the public Sunday after a train derailment shut down the museum last weekend.

By Sarah Meehan

Mar 20, 2019

• Entertainment

'Where are the Obamas?': Paintings of Barack and Michelle brought a million more people to Portrait Gallery

The Obama portraits, by Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore's Amy Sherald, have catapulted the National Portrait Gallery to the top tier of the ity’s attractions by dramatically increasing attendance.

• Entertainment

Proposed Baltimore museum would focus on culture and history of African nations

A new local museum, The Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures, is expected to open in Park Heights around Juneteenth Day.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 27, 2019

• Maryland

Farm Museum offering volunteer opportunities

Farm Museum offers volunteer opportunities

• Sports

Orioles announce plans to honor Frank Robinson's memory through 2019 season

The Orioles announced plans to honor the memory of Hall of Famer Frank Robinson beginning with Saturday's Grapefruit League opener and continuing throughout the season at Camden Yards.

By Jon Meoli

Feb 22, 2019

• Maryland

Fowl play: Havre de Grace man demonstrates the dwindling art of duck decoy carving

Dan Carson is one of a handful of waterfowl artisans in the Harford County town, the self-proclaimed “Decoy Capital of the World” and home of the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.

By Mike Klingaman

Feb 19, 2019

• Maryland

Mount Airy Hall of Fame inductees

The members of the Mount Airy Hall of Fame, which inducted its 20th class in 2019.

• Features

Philanthropists Eddie and Sylvia Brown donate $3.5 million to the Baltimore Museum of Art

The Baltimore Museum of Art announced Friday that it is receiving a $3.5 million donation to endow the position of the organization’s chief curator from the philanthropists Eddie and Sylvia Brown.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Feb 8, 2019

• Business

The Newseum was a grand tribute to the power of journalism. Here's how it failed.

Just 10 years later, the Newseum is shrinking into an uncertain future, the distress sale of its building to Johns Hopkins University marking the end of a troubled tenure that has become a cautionary tale of bloated budgets and unrealized ambition.

• Opinion

Baltimore's Hackerman mansion: a 'strong reminder of our common humanity'

For several years, the gap between the rich and the poor has increased in the United States. Baltimore continues to be a strikingly unequal and segregated city. Yet, in these hard times, the Walters Art Museum has given us a refreshing gift and a strong reminder of our common humanity

• Maryland

Retro HoCo: When Smithsonian Institution was steward of Belmont Manor

Who knew the Smithsonian Institution was once one of Howard County’s premier landowners?

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 31, 2019

• Maryland

Farm Museum volunteer opportunities

Farm Museum volunteer opportunities

• Features

Jackie Copeland takes helm at Reginald Lewis museum, following unexpected retirement of Wanda Draper

Jackie Copeland, who has spent three decades working for major museums nationwide and studying every aspect of how successful arts institutions operate, is the new executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 25, 2019

• Maryland

Despite uncertainty, good times in the old town

Mostly Main Street neighborhood column.

• Features

BSO, Lewis Museum, Germano's offering deals to federal employees this week because of government shutdown

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is offering federal employees free tickets to this week's performances.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 9, 2019

• Entertainment

Wanda Q. Draper unexpectedly retires as executive director of Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Wanda Draper is retiring as the executive director of Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum to spend more time with her family; her last day will be Feb. 12.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Jan 4, 2019