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Events

12 things not to miss at Light City Baltimore 2017

The second Light City festival, which will start illuminating the Inner Harbor and other points throughout the city Friday, will be offering plenty of well-lit culture, performance and entertainment through its nine-day run. Here are the 12 things you can't miss.

12 things not to miss at Light City Baltimore 2017



Features

Yogi, artist Kim Manfredi shares 10 precious objects

For Kim Manfredi, 51, life is about journeys: journeys to physical places, journeys among states of mind and the journey of life itself. "When I was 18 years old, I broke my back," she says. After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art, she moved to Arizona, where she painted the desert and took up yoga. "From my very first class, I had relief from my physical pain. And mentally, it just blew my mind. Yoga was a passion and a practice that fulfilled me personally," she says.

Yogi, artist Kim Manfredi shares 10 precious objects



Home

Creative storage ideas for small spaces

Whether it¿s a result of a growing family, a space-intensive hobby, or a move to a smaller home, homeowners frequently face storage and space challenges. Finding creative ways to make the most of smaller spaces is at the top of many homeowners¿ wish lists.

Creative storage ideas for small spaces

Home

Unexpected Art & Decor brings beauty to unlikely places

Jeanine Turner and Jeffrey Kent pooled their resources as interior designer and master painter, respectively, into pop-up gallery projects that benefit the vacant property owner, the artist who needs exhibition space and, of course, the potential buyer, since everything is for sale.

Unexpected Art & Decor brings beauty to unlikely places


Home

Local artisans turn yesterday's goods into home decor

With shabby-chic design back in high demand, there¿s no shortage of mass-produced decor disguised as antiques. But the genuine article ¿ the old form reclaimed with a new function ¿ is much harder to come by. With a nod to the Depression-era adage, ¿Waste not, want not,¿ these are the stories of three artistic visionaries giving new life to items once thought to be years past their prime.

Local artisans turn yesterday's goods into home decor

Home

Silo Point condo takes industrial living to a new level

Matt Nickasch's home is anything but typical — he lives in the tower of a repurposed grain silo in Locust Point. His condo on the 18th floor is marked as a "bin" instead of a unit, a nod to industrial days long gone.

Silo Point condo takes industrial living to a new level






Home

BSO showcases Silo Point penthouse's multimillion-dollar view

This year, the designers of the Baltimore Symphony Associates Decorators' Show House had an unusual problem: getting visitors to take their eyes off the views outside the $3.5 million penthouse on the 23rd floor of Silo Point long enough to look at the rooms inside.

BSO showcases Silo Point penthouse's multimillion-dollar view

Business

Clock could run out for Westport developers

A U.S. bankruptcy court is scheduled to decide Tuesday whether to grant more time to developer Patrick Turner, who has tried for 10 years to transform a piece of the Westport waterfront from grassy marsh to a bustling downtown neighborhood.

Clock could run out for Westport developers









Editorial

The money that slipped away

The 200 luxury condos assessed like vacant lots have cost Baltimore millions of dollars in lost revenue and raised doubts about fairness of the property tax system
The money that slipped away




Business

At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax

About 200 condos at the Ritz-Carlton Residences and Silo Point, two luxury condo developments along Baltimore's Inner Harbor, are taxed as if construction never got off the ground even though they were built between 2007 and 2009.

At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax











Politics

City slots bidders get two-month extension

State officials agreed Wednesday to extend the bidding deadline for the Baltimore slots license by nearly two months, a move that delays the selection process until after the city's contested mayoral primary in September.




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