Residents of the Southwest Baltimore locale—named for its purple spring blooms—prize their community’s diversity, neighborly bonds, recently renovated elementary/middle school, and 10-acre park.
Raba's new family spot in Stoneleigh is intentionally at the opposite end of the culinary spectrum as Clavel, the hip Remington taquería that earned him national attention. But he runs both kitchens with same level of authority, compassion, and attention to his own history.
'The Hottest Blaze in Town,' on view at CCBC through June 15, documents the life and legacy of Baltimore’s most famous burlesque star.
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Local podcast hosts Anthony Moll and CeCe will bring Maren Wright-Kerr and Ailish Hopper to the CityLit Stage for a live recording.
Brooks by Doug Wilson and Gilbert Byron: A Life Worth Examining by Jacques T. Baker Jr.
Acclaimed author Alice McDermott is also revered in her Johns Hopkins classroom.
Founder, Film Studies program, Loyola University Maryland; author of Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream.
Hometown Pride? Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was incredibly dismissive of her hometown. Did she ever say anything positive about the city?
Tales from the Holy Land by Rafael Alvarez, Unruly Catholic Women Writers Edited by Jeana DelRosso, Leigh Eicke & Ana Kothe and Gentlemen of the Harbor by Captain Bill Eggert
Local book of King Arthur-inspired poems wins literary prize.
Alice McDermott as an instructor, writer, and mentor
What makes Baltimore so appealing as a setting for fiction?