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Arts & Culture
Baltimore Improv Group Has a New Director—and a New Direction
In its 19th year, the group is moving forward with its first woman of color leader and a beautiful new facade at its location next to The Charles Theatre.
Home & Living
Five Real-Life Baltimore Haunted House Stories
Locals share their true encounters with ghosts, demons, and everything in between.
Home & Living
This Baltimore Rowhome is a Love Letter to Bold Colors and Unique Patterns
Interior designer Emilie Schiller shows us around her home, which gives colonial-style elements a contemporary twist.
Home & Living
Take a Look Inside This Sparks Pool House with Resort-Worthy Amenities
The 1,100-square-foot house is a modern, tactile space that embraces the environment around it.
News & Community
After Decades of Not Being Her True Self, WYPR’s Ashley Sterner is Finally Saying Her Name on Air
Before her transition, Sterner’s on-air job and her off-air life were disconnected.
Arts & Culture
Local Author Molly Horton Booth Reimagines ‘Twelfth Night’ with Wit and Charm
With a focus on inclusivity, the graphic novelist takes the circa-1601 play and plops it into a modern world of proms, social media, and horny teenagers.
Home & Living
Photographer Barbara Oliveira’s Forest Hill Homestead is Stylishly Eclectic and Baby-Friendly
Oliveira gives us a tour of her "perfectly imperfect" rustic log cabin, whose roots trace back to 1755.
Education & Family
Three Moms on the Beauty and Brutality of Motherhood in the First Year
Being a mom is a wild ride. There’s bliss and exhaustion, laughter and failure, and that’s just in a 15-minute span.
Style & Shopping
The Margaret Cleveland in Bolton Hill is an Experience for All the Senses
Christopher Heller—also the newly minted owner of Walther Gardens—runs the kind of enchanted place where you press your nose against the window to get a glimpse inside.
Education & Family
GameChanger: Jasper Barnes
We catch up with the executive director of BYKE Collective.
Arts & Culture
Meet the Happiest House in Roland Park
From the outside, the 1896 fixer-upper appears like an unopened geode—large, imposing, and traditional. But split it open and inside is a space filled with wonderful light, colors, and patterns.
Arts & Culture
Artist James Evans Uses Photographs and Words to Combat Prejudice in Nature
“People don’t expect for brown and Black people to be in these spaces,” says Evans, a photographer, poet, author, and nonprofit founder.
News & Community
GameChanger: Jennifer Mendelsohn
We catch up with the genealogist and co-founder of the DNA Reunion Project.
Education & Family
How to Raise a Service-Minded Kid
Step one: Find community projects they care about, and start them young.
Home & Living
How to Use Your Friends, In the Best Way Possible, to Throw an Epic Holiday Party
Everything you need to host a joyful, collaborative fête that celebrates what your friends—quite literally—bring to the table.
Home & Living
Did You Finish a Home & Design Project Recently? Show Us!
A message from HOME editor Janelle Diamond on our inaugural Home & Design Awards.
Travel & Outdoors
Meet the New Faces of Farming in Baltimore
Through the seeds they plant, these individuals and their organizations are giving back to the community.
Home & Living
Amy Langrehr Shows Us Around Her Warm, Minimalistic Home
Langrehr—known as Charm City Cook around town—is equal parts sentimental and practical at home.
Arts & Culture
Artist Dan Van Allen Lives In His Own Personal Museum
Van Allen—perhaps the most interesting man in Baltimore—shows us around his two connecting rowhomes in Sowebo.
Arts & Culture
Kevin O’Malley Might Just Be The Most Prolific Illustrator You’ve Never Heard Of
For more than 35 years, the Towson-based children's book illustrator has been creating a world of curious kids who feel real to him.
