News & Community
Shattering The Glass Ceiling
In Baltimore, it’s not just at City Hall where female leaders have risen to the top.
History & Politics
Senator Barb
How did the daughter of Polish grocers become dean of the U.S. Senate women?
Arts & Culture
Towering Figure
After winning a MacArthur Fellowship, Joyce J. Scott charts new artistic territory.
News & Community
When Oprah Was Ours
Oprah Winfrey, her friends, and colleagues look back at her years in the city that launched her into the stratosphere.
Arts & Culture
Brava, Maestra!
Our exit interview with the BSO’s outgoing music director, Marin Alsop.
News & Community
A Guiding Light
Tiffanni Reidy uses her design skills to transform restaurants and residences into welcoming spaces.
Arts & Culture
Her Spirit Made Concrete
Now celebrating 26 years in Baltimore, AVAM is a reflection of the woman who created it.
Food & Drink
Steel Magnolia
Despite years of health struggles, Charleston's Cindy Wolf keeps on cooking.
Food & Drink
The Tastemakers: Mera Kitchen Collective
The Mera team isn't just in it to feed people, but also to bring them together, realizing how food can unite diverse communities.
News & Community
Baltimore Women Are Making Their Way Into Traditionally Male-Dominated Trades
The Baltimore metro area recently ranked fourth in the nation for the highest number of women in the construction industry. Here's why that matters:
Arts & Culture
Juliet Ames is Worth Her Salt
With her salt box project, the Baltimore-born artist has launched a public art movement.
Food & Drink
The Tastemakers: Nancy Devine
For decades now, the 87-year-old has been feeding Baltimoreans her jumbo-lump crab cakes, widely regarded to be the best in the state.
News & Community
After 15 Years of Silence, Hilary Phelps Shares Her Story of Sobriety
If you didn’t know that Phelps battled severe addiction, you’d never guess it. But she’s worked a lifetime to get here.
Arts & Culture
Inside Annie Howe Papercuts’ Lauraville Studio
With just a knife and a pencil, artist Annie Howe turns pieces of paper into intricate works of art.
Arts & Culture
Catrece Ann Tipon Amplifies AAPI Voices in Baltimore and Beyond
With the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective, Tipon uses art to advocate for AAPI representation in everyday life while building cross-community relationships.
News & Community
Ellen Frost is Changing Baltimore, One Bloom at a Time
Frost's Waverly shop Local Color Flowers is known for the community it fosters, and its commitment to the first and last words of its name.
Food & Drink
Amie Ward Provides Health and Wellness Resources to Folks Behind the Bar
The "Healthtender" combined her bartending background with her physical fitness and wellness training to create a program specifically tailored to those in the hospitality industry.
Arts & Culture
Artist Whitney Frazier Combines Art and Storytelling to Recognize Local Women Leaders
Funded by a Rubys Artist Grant, Frazier's project "The Guardians of Baltimore" honors strong women from different neighborhoods.
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.
News & Community
Unique Robinson is Inspiring People in the LGBTQ+ Community and Beyond
Whether she’s writing or performing poetry, making a difference with students through teaching, or bringing Pride to Baltimore, Robinson is doing exactly what she’s always wanted to do—and the community reaps the rewards.
GameChangers
Cherie Brooks is Building Tomorrow’s Clean Energy Workforce
With a combination of industry know-how, determination, and deep faith, the co-founder of the Ray Lewis-backed Power52 Foundation trains at-risk individuals for careers in the energy industry.
GameChangers
Marissa Jachman Uses Education to Prevent Sexual Assault Before It Happens
The executive director of the Erin Levitas Foundation carries on the prevention and survivor support efforts of her late cousin.
News & Community
Fight Blight Bmore Founder Nneka N’Namdi Wants Baltimore to See the Bigger Picture
N'Namdi's advocacy group is aimed at eradicating blight by creating safer spaces for residents.
Health & Wellness
At HER Resiliency Center, Natasha Guynes Empowers Vulnerable Women With Holistic Support
In December, the survivor-led nonprofit opened a brick-and-mortar in Fells Point.
Travel & Outdoors
Angela Crenshaw Has Big Ideas to Make Our State Parks More Accessible and Inclusive
With the Great Maryland Outdoors Act ushering in new parks, staff, and funding, plus record-high visitation still lingering from the pandemic, the new Maryland Park Service director arrives at a pivotal time.
GameChangers
Hilary Harp Falk Takes a People-Focused Approach to Protecting the Chesapeake Bay
As a longtime champion of environmental equity, the president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation is redefining how the organization preserves and restores the nation’s largest estuary.
GameChangers
The Violet Project is Giving Young People Real Answers to Sexual Health Questions
The one-stop-shop digital health platform also provides resources like free STI testing, menstrual and contraceptive products, and a direct line to health care professionals.
History & Politics
Baltimore Scientist Played Key Role in NASA’s Novel Satellite Imaging Program
NASA recruited Valerie Thomas from Morgan State in 1964.
News & Community
At 100, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital is Still Happy on the Hill
One century ago, an enterprising Baltimore woman founded the hospital that most parents don’t know exists—until they need it.
GameChangers
Kayenecha Daugherty Advocates for Baltimore’s “Creative Nomads”
Her nonprofit provides arts entrepreneurs—as well as youth and families—access to professional development, resources, and networking.
GameChangers
Shelonda Stokes is Determined to Make Downtown The Best It Can Be
Since officially becoming the president of Downtown Partnership of Baltimore in 2020, Stokes has more than doubled revenues and created multiple programs supporting local business owners.
GameChangers
GameChanger: Araba Maze
We catch up with the founder of Storybook Maze—a local program intent on increasing literary access in underserved communities.
Arts & Culture
GameChanger: Kira Wisniewski
We catch up with the executive director of Art+Feminism.
GameChangers
Meleny Thomas Wants Environmental Justice for All
The founder of the South Baltimore Community Land Trust is dedicated to promoting environmental justice, permanently affordable housing development, and zero waste.
Health & Wellness
‘What’s Your Grief?’ Founders Foster an Online Community for People Experiencing Loss
Litsa Williams and Eleanor Haley discuss their resources, misconceptions about what grief looks like, and coping with non-death losses in the wake of the pandemic.
Science & Technology
GameChanger: Christine Chen
We catch up with the James Webb Space Telescope Science Policy Group Lead Astronomer.
Education & Family
Tonee Lawson’s Nonprofit Empowers Youth to Achieve Excellence in STEM
Operating out of various schools, The Be. Organization provides creative workshops, an enrichment curriculum, and youth conferences focused on life skills and STEM teachings.
