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This Essay Collection by Catonsville Native Humorist Maeve Dunigan Should Be Your Next Local Read
'Read This to Look Cool: Essays and Overthinkings' assembles coming-of-age stories that are vulnerable, witty, and especially relatable for millennials and Gen-Z.
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Fall Arts Preview: The 23 Cultural Experiences You Have to Catch in Baltimore This Season
Pull out your calendar and pencil in everything from film and music festivals to open studio tours and powerful theater performances in the coming months.
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At 20, Galerie Myrtis Continues to Champion Black Artists in Baltimore
Dr. Myrtis Bedolla created a platform for African-American artists whose work is vital, but underrecognized and subsequently undercollected.
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Future Islands Celebrates 20 Years at Pier Six
Ahead of the concert on May 28, we caught up with the local indie-rock band about their 20th anniversary and new compilation album. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals.
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‘Black Is’ Magazine Launches Its First Print Issue
We catch up with founder Lia J. Latty about the evolution of the digital magazine, which amplifies the work of Black photographers in Baltimore and beyond.
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Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll Results 2026
You voted, and now, here are your picks for the best that Baltimore has to offer.
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Photos: The First and Last Preakness at Laurel Park
Though scaled-down, this year’s race—at its one-time-only home 30 miles south of Pimlico—was full of the traditional pageantry and nostalgia.
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Maryland’s Poet Laureate Launches a Festival for Spoken Word Artists
Lady Brion Gill's Revolutionary Writers Poetry Festival will offer workshops, panels, slams, and open mics May 15-17.
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Photos: A Year at Laurel Park
As the Anne Arundel County track takes the spotlight as the temporary home of Preakness 151, look back at its last year documented by photojournalist J.M. Giordano.
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Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Diehard fans will be pleased. And let's leave it at that.
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The Local Stitch Weaves the Community Together With New Shop in Fells Point
Aside from selling locally sourced fiber art supplies, owner Natasha Ibrahim will also use the new space as a home for her frequent craft meetups.
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Documentary Photographer Martha Cooper Hasn’t Forgotten Her Roots
Twenty years ago, seeking inspiration for a new project, Cooper came home to Baltimore and found Sowebo.
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Experience the Northern Outer Banks
Corolla, North Carolina is where wild beauty meets coastal luxury this vacation season.
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Walk & Talk: ‘Jewelry of the Afrofuture’ at The Walters with Baltimore Jewelry Center
BJC director Shane Prada joins us for a first look at designer Douriean Fletcher's new exhibition.
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Maryland Native ‘Simpsons’ Writer Bill Oakley Brings Regional Foods Dinner to Mobtown Ballroom
The guy behind “Steamed Hams” now explores hyper-local dishes with his “American Culinary Curiosity” dinner series.
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Jung Yun’s New Novel Takes Us On a Surreal Cruise Into a Post-9/11 World
In ‘All the World Can Hold,’ the best-selling Baltimore novelist draws on real-life experience and finds space for little lives amidst big tragedy.
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John Waters Will Sleep When He’s Dead
On the eve of his 80th birthday, Baltimore's beloved Filth Elder shows no signs of slowing down.
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CityLit Fest is Going Big This Year to Help Writers Navigate Mounting Challenges
In the face of book bans, AI, and funding cuts, director Carla Du Pree discusses what Baltimore writers need most right now—and how the festival on April 11 will rise to the occasion.
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Three Can’t-Miss Maryland Film Festival Screenings to Catch This Week
The region’s OG film fest is back April 8-12 at the Parkway Theatre and other venues in Station North.
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The Brothers Behind Carpet Company Have Created Baltimore’s Coolest Fashion Brand
With the debut of their first brick-and-mortar store, Ayman and Osama Abdeldayem are bringing more than just retail to Station North.
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Basement Selector is Staging a Quiet Rebellion Against the Digital Streaming Age
DJ John Canale's new vinyl listening party “The Evening Ritual” digs deep into the power of sound.
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Jill Orlov is Making Big Waves in Miniature Art
The local artist is one of 70 worldwide who were recently profiled for the fine art hardcover, “L’art du minuscule,” from the esteemed French publisher Gallimard.
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Awards 👍, Ceremony 👎: The Winners and Losers of the 2026 Oscars
Lots of heartwarming winners but, yikes, those technical glitches.
