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Weekend Lineup: June 27-29

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Open & Shut: Pizza at Sacré Sucré; Breakfast Tacos at Toki; Cocina Luchadoras Catch-Up

The latest restaurant openings, closings, and recent news.

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Frederick-Born Designer Claire McCardell Single-Handedly Democratized Women’s Fashion

In her new biography, author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson explores McCardell’s rise in the male-dominated midcentury New York fashion industry—ultimately giving us pockets, mix-and-match separates, and modern-day athleisure.

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Arts & Culture

Good Contrivance Farm is an Oasis for Visiting Writers—and the Man Who Runs It

How Ron Tanner turned a ramshackle property into a six-acre writers retreat in Historic Reisterstown.