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25 years in, Baltimore’s Wide Angle Youth Media has more stories to tell
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (1092+ words) The U.S. Soccer Foundation needed a touch of Baltimore to tell its story to the world. With America co-hosting June's FIFA World Cup " expected to be the most-watched sporting event of all time " U.S. Soccer's charitable nonprofit organization wanted a public service…...
National Symphony Orchestra director leaves Kennedy Center amid exodus
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (326+ words) NEW YORK " The executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, a mainstay at the Kennedy Center, is leaving to head the Los Angeles-based Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. It's the latest departure from the Kennedy Center since President…...
Baltimore County unveils plan to add public art to streets
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (381+ words) Baltimore County aims to brighten its streets with an initiative that invites residents to create art on roadways. The county's Department of Planning is accepting applications for DIY asphalt art projects within commercial revitalization districts, areas that have been targeted…...
The Wine Collective to close its doors later this month
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (232+ words) The Wine Collective, one of Baltimore's only urban wineries, announced on Friday that it will close after seven years of business. The Medfield-based business, housed inside the Union Collective complex, opened in March 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic....
Musical about Luigi Mangione makes East Coast debut this summer
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (594+ words) A dark comedy about Baltimore County native Luigi Mangione's incarceration is headed to New York City this summer, the creative team behind the show announced. "Luigi: the Musical" follows Mangione while he's jailed alongside disgraced music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs…...
7 things in Annapolis: St. Patrick’s celebration craics open spring
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1000+ words) After a very long winter, the St. Patrick's Parade in Annapolis spreads out from Sunday afternoon to include a joyous spring-like weekend. The Irish have a quintessential word for it: craic " (pronounced "crack) " fun, entertainment, good company and generally a…...
7 things to do in Howard County, from an Irish dinner to an Ultra 50K
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (362+ words) There's an old Irish blessing: As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters all point the other way. That's the energy we're bringing to this week. Fill these last days of winter with plenty of fun and…...
Streeter: DC arts events are coming to Baltimore. But we’re still us.
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (857+ words) One of the realities of being a Baltimorean is accepting that you're considered the red-headed stepchild of large northeastern cities. You mock our accent and our Old Bay obsession. But now that we've become the proud beneficiary of art events…...
How a Hopkins professor’s mushroom trip led to 1,000 paintings of cigarettes
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (936+ words) Nate Brown decided to try psychedelic mushrooms to beat a weed habit and fell into another passion instead. While participating in a Johns Hopkins Medicine study on mushroom-derived psilocybin, and the drug's ability to curb addictive behaviors, the local writing…...
The bold, brilliant and bizarre writers that make Baltimore a literary town
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (643+ words) Ten thousand writers will descend on Baltimore this week for the country's largest literary festival, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair. The AWP conference runs from Wednesday through Saturday at the Baltimore Convention Center, but there will also…...