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History & Politics
In 2020, JHU Acknowledged Enslaved People Were Held at Clifton Mansion. The Reckoning Continues.
Directed by professor and historian Martha Jones, the new Hard Histories initiative examines how racism has persisted over a century and a half at Hopkins.
Birds Nest
Then & Now: How Do the 2023 Orioles Compare to the ’83 Championship Team?
Can these young birds bring a World Series banner back to Baltimore?
Arts & Culture
Awake Thy Soul: Singing the Centuries-Old ‘Sacred Harp’ in Baltimore
Developed in the late 1700s and early 1800s, shape-note singing soon moved south and west along with the frontier.
Arts & Culture
‘The Body Politic’ Follows Brandon Scott as He Tackles Baltimore’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Baltimore filmmaker Gabriel Goodenough discusses the new documentary.
Arts & Culture
The Walters Unveils Landmark Reinstallation of its Asian and Islamic Collection
The exhibition brings together diverse regions and religious and artistic practices in a sweeping show that highlights their interaction and influence upon one another.
Arts & Culture
Patrick Smithwick’s Latest Book is His Most Heart-Wrenching
The Monkton author's new book, 'War’s Over, Come Home', chronicles his family’s struggle to help their oldest son as he suffers through PTSD after two tours in Iraq.
News & Community
The City That Rides: Meet Bicycling Advocate Shaka Pitts
The co-founder of Baltimore-based advocacy group Black People Ride Bikes now leads the Wednesday-night “Do the Bike Thing” ride.
Arts & Culture
Mark Clague’s Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner” Couldn’t Be Timelier
The musicologist chronicles the complicated history of the song that eventually became the country’s official anthem.
News & Community
Fading History: “Ghost” Signs Evoke Baltimore’s Commercial Past
Over the past 20 years, Lashelle Bynum estimates she's found and photographed close to 200 ghost signs throughout the city.
History & Politics
The Story of the Baltimore Cat That Joined the Coast Guard During World War II
Before the Navy started restricting animals on ships, it issued an official port of Baltimore photo I.D. to Herman the Cat: Expert Mouser—a favored feline in service on its docks.
History & Politics
Druid Hill Park’s Grove of Remembrance Was Planted by Mothers Who Lost Sons in World War I
For decades, the grove hosted events on Mother’s Day, which already had an anti-war origin story when the modern holiday was first celebrated in 1907.
Arts & Culture
Rafael Alvarez’s ‘Don’t Count Me Out’ Tells Story of Recovering Addict Bruce White
White’s willingness to share his struggles—combined with Alvarez’s reporting and writing—make this a book you’ll read in one or two sittings.
Arts & Culture
Photos: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Rock CFG Bank Arena Opening
"The Boss" sells out $250-million overhauled downtown arena for its grand debut.
News & Community
Playing for Keeps: Baltimore Banners Youth Hockey Program Celebrates 20 Years on Ice
The team continues to pull together kids from the nearby neighborhood known as “Down Da Hill” to play an otherwise unfamiliar sport in East Baltimore.
Sports
“ED-DIE, ED-DIE!”: Hall of Fame First Baseman Eddie Murray Recalls O’s Last World Series Title
A clutch hitter like no other, Murray was synonymous with the Orioles Magic era.
Arts & Culture
These Instrument-Making Baltimore Brothers are Old-World Craftsmen
Meet Ryan and Aaron Fini of Perrin & Associates Fine Violins in Mount Vernon.
Arts & Culture
Jen Michalski Discusses New Short Story Collection ‘The Company of Strangers’
Taken as a whole, the collection reads like an open-ended meditation on how each of us navigates our own at times surreal life journey.
Arts & Culture
Longtime Urban Planner E. Evans Paull Explores Historic Baltimore Road Wars in New Book
'Stop the Road: Stories from the Trenches of Baltimore’s Road Wars' is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the Baltimore of the 1940s and 1950s became the city we know today.
History & Politics
On St. Patrick’s Day: Remembering Frederick Douglass’ Exile in Ireland
After escaping slavery in Baltimore, a young Frederick Douglass was transformed by a trip to Ireland.
History & Politics
Bob Dylan’s “Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” Became a Protest Song of the Civil Rights Era
Sixty years ago, a white Southern Maryland plantation owner struck and killed a Black Baltimore server at a society ball, galvanizing the city and making national headlines.
