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From Flower Mart and the Kinetic Sculpture Race to Remfest and Brew at the Zoo, here are the happenings to pencil in this month.
Travel & Outdoors
Fifteen Local Nurseries to Help Get Your Garden Growing
Whether you're growing in a giant backyard plot or small containers on a balcony, these delightful shops have everything you need to upgrade your greenery game.
Style & Shopping
Giulietta Pinna’s Prop Up Shop is Where Business and Wonder Mix
With her prop rental shop and photo studio, Pinna turned hoarding vintage items into a career.
Arts & Culture
Charm City Bluegrass Festival Organizers Reflect on a Decade of Twangy Tunes
How an impromptu jam session on a Hampden stoop blossomed into one of Baltimore's most beloved music traditions.
Food & Drink
Review: Dimsum Palace Brings Hong Kong-Style Carts to Catonsville
Apparently, diners with ties to the Old Line State told staff at the restaurant's Florida locations that Maryland sorely needed dim sum restaurants—and they listened, for which we should all be grateful.
Arts & Culture
Three Maryland Film Festival Screenings You Can’t Miss This Year
After a hiatus in 2023, the MdFF is back to celebrate its 25th anniversary, May 2-5.
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Baltimore magazine’s Top Agents
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Home & Living
Hello, Neighbor: Violetville
Residents of the Southwest Baltimore locale—named for its purple spring blooms—prize their community’s diversity, neighborly bonds, recently renovated elementary/middle school, and 10-acre park.
Food & Drink
Chef Carlos Raba Expands His Vision with Nana
Raba's new family spot in Stoneleigh is intentionally at the opposite end of the culinary spectrum as Clavel, the hip Remington taquería that earned him national attention. But he runs both kitchens with same level of authority, compassion, and attention to his own history.
Arts & Culture
New Blaze Starr Exhibit Takes Center Stage in Catonsville
'The Hottest Blaze in Town,' on view at CCBC through June 15, documents the life and legacy of Baltimore’s most famous burlesque star.
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Women Who Move Maryland 2025
Women are an essential part of the engine that makes our region thrive. In our annual section that follows, Women Who Move Maryland, we spotlight women professionals who play a leading role in Baltimore and beyond.
Food & Drink
Three Bottles That Celebrate the Bandol Wine Region
Though the ancient fishing village on the Mediterranean coast remains a relatively tiny part of French wine production—with barely 3,800 acres under vine—wine enthusiasts continue to take note of its influence.
Food & Drink
How CharmCuterie Went from a Fundraiser to a Full-Blown Grazing Board Business
“Grazing tables can connect a room full of strangers” says owner Kandace Lecocq. “I love the way it makes them interact.”
Home & Living
Baltimore Home & Design Awards 2024
We honor the top design visionaries in Charm City.
News & Community
Former Afghan Refugee Set to Graduate from the University of Baltimore School of Law
The fourth-year law student is from a village in the Kunduz Province, which didn’t even have a public school until U.S. troops dislodged the Taliban around 2003. She’ll take the Maryland bar exam in July.
Home & Living
Home Sweet (Vacation) Home: A Look at Maryland’s Second-Home Market
In the age of remote working, more residents are opting to invest in a second residence—and demand is surging.
Food & Drink
Review: OctoBar Offers an Elevated Experience in Federal Hill
The worldly tapas spot exudes a more sophisticated, upscale vibe than many of its bar brethren.
News & Community
Essay: How I Learned to Care for a Plant That Long Cared for Me
A local journalist (and stoner) attempts to subvert corporate cannabis.
Food & Drink
Love & Cornbread Serves More Than Food in West Baltimore
Meet the crew behind the small-but-mighty food-equity nonprofit, which pops up in the neighborhood every Saturday afternoon to serve meals and connect with residents.
Arts & Culture
Antonia Hylton’s ‘Madness’ Examines Crownsville Hospital, One of the Nation’s Last Segregated Asylums
At its heart, the book by the NBC and MSNBC correspondent is a look at who America deems sick or criminal, and who is deemed worthy of care.
GameChangers
Matt Hanna Has a Winning Strategy for Supporting Baltimore City Student Athletes
His organization Next One Up provides year-round athletic, academic, and mentoring resources for kids from middle school through college.
Arts & Culture
Baltimore’s Charles and Senator Theaters Turn 85
That the two theaters, now the oldest in Baltimore, are still open and screening films is thanks to the creativity and perseverance of one local family.
