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GameChangers
Meet the Brains Behind Baltimore’s Popular Anti-Animal-Abuse Campaign
Now an expanded nonprofit, Show Your Soft Side began as an awareness campaign in the Baltimore Public School system featuring posters of sports stars with their pets.
Arts & Culture
How HFStival Got Ready to Rock Again
After nearly two decades, the iconic all-day concert will return on September 21 at D.C.’s Nationals Park, featuring bands many of its original festivalgoers grew up on.
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Giving By the People—For the People—of Baltimore
Baltimore Community Foundation is Building a Better Baltimore for All
GameChangers
Angeles Evans’ “Very Purposeful Journey” to End Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
As TurnAround’s senior manager of community engagement and training, Evans helps the community identify signs of abuse and support those affected.
News & Community
Little Nancy Comes Home
Little Italy's hometown hero and the first female speaker of the House returns to reminisce about the place where she was born and raised.
Sports
Orioles’ Linda Warehime Butcher, MLB’s First Ball Girl, Looks Back on Her Time at Memorial Stadium
From 1968 to 1974, the blonde schoolgirl was a fixture along with Brooks and Boog, American League pennants, Earl Weaver’s tantrums, and PA announcer Rex Barney calling out, “Give that fan a contract.”
Events
The List: August 2024
From Artscape and the Hot August Music Festival to the Maryland State Fair and the Maryland Renaissance Festival, here are the happenings to pencil in this month.
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Holiday Roundup
Our guide to shopping, events, recipes, and more this holiday season.
News & Community
Better Call Barry: Lawyer Barry Glazer Is as Eccentric as You Think He Is
Everything you ever wanted to know about Baltimore’s pugnacious TV-advertising lawyer (and maybe a few things you wish you didn’t).
Health & Wellness
Local Walking Group Leader Shares the Benefits of Hitting the Pavement
We chat with Kadija Hart, the program coordinator for the local chapter of the national Walk with a Doc/Just Walk! program, about her routine.
Food & Drink
Pickled Veggies Are Trending Palate Pleasers at Area Restaurants
Local chefs are putting their own unique touches on brined produce.
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Your Business Home in Baltimore
City House offers an elegant alternative to the typical coworking space.
Arts & Culture
Our Exit Interview with The Walters’ Outgoing Executive Director Julia Marciari-Alexander
Under her direction, the museum launched innovative exhibits, shed light on the Walters family’s difficult history, navigated through COVID, and unionized its staff—with Marciari-Alexander becoming a pillar of the city’s arts scene along the way.
Education & Family
Grief Support Programs at Roberta’s House Let Children Heal at Their Own Pace
The family grief support center offers peer groups, workshops, community outreach, and Camp Erin—the largest national summer bereavement program for youth.
News & Community
A Native, Floating Marshland is Alive on the Inner Harbor
The National Aquarium's new Harbor Wetland is a 10,000-square-foot recreation of what would have been found along Baltimore’s shoreline hundreds of years ago.
Food & Drink
How Jesse Sandlin Became One of Baltimore’s Top Chefs
Some 15 years—and a score of restaurant jobs—after appearing on reality TV, Sandlin has found her own sort of fame on a local level.
Food & Drink
Ten Iconic Crab Houses in Maryland
From mounted marlins to paper-wrapped picnic tables, long live these old-school spots.
Health & Wellness
Lena’s Wigs Provides a Safe Space for Women Living with Hair Loss
In recent years, the stigma around hair loss has lifted a bit. Owner Lena Fleminger wants to keep the conversation going.
Food & Drink
How Tulkoff Food Built a Horseradish Empire in Baltimore
Strong, spicy, pungent—and known to clear a sinus or two—Tulkoff's fiery products have local roots that date back 98 years.
Arts & Culture
Pikesville Native Adelle Waldman Talks New Novel, an Ensemble Portrait Set in a Big-Box Store
‘Help Wanted’ reveals working-class characters’ personalities and precarious economic lives.
Arts & Culture
Baltimore Thespians Unite to Honor to August Wilson, “Theater’s Poet of Black America”
As part of the Baltimore August Wilson Celebration, several of the city's theaters will perform works from the prolific playwright's 10-part American Century Cycle series.
News & Community
Kofman’s Shoe Repair Gets a Reboot at Lexington Market
Step inside the revived workspace of fourth-generation Baltimore cobbler Alex Kofman, whose age-old profession is going through a bit of a renaissance.
Arts & Culture
Your Ultimate Summer Concert Guide
Here are some of the hottest shows hitting area venues this summer.
