Natural Black hair salons transform lives, one curl and coil at a time
Since 2015, Diaspora Salon has provided a sanctuary for Baltimore’s natural hair community that is a celebration of what our hair is, without interference or alteration.
Leslie Streeter writes in her notepad as she gets her hair cut by Leah Register on Friday, June 9, 2023.
Six Baltimore-related shows to watch during the writers strike that aren’t ‘The Wire’
If you’re looking for things to stream during the writers strike, look closer to home with projects either filmed, based in or involving people from Charm City.
Alan Rickman and Yasiin Bey in Something the Lord Made in the 2004 movie.
I never stopped masking. The air alert is just another reason to keep doing so.
The air quality alerts stemming from the Canadian wildfires are yet another health-related reason I’ll keep wearing masks.
A woman walks in the Inner Harbor as Baltimore is blanketed in dangerous levels of smoke from Canadian wildfires on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
DeSantis uses Baltimore crime as a dog whistle to dodge his own bullets
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others can’t stop talking about the crime in Baltimore, which doesn’t make where they live any safer.
A view of the Domino Sugars sign, as seen from Federal Hill in South Baltimore.
Did Tina Turner deserve her success? Yes, and women deserve more.
When Mike Wallace infamously asked Tina Turner whether she thought she deserved the trappings of her success, he raised a question sadly familiar to working women.
LONDON - 1st APRIL: Tina Turner performs live on stage at Hammersmith Odeon in London in April 1982.
For ‘Little Mermaid’ viewers, seeing a Black Ariel makes them feel part of her world
Having a Black Ariel in the new "Little Mermaid" movie felt like its own fairy tale for some. Here's what one group of viewers thought.
Laila Riley, 10, and Laci Riley, 7,  gather to see the "mermaid" at the Rotunda, courtesy of Circus Siren Pod, before the premiere of the Little Mermaid movie on May 27, 2023.
Is ‘Succession’ really a show about being a parent?
The "Succession" series finale, which airs Sunday, is about generational trauma as much as it's about fascism, betrayal and wealth.
Cast member of the HBO's series Succession.
Meet someone who made it on ‘The Voice,’ and someone who didn’t get close. (Me.)
Meet Talia Smith, a Maryland resident who, unlike me, successfully auditioned for "The Voice."
Staff Sargeant Talia Smith on May 4, 2023.
Why do some people always lock their doors, while others are proud never to?
Keeping your doors unlocked is not a sign of superiority or safety. It's baffling.
Opening a door to house with key
Why the Twitter blue check actually mattered — and why it doesn’t anymore
Twitter blue checks, once used to verify your identity, have given way to a topsy turvy world of uncertainty and trolling for the low price of $8.
Verified users are seeing their check marks go away on Twitter.
Requests from a single mom for Mother’s Day: Less violence, more thanks and brunch
I didn’t become a parent expecting gifts, as raising a nice, responsible kid who’s a good person is reward enough. But since we’re on the subject ...
Confident mom showing her strong arm carrying for newborn
I met a nice young man at the Canton T-Mobile store. He was dead 48 hours later.
I crossed paths with a friendly phone store employee who was fatally shot at the same location the next day. I can’t make sense of it.
Picture of Fabian Sanchez Gonzalez, 23, killed in a Canton T-Mobile during an armed robbery.
‘Hamlet’ is not a new story, but Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s production is fresh
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s “Hamlet” is sleeker, shorter and more modern, but it's still the Bard’s broody tragedy.
Vince Eisenson as Hamlet and Lesley Malin as Gertrude in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s "Hamlet."
No one embodies the spirit of Baltimore more than poet Lucille Clifton
The late resident and former Maryland Poet Laureate embraced the city’s earthiness, Blackness and strength in her work.
Sunday morning poem by Lucille Chifton
I am an expert on the topic of grief. It doesn’t make loss any easier.
The recent loss of my grandmother proves that no amount of expertise can conquer the shock, panic and sadness.
Emma James and Leslie Gray Streeter at Leslie’s wedding on Palm Beach, 2010
‘When are you having kids?’: Vanessa Lachey, ‘Love Is Blind’ and the question so many of us dread
“Love Is Blind” host Vanessa Lachey set off a firestorm when she kept pestering the cast about when they might have kids. Offscreen, it’s a question a lot of us have had to endure.
Infertile couple dreams about baby. Man and woman sitting back to back and suffer from reproductive problems. Fertility problem, pregnancy problems, IVF, infertility, gynecological disease, family concept.
‘Succession’ spoilers enraged some viewers. Others say grow up, it’s 2023.
What are the new rules about spoilers? Or are there any at all as our TV and movie viewing habits have changed water cooler chats both physical and digital?
Cast member of the HBO's series Succession.
The best brushes with celebrity in Baltimore, from Kevin Bacon to the Oriole Bird
Baltimore is no Los Angeles, but we’ve got our share of star encounters that range from the A-list to the terrifying.
Halethorpe's William Cox and actor Josh Charles hanging around Camden Yards in 2014. "It was the most Baltimore thing ever," Cox said.
Baltimore pop culture is firmly in the mainstream. Again.
Is there something special happening here right now? Or have we always been this cool, and every once in a while, other people notice?
(l to r)  Singer Beyonce performs , Lance Reddick, Richard Belzer and Chris Rock.
When it comes to double standards for Black women, Angel Reese is just the tip of the iceberg
Being a Black woman "was always about someone else’s impression of what I was supposed to be, getting to be either gracious or stank about it. We have to perform niceness,” said one Baltimorean.
DALLAS, TEXAS - APRIL 02: Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers cuts down a piece of the net after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 during the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament championship game at American Airlines Center on April 02, 2023 in Dallas, Texas.
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