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Creatives in Residence

    Ask Charm City Table: Five Baltimore-area restaurants with heated outdoor dining
    As cold weather sets in, there are still several restaurant options where you can eat outdoors comfortably.
    Pasta at Limoncello.
    What losing my brother taught me about grief: Take the advice that works, leave the rest
    Advice on how to cope with grief is rampant during the holiday season. Do what’s best for you.
    Illustration of sad woman separated from others by dark fog
    Charm City Table finally finds good dim sum — in Ellicott City
    The restaurant, located in a busy shopping center, offers Cantonese food and Hong Kong-style dim sum daily for lunch and the rolling cart dim sum experience on weekends and holidays.
    Shumia Dumplings Dim Sum.
    When my student finally spoke
    Teacher Kerry Graham remembers when a student who rarely spoke in class came to her one day with a surprise message.
    Illustration of one red bird taking flight from leafless trees full of brown sparrows
    Maryland is a haven on the ‘Underground Railroad of the 21st century’
    Here, unlike many parts of the country, access to the ballot is fairly free, and women may still make reproduction decisions without the interference of right-wing vigilantes.
    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore raises his hand with his running mate, Aruna Miller, after declaring victory at an Election Night event at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront on Tuesday, November 8. Democratic candidates Wes Moore, Aruna Miller, Chris Van Hollen, Anthony Brown and Brooke Lierman held a combined event beginning at 8 p.m. as the polls closed.
    Ask Charm City Table: Trying a traditional Honduran dish at Restaurante Cristiano Jireh
    Sampling baleadas, a traditional Honduran dish, in Fells Point.
    Baleadas, a traditional Honduran dish with beans, queso, crema and meat, rest on a plate
    A teacher’s prayer — via Zoom
    What happens when a student asks a teacher: “do u believe in god?”
    Illustration of white woman looking up at a sunny sky on left, and Black teen boy turning away from cloudy sky above him on right. There are rowhomes in background next to him.
    Ask Charm City Table: Have a hidden restaurant gem? Tell us. We’ll check it out and share our faves.
    At Puerto 511, chef and owner Jose Victorio Alarcon reflects upon his own childhood memories and experiences of growing up in Callao, Peru to develop the seasonal, small plates menu.
    It's BYOB at Puerto 511, but the staff will make you a Pisco Sour if you bring your own Pisco.
    Is InstaGratification hurting us in the age of social media?
    Too many people believe success lives and dies by social media validation. We need to show our youths that success isn’t about instant gratification.
    An illustration of a ramen cup, rebranded as Instant G, like instant gratification with the contents being spilled out.
    Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. I’m scared of the catastrophes that lie ahead.
    Our public education system cannot sustain this amount of stress. It scares me to imagine the catastrophes that might be ahead.
    Giant hands take book from teacher and cross out her chalkboard
    Don’t go to the voting booth uninformed on Election Day
    Some current office holders and power brokers who control the purse strings are probably perfectly fine with the status quo of voters who don't know what's on their ballot. Let's not give them that satisfaction.
    Joshua Harris, VP of Maryland’s chapter of the NAACP, speaks at a press conference at War Memorial Plaza on 10/6/22 to encourage voters to vote no on Question K in the upcoming general election. The question would determine whether or not term limits are imposed on a number of elected positions in the city.
    Queen Elizabeth’s death: What happened to civility?
    The challenge for those of us who engage with social media is how to introduce facts that expose someone's flaws while maintaining civility.
    Queen Elizabeth II in London in 2011.
    Life lessons in the classroom: when the student becomes the teacher
    Teenagers shouldn’t need to bury one another. Yet when they do, they handle each other with such tender care.
    Woman watches boy embracing another grieving boy
    Don’t throw away those expired COVID tests yet
    The FDA has a website that lists updated expiration dates.
    In this photo illustration, a Citoswab Coronavirus (COVID-19) Home Test kit
    Why summer vacation is a necessity — and not a luxury — for teachers
    Teaching is an exhausting honor. Summers off ensure I can do it over and over again.
    Woman exiting classroom to rejoice in bright, summery field
    Right now is not forever: What my mother’s addiction taught me about hope and grace
    Baltimore poet Kondwani Fidel shares a deeply personal essay about his mother and the highs and lows of battling drug addiction.
    Illustration of Kondwani Fidel. Through an ongoing cycle of addiction and recovery, Fidel never gave up on his mother.
    It’s time the Catholic church recognized Black American saints
    "We know there are many more African American people who have done saintly things for the Church in spite of what the Church has done to them.”
    Member of the Social Justice Committee  of Saint Ann's Catholic Church are leading the charge for the Cause for Canonization of a black saint.
    Joey Jett teaches young skateboarders new skills
    At Boards and Breakfast at Rash Field Park, kids 12 and under learned from the professional skateboarder and Baltimore native.
    8/13/22 – Baltimore native and professional skateboarder Joey Jett (right) helps teaches Leah Cross, 8, Jeryl Cole, and Hugo Zawaki, 10, how to drop-in on their skateboards. Cross' parents brought her to the park to learn skateboarding from an instructor following numerous driveway crashes from learning on her own. Jett taught the free skateboarding workshop at Rash Field Park on Saturday, August 13th, in collaboration with the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.  (Julia Reihs for the Baltimore Banner)
    Charm City Table’s restaurant picks in Belvedere and Mid-Govans
    A brewery, food hall, Senegalese restaurant and smokehouse make up the eclectic mix of food options in these neighborhoods.
    A beer flight at Full Tilt Brewing.
    I don’t like to cry in front of students. But I’m not just a teacher, I’m human.
    Sometimes, life hurts, whether or not the bell is about to ring.
    Silhouette of a dejected teacher comforted by student.
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