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    A concept design shows eight yellow silhouette signs with people standing below some of them.
    Gigantic signs to highlight history are coming to Catonsville
    A project of the Baltimore County Arts Guild will take stories and silhouettes from residents and transform them into 14-foot-tall signs to help people navigate some of Catonsville’s historic sites.
    Michelle Trachtenberg, who starred in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl,” has died. She was 39.
    Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ star, dies at 39
    Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died.
    This year's Annapolis Restaurant Week includes options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: It’s Restaurant Week. Should you dig in?
    Every year, Annapolis Restaurant Week rolls around and the message is clear. Eat out. But is it worth your time and money? It’s one of seven things to do in the coming week.
    Cross stitching and coloring materials available for customers’ use inside Meander Art Bar in the Upper Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore.
    You know what bars are missing? Arts and crafts.
    Meander Art Bar, a new bar in Upper Fells Point, allows patrons to discover their inner artist via painting, clay and more — without pressure.
    Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
    Artscape is moving downtown to uplift the area, mayor says
    Artscape, Baltimore's premier arts festival, is relocating to downtown from Mount Vernon as Mayor Brandon Scott says the area needs "uplifting."
    Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein speaks with guests at Living Classrooms event honoring him on September 14th, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    David Rubenstein says outgoing president, staffers made Kennedy Center a ‘beacon for the performing arts’
    “President Kennedy would be proud of your selfless work, your long hours, your commitment to excellence, and your dedication to the performing arts," Rubenstein said in reference to president Deborah Rutter, who was fired.
    President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to David Rubenstein in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump posts that he is replacing Orioles owner David Rubenstein as chairman of Kennedy Center
    In Trump’s post, he wrote that he plans to make the Kennedy Center “great again.”
    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Corrin Rachelle Mitchell and Michael Jackson Jr. in 'Revelations.'
    America’s most prestigious Black dance company fills its ranks with Maryland dancers
    As has long been an Alvin Ailey tradition, the company opened its 2025 North American tour this week with a six-day run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    Visit Baltimore President and CEO Al Hutchinson poses for a portrait on a balcony at his office, in Baltimore, Monday, October 24, 2022.
    Visit Baltimore CEO Al Hutchinson will step down this summer
    Visit Baltimore CEO and President Al Hutchinson, hired in 2016, will step down this summer, the organization announced Thursday.
    Tom Miller's 1994 piece "Summer in Baltimore."
    4 February art exhibits that will restore your faith in humanity
    These art exhibits in Maryland will inspire you to dream big, bundle up and head back out into the real world, BmoreArt writes.
    The Walters Art Museum celebrates the Lunar New Year with performances by the Baltimore Chinese School, and Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe in Baltimore, Md., January 22, 2023.
    What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from Lunar New Year fun to a comedy show
    Whether you want to check out a musical improv show, a lion dance for Lunar New Year or a candlelit Vivaldi concert, we’ve got you covered.
    Local author Colette Shade poses with an issue of WIRED magazine in a funky, Y2K-style chair. Her book is a collections of essays that are a mashup of memoir and reportage.
    The Y2K era in Baltimore: Author Colette Shade on the suburbs, JNCOs and coffee
    Colette Shade is the author of the new book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”
    This snowman in Wyman Park gets it.
    In a literal winter of discontent, look to poets for warmth
    Looking for inspiration through this terrible cold season, we looked to local poets for warmth.
    Even though it’s cold and you might be tempted to stay inside this weekend, there are plenty of cool events happening in Baltimore.
    What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from an ice festival to a record bazaar
    Whether you want to check out an ice festival or a record bazaar to add to that vinyl collection, we’ve got you covered this weekend.
    Marchers hold a sign showing their solidarity against hate at Baltimore's MLK Day parade on Jan. 16, 2023.
    Polar vortex forces Baltimore to cancel MLK Day parade: ‘Necessary decision’
    Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.
    Festival goers at ArtScape headed for cover Friday night after a thunderstorm blew through Baltimore. The weather forced the cancellation of musical acts, including Grammy winner Chaka Khan.
    A slimmed-down BOPA outlines plan for the future
    “The heavy lift of management is off the plate of this organization so we can do what we do best: focus on the art,” the interim CEO said.
    The Charm City Bluegrass Festival, now in its 10th year, takes place May 5th and 6th at Union Craft Brewing.
    Charm City Bluegrass Festival canceled this year, on ‘indefinite hiatus’
    In a post on social media, festival organizers cited a lack of resources as their reason for canceling the festival this year.
    The Reginald F Lewis Museum on September 27, 2023. The museum plans to erect a memorial and debut an exhibit dedicated to the history of lynching in Maryland.
    What to do this long weekend, from an MLK Day parade to an Edgar Allan Poe bus tour
    Whether you want to attend Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at a Baltimore museum, celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday with some puzzles or enjoy some honky-tonk, we’ve got you covered.
    FILE - Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Photo, File)
    Drake sues Universal Music for defamation over Kendrick Lamar diss track
    A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
    The Recher Theater in Towson, which is hosting School of Rock this month.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County, from an ’80s dance party to a teen rock concert
    Seven things to do in Baltimore County, from a teenage rock concert to an adult ’80s dance party
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