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    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
    “The Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger has entered a “private recovery program” weeks after being found guilty in a DUI incident that happened last March.
    ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger enters rehab after DUI conviction
    Karen Huger, who calls herself the “Grand Dame of Potomac,” has entered a recovery program after her DUI conviction last month
    Howard County’s historic circuit courthouse in Ellicott City is set to reopen in 2026 as an arts, culture and history center.
    Historic courthouse in Ellicott City being reimagined as an arts, culture and history center
    A 182-year-old courthouse in Ellicott City made of local granite is being turned into an arts, cultural and history center. Howard County just secured $400,000 in state funds for the project, which is underway.
    Baltimore artist Joyce J. Scott sits atop a throne inside a yurt installation in her retrospective exhibition, “Walk a Mile in My Dreams,” at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
    Baltimore’s best 2024 art exhibits were groundbreaking — and featured actual local artists
    Baltimore’s best 2024 art exhibits were groundbreaking and featured local artists, BmoreArt writes
    Annapolis Poet Laureate recites the ballad of Muskrat Greene, the oyster eating champion of Deale, to a group of seniors sharing poetry at Anne Arundel Community College on Dec. 13, 2024.
    The Chesapeake has no bard, but Jefferson Holland is a contender
    Jefferson Holland is the new Annapolis poet laureate. And, if he’s better known as a singer and songwriter focused on Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay, that’s because to him there’s not much difference.
    Views of the Walter’s Art Gallery on December 24, 2024.
    John Ford, collector who gifted South Asian art to the Walters Art Museum, dies
    The Ford Gallery of Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan Art is named for the collector and his wife, Berthe.
    Sophia Yeshi with her art.
    Artist Sophia Yeshi reps Baltimore in New York art scene — and now through work with the NFL
    Her piece, which shows Ray Lewis in the throes of his signature pregame squirrel dance and aims to convey the joy that sports can bring a community, reached Lewis himself.
    Pressing Strings returns to vocalist  Jordan Sokel's hometown for two shows on Dec. 22, 2024.
    7 things to do in Annapolis, from a Pressing Strings homecoming to Naptown races
    From a Pressing Strings homecoming to a Naptown half marathon, here are seven things to do this week in Annapolis.
    The Walters Art Museum named Kate Burgin as its next executive director and CEO.
    Incoming CEO envisions the Walters Art Museum as a community hub
    Kate Burgin, who previously served in a leadership role at the Walters Art Museum, will succeed Julia Marciari-Alexander as the museum’s CEO and executive director. She’ll start in late January 2025.
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point recently used extra money from the Fell’s Point Fun Festival to restore a sign on the side of a building at South Broadway and Shakespeare Street that reads, “VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION.”
    ‘VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION’ sign brought back to life in Fells Point
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point used extra money from wristband and beer sales at the Fell's Point Fun Festival for the “respectful rehabilitation” of the sign, which is on the side of a building on South Broadway and Shakespeare Street.
    Participants in this year's Eastport Parade of Light are docked on Ego Alley.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Eastport’s Lights Parade among holiday events
    Holiday events are piling up fast and there's lots to choose from in Annapolis. One at the top of the list is the Eastport Yacht Club Parade of Lights on Saturday.
    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.
    The date for Artscape is moving — again — in 2025
    Mayor Brandon Scott announced Baltimore's 2025 festival dates, including a new month for Artscape.
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