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    Walters Art Museum to increase wages, with salaries starting at $17 per hour
    The move comes amid an ongoing dispute between unionizing workers and museum management.
    The Walters Art Museum.
    Local podcast on “The Voice” catches the attention of show’s stars
    "The Pitchy Podcast," dedicated to NBC's "The Voice" and run by two local friends and singers, has caught the attention of some of the current season's stars.
    Local podcasters and singers James Toler and Stephanie  D'Accurzio host "The Pitchy Podcast," a fun critique of NBC's "The Voice," and have gained fans from the season's singers
    How Jamaican-influenced pottery became part of my holiday
    Baltimore Clayworks artist Samuel Wallace’s Jamaican coil style of pottery combines the traditions of his first home with the literal soil of his current Maryland home.
    Sam Wallace, a Jamaican-American pottery artist, is interviewed in his section of the Baltimore Clayworks studio on 11/30/22. Wallace has become a mainstay of the local artist community and for columnist Leslie Streeter, buying and giving his pieces has become a holiday tradition.
    Black ballet dancers get opportunities to shine in Baltimore-area productions of ‘The Nutcracker’
    Diverse dancers are finding lead opportunities in the iconic ballet ”The Nutcracker” in the Baltimore area this holiday season.
    Photos are from Morton Street Dance Center's performance of The Nutcracker, cast--particularly cast members of color who are in lead positions. The Snow Queen and The Nutcracker should be highlighted.  (Snow Queen) NaTori Blackman-Gray.
    Why Sheri Booker wanted her first children’s book based in Baltimore
    Award-winning author Sheri Booker hopes to empower Black women of all ages with her latest book, ”Imagine a Brown Girl.”
    Inside of the bookstore, Bird in Hand, Sheri Booker takes a portrait holding her new children's book, in Charles Village, Md., on November 19, 2022. Booker teaches multiplatfrom production at Morgan State University.
    Dan Deacon to host New Year’s Eve Bash at Ottobar
    Moss of Aura, the side project of Future Islands keyboardist and programmer Gerrit Welmers, will also perform.
    Dan Deacon
    Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, spotted in Maryland with two far-right figures
    They appeared on ”Timcast IRL,” a podcast hosted by Tim Pool, a YouTuber with a large right-wing following.
    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 11:  Rapper Kanye West and girlfriend Chaney Jones attend a game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter at Crypto.com Arena on March 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.  NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
    Can’t find clothes to fit? Make your own.
    Tired of depressing trips to department stores trying on ill-fitting clothes, many are learning to sew to make their own.
    Elise Petersen sews a vest at a sewing class at Domesticity Fabric Shop and Sewing Studio in Baltimore's Lauraville neighborhood. The studio's classes focus on teaching home sewing as a means to empowering sewers to make clothing that fits their own unique bodies.
    Shooting in Colorado Springs gay nightclub unsettling for Baltimore’s LGBTQ community
    The shooting deaths of five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado has been unsettling for Ron Legler, the president of the Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. Legler was a founding co-owner of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that was the site of the deadliest mass shooting at an LGBTQ establishment in this country’s history.
    Ron Legler is the President France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. Legler is also founding co-owner of Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which was the site of the deadliest mass shooting at an LGBTQ establishment in American history. On June 12, 2016, more than 50 people were killed and 53 were injured by a lone gunman.
    Diary of a Mad Black Artist: Latest works by NFL player Aaron Maybin
    Maybin said that this collection, like all of his art, seeks to counter and correct misperception of Black communities.
    Former NFL Linebacker Aaron Maybin hosts a show of his various artworks titled "Diary of a Mad Black Artist" featuring paintings and mixed media pieces.
    MICA Art Market returns for first time since 2019 as a pop-up
    Maryland Institute College of Art students, faculty, alumni and staff will showcase and sell their art on Dec. 3 and 4 this year.
    Vendors set up for the MICA Art Market at the college's Brown Center.
    A dancer trained in Baltimore returns home to perform in ‘Tina: The Tina Turner Musical’
    Aliyah Caldwell, Baltimore School for the Arts and Towson University alum, plays a member of the Ikettes, who were the backup vocalists for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
    Aliyah Caldwell, 28, is a Baltimore School for the Arts and Towson University alum. She will return home to play an Ikette in Tina: The Musical at the Hippodrome.
    Your guide to the best artisan markets this holiday season
    Baltimore is a hub for immense creative talent. Artists and craftspeople make their work all year around, but the holiday season is when many are able to sustain their business for the next year.
    Illustration for The Baltimore Banner's gift guide
    Great gifts and accessories for photographers
    These gifts are sure to please the photo lovers on your list.
    Illustration for The Baltimore Banner's gift guide
    Snail Mail to return to Baltimore to play five nights at Ottobar for “Valentine Fest”
    Singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan grew up in Ellicott City and will return to perform a series of five shows at the Ottobar.
    Snail Mail's Lindsey Jordan.
    Unofficial artist-in-residence at Druid Hill Park has found a simple life and freedom
    Colin Williams doesn't have a car, a phone or a house, but if you ask him, he's living a fairy tale.
    Colin Williams lives in Druid Hill Park and creates a sculpture garden out of a variety of tossed objects he finds such as TVs, glass, wood, mannequins and fabric. Every week he deconstructs his sculptures and creates new ones from the same materials, so the garden is always different. His favorite pieces are made of TV screens and spraypainted;these pieces come to life when the sun shines through them.
    The ‘Dear Black Girl Project’: Love letters to Black women
    The art installation at SNAC by Nancy, one of the winners of the Mayor’s Individual Artist awards, features about 15 embroidered pieces with quotes from Black women that artist Tamara Payne stitched onto African fabric.
    Pieces from the ‘Dear Black Girl’ Project show at Nancy by SNAC.
    Book banning resonates as an issue in some Maryland school board races
    Books such as “Gender Queer” and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” have become flash points in school board races nationwide, including in Maryland.
    File photo from July, 2022 shows a selection of LGBTQ comics and books inside Dreamers & Make Believers in Highlandtown. Debates over the banning of books on topics such as gender and sexuality are at the center of a number of school board races in Maryland in fall, 2022.
    A Puerto Rican experience: An artist transforms her home in Baltimore into a museum
    Christina Delgado is “Nuyorican,” or a New York Puerto Rican, and recently opened in her first Baltimore home the Puerto Rican Home Museum, a mixed-media collective exhibit that celebrates Puerto Rican families and culture.
    Cristina Delgado stands for a portrait on 9/7/22 in front of a lit up Puerto Rican flag inside of the museum and cultural hub she curated inside her home.
    Photographer Devin Allen highlighted in ‘Impact of Images’ exhibit
    “Impact of Images” is inspired by the power of photographs like the ones of Emmett Till's funeral printed nearly 70 years ago in Jet magazine.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Devin Allen attends "A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired By Gordon Parks" premiere during the 2021 Tribeca Festival at Brookfield Place on June 18, 2021 in New York City.
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