Arts

Bailey Anne Kennedy, a Montgomery County resident, broke barriers this year as the state’s first trans woman titleholder. She was also Maryland’s first Asian American winner and oldest contestant to represent the state.

Outdoor concerts at Baltimore’s free arts festival got rained out for a second night in a row Saturday, but the celebrations carried on indoors.

Heat also marked the second day of the three-day free celebration of Baltimore’s art scene, with temperatures in the low 90s and a feels-like temperature of 102 degrees.

Several lighting strikes happened around 8 p.m. and, while people at ArtScape were eagerly waiting for news, the stage crew started packing up gear.

Bailey Anne Kennedy is not the first gender and sexual minority with Maryland ties to break barriers.

The Walters Art Museum is exhibiting ceramicist, a mixed-media artist and a Guatemalan backstrap weaver, all competing for one of Maryland’s top art prizes.

A new, brightly colored, floral mural was unveiled in Fort Worthington by Maryland State Sen. Cory V. McCray and Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday night that legendary singer Chaka Khan had been added to the lineup for the city’s Artscape festival, set for early August.

Marlon Wayans said he has a particular affinity for Baltimore, where he will perform five shows at the Baltimore Comedy Factory this weekend.

There are three main July Fourth parades across Anne Arundel County — 10 a.m. in Severna Park, 1 p.m. in Galesville and 6 p.m. in Annapolis. Here’s a guide by the numbers, with a nod to a giant memorial flag, the weather forecast and Elvis for President.

What the heck did Thomas Jefferson mean by writing that we had a right to the pursuit of happiness? I asked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, food historian Joyce White, Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein, nonprofit leader and teacher Tatiana Klein and artist Jeff Huntington what it means to them. Here’s what they said.

If you’re in need of some cheering up, just scroll through social media and one of these young comedians will give you a laugh.

Old Ellicott City on Saturday will play host to what organizers are calling the nation’s largest free music festival with female-fronted groups Saturday. The festival is expanding into Maryland this year after more than a decade of being held in Delaware.

East Baltimore poet and writer Kondwani Fidel won a National Capital Emmy Award for “You Can’t Clip These Wings,” which was part of the reveal video for the Baltimore Orioles City Connect uniforms.

If the weather cooperates, on Tuesday she will enter the bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and swim more than 24 miles to the Harborplace Amphitheater in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, one of her longest swims ever — a never-before-done swim and the longest anyone has attempted in the harbor in decades.

No more “Two for Tuesday” on classic rock stations, and Baltimore doesn’t sound quite the same.

Rachel D. Graham, BOPA’s CEO, said she isn’t concerned about the possible lapse in funding, citing confidence in the city’s commitment to “doing what’s best” for city artists.

Just over a month away from its premiere, Apple TV+ released the first trailer for “Lady in the Lake,” the drama based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author — and Baltimore resident — Laura Lippman, staring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.

Several June and July art exhibitions in Baltimore and beyond show how to experiment, collaborate and defy expectations.

The B&O Railroad Museum celebrates Pride Month with drag performances and dancing during its second annual Ridin' the Rails: Pride Train and Party.