The race, put on by the American Visionary Arts Museum, isn’t supposed to be taken seriously, the fastest don’t get first prize and bribes are the norm. Heavy rain only added to the absurdity of the day featuring a giant pink poodle named FiFi, oversized pink flamingos and, of course, the Soda Quakers.
An annual festival dating to 1999, the spring Baltimore event invites racers — or, as they are called, pilots — to show off their human-powered sculptures in a 15-mile course.
Stella the hawk, partially blind and with a chest full of shrapnel, is loose after a tree struck her enclosure at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville.
I’ve been commuting from Annapolis to Baltimore a couple of days each week for a few months now. We’ve got traffic in Annapolis, and sometimes it’s maddening. There was that one time a sailboat mast got caught in a powerline on Forest Drive. But I have to ask you Baltimore Beltway commuters a question: Is it always this bad?
'Shark Tank' panelists Mark Cuban and Emma Grede invested $150,000 in Dawn Myers’ $400 thermal hair infuser called The Mint, which is manufactured in Baltimore. The all-in-one hair tool detangles — and distributes heated conditioners and gels throughout — a person’s hair.
Kirk McKoy covered the O.J. Simpson murder trial as a young news photographer and remembers how it affected his view of the world — and whether his football idol was innocent or not. He also shares photos he took at the time.
You could catch a local singer in his first show at Rams Head, participate in Holy Week or hear a clinical psychologist talk about serial killers. Those are just some of the things you can do in Annapolis through April 3.
A 50-person committee chose the location of West Read Street for “Mt. Vernon Pride.” A majority of Baltimore Pride events had been held in Mount Vernon up until 2017 when it moved further north to the Old Goucher neighborhood.
It’s Maryland Day weekend in and around Annapolis, with 40 museums, historic homes and cultural sites open for free or $1. Or you could catch a performance of experimental South Indian dance that tells the stories of immigrant women.
For three generations, the Yau/Lam family has brought good fortune to Baltimore and the surrounding areas through lion dancing. At U.S. Jow Ga Martial Arts in Columbia, they have found more family.
The Moonrise Festival held annually at Pimlico Race Course isn’t happening in 2024, Baltimore City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer said Thursday, leaving fans of the popular dance music gathering heartbroken.