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    Young people perform during Baltimore’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, which returned on Jan. 16, 2023 for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Hallie Miller)
    The beat goes on: After a long hiatus, Baltimore’s MLK Day Parade returns
    The parade's return followed a weeklong spat between city officials and Baltimore's arts council, culminating with the mayor's office staging the event with days to spare.
    Executive Vice President, Vanessa A. Finney, of the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show takes a portrait at the Convention Center in Baltimore, Md. on January 11, 2023. Finney's father launched this trade show one year after the Center was built and has held it here every year since.
    Huge nursery show offers sneak peek at plants coming soon to a gardening center near you
    Plant lovers descended on Baltimore this week for the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show.
    Illustration of a computer prompt to delete 2020, 2021 and 2022.
    Another Mold Lang Syne?: Hoping the New Year will be great when the last two were not.
    Having trouble being excited about the New Year because the last couple have been so terrible? There's hope!
    Black-eye peas and collard greens
    New Year’s traditions we can’t help but follow
    One tradition says a man must be the first person to cross a home’s threshold.
    Comedian Chris Rock holds a microphone while performing. He's wearing glasses, a dark jacket and blue shirt.
    Chris Rock to stream live Netflix special from Baltimore at yet-to-be-revealed venue
    The comedian, in a first-ever feat for Netflix, will stream a live stand-up special from Baltimore March 4, the company announced Sunday. The location of the event was not immediately announced.
    A kinara holds seven candles for Kwanzaa celebrations in a display inside Baltimore's City Hall.
    Kwanzaa is an important concept I want my son to learn. Here’s where I’m starting.
    Kwanzaa’s tenets and values are important for African American people. Here’s how to incorporate them into your life without it being overwhelming.
    Illustration of a woman making a Christmas list.
    My grown-up Christmas list: World peace, the end to racism, and maybe a new car?
    Inspired by the holiday song, here's my grown-up Christmas list — world peace, an end to racism and maybe a new car? Like on ”The Price Is Right”?
    Brendon Huffman, a bartender and manager at The Manor, has been roofied four times in the past seven years. He is vigilant in making sure that the same doesn't happen to others. He is pictured here at The Manor, a bar in Mount Vernon.
    Is there a growing risk of being ‘roofied’ at a gay bar?
    Baltimore police aren’t seeing an uptick in reports, but a Pride Center of Maryland survey found a rising concern in the LGBTQ community about being drugged in a drink at gay bars.
    Participants in this year's Eastport Parade of Light are docked on Ego Alley.
    As the solstice arrives Wednesday, Annapolis is lighted for joy
    The solstice arrives at 4:48 p.m. on Wednesday, the longest night of the year. It’s when Annapolis shines the brightest, with tiny lights glowing from every surface, streetlamp post, tree, bicycle, restaurant and even sailboat.
    On the left is an American Beautyberry bush; in the middle and on the right are a selection of winterberries, all seen at Cylburn Arboretum.
    Cold nights, bursts of color: ‘tis the season for winterberries
    Alisha Hatfield scribbles a note to put on the door, letting the guests that show up for her daughter's sixth birthday party know to go elsewhere. Patterson Bowling Center suddenly closed, depsite multiple large group reservations.
    I went to Patterson Bowling Center once. I still feel its loss.
    The area loses more than a building when something as quintessentially Baltimore as the bowling lanes go away.
    Truthe Woodard, 4, and Koddee Shelton, 5, wave their signs at cars during the ceasefire rally. BMORE Ceasefire 365 held a press conference to alert the community that they will be rebranding to include more positive and uplifting imagery in their logo on corner of Allendale Street and Edmondson Avenue on November 4. 2022.
    Photo rewind: Staff selections from November 2022
    November was packed full of news, and we have the photos to prove it. From elections, evictions and explosions...here are 20 of our favorites.
    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.
    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.
    Columnist Leslie Streeter with her late husband Scott Zervitz on their wedding day in 2010 in Palm Beach, Fla.
    ‘Respect For Marriage Act’ isn’t just about same-sex unions. It’s about my interracial one, too.
    The Respect for Marriage Act, which just passed the Senate and should be signed into law soon, protects a right that too many people take for granted — the right to marry the person you love, no matter your race or gender.
    A house is for sale on Baltimore's famous 34th Street, home to the Christmas lights tradition where the entire block is lit up. Longtime resident Patsy Dailey passed away and a memorial sits on her porch of the home which is now for sale.
    The Miracle of Lights on 34th Street
    Miracle on 34th Street takes place annually on the 700 block of 34th Street (between Chestnut Avenue and Keswick Road) in Baltimore's Hampden community. Started back in 1947, the same year that its namesake movie debuted, the display involves the residents of most of the houses on the block (three-story rowhouses on the north side of the street and two-story ones on the south side). The Light traditionally beging to appear the weekend after Thanksgiving and lasts through December. The display features Christmas lights, decorated trees of varying styles, trains, animated figures, cartoon characters, Hanukkah menorahs, artwork, and other various symbols of the holiday season. The location is a major attraction for visitors from all over the Baltimore area.
    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.
    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.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City.
    Baltimore Twitter: Are local users staying on the embattled app?
    The experience since Elon Musk took over the app has changed, and trolls, abuse and spam are making many users tap out.
    Mayor Brandon Scott sitting on steps in a gray track suit tying the laces on a pair of white Air Force 1 sneakers with a green Nike logo.
    Mayor Brandon Scott featured in video celebrating anniversary of Nike Air Force 1 sneakers
    A spokeswoman for Mayor Brandon Scott said he was not paid to appear in a branded video touting Nike sneakers produced by DTLR.
    Illustration for The Baltimore Banner's gift guide
    Great gifts for DIYers, according to a home improvement obsessive
    Important items for the DIY curious, home improvement novices and new homeowners/renters.
    Illustration for The Baltimore Banner's gift guide
    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.
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