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Cedric Walker created the UniverSoul Circus so that kids growing up in places like his native West Baltimore could see themselves reflected in joyous things.

Nichole Morris' goal is to walk through — and photograph — each of Baltimore’s 250-plus neighborhoods not only as a physical record but as a mental health exercise.

Generative AI, which includes chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot, are large Internet-based systems trained by conversations with their users.

You can still find tickets to the opening weekend of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, but here’s a guide no matter when you go. It’s one of seven great things to do in Greater Annapolis in the coming week.

After years of whacking, smacking and squashing, more people are just letting the bugs be.

Here are five things to do in Annapolis for the week ending Wednesday Aug. 20. One option is to go parasailing before summer is gone.

From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again.

Why a mother encouraging her son's connection to swimming is about more than safety.

The summertime is an opportunity for Black people — particularly in the Northeast and upper mid-Atlantic — to connect with their Southern roots and strengthen relationships with family.

Ten years after it kicked off a wave of outdoor dining in Annapolis, Dinner Under the Stars is going strong. It’s one of seven great things you could do in the coming week.

After eating healthier, I had a little too much fun with food in New Orleans. A registered dietitian explains how to get back on track after a vacation.

The Howard County Council raised penalties on for-profit house parties but acknowledged the emergency legislation had revealed weaknesses when it comes to short-term rentals.

When summertime hits Maryland, Black Marylanders don't go to Ocean City, they head to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. Some say it's a "Black Utopia."

The unsanctioned footrace loops along a particularly scorched stretch of North Baltimore.

Grief, faith, time and therapy have taught me it’s OK to be OK, or even really good, just as much as it was OK not to be OK in the thick of mourning my late husband.

For 15 months, the unusual item sat in the sunporch of a Banner reader’s home near Timonium Elementary.

For-profit house parties are raging in suburban Maryland, prompting Howard and Montgomery county officials to crack down on the practice.

Every single day since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Todd Briggs has delighted his West Towson neighbors with an inspirational quote on a chalkboard set up outside his home.

This region is full of surprising places to sleep, from round houses with true 360-degree views to floating houseboats to, yes, sleeping in a caboose.

There are no public pools in Baltimore County. Nearly 70 years after the Supreme Court's Brown decision overturning the "separate but equal" principle, some attribute this to the legacy of segregation.