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    David Clark puts a cape over a customer before a haircut at Warren’s Barbershop in Columbia. Warren's, the first Black-owned barbershop in Howard County, recently celebrated 100 years in business.
    Columbia barbershop marks 100 years of haircuts — and mentoring Black barbers
    Warren’s Barbershop in Columbia is celebrating 100 years in business. Longtime owner Julius Warren Jr., 86, retired about a decade ago, but the shop remains family-owned and its legacy continues with the younger Black barbers he mentored.
    The Ouija board gravestone of Elijah Jefferson Bond, who patented the device, is now the most-visited landmark in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery, according to Talking Board Historical Society chairman of the board and founder Robert Murch.
    Ouija boards, John Waters and the lost grave of Elijah Bond
    The strange and improbable story of how a storied filmmaker happened upon a historic discovery.
    Howard County is about halfway between Baltimore and D.C. So which team do its residents root for?
    Is Howard County a battleground for Ravens and Commanders fans? Here’s what we found.
    Exactly how purple-and-black is Howard County? It serves as a good halfway point between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, so is the county Ravens or Commanders territory?
    The Annapolis Sailboat Show opened at City Dock on Thursday.
    Is Annapolis America’s sailing capital?
    The Annapolis Sailboat Show, renowned in the sailing world, opened Thursday. It is sailing’s touchstone and what some might say is yearly proof of Annapolis’ claim as the sailing mecca.
    Eight 1,000 pound pumpkins are on display as part of the Great Annapolis Pumpkin selfie contest and tour.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: The Great Pumpkins are back, and they’re really big
    Those giant pumpkins around Annapolis aren't there by accident. It's the annual Great Annapolis Pumpkins promotion by the Downtown Annapolis Partnership.
    Kevin Spacey has lived at least seven years in the 9,000-square-foot Inner Harbor pier home, but he fell behind on his mortgage payments and his house was sold at public auction.
    Judge to settle fight over Kevin Spacey’s Baltimore waterfront home
    Wednesday's hearing brought yet another chance for Kevin Spacey to stave off the sale of his luxury home in Baltimore.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 13: Designer Bishme Cromartie poses with models at the Bishme Cromartie presentation during New York Fashion Week at The Ritz-Carlton NoMad on February 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Albert Urso/Getty Images)
    Bishme Cromartie talks Blackness, politics and grief ahead of Baltimore visit
    In advance of Bishme Cromartie launching the Baltimore Museum of Industry’s new “Labor + Innovation” speaker series on Wednesday, the designer opened up about grief, politics and Blackness.
    It seems like the end of the world. Put down the phone, take a deep breath and focus on things you can control.
    How to cope with the end of the world
    It’s the (possible) end of the world as we know it, and we don’t feel fine. But we can control how we think, talk and breathe our way through it.
    Reporter Jess Nocera checked out the nightlife options for young folks living in Columbia. One was Main Event in Columbia (above).
    Not too sleepy, not too wild: What I found hanging out in Columbia on a Saturday night
    After a colleague and I reported on things for young professionals to do in Columbia, my editors asked me to hang out one night and see what the vibe was like.
    Hundreds of boats will be on display at City Dock in Annapolis for the Annapolis Boat Show starting Thursday. The show continues through Sunday  and then is replaced next week by the Annapolis Sailboat Show.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Powerboat Show comes to City Dock, followed by Sailboat Show
    It’s the start of the Annapolis Boat Shows this weekend, first power then sail. Other great things to do over the next seven days include the start of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Season and the Anne Arundel Lifeline 100 bike rides.
    Artist Katherine Fahey became obsessed with a long-ago colony of black cats on Poplar Island, located on the Chesapeake Bay.
    100s of black cats roamed a Chesapeake Bay island. Then they disappeared.
    Charles Carroll III gathered hundreds of black cats on a Chesapeake Bay island to create a fur farm in the 1840s. Where did they all go?
    Baltimore Banner columnist Leslie Gray Streeter with her cat, Cass Streeter-Zervitz.
    How a 22-pound, 8-year-old cat became our newest family member
    We adopted a fluffy, mysterious senior kitty named Cass from BARCS. Maybe you should adopt one, too?
    Unidentified cast members of the Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of "Macbeth." The production opens Sept. 26, 2024 in Annapolis and continues through Oct. 13.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: ‘Macbeth’ wears a tricorn hat in Classic Theatre of Maryland production
    The setting for Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of "Macbeth" is Revolutionary War America. iAlong with a Hispanic heritage festival, a doggy dive-in and a Taylor Swift tribute show, the play is one of seven great things to do in Annapolis this weekend.
    Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.
    Ellicott City grew less diverse, Columbia lost population, new data shows
    Ellicott City bucked a trend seen in many places across Maryland, where gains in the Hispanic population offset losses in white and Black populations.
    A selection of dumplings from Tea Horse, a Sichuan-style restaurant located in Ellicott City.
    We set out to find dumplings in Howard County. We found a new obsession.
    We set out to eat dumplings in Howard County, a hot spot for Asian dishes, and visited three very different places.
    Archaeologist Zac Singer will soon start a dig around St. John’s Church in Reisterstown in the hope of finding a 13,000-year-old quarry.
    A 13,000-year-old quarry is about to be unearthed in Reisterstown
    The rolling green fields surrounding an Episcopal church in Maryland conceal a secret: Native Americans made weapons here 13,000 years ago.
    Artscape
    BOPA runs out of money, calls ‘emergency’ board meeting
    Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday
    Young professionals shoot baskets at a networking event at GameOn Bar + Arcade in Columbia on Aug. 22, 2024.
    Columbia is good for families. But can it draw more young professionals?
    Columbia is regularly named one of the country’s best places to raise a family. It hasn’t, however, made as clear of a pitch to millennials and Gen Zers.
    Kondwani Fidel penned a series of commercials for the New Balance in partnership with the footwear and apparel chain DTLR.
    Once a favorite of white supremacists, New Balance is courting Black Baltimore
    New Balance disassociated itself from neo-Nazis, but now Kondwani Fidel has helped create a marketing campaign for the brand that celebrates Black Baltimore.
    Liza Colón-Zayas, clad in a Christian Siriano design, accepts the Emmy for her role in “The Bear.”
    Christian Siriano’s designs sizzle at 2024 Emmy Awards
    Winner Liza Colón-Zayas was one of at least five celebrities to wear designs by Annapolis native Christian Siriano at the 2024 Emmy Awards.
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