Arts & Culture

Online, theories swirled about who might want to attack the Federal Hill ice cream shop — and why.

Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” needed a new home after the artist pulled the exhibit from the National Portrait Gallery. Enter the Baltimore Museum of Art.

We’ve assembled a mix of Baltimore County events to attend over the next week, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. The calendar includes festivals in Reisterstown, Towson and Pikesville.

Changes to Baltimore City’s permitting system could be stalling your favorite restaurant’s opening.

The revamped Flock Friendly Fare value menu at M&T Bank Stadium includes 11 items under $5 — including hot dogs and beer — for Baltimore Ravens fans.

"Real Housewives of Potomac" star Karen Huger was released from jail on Tuesday morning, roughly six months ahead of schedule.

The city’s first public park opened in 2004 and the most recent at the Inner Harbor welcomed skaters starting in 2021. But since then, skaters worry the momentum for more locations may have stalled.

The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, a nonprofit committed to preserving the history of women, is dissolving.

Wallace Lane learned this summer he’s old enough not just to attend the family cookout but to take over the grill too. Call it a rite of passage.

The first week of school goes by airport rules — anything goes as long as they get there.

Shoppers is closing its Essex, Westminster, New Carrollton and Waldorf stores.

Salisbury is quaint and imperfect, but intern Eli Pekelny love it. Here is a list of eats, sights and stops to make you love it, too.

That billboard is still in downtown Annapolis. But wait. Is that an ad for The Baltimore Banner I see, floating majestically over City Dock? Why yes! Beauty, as I have just been reminded, is in the eye. Sometimes like a poke.

Franz Lyons and Daniel Fang, members of the Baltimore band Turnstile, discuss the hardcore act’s mainstream rise, the success of “Never Enough” and more.

Lafayette Gilchrist, Baltimore’s preeminent jazz pianist, has released a new album with the New Volcanoes and joined the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra.

Amy Gjerde is taking full ownership of Artifact Coffee while ex-husband Spike Gjerde will assume control of nearby Woodberry Tavern and its attached event space.

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.

Whether you want to laugh at the Baltimore Comedy Festival, celebrate anime at Miryokucon or hear live jazz at Keystone Korner this Labor Day weekend, we’ve got you covered.

Seven things to do in Howard County from Thursday, Aug. 28 to Wednesday, Sept. 3.

The Navy Midshipmen open their football season Saturday in Annapolis against the VMI Keydets, the first time the two schools have met since 2014. Both schools could use the diversion.