Queer community members strutted, dipped, twirled and posed in Baltimore’s Renaissance Ball at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Friday.
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Posted inBig Fish
Big Fish: Kirby Fowler and the future of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Kirby Fowler, president and CEO of the Maryland Zoo, talks about the zoo’s role in the community, its conservation efforts, and getting spit on by chimpanzees.
Posted inSchools
Beth Tfiloh’s The Lion King: Showcasing Talent Both On and Off the Stage
The entire Beth Tfiloh’s Creative Arts Department is a bustle in preparation for the upcoming Middle School performance of Disney’s The Lion King. It’s easy to recognize the talent of the performers on stage, but what we do not see is the degree of skill and training involved in the production of sound, lighting, set […]
Posted inThis Month's Events
Mark Your Calendars: September 2025 Events
From concerts and comedy shows by big names, to community festivals and skills workshops, there are so many ways to enjoy Baltimore this month.
Posted inBaltimore Writers Club
Digging Up the Truth on Freddie Gray: Q&A with Justine Barron
When the 2015 Baltimore uprising took place, I was teaching English at an affluent private middle school in the city. We had been studying To Kill a Mockingbird and had just finished the chapter in which we discover that Tom tried to escape from prison – earning himself seventeen bullets in the back. The film version softens […]
Posted inBig Fish
Big Fish: Terri Lee Freeman and connecting past and present at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Terri Lee Freeman faced great expectations as she returned to Maryland in 2021. After five years at the head of the National Civil Rights Museum, located in the Memphis motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, she was becoming the executive director of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History […]
Posted inInner Harbor
Developer of Harborplace aims to have additional tenants and ‘major events’ at the Inner Harbor in 2023; the Baltimore by Baltimore festival series will return for a second year
The developer of Harborplace plans to add more tenants, “major events” and “enhanced programming” at the Inner Harbor in 2023.
Posted inSports
Fans will love it, but will taxpayers see a return on billions spent on stadium projects?
While fans may love the features, Maryland taxpayers are unlikely to see the return on their investment they may expect from multi-billion dollar stadium investments.
Posted inLifeline
Young Leaders Speak Out
This year, The Associated celebrated six leaders who have made an impact on Baltimore’s Jewish community. We spent time with them to find out what it takes to be a leader and where they go from here. Here is what some of them had to say:
Posted inNews
Last Week, This Week: Stories You Need To Start Your Day (News From July 10-14)
Last week, we shared news about Baltimore County’s new restaurant closure map, the developer of Harborplace officially taking ownership of the property, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s announcement that he and his girlfriend have a baby on the way.
Posted inBaltimore Writers Club
Murder and Smoked Fish in Moscow: Q&A with Paul Goldberg
In Paul Goldberg’s latest novel “The Dissident,” protagonist Viktor Moroz is running an errand before marrying his fiancee Oksana in Moscow in 1976, when he stumbles upon the double murder of an American diplomat and his gay lover. Nabbed by the KGB, Viktor must solve the crime before Henry Kissinger arrives in town nine days later.
Posted inPolitics & Business
Maryland House examines bill to cut packaging waste, shift costs onto producers
Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill designed to reduce packaging pollution while shifting the cost for disposal onto packaging producers, rather than taxpayers.
Posted inBaltimore Writers Club
The Power of Collaboration: Q&A with the Matsumotos, Authors of ‘Of White Ashes’
Authors Constance Hays Matsumoto and Kent Matsumoto’s novel “Of White Ashes” follows Ruby and Koji through World War II, heartache and hardship, gained friends and lost family, until they meet in California after the war.
Posted inColleges & Universities
Hopkins offers to gather data about structural condition of homes near site of proposed Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Institute
Before building its proposed Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Institute, the Johns Hopkins University is planning to collect some data of its own. Hopkins officials this week disclosed that the university has offered to gather data about the structural condition of homes near the proposed site of the DSAI project before construction begins, for […]
Posted inHighlandtown
Dreamers & Make-Believers comic book store opens in Highlandtown
Inside Highlandtown’s newly opened Dreamers & Make-Believers comic book store, patrons will find a mix of familiar superheroes and newer characters, including an abundance of queer-oriented material.
