With an album in the works and a new tape release, Darsombra have been hitting the road hard with a stop in their home territory slated this Saturday at The Metro Gallery. Darsombra enthusiastically self characterizes as “trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock.” The band’s music jumps frenetically from wistful stretches of euphoria to contemplative bare arrangements shifting […]
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Big Fish: The Artful Work of Cara Ober, Founding Editor of BmoreArt
I met Cara Ober at the BmoreArt office and gallery in the converted storefront at 2519 N. Charles Street where it shares space with one of its supporters, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Colorful paintings hang on the walls of a large, square room; an inviting arrangement of couches and chairs floats at its center. The coffee […]
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Cardin, Trone introduce bills to address education inequities, increase federal funding
Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. David Trone, both Maryland Democrats, have proposed legislation aimed at addressing educational inequities and eliminating academic achievement gaps.
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Urban Landscape: Remington/Hampden edition
Potential redevelopment of the Sisson Street “dump” site; Apartments and shops proposed to replace 7-Eleven store in Remington; and more Baltimore business and real estate news.
Posted inPolitics & Business
End of Amazon Smile program leaves some Baltimore groups frowning
Amazon Smile, the charitable platform that paid out a half-of-one-percent donation on top of shoppers’ Amazon purchases to the charity of their choice, will be ceasing operation on Feb. 20, and some Baltimore beneficiaries are not happy.
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CFG Bank Arena on target to present 120 shows in its first year of operation, managers say
Baltimore’s refurbished CFG Bank Arena is on target to present 120 concerts and other events in its first year of operation, or about one show every three days.
Posted inBaltimore Writers Club
Baltimore Family Secrets: Q&A with Author Shawn Nocher
It is impossible to read a novel like Shawn Nocher’s “The Precious Jules” and not feel a ping of connection with one’s own family, whether biological or chosen. Family secrets are at the heart of this book, and every family—no matter how harmonious—harbors secrets. There are two main types of family secrets: the ones we […]
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Orioles outfielder Austin Hays creates $20,000 scholarship for Maryland students
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Austin Hays will award a $20,000 scholarship to one Maryland high school or college student.
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Giving Thanks for Baltimore
To know Baltimore is to love it, but to love it, you really do have to know it. And Baltimore is not the kind of place that’s jumping up and down saying, “Know me! Love me!” Baltimore’s most lovable aspects are hidden behind veils magnifying its flaws, keeping its virtues a mystery to outsiders. I […]
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Maryland teachers quitting, larger exodus could follow
By Shannon Clark, Capital News Service Arianna Dastvan remembers using her birthday money as a child to buy an overhead projector for her bedroom. There, she would emulate the teachers she admired as she instructed her stuffed animals. Dastvan recalled how she would stay late and arrive early, so she could assist her elementary school […]
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Calling Me Home
What does home mean to you? Is it a kitchen? The smell of biscuits rising in the oven. Is it blue walls with orange accents? A bed set up on platforms, crowded with pillows and bedazzled with a soft mattress pad. Or maybe, for you, home is no place, more a person, or a group […]
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Morgan State University President David Wilson on this year’s record enrollment and expansion plans, including a campus in Africa: ‘The brand of the institution has just caught fire!’
Most years, Morgan State University in Baltimore had an enrollment of about 7,460 students. This fall, it set a record for both its incoming freshmen class, about 2,400 students, and its total enrollment, 9,660. For the first time, more than half of incoming freshmen came from out of state, forcing administrators to scramble to find […]
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Only one team is playing like it’s 1969, and it’s the Orioles not The Mets
The New York Mets return to Baltimore this weekend for a three-game series, and the two teams are moving in opposite directions. The Orioles, with the second lowest payroll in baseball, sit atop the American League East and appear poised for a deep postseason run. That’s where the Mets thought they would be at the […]
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Maryland leaders, community members highlight federal legislation to support home energy upgrades, workforce training
President Joe Biden is slated to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law Tuesday, including $369 billion to bolster energy security and address climate change. During a press conference Monday, Maryland’s federal, state and local politicians; nonprofit and business leaders; and homeowners highlighted how the legislation will help homeowners make their homes more energy efficient […]
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Social conservatives score wins in Maryland’s school board races
By Jenna Bloom and Danielle Hodes, Capital News Service Forty-one socially conservative candidates from across Maryland ran for school board seats Tuesday — and 25 of them appear to be on their way to winning their races.
