One week after Starbucks temporarily closed its branch at Loch Raven Boulevard and Joppa Road, another well-known business is closing near the same intersection. Ukazoo Books announced that it’s closing its store at 8641 Loch Raven Blvd., one block south of the Loch Raven Starbucks branch.
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Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour coming to Columbia in September
Willie Nelson is going on the road again. The musician will headline a traveling music festival with 19 shows, including one at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. on Sept. 17.
Posted inPolitics & Business
With egg prices high, Baltimore shoppers do without and stores still profit
With egg prices continuing to push $6 a dozen throughout the Baltimore region this week, consumers are starting to avoid the incredible, edible expense. “We just couldn’t afford them,” said H.B. Graham, an Elkridge resident shopping at Aldi’s on Washington Boulevard in Baltimore this week. “They’re definitely outrageous,” Graham said, adding that he and his […]
Posted inBohemian Rhapsody
Hope Springs Eternal, Especially on Spring Break
While visiting her daughter Jane in North Carolina, columnist Marion Winik encounters a handsome gentleman. Slow dancing and Scrabble games ensue, and well, the rest is to be continued…
Posted inCatonsville
Play me another one: Bill’s Music founder Bill Higgins remembered by fellow Catonsville music store owners as visionary and kind
Catonsville music store owners remember Bill Higgins, the founder and owner of Bill’s Music, who passed away in February at the age of 81.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
BmoreArt’s Picks: August 9-15
This Week: Kelvin Bulluck and Justin Tsucalas at Collect + Connect, Overlea Arts Fest at Holt Park, Bromo Arts Tower open hours, The Peale’s reopening party and open house, La Casa de la Cultura grand opening, CatVideoFest at Creative Alliance, and True Laurels presents Two Gods at SNF Parkway — PLUS BROS Open Calls and more featured […]
Posted inEvents
Mr. Trash Wheel celebrates 9th birthday with new inductees of Order of the Wheel
As Mr. Trash Wheel turned nine years old this Earth Day weekend, the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore marked the occasion with an induction ceremony for the newest members of Mr. Trash Wheel’s secret society, the Order of the Wheel.
Posted inRoland Park
Mayor Scott decides to keep the roadway open at the base of the Roland Water Tower; plans call for the preserved road to be named after freed slave Grandison Hoe
Mayor Brandon Scott has decided to keep the roadway open at the base of the Roland Water Tower, an area where some north Baltimore residents have been working to create a car-free park.
Posted inFeatured
Maryland residents submit most telemarketing call, robocall complaints to FTC per capita
Capital News Service — During the 2021 fiscal year, Maryland residents submitted the most complaints to the Federal Trade Commission per 100,000 people regarding telemarketing sales calls and robocalls, according to recent data released by the FTC.
Posted inArt
Fifty years after it opened, ‘The Wiz’ is returning to Baltimore
“The Wiz,” which debuted in Baltimore in 1974, will return to the city next month when a new production opens at the Hippodrome Theatre, the first stop on a national tour that’s headed to Broadway in 2024.
Posted inNews
Maryland’s top invasive plant species import harm to natives
Invasive plant species are damaging Maryland’s environment. From bamboo to bushes, invasives, environmentalists say, have wrapped their tendrils all across Maryland.
Posted inHot Plate
Hot Plate: Petit Louis turns 22, La Cuchara pops up at Ekiben, Wine & Food Festival at Timonium Fairgrounds and more
Baltimore has a sunny week full of sips on the horizon, as the culinary community gears up for a variety of fun food and drink-related events. Here’s a look at what’s on tap:
Posted inEvents
Here’s where to celebrate Pride Month in Baltimore
From the annual Pride Parade and Block Party to a Beyoncé-inspired Renaissance Ball and other events, here’s how to celebrate Pride Month in Baltimore.
Posted inWeekend Events
Baltimore Weekend Events: Shrek Rave, Disney Princess Concert, Festival of Trees, and more.
Whether you’re spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family, friends, or solo, the holiday season is the perfect time to treat yourself to some fun events — and there’s plenty happening in an around Baltimore. See beautifully decorated trees at the Festival of Trees, listen to Disney princesses sing your favorite songs, jam out at the […]
Posted inOn a Marble Stair
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 […]
