In 2009, designer Karen Bene founded her company, Blazers by Design, on the idea there are more ways for women to feel powerful in work clothes, than wearing a boring black pantsuit.
Rachel Bone
Rachel Bone is a regular contributor to the Baltimore Fishbowl.
Treason Toting Co. Forges Business Born, Bred and Built in Baltimore
Aaron Jones and Jason Bass met for the first time four years ago drinking whiskey at a bar with mutual friends. The two immediately hit it off and began working together on a clothing line Bass had visualized called IROCKFOX. They knew they wanted to start a business with strong Baltimore ties, but after a year or so with the clothing line, they had a better idea: bags.
Baltimore Marathon Changes Course, Puts Finish Line At Inner Harbor
Baltimore Running Festival hosts its 17th annual running event on October 21, with a new finish line on Pratt Street, along the Inner Harbor.
Guinness Brewery Testing Taproom to Open Next Month, Brewery to Follow in 2018
The wait is almost over for Stout enthusiasts eagerly anticipating the opening of the latest taproom in Maryland. Irish Beer maker, Guinness, is opening its first brewery on American soil since 1954, and its “testing taproom” will open late next month.
Towson Hosts 21st Annual Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival
The Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival (BCAACF) presents its 21st annual event on Saturday, September 16.
Introducing FROATS: Gilman Alum Produces Line of Fresh Boat Shoes
In 2014, Baltimore native Will Rienhoff left a steady job at a tech start-up in Thailand for a new chapter and a bit of adventure as an entrepreneur.
Rat Film, Documentary Featuring Baltimore’s History with Rats, Opens Tomorrow at Parkway Theatre
A locally produced feature length documentary about Baltimore’s rat population opens Friday, September 15 at Station North’s Parkway Theatre. Theo Anthony’s Rat Film explores what Baltimore’s relationship to rats exposes about boundaries of separation and the history of racism in our city.
Get Outside This Season With Family Programming at Lake Roland Park
Located on the historic Baltimore City reservoir of the same name, Lake Roland Park in the Jones Falls Valley is hands down one of the best places to hike, picnic, and enjoy nature near the city.
Baltimore Bike Share Shuts Down Temporarily To Improve Security
Baltimore Sun Reports that the Baltimore Bike Share program is shutting down temporarily, to update the security equipment on its 200 piece fleet of rentable bicycles. The local bike share program opened in 2016, but has weathered a rocky start after a high number of instances of theft, and related damage to locking docks. The bikes are outfitted with GPS, and generally recovered when stolen, but the track-downs and maintenance to the bikes and the locking docks take time, money, and man power away from a small staff.
Pile of Cubed Ham in Baltimore Takes Twitter By Storm
Baltimore is a city well known for its quirkiness. Even so, finding a random pile of cubed ham on a morning commute would still give most of us pause. On Friday morning, Michael Evitts, vice president of marketing at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore was walking to work when he passed such a pile. He stopped to snap a photo of the ham, and shared it on the organization’s twitter feed with the caption, “You see a lot of things just walking around. Today, apropos of nothing, we found a pile of ham.”
