(Left to right) A Native American dancer performs at the opening of Point Park; Demonstrators protest in Baltimore as part of the nationwide May Day protests; Baltimore filmmaker John Waters.

Last week, we shared news about May Day protests against the Trump administration in Baltimore; the opening of Baltimore’s newest waterfront park; and plans for Streets Market at West North Avenue.

Revisit the stories here:

A Native American dancer performs at a ceremony to inaugurate Baltimore's new waterfront park. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
A Native American dancer performs at a ceremony to inaugurate Baltimore’s new waterfront park. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.

“Baltimore’s ‘new gem on the waterfront,’ Point Park, is finally open“: After more than a decade of planning and construction, Baltimore’s newest waterfront attraction is finally open.

Protesters gather in Baltimore during the National Day of Protest on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Carl Schmidt/Federal Hill Photography LLC)

“‘We’re not about to back down now.’ Baltimore protests among nationwide May Day rallies against Trump administration’s policies“: Over 1,000 people filled the streets of Baltimore on Thursday as part of the growing, ongoing, grassroots protest movement against President Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s slashing of federal jobs and funding.

Baltimore filmmaker John Waters at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Greg Gorman.
Baltimore filmmaker John Waters at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Greg Gorman.

“Approaching 80: Filmmaker John Waters talks about how he avoids becoming an old fart, stage diving and his ‘youth spies’“: Even though John Waters just turned 79, he’s already given serious thought to next milestone, 80, and how to avoid becoming an “old fart.”

The Wilde Lake Village Center in Columbia was redeveloped with new apartments and stores

“In Columbia, Village Center redevelopment hits roadblocks“: A company seeking to build new apartments and stores to revitalize Columbia’s Hickory Ridge Village Center has lost a court fight to revive the plan.

A rendering depicts the Streets Market coming to the northwest corner of Park Avenue and North Avenue. Image credit: MCB Real Estate and Blank Slate Development.
A rendering depicts the Streets Market coming to the northwest corner of Park Avenue and North Avenue. Image credit: MCB Real Estate and Blank Slate Development.

“Streets Market coming to West North Avenue as part of $170M Reservoir Square development“: Streets Market is coming to West North Avenue as part of the $170 million Reservoir Square mixed-use development under construction along West North Avenue between Park Avenue and Eutaw Place.