Culture & Arts

by Ed GuntsMay 11, 2021

Decision follows the scrubbing of Artscape this July. Baltimore’s promotion director blames concerns about the spread of Covid at large public gatherings for the cancellations.

Jan 23, 2021

A critical look at the BMA’s year of acquiring art only by women

Purchasing works by just 49 women artists, only three of whom are based in Maryland, is “abysmal,” argues BmoreArt editor Cara Ober.

Dec 23, 2020

In Baltimore, for better or worse, pandemic shows musicians “the shape of jazz to come”

Deprived of the gigs that give them life – and pay the bills – jazz players and venues are battling despair and finding creative ways to keep the music coming.

Jul 4, 2020

Goodbye, Columbus

Activists predicted this would occur, and tonight it happened. Protesters toppled Baltimore’s Columbus statue and threw it into the harbor.

Jul 3, 2020

Supporters want to move Little Italy’s Columbus statue before activists tear it down

Citing prohibitive costs, an Italian American group has asked the city to move the monument or protect it. No comment from the mayor’s office.

Jun 28, 2020

After Ouzo Bay incident, musicians call on Atlas to end dress codes

The Baltimore restaurant group “creates spaces that systematically discriminate,” performers say in open letter.

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May 8, 2020

Devin Allen’s photographs now on view, virtually, at City Hall

Feb 9, 2020

A video portrait of Baltimore’s “blue man” before he leaves town

Dec 10, 2019

A 1652 treaty opens up the story of the first “Baltimoreans”

Oct 25, 2019

A children’s museum of African culture is opening in Pimlico

Jul 19, 2019

What you won’t see (or hear) at Artscape this weekend

Jun 24, 2019

Weekly party in the park with live music, free yoga . . . and vegetables!

Jun 17, 2019

Locked-out Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians lash out at management

Jun 16, 2019

Lighting – and lauding – Baltimore’s Japanese lantern from sister city, Kawasaki

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Dec 6, 2018

Elvis & friends take on a tough task: Cheering up Baltimore

Nov 29, 2018

Johns Hopkins meets a dogged reporter

Nov 14, 2018

Baltimore’s Divine mural: They asked forgiveness and got permission

Jun 15, 2018

On the eve of Artscape, Baltimore’s arts agency still has no permanent chief executive

May 18, 2018

Baltimore’s McKeldin Fountain returns as an app

May 9, 2018

A Renaissance man who left Baltimore with a richer heritage

Apr 22, 2018

Scenes from Martick’s building as new owners float future plans

Apr 13, 2018

“AS OF A NOW” shows Baltimore rowhouses not vacant, but full of generations of “quiet stories”

Mar 20, 2018

A block party for arabbers and horse lovers

Feb 17, 2018

As part of its Jazz Studies reboot, Peabody adds three acclaimed local musicians to its faculty