Martin O'Malley is on the short list of Democratic presidential contenders. Can he win?
Another body cannot possibly squeeze into the packed house at James Joyce’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, an early anchor in Harbor East when it served its first Guinness pint and plate of corned beef...
Our full interview with Jon S. Vernick, co-editor of Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis.
Are mass shootings occurring more frequently, or is the media more focused on such incidents (since Aurora and Newtown)? Do mass shootings draw attention away from other aspects of gun violence that...
Our full interview with the outgoing artistic director and conductor for Handel Choir of Baltimore.
You've been the Choir’s artistic director and conductor since 2004, what made you decide to leave now?
You know, I love Handel Choir and what a community chorus represents to its singers,...
Each year, we notice that Baltimore’s restaurant wine lists get more interesting and progressive as a genuine enthusiasm for good juice increases. Here are three delicious finds we sampled while...
How Loyola’s lacrosse team surprised everyone by winning the national championship.
On the final day of 2011’s fall practice for Loyola University Maryland’s men’s lacrosse team, the players figured the coaches might go easy on them. It was a chilly Friday in November, right before...
The young homeowner’s guide to a cool, colorful garden.
Younger homeowners, especially, often ask how they can create a small, colorful garden of low-maintenance shrubs, flowering trees, and healthy shade grass without a lot of knowledge—or money. And the...
Firsthand Accounts of What's Happening in Baltimore.
Baltimore vs. Brooklyn
January 5, 2013, West North Avenue
“I have been here once or twice and, for some reason, I like Baltimore,” deadpans Matthew Zingg as he steps on stage at The Windup Space...
Baltimore County’s cold case unit hasn’t forgotten the victims and families of unsolved crimes.
Sandy Bauer’s fingers tremble, the light bouncing off her red nail polish as she clenches her hands together. Her eyes well with more than two decades of grief, frustration, and longing as she...
100 years after her death, Harriet Tubman continues to inspire artists.
Harriet Tubman left Dorchester County without a trace, covertly returning again and again to shepherd away slaves, so maybe it’s appropriate that such an underground legend still casts something of a...
People, you need to face the ugly truth: You haven’t won the lottery yet and, silly you, didn’t marry a Rockefeller, so you’re doomed to, you know, work for a living. But now that we’ve grasped that...
