-Target announced it would close its Mondawmin location in February because it was underperforming. Crucial…
On November 19, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison held a press conference to announce an…
Read More →West Baltimore native Amorous Ebony is glamorously poised and muti-faceted. She is a musician, poet,…
Read More →Wednesday, December 4. Community Conversation with the CEO – The Road to Kirwan: Join Dr.…
Read More →Friday, November 29. Bike Party: Pajamboree!: Bike ride with after party at Ottobar. 6:30-11:30 p.m.,…
Read More →Mark your calendar for Wednesday, Dec. 4. That’s when Baltimore Beat will be teaming up…
Read More →Wednesday, November 27. Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities Meeting: The Board of the Mayor’s Commission on…
Read More →Thursday, November 21. Sip & Shine: An After-Hours Experience: An after-hours experience with wine, scavenger…
Read More →Wednesday, November 20. Sustainability Commission November Meeting: Reducing Waste: Hear visions for a cleaner, sustainable…
Read More →Before we get to the reviews, some not-so-great news. Legal cannabis is probably not going…
Read More →On Thursday night, members of Communities United’s Youth Organizing Leadership Academy (YOLA) gathered in Harbor…
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Mothers Of Murdered Sons And Daughters offers space to deal with grief
At around 1:50 a.m. on Aug. 8, just two days after Baltimore’s first 72-hour Ceasefire,…
The government’s case against J20 defendants sets low bar for conspiracy charges
A year ago, after the election of Donald Trump, Dylan Petrohilos hung an Antifa flag out in front of his house. “I had [the flag] flying outside my home because Trump was…
LabBodies’ third annual performance art review channels pain into resistance
At the Friday night opening for LabBodies’ third annual performance art survey, I smell at different moments burning incense and the strange, hot aroma of bricks colliding and shattering—the latter I haven’t…
The Room’s Andre Mazelin makes the jump to The Motor House
Andre Mazelin’s laid-back Mount Vernon lounge The Room didn’t seem to doing badly. The place, which he opened in 2016, quickly became a spot where people in the area knew they could…
Organizer Erricka Bridgeford talks about how the ceasefire has changed her and changed Baltimore
Just a few days after the second 72-hour Baltimore Ceasefire weekend, which ran from Nov. 3-5, Erricka Bridgeford and I are sitting in her car in her old Rosemont neighborhood escaping the…
Land Of Kush gives Baltimore an education in healthier eating
Sitting in the Land of Kush (840 N. Eutaw St., [410] 225-5874, landofkush.com) one morning just before the Seton Hill vegan restaurant opens for the day, husband and wife owners Naijha Wright-Brown…
300 Gangstas give away turkeys and counter the non-profit industrial complex
Last year, 300 Gangstas, a radically pragmatic collective of organizers and reformed gang members, gave out about 100 donated turkeys to families in need on Monument Street, all the while also hosting…
Writers In Baltimore Schools students interview Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Back in September, three high school students involved in Writers in Baltimore Schools—Anastasia Farley, Maia Washington, and Cin’Shea Williams—were tasked with delivering remarks on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2003 novel, “The Purple Hibiscus,”…
Blue Frost, a menthol-like strain that’ll make you think too much
Right after swallowing a big, unforgiving bong hit of Blue Frost, an indica dominant strain that crosses Blue Monster and Jack Frost that—although it’s 40 percent sativa—feels almost entirely like a lumbering…