Issue 87
Tired of walking by the vacant housing problem, students at Carver Vocational learned how to fix it
West Baltimore nonprofit Requity paired student interns at Carver Vocational Technical High School with professional contractors to renovate a vacant house next door to their school — helping students get valuable work experience while solving problems in their neighborhood.
Photostory: A weekend of live music in Baltimore
Photos from Subscape, the Love Groove Festival, and ArtFusion. Subscape took place from August 28 to August 30. The Love Groove Festival was held on August 29. The first-ever ArtFusion festival was held August 29.
Baltimore Police add 200 Axon license plate cameras as part of $153 million deal
As local leaders embrace expanded automated surveillance, legal experts question the data retention policies and privacy impacts.
A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries
Publishing an obituary online often costs more than a family expects, and the tribute ends up wrapped in advertising and upsells. A family grieving a death should not have to shop for the least expensive way to say goodbye. The Beat built this option for the people that pricing leaves out.
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Excerpt from ‘Baltimore’s Black Arts Then & Now: Behind the Scenes of a Collaborative Public Humanities Project’
“We use Chicory to catalyze intergenerational civic dialogue around social justice, place, and race through a traveling exhibit titled ‘Soul of the Butterfly: Chicory Magazine and Baltimore’s Black Arts Activism,’ writes Mary Rizzo.
The Baltimore Baby Fund hopes to give city parents of newborns an economic jumpstart
Nate Golden, president of the Maryland Child Alliance, said the language of the amendment leaves plenty of options for the city: it could be “universal, means-tested, cash, in-kind resources, paid leave,” or something else, as long as it “enhances the economic stability of parents with newborns.”
Cambridge’s Bethel AME Church carries on a long legacy of activism
As a young woman, lifelong member Guinervere Banks witnessed history firsthand, attending civil rights meetings led by Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee leader Gloria Richardson in the church’s sanctuary and observing negotiations for the Treaty of Cambridge.
Arts & Culture
Best Beats Issue #087
Best Beats highlights some of the best local music that has caught the attention of Baltimore Beat’s staff.
Center Stage opens its season with Preston Crowder’s hilarious and profane ‘Bocking’
“Bocking” is the first in a series of productions meant to foster a “cross-pollination of cultural experiences.”
What’s Poppin’ Issue #087
Baltimore Art. Alive. Thriving. And waiting for you.
The ‘Sacred Science’ has another way to deal with death
Kent McKinney’s new documentary, “Sacred Science,” explores an alternative to this illusion of immortality — confronting mortality through the therapeutic usage of psychedelics.
September 2026 Tarotscopes
Find out what’s in store for you this September with Iya Osundara’s Tarotscope forecast. Take what resonates and leave the rest.
Letter from the publisher – Issue 86
Words from Publisher and CEO Lisa Snowden.
Community Resources
This Baltimore Beat section aims to help the community with resources and support they may not know are…