Letter from the editor-in-chief

Letter from the editor – Issue 12

For our Sex and Love issue, I knew that I wanted to write about something that intertwined both subjects — Black maternal health. Even with all the benefits of modern medicine, even in one of the wealthiest countries, the process of bringing a new life into the world is still potentially deadly for Black women.…


In this issue

Saving Lives: How some in Baltimore are working to improve Black maternal health

Every day, in Baltimore City, in Maryland, and in every part of the United States, Black people are inhaling and exhaling trauma. It runs through our veins, lines our nostrils, and sits in our skulls. The outlook is more concerning when you consider Black maternal health, specifically.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black…

Date Night at Hotel Ulysses

Valentine’s Day is more than just romantic exercises and gestures. It can also be a day for self-reflection and self-love. This is a time when you can celebrate being in love with someone else, or simply cultivate a more profound love for yourself. Ulysses offers a new opportunity for Baltimoreans to…

Baltimore Beat’s 2023 Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

If you’re struggling to come up with the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, this list has some typical and not so typical offerings. Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love in all forms — if you don’t have a significant other, treat yourself. These Baltimore-based objects and…

Community Resources

This Baltimore Beat section aims to help the community with resources and support they may not know are available. We ask people to share this information with anyone they know who could find it helpful. Baltimore Beat would like its readers to know that you will find…



Wyatt Cenac as Micah and Tracey Heggins as Jo’ in “Medicine for Melancholy.”

‘Medicine for Melancholy’ is the beginning of a director’s on-screen journey with Black love.

In recent years, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins has become one of the industry’s most critically beloved storytellers. His most known work may be Best Picture winner “Moonlight,” but his dazzling adaptations of James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” and Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” display a talent that continues to mature. Time and…

Iya Osundara Ogunsina. Photo by Schaun Champion.

February Tarotscopes

Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Six of Cups rx, Five of Pentacles rx, Three of Wands It is easy to miss the light at the end of the tunnel if you keep looking over your shoulder. How can you catch the blessings this year has in store if you’re not facing front? It’s OK…

Dear Lover

Give me your hand  You said as we ran through the Forest Laughter and nature composing a sweet melody    To fill my heart content Days spent  Cracked dust remains of tears Where we lay where we’re sat Forever smiling like Alice and her beloved Cheshire Cat  Being with you had always been my  Desire Desire,…


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