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Prince Harry’s memoir and his unchosen pop culture status
Prince Harry's “Spare” raises questions about fame, royalty and the media.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 10: Prince Harry's memoir Spare is offered for sale at a Barnes & Noble retail store on January 10, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The book went on sale in the United States today.
Baltimore schools are no longer COVID testing in schools. As a parent, I want to know why.
The city has been one of the last districts in the state to employ stringent COVID-19 protocols, including regular testing.
Latin American teacher checking the temperature of a girl at school using an infrared thermometer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Life of pioneering columnist offers life lessons for women nearly a century later
Journalist Allison Gilbert and Banner columnist Leslie Gray Streeter will be discussing Gilbert’s and Julia Scheeres’ book about Elsie Robinson, once a highly paid and highly read syndicated columnist, next week.
One of the hand-drawn political cartoons of Elsie Robinson, who at one time in the 1920s was read by 20 million readers across the country.
When an injury throws a wrench in your workout plans
After three weeks in an orthopedic boot, I have to figure out how to get my fitness back.
I spent three weeks in a boot on my injured toe. Here's how I'm climbing back.
I have 45 cookbooks in my kitchen. I want to use them all at least once this year.
Have a lot of cookbooks you never use? A home cook, a chef and a food blogger give some advice on how to make cookbook hoarding more useful.
Another Mold Lang Syne?: Hoping the New Year will be great when the last two were not.
Having trouble being excited about the New Year because the last couple have been so terrible? There's hope!
Illustration of a computer prompt to delete 2020, 2021 and 2022.
New Year’s traditions we can’t help but follow
One tradition says a man must be the first person to cross a home’s threshold.
Black-eye peas and collard greens
Kwanzaa is an important concept I want my son to learn. Here’s where I’m starting.
Kwanzaa’s tenets and values are important for African American people. Here’s how to incorporate them into your life without it being overwhelming.
A kinara holds seven candles for Kwanzaa celebrations in a display inside Baltimore's City Hall.
My grown-up Christmas list: World peace, the end to racism, and maybe a new car?
Inspired by the holiday song, here's my grown-up Christmas list — world peace, an end to racism and maybe a new car? Like on ”The Price Is Right”?
Illustration of a woman making a Christmas list.
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights in this current place of darkness
Hanukkah has special meaning for many in the local Jewish community in this time of increased antisemitism.
Menorah in Baltimore's McKeldin Square, Sunday, December 18, 2022.
I went to Patterson Bowling Center once. I still feel its loss.
The area loses more than a building when something as quintessentially Baltimore as the bowling lanes go away.
Alisha Hatfield scribbles a note to put on the door, letting the guests that show up for her daughter's sixth birthday party know to go elsewhere. Patterson Bowling Center suddenly closed, depsite multiple large group reservations.
Local podcast on “The Voice” catches the attention of show’s stars
"The Pitchy Podcast," dedicated to NBC's "The Voice" and run by two local friends and singers, has caught the attention of some of the current season's stars.
Local podcasters and singers James Toler and Stephanie  D'Accurzio host "The Pitchy Podcast," a fun critique of NBC's "The Voice," and have gained fans from the season's singers
How Jamaican-influenced pottery became part of my holiday
Baltimore Clayworks artist Samuel Wallace’s Jamaican coil style of pottery combines the traditions of his first home with the literal soil of his current Maryland home.
Sam Wallace, a Jamaican-American pottery artist, is interviewed in his section of the Baltimore Clayworks studio on 11/30/22. Wallace has become a mainstay of the local artist community and for columnist Leslie Streeter, buying and giving his pieces has become a holiday tradition.
‘Respect For Marriage Act’ isn’t just about same-sex unions. It’s about my interracial one, too.
The Respect for Marriage Act, which just passed the Senate and should be signed into law soon, protects a right that too many people take for granted — the right to marry the person you love, no matter your race or gender.
Columnist Leslie Streeter with her late husband Scott Zervitz on their wedding day in 2010 in Palm Beach, Fla.
Thirst for good: Jan. 6 Capitol defender finds fun, flirty way to raise money for Georgia runoff race
National hero and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn contributed to the fundraising for Sen. Raphael Warnock this weekend with a series of so-called thirst tweets.
Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn (right) greets Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, who he helped raise money for over the weekend with a series of fun "Thirst Tweets."
“Crabs for Christmas”: The funny, punny story behind a Baltimore holiday classic
David DeBoy, writer and singer talks about the campy holiday classic Crabs For Christmas, his song, new book and the cool silliness of Baltimore
David DeBoy, pictured on the back cover of his new book "I Gave Baltimore Crabs! (For Christmas)"
This holiday season give from the front of your closet
Giving your best is about more than the newness and niceness of the clothes, housewares and electronics we donate to those who need them.
A row of shoes is arranged neatly in a corner for guests of Paul's Place to choose from.
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’: Passing on the loud, lively Black movie theater experience to my kid
I’m aware that the idea of talking back to a movie strikes some as gauche or uncouth. I don’t care. There’s a joy in the communal experience of taking in a larger-than-life new world together.
Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Marvel Studios' BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER. © 2022 MARVEL.
Nancy Pelosi might represent California but she’s always Baltimore’s Italian auntie to me
The outgoing speaker of the house reminds me more of my South Baltimore neighbors on the stoop than whatever Nancy Meyers fantasy she’s saddled with.
FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was “violently assaulted” by an assailant who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, and he is now in the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, said her spokesman, Drew Hammill.
Baltimore Twitter: Are local users staying on the embattled app?
The experience since Elon Musk took over the app has changed, and trolls, abuse and spam are making many users tap out.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021 in New York City.
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