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In Union Square, people come for the soiree and stay for community
How a salon concert series spotlights artists and creates intimate access to different genres of music.
Attendees listen as the Joshua Espinoza Trio performs during a Union Square Soiree in Baltimore last month.
The Banner wins Polk Award for coverage of Baltimore’s overdose crisis
Baltimore Banner reporters Alissa Zhu, Jessica Gallagher and Nick Thieme have won the organization’s first George Polk Award for their local investigative work.
Three journalists from The Baltimore Banner have won the organization’s first George Polk Award.
The best and worst fictional presidents in pop culture
Much like real leaders, some of my favorite fictional presidents are very good at their jobs and some are very bad. All are entertaining.
Gary Oldman aiming gun at Harrison Ford in a scene from the film "Air Force One," 1997.
Newly disclosed FBI files reveal investigations of late Orioles owner Peter Angelos
The declassified files show for the first time that the FBI twice investigated Peter Angelos during his life.
2PBRFWA Peter G. Angelos, center, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, talks with members of the media at Ft. Lauderdale Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. before his team's spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox Sunday, March 18, 2007.
L. Drew Pumphrey, former owner of The Smoking Swine, was quick to lend a hand
L. Drew Pumphrey, the larger-than-life pit master who eventually left his business behind to pursue a quieter career as a civil engineer, died of a heart attack on Feb. 4. He was 48.
Drew Pumphrey of The Smoking Swine food truck died in February.
How a New York developer made millions off its struggling West Baltimore project
Documents filed in a lawsuit show that New York developer La Cité has made millions of dollars from a struggling project in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood.
The Center\West apartment building in Poppleton developed by La Cite as part of a broader redevelopment plan in the neighborhood, Thursday, August 1, 2024
‘Pop the Balloon or Find Love’ seems entertaining - until you look deeper
Those on the YouTube dating show hold nothing back, but is that good for how Black love is portrayed?
You know what bars are missing? Arts and crafts.
Meander Art Bar, a new bar in Upper Fells Point, allows patrons to discover their inner artist via painting, clay and more — without pressure.
Cross stitching and coloring materials available for customers’ use inside Meander Art Bar in the Upper Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore.
Shooting in Southeast Baltimore leaves one man dead
Baltimore Police officers responded to a report of a shooting around 3:30 p.m. in the 6100 block of Plantview Way, a residential block just east of the Canton industrial area.
Father sentenced to 65 years for shooting inside Harford Mall during his child’s birthday party
A Harford County man was sentenced to 65 years in prison for a shooting during his child’s birthday party inside Harford Mall.
Wesley Larry Lyons Jr. was convicted of attempted murder, use of a firearm and reckless endangerment for the 2024 shooting.
Maryland inches toward reforming trans prisoner policies as it pays out legal settlements
Trans prisoners make up a fraction of Maryland’s incarcerated population, but nearly half of its settlement payouts last year. Efforts to reform policy have been slow.
Illustration of two sets of prison bars and door to solitary cell overlapped by silhouette of trans woman with a ponytail.
How a Baltimore church remembers the city’s homicide victims. One purple ribbon at a time.
Dozens gathered near First & Franklin Presbyterian Church to recite the names of the 2024 homicide victims, each symbolized by a purple satin ribbon.
Sunday February 2, 2025 — Andrea Harrison holds up a purple ribbon at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church as part of an event to honor the city's homicide victims in 2024.
Former Baltimore teacher who drove teen to shoot ex-boyfriend is sentenced to prison
Matthew Biegel, 39, of Northeast Baltimore, worked as a teacher at Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture from 2015 to 2023.
Matthew Biegel, 39, of Northeast Baltimore, a former teacher at Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture, arrives for his sentencing Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
Artscape is moving downtown to uplift the area, mayor says
Artscape, Baltimore's premier arts festival, is relocating to downtown from Mount Vernon as Mayor Brandon Scott says the area needs "uplifting."
Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
Developer wants to tear down warehouse and build 120 homes in Locust Point
A Baltimore developer said he has purchased a warehouse property directly across the street from the old Under Armour headquarters.
The former Under Armour warehouse at 1450 Beason Street is known as the "Cheer Building."
Maryland wants to stop subsidizing its trash incinerators. Would they close?
After a years-long campaign by environmental advocates, top Maryland lawmakers want to cut off a program that has paid tens of millions of dollars in green energy subsidies to incinerators.
The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along I-95 in Baltimore.
Pastors in love with the Lord, their community and each other
Marriage is not just a feeling but a commitment. The Parkers are the best example of that I’ve seen in a long time.
Mark Parker and Christine Parker sit for a portrait on their couch in their home in Baltimore, Thursday, February 13, 2025.
Man released after serving almost 30 years for murder he did not commit: ‘I’m going to enjoy every moment’
James Langhorne was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Laurence Jones Jr., which happened on Bank Street between South Eden Street and South Spring Street in Fells Point, on Nov. 20, 1993.
James Langhorne, 51, speaks at a news conference on Thursday following his exoneration in the 1993 killing of Laurence Jones Jr. in Baltimore. Langhorne was released Monday after serving almost 30 years in prison.
The snow has passed. Now enters: Dense fog, high winds and cool temperatures.
Forecasts show temperatures with a low of around 30 degrees tonight ahead of a rainy, windy and cold weekend.
Forecasts show temperatures around 30 degrees tonight ahead of a rainy, windy and cold weekend.
Judge orders investor to take control of delayed Poppleton development
La Cité has tried and failed for 20 years to revitalize a West Baltimore neighborhood.
The site of the Poppleton development in West Baltimore.
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