Arts

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maryland’s most flamboyant Revolutionary moment, the burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis. You can also see the opera “Figaro” or watch the Midshipmen of Navy take on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

BOPA CEO Rachel Graham said the arts council is still planning to put on a fireworks display for New Year’s Eve and to organize a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.

The strange and improbable story of how a storied filmmaker happened upon a historic discovery.

Five museum exhibitions across the region — from Washington, D.C. to Easton to Baltimore — purposefully blur boundaries between art and craft, BmoreArt writes.

The detailed plan would redirect all money the city gives the nonprofit to a wing of the mayor’s office and other organizations to put on BOPA’s signature events.

In advance of Bishme Cromartie launching the Baltimore Museum of Industry’s new “Labor + Innovation” speaker series on Wednesday, the designer opened up about grief, politics and Blackness.

It’s the start of the Annapolis Boat Shows this weekend, first power then sail. Other great things to do over the next seven days include the start of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Season and the Anne Arundel Lifeline 100 bike rides.

Junius Wilson, the outsider artist, shows off his work in Egyptian garb as he prepares for show at the American Visionary Art Museum.

BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.

The setting for Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of "Macbeth" is Revolutionary War America. iAlong with a Hispanic heritage festival, a doggy dive-in and a Taylor Swift tribute show, the play is one of seven great things to do in Annapolis this weekend.

At the same time the city’s top arts organization was struggling to make payroll, its CEO went ahead with plans for Artscape, BOPA’s premier event, without consulting anyone.

Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday

New Balance disassociated itself from neo-Nazis, but now Kondwani Fidel has helped create a marketing campaign for the brand that celebrates Black Baltimore.

Lady Brion is the youngest person and first spoken word artist to be named Maryland’s poet laureate.

Winner Liza Colón-Zayas was one of at least five celebrities to wear designs by Annapolis native Christian Siriano at the 2024 Emmy Awards.

Ahead of her last day at the Walters Art Museum, Julia Marciari-Alexander talks Baltimore’s creative culture and how her time here changed the way she looks at art.

No one may be more excited about the Annapolis Songwriters Festival than Daphne Eckman, a young performer who will share the stage set up at Red, Red Wine with eight other singers over three hours Friday night.

Miss Maryland USA Bailey Anne recently spoke to The Baltimore Banner about a variety of topics — from her favorite food to her heroes in life — as she begins the rest of her barrier-breaking reign.

Food historian Joyce White marks her first book, “Cooking Maryland’s Way: Voices of a Diverse Cuisine,” with a lecture and book signing Sunday. It’s one of seven great things to do in the coming week in the Annapolis area.

Check out these early autumn art exhibitions in Baltimore that defy expectations, according to BmoreArt.