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From a Caribbean wine festival to a Ravens paint party, here are some of the activities coming up in the county for the week ending Sept. 4.

The end of summer means kids are back in school and the end of being with your kids 24/7. Ring those school bells!

The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra will play Christian Won’s six-minute composition, “iPhone Variations for Orchestra,” this weekend at its annual Pops in the Park concerts. The late summer show is a Labor Day tradition at Quiet Waters Park, now expanded to Downs Park in Pasadena.

Laura and Kevin Smith knew they wanted a historic home. So when the Sands House came on the market in 2019, they bought it from a preservation group. Now, five years and a major renovation later, they’ve decided to sell the home of Revolutionary War soldier William Sands, one of the Maryland patriots who died on Aug. 27, 1776, in the Battle of Long Island.

With a Reese’s Pieces fashion collaboration and a new clothing and shoe line for Reebok, basketball star and Randallstown native Angel Reese is establishing herself as a major player in the athleisure game.

Christian Siriano, an Annapolis-native and Baltimore School for the Arts alum, struck the right note on the third night of the convention by creating a purple-hued pantsuit for the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey.

The king and queen of the Maryland Renaissance Festival are ready for you. Fred Nelson and Laurie Simonds return Saturday for opening day at the long-running, singular Maryland event. It’s one of seven things to do around Annapolis during the week ending Aug. 29.

Annapolis native Christian Siriano has the golden touch when it comes to dressing women in the political sphere — whether that be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden or the next potential leader of the free world, Kamala Harris.

Baltimore Fashion Week founder — and former model — Sharan Nixon looks to her own experiences in the industry to incorporate needed changes.

Suddenly, it feels like peak summer: your colleagues and friends are on vacation while you’re stuck at home. But don’t fret — There are plenty of things to do in Howard County that will make you feel like you’re on vacation, from concerts and outdoor movies to a drag brunch.

The next few weeks may be the best time to visit Great Frogs Winery in Annapolis, just as the harvest begins. You could also catch the Annapolis Chamber Music Festival or check out the Halal Food Fest.

Investor Sam Asgari said he’s had to negotiate with Kevin Spacey’s lawyers to compel the actor to leave.

Art abounds in Annapolis: paintings on the walls of a restaurant, one-act plays in a record store and now — finally — standup comedy in a board shop.

The superstitious among us are secretly wondering if some festival organizer stepped on a crack in the pavement or walked under an errant ladder. All we know is it has just been one thing after another with Artscape these last few years.

Bailey Anne Kennedy, a Montgomery County resident, broke barriers this year as the state’s first trans woman titleholder. She was also Maryland’s first Asian American winner and oldest contestant to represent the state.

Bailey Anne Kennedy is not the first gender and sexual minority with Maryland ties to break barriers.

The 79th annual Annapolis Rotary Crab Feast is among the fun things to do in Annapolis for the week ending Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024.

Kevin Spacey’s distinctive Baltimore mansion stirred a small bidding war Thursday morning on the courthouse steps.

Actor Kevin Spacey’s waterfront home, worth more than $5 million, is set for public auction Thursday morning outside of the Baltimore Circuit Court.

The program will offer $750 vouchers to residents and up to $2,000 vouchers to low-income residents.