Lifestyle

    Owners of Noir Restaurant & Lounge take over management of The Manor
    The new managers of The Manor, a former LGBTQ-owned space in Mount Vernon, promise to keep many elements from the previous iteration of the business. But there will be some changes, including new menu items.
    The Manor in Mt Vernon on June 12, 2023
    Is September summer or fall ... and other urgent questions
    September has always been a difficult month to identify with one season. Is it summer or fall? The beginning or the end?
    Is September fall or summer, the beginning or the end?
    7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
    “Pops in the Park” on Sunday tops the weekend, but there’s more than good music to enjoy through Sept. 6.
    The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra returns to Quiet Waters Park on Sunday, Sept. 3 for its annual Pops in the Park concert.
    No lion around: Physical therapy helps senior animals at the Maryland Zoo stay active
    For aging zoo animals, stretching life expectancy involves actual stretching. It’s as cute as it sounds.
    Anna, a 48 year old African Elephant, basks in the sunlight during her outside play time.
    With each first day of school, my kid is growing away from me
    As my son goes back to school, it reminds me how much he has come into his own — and how much less he may need me.
    This well-dressed young man is developing his own sense of style — and of everything else.
    7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
    You could join the cinematic chase for a great white shark, help open the Maryland Renaissance Festival or mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. It’s a crazy busy week in Annapolis, here are some tips on the best events through Aug. 30.
    A charioteer performs at the Maryland Renaissance Festival tournament grounds in Crownsville. The annual fair runs from Aug. 26 though Oct. 22 this year.
    For over 60 years, she’s beautified Baltimore one head at a time
    Liz’s Place has been on Pennsylvania Avenue since the 1970s.
    Elizabeth Johnson has been doing hair in Baltimore since the late 1950s. Her beauty salon is considered one of the oldest Black owned businesses on Pennsylvania Avenue.
    The best places for a post-dinner walk in Baltimore
    Baltimore offers quite a few nice settings for couples on a date to take a walk together or sit for a chat outdoors to keep the romance going - or get it started.
    A place for taking a stroll along Keyser Quad at the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus.
    Maryland Seafood Festival makes return to Annapolis
    After two decades of celebrating Maryland’s seafood dishes at Sandy Point State Park, the popular festival celebrated its 57th year at Annapolis’ picturesque City Dock
    People participate in the oyster shucking contest at the Maryland Seafood Festival in Annapolis on August 20, 2023. They had three minutes to shuck as many as they could.
    Why have children when I have my lovelies?
    How one woman handles the awkward question about wanting children.
    Illustration of woman with braided hair, eyes closed, resting hand over heart full of many different students.
    LGBTQ community members voice concern about state Supreme Court ruling on employer benefits
    LGBTQ community members in Maryland said they are stunned and disappointed by the Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling, which exposed a loophole in Maryland laws originally meant to protect employees against discrimination.
    6/25/22—A rainbow flag waves during the Baltimore Pride Parade on Charles St.
    7 things to do in Annapolis in the next 7 days
    Spend the coming week in Annapolis and you could judge crab soup at the Maryland Seafood Festival, take in the Annapolis Chamber Music Festival, or get your dog wet to support the SPCA at the annual Puppy Plunge. There’s something fun every day.
    The Crab Soup Cook-off is a popular event at the Maryland Seafood Festival, which returns to Annapolis City Dock on Saturday.
    Ain’t no mountain high enough: Pigtown Climbs raising money for climbing gym, community space
    The nonprofit wants to connect Southwest Baltimore communities to the outdoors through rock climbing.
    Pigtown Climbs is raising money to build a climbing gym and community space in Southwest Baltimore.
    With Black history under attack, Black museums are more important than ever
    Terri Lee Freeman, president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, says society is at a crossroads where the accurate telling of history is of the utmost importance.
    Terri Lee Freeman is president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, the state’s largest museum devoted to African American history.
    Being polite is ‘gendered.’ It’s time for women to get rude.
    The crushing weight on women to have an expectation of politeness can make a life or death difference.
    “The idea of impoliteness is survival,” said Michaela Frischherz, associate chair and associate professor in Towson University’s Department of Communications Studies.
    The mysterious safe at Red Emma’s has at last been opened
    After weeks of attempts, a Canadian safecracker finally opened the mysterious old safe at Red Emma’s bookstore.
    Rick Ammazzini traveled from Winnipeg, Canada to crack the mystery safe found inside in Red Emma’s, seen here on Aug. 11, 2023.
    Telling the story of Baltimore’s water infrastructure system through … water ballet?
    Fluid Movement, the aquatic-based performing arts group, used sinkholes, the Stool Fairy, Mr. Bottle, Mr. Trash Wheel and more in their performance explaining how the water in our city works.
    Anne Beck, 33, performs a platform lift in the "Sad and Lonely Tale of Mr. Bottle" scene..
    7 things to do in Annapolis in 7 days
    You could see a one-woman show by a new Annapolis theater company, play some serious pickleball at the mall, or snag one of the few remaining seats for the final performance of Melissa Ethridge’s summer concert tour. There's lots to do in the week ahead.
    Joan Smith stars in the one woman show, "Grounded" at Maryland Hall in Annapolis through Aug. 20.
    Keisha McClain helps pro athletes find a home, navigate personal finances
    Keisha McClain, real estate agent for Hubble Bisbee | Christie’s International Real Estate, poses for a portrait in her Brooklandville office in Baltimore County on May 2, 2023.
    Commentary: Nothing could keep me from seeing ‘The Pee-wee Herman Show’
    Charlie Vascellaro, a lifelong fan of Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, recalls that he wasn't about to let a historic blizzard keep him from making the trip from Baltimore to see "The Pee-wee Herman Show" on Broadway.
    Actor Paul Reubens, playing the character Pee-wee Herman, launches his "Pee-wee Herman Show" at a press conference at Club Nokia on Dec. 7, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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