Arts & Culture

We asked Howard County chefs where they eat on a day off — that’s not their own restaurant. Here’s what they said.

The owner of Harborplace says Hooters abruptly closed this summer still owing nearly $500,000 in unpaid rent and fees.

High property values and relative population density have given the town an outsized importance in the county’s economic picture.

It’s smelly and iconic. The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dundalk has made its mark on Halloween as one couple’s duo costume.

Whether you want to check out a new exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, take your child to smash their pumpkin or go to a craft beer festival, we’ve got you covered.

Whether you’re a bona fide witch or just enjoy the witchy/new age aesthetic, here are the best places to shop for crystals, incense, herbs and other tools of the witch’s craft.

If you dare to explore the Patapsco Female Institute, one thing is certain: you won’t be alone. Three familiar ghosts will be at your side. They’re known as Annie, The Shadow and The Gentleman. They all have their own stories and they are all locked in time at the Institute.

You could pull or just watch the Tug of War on Saturday, pitting Eastport against Annapolis with a 1,600-foot rope across Spa Creek.

Halloween is a time of spooky generous behavior — and shame if you give out the wrong candy to trick-or-treaters.

Halloween is officially here. From trick or treating to a sound bath, you can choose your level of spooky for the week ending Nov. 6.

Guinness owner Diageo announced that Baltimore Blonde “will now be brewed and sold exclusively” at the Open Gate Brewery in Halethorpe.

RA Sushi in Harbor East has transitioned from a restaurant with sit-down service to a pickup or delivery-only spot.

Leaders of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts sought to reassure the arts community at a virtual town hall that breaking away from the city would not have negative impacts on artists and programs, though there are unknowns.

No place in Baltimore is haunted like Fells Point, where ghosts show up on restaurant barstools.

Get ready for another Scittino’s Italian Market Place Baltimore County — soon with sit-down service.

President Biden visited Bmore Licks in Canton to enjoy ice cream with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks.

“Frederick Douglass/Liberty,” a modernized image of the historic figure on display outside the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, is sure to stir conversations.

A famous old pet cemetery hides in the shadows of Howard County’s new apartments. And someone’s moving the graves.

The basement in The Castle in Hampden is a grim remnant of another era: a duo of dark, dank solitary confinement cells.

As the general election draws near, Kamala Harris and Angela Alsobrooks are experiencing a different kind of intimacy as their friendship may matter now more than ever.