Arts & Culture

Whether you want to celebrate hip-hop or let your children dance the night away, we’ve got you covered with alternatives to trick-or-treating.

Halloween is a day to celebrate what scares you. Dress it up, give it some candy and hope it leaves you alone for the rest of the year in return. Here’s my list of personal frights.

For nearly a year, the building’s been vacant.

Have trash bags and a box? You've got magic. Where there’s a will, there’s an Old Bay (costume) and other quick Halloween outfits you can throw together.

Richard Roundtree's portrayal of the title character in the 1971 film "Shaft" earned him icon status, Wayne E. Williams says.

In the fall of 2007, Ronnie Simpson, an accidental Texan by way of Iraq, a motorcycle salesman and apathetic college student, came to the conclusion he did not care whether he lived or died as he disappeared down a highway in San Antonio on a speeding motorcycle with the police in pursuit.

It's not just cheese sauce that makes great nachos. Some come with short rib, tuna tartare and even crab.

If you need a break from city life, hop on your bike and take the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail from Baltimore County to rural Pennsylvania. There are rest stops, inns, food and beautiful sights along the way.

Fishnet’s new restaurant space in Remington will allow them to rethink the scale of their business, as well as the impact of the food they use.

Outkast’s Big Boi will perform during halftime of the Ravens game on Nov. 16. The performance will also function as a light show, thanks to handouts of LED wristbands that will sync to the music.

Heavy Seas, Maryland’s largest remaining craft brewer, is the first to use a hop native to the state, discovered on a veterinarian’s Frederick County farm.

The latest outpost of Pinky Cole’s Slutty Vegan restaurant is scheduled to open in the Rye Street Market, a boutique office space within the Baltimore Peninsula neighborhood.

Whether you want to scream in fear from being chased by clowns, check out famous comedians or sing hit songs from R&B groups, we’ve got you covered.

If you’re in Annapolis Saturday, should you celebrate Kunta Kinte or the Day of the Dead? The answer is both. The twin festivals are two of seven great things to do in Annapolis through Nov. 1.

The live crowd at NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me” scoffed at Baltimore resident Jeremy Henry’s proclamation, but he wasn’t wrong.

Actor Richard Roundtree, who died Tuesday at age 81, created the iconic film character John Shaft, who redefined Black male characterization in movies and across popular culture.

The summers he and his cousins spent duckpin bowling at Southway lanes were the best, Mel Tansill says.

Allora owners Brendon Hudson and David Monteagudo, rising stars in Baltimore’s dining scene, have recently weathered a firestorm of bad press and legal action.

Councilman Ryan Dorsey said he asked city officials to have a plan of action “within a month” and that he hopes they will implement it “before the end of the year.”

Richard Curtis said last week that he regrets the fat jokes and lack of diversity in his films like “Love Actually” and “Notting Hill.” But if we’re going to talk about issues with rom-coms and representation, “He’s Just Not That Into You” should be first in line.