Arts & Culture

The Hot August Music Festival in Cockeysville is canceled this year due to low ticket sales, organizers announced Monday.

COLUMN | After years of Baltimore City asking for a Trader Joe’s, we finally get one ... that’s so close to the county, there’s a county office building in the parking lot. I don’t think that’s good enough.

Season 19 of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” features Jollof Bowl, a viral Baltimore concept that has been called “the African Chipotle.”

Cerrome Russell, 46, has become a fixture of the comedy scene in the Washington, D.C., region, but has spent his life in the South and abroad as a Marine.

These are some of the crab cake and shrimp salad sensations around the Baltimore area worth seeking out, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.

“Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly” is the latest production onstage at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre, on loan from Baltimore’s Happenstance Theater. It’s a very weird, wonderful and eerily familiar play about life in the aftermath of an apocalypse.

The Baltimore-based Asian fusion chain Ekiben was sued on Thursday by Watson Music Group for using the song “Space Jam” in a promotional Instagram video in April 2024, court documents show.

COLUMN | The White House warned that I should be on the lookout for “anti-white,” “illegal alien” and “transgender” activism while walking through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. I looked, but all I found was the real lesson of studying history.

Members of the Baltimore Community Guaranteed Income Club pledge a maximum of 7% of their take-home pay to help each other cover expenses like rent, utilities and groceries.

Whether you eat out all the time or it’s been too long, consider Baltimore Restaurant Week an excuse to reacquaint yourself with the city’s ever-evolving food scene.

The director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History pushed back Tuesday against a recent White House report that branded the institution’s leadership as radical activists who cannot be trusted.

Anita Kassof, exiting executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, said the role “has been one of the great privileges of my career.”

Whether you want to see which cat is the best in show, attend a record bazaar or check out Baltimore restaurants at a discount, we’ve got you covered.

COLUMN | The cyclosporiasis outbreak, probably caused by iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, has reminded me and others that science is good and shopping from local farms is great.

Check out one of the region’s best bowls of pho, a sound bath and playoff baseball among other events over the next week.

Curious about the future of the arts? Look at what’s happening at local theaters.

Maryland Chick-fil-A One users could have had their data breached in a cyberattack in June.

Northwest Chinese Food will reopen for dinner service Aug. 15 in its sibling eatery, Li Chun Café.

A beloved Eastport restaurant is closing because of issues with its lease, and former mayor Gavin Buckley is selling a prime building he co-owns downtown.

The third annual Black Books Matter Fest is happening Aug. 1 and boasts a lineup of prominent award-winning authors and writers, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, Alex Elle and S.A. Cosby.