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A safe space: Seniors discuss embracing LGBTQ+ loved ones
About 60 residents of Catonsville’s Charlestown Senior Living community spent yesterday morning listening to a discussion about LGBTQ+ issues.
UMBC professor Kate Drabinksi teaches a session on nonbinary people to residents at Charlestown Senior Living Community, in Catonsville, MD, Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
DJ Amy Reid creates musical ‘Utopia’ centered on joy and connection
Baltimore artist Amy Reid has created a joyous sense of community at her events.
Musician Amy Reid at her home studio in Northeast Baltimore
Let’s dish: Well Crafted Kitchen will shut down; Kandahar Afghan Kitchen nears opening
Employees were shocked to hear that this popular pizza place would shut down.
Tom Wagner, co-owner of Well Crafted Kitchen, has a full time job in addition to running the restaurant. "We're tired," he said in an interview about the decision to close the business, despite its success.
Baltimore-based artist has work included in Target’s Latino Heritage Month collection
Jen White-Johnson sees collection as an opportunity to spotlight her Afro-Latina culture.
Jen White-Johnson, a Baltimore-based artist, designed a tumbler ($10) and a now sold out t-shirt ($13) for the Latino Heritage Month collection at Target.
YMC Ant’s new album, ‘Sincerely From Ant,’ is a letter to his fans
In the midst of promoting his newest project, YMC Ant spoke with The Baltimore Banner about the album.
Baltimore rap artist, YMC Ant
Homecoming at Morgan State University, other HBCUs is a cultural phenomenon
Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.
Azikiwe Deveaux, 47, is founder of Events 4 Good People (E4GP), an event coordinator and event productions company.  This year, his event at Rye Street Tavern is expected to attract 1,000 people. In all, this weekend, he will throw five Morgan State homecoming related events. (Paul Newson for The Baltimore Banner)
One Maryland One Book returns to help us flex our empathy muscles
Maryland Humanities’ One Maryland One Book program has returned after a three-year hiatus with an author talk from Naima Coster.
Naima Coster's Headshot, courtesy of the author.
Lizzo’s historic crystal flute moment, and why it matters
Lizzo's visit to the Library of Congress sparked not only controversy, but hopefully joy in music for a new generation.
Lizzo
Family-friendly biergartens to check out this weekend in Baltimore and beyond
Perhaps in part because of the pandemic and an increasing interest in al fresco dining options, the past few years have seen an uptick in German-style biergartens in the Baltimore area.
Jumbo pretzels at Prost are just one of the many Bavarian specialties on the menu at this Aberdeen hall.
The Baltimore dance move that’s all over TikTok
Bunkey Jr., creator of a now internationally popular TikTok dance, spoke on the support he receives from Baltimore and how the dance originated.
Screenshots of TikTok videos of people dancing the Bunkey Jr. Strut
Let’s dish: Inflation still killing Baltimore restaurants, a glitzy new venue to try, and a top Ravens tipper
Lingering inflation, Mount Vernon's new see-and-be-seen destination, and can you guess which Raven is a big tipper?
Bar at Hotel Ulysses.
Baltimore’s Deetranada to appear in BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 cypher
Deetranada is the first woman from Baltimore to be featured in a BET Hip Hop Awards cypher.
BET REVEALS “BET HIP HOP AWARDS” 2022 CYPHER TALENT AND DIGITAL OFFERINGS ACROSS PLATFORMS will include DEETRANADA.
Black Baltimore couples look to transform farmland to honor Black foodways
The couples envision transforming 68 acres and creating an an opportunity to return Maryland’s foodways to their Black roots.
Linda and Floyd Taliaferro and David and Tonya Thomas aim to return Maryland’s foodways back to its Black roots with their purchase of a 68-acre farm in Upperco. They are pictured here on the future farmland.
EatMoreBeMore’s Beltway series: Where to eat off the Northwest loop of 695
In the Northwest corridor of Baltimore's I-695 loop, you can find fast casual, fine dining, and everything in between.
Yesh Hummus, 607 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville
Baltimore ranks as one of the worst taco cities
Here's why it’s not — and why one taco analysis is flawed.
Barbacoa Tacos at Liora (Photo by Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
The best local rap and R&B in September
Shordie Shordie, Lor Remix among September’s best rap and R&B songs from the Baltimore and the DMV region.
Man with microphone, woman recording, pressing play on music app
The best local indie music in September
A roundup of September’s best local indie music on the Baltimore scene.
Man plays acoustic guitar, hands play piano, drummer and guitarist
Baltimore’s Mister Rogers: ‘Danny Joe’s Tree House’ is a nod to retro kids’ shows
Fifteen years ago, Danny LaBrecque started the web series “Danny Joe’s Tree House,” which teaches kids how to handle big thoughts, ideas and feelings.
Danny “Danny Joe” LaBrecque and wife, Stefani LaBrecque are the creators of Danny Joe’s Tree House, a local children’s puppet show that takes people back to the basics with feel good lessons and classic puppetry. Danny Joe’s Tree House uses current social issues to help guide children (and adults!) through their emotions and feelings with fun, original characters.
A conversation with David Maraniss, author of new biography on Jim Thorpe
Maraniss sheds light on the life and legend of Thorpe in ways that are remarkable and sobering.
In “Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe,” author David Maraniss — one of the great biographers of our time — sheds light on the life and legend of Thorpe in ways that are remarkable and sobering.
Baltimore students ‘stuck in limbo’ after Stratford University abruptly closes
School president Richard Shurtz blamed the closure on a “set of unfortunate circumstances,” including a federal agency decision.
The Baltimore campus of Stratford University. The for-profit university closed its doors, leaving students uncertain for their academic futures.
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