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Baltimore rapper Miss Kam juggles music with her other passion — ophthalmology
Miss Kam is a key figure in Baltimore’s music scene, but she also is an ophthalmic technician who is on her way to become a full-time ophthalmologist.
6/28/22—Rapper Miss Kam stands for a portrait on the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus while being interviewed by a Baltimore Banner reporter Tuesday.
Wineberries may be a nonnative species, but they’re here in abundance — and they’re delicious
The arrival of the raspberry-like fruit in the city’s wooded edges signals the start of summer in Baltimore.
The noxious invasive raspberry called the wineberry, edible and delicious, grow everywhere, including Druid Hill Park.  The look similar to regular raspberries and are from Asia and introduced as hybridize with American raspberries.
Bands prepare to hit the road for the return of Baltimore Carnival
After two years of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean carnival is set to return to Baltimore at Lake Clifton Park. The two-day festival will include a parade, live music, food and much more family-friendly entertainment.
Kenley John of Shortmus Productions, making costumes for the annual Baltimore Caribbean Carnival
The best comic book stores in the Baltimore area
Skip the big chains if you want an authentic comic book experience and visit these independent retailers instead.
A selection of comics and books inside Dreamers & Make Believers in Highlandtown.
How one Maryland ad man’s life’s work became a time capsule of regional advertising
Ourisman Dodge, Jerry’s Subs & Pizza, Jiffy Lube, Len the Plumber are among the brands made recognizable by Art Ehrens' jingles.
Art Ehrens never wrote a song on the Billboard charts. But if you grew up in DC, Maryland and Virginia area, you’ve heard a lot of his music he wrote over the years.  Pictured: Jon Ehrens plays the guitar with his father, Art.
How to find the right yoga studio for newcomers in Baltimore
A reporter new to Baltimore is looking for a studio where she can practice yoga. Can you help her find the right one?
Nazaahah Amin practices the dancer pose in Ama Wellness Yoga.
Queer dance party, Version, returns for Pride
Photographer Sydney Allen captures the beauty of queer dance party Version, with DJ Trillnatured and Kotic Couture during their Pride 2022 return.
Version for Pride
The best gardens in Baltimore
Even as Liz Bowie works patiently and waits for plants to grow in her home garden, she visits other gardens that fill her with ideas and joy
Flowers at Sherwood Gardens in Northern Baltimore.
Photos: Reliving the revelry of Baltimore-area Fourth of July celebrations
Live fireworks celebrations returned to many communities for the first time since the pandemic.
7/4/22—Fireworks light up the sky at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival Monday night.
Where to find the best tacos in Baltimore
The city has a taco scene worth doting on.
Hey Baltimore!  It’s Taco Tuesday somewhere! The phrases seems like it's been around forever.  We look at a few locations around town …The birria tacos are from Cocina Luchadoras and the other taco was from El Mixteco.  What’s you favorite taco spot?
As audiences head back for live shows, theaters look for ways to evolve post-pandemic
Theaters around the city are having to make unprecedented production changes due to the constant threat of COVID.
Rehearsal and actors at Everyman Theatre
One reporter’s favorite Baltimore sites featured in TV, movies
Baltimore is home to notable landmarks, from TV to the big screen, with a little R&B thrown in for good measure.
Camden Yards home of teh Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
The best local rap and R&B of the first half of 2022
Halfway through the year, here are some of our favorite tunes from the Baltimore and the greater DMV regions.
Shordie Shordie, by Bryan Chong
A lifelong reader’s favorite library branches in Baltimore
I’m an outspoken advocate for Baltimore, in part because of our historic library system. Enoch Pratt provides for all of our city’s residents.
The Enoch Pratt Library branch in Hamilton.
4th of July returns in person, but only for some
Supply issues, labor shortages and inflation have caused some places to cancel shows.
Fireworks prices at a TNT Fireworks stand in a Walmart parking lot in Catonsville, MD.
Opinion: What Pride looks like through a sketch artist’s eyes
Most people think Pride is about love, but it’s actually about bodies. Bodies that are free to take up space when they have been traditionally cast aside.
Sketches from Pride 2022.
Charm City Table’s guide to the best eats in Old Goucher and Charles North
As a Baltimore food blogger, I read lots of friendly, yet earnest, online discourse between residents on the cuisine of these different neighborhoods. I decided to try some of the spots myself.
6/28/22—The exterior of Kong-Pocha.
How Baltimore shaped a love of art
At the Banner, I hope to show that Baltimore is a creative powerhouse and how dance, music and visual art are a part of the city’s rich cultural history.
6/22/22—Exterior of the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Library.
A man took poison here: Tales in restoring a century-old Baltimore rowhouse
Our lives are forever marked by the pandemic years. We are different people than before. We saw death, yet life went on. I restored a broken-down rowhouse in Baltimore.
Reporter Tim Prudente applies finish on the wood floors of his Baltimore rowhome.
Ring, celebrate, repeat: A bar tradition celebrates the good things in people’s lives
At Friends Grille, there’s always something to cheer about.
Head bartender Nikki Robinson toasts with regulars at Friends Grille in Pigtown
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