Arts & Culture

Here’s your guide to Halloween celebrations to join in the capital region this spooky season, from tricks to treats!

Peak fall colors will start in mid-October, according to predictions from foresters at the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.

The Anne Arundel County Council approved an amendment to a comprehensive zoning reform bill that would ease concerns from the county’s food truck operators, but a flurry of additional amendments introduced by one council member could put the broader bill at risk.

Highlandtown has a new destination for cardamom lattes and croissant-waffle hybrids with Qaffee House.

More than a dozen vacant storefronts in Waverly have become a flashpoint between community leaders and a major Baltimore landlord.

Whether you want wine, coffee, pizza, pretzels, or even a burrito, here are six walk-up spots around the city worth venturing up to, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.

Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews and Foo Fighters headline the Power to the People festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland.

Turnstile made its long-awaited “Saturday Night Live” debut, bringing the Baltimore band’s live energy to Studio 8H — and making a little history.

Meet Michael Mainwaring, the Potomac native who is about to appear in a new Broadway musical.

Here are 10 hikes within 30 minutes of the city to suit various tastes, along with tips for how to get the most out of them.

“The Board of Library Trustees and our CEO Sonia Alcántara-Antoine have separated as of Tuesday, December 9,” Yara Cheikh, the president of the Board of Library Trustees, wrote in a letter to library employees. “We thank Sonia for her contributions over the years and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.”

“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Wendy Osefo discussed her fraud case in the Season 11 premiere.

Silver Diner, a fixture at BWI since George W. Bush was president, is fighting to keep its prime location at the busy Anne Arundel County airport. When a new concessions management company demanded a makeover that representatives said would force the diner to close, it went to court to stay.

The stories are little known: a mysterious vanishing man in a hat, a desk drawer that opens by itself, a coffin buried under the floorboards of a restaurant. This fall, Hampden is opening the door to some of is haunted history.

Guinness’ departure leaves behind a brewing landscape that it helped reshape — along with unanswered questions about what will come next for the Maryland site and the beer brewed there.

COLUMN | A century of arguments, amendments and angst over parking has gotten Annapolis where it is today, still unhappy with the irrefutable fact that a 17th-century city center struggles to cope with automobiles in the 21st.

An Annapolis museum is highlighting art from Black women artists throughout American history, “in conversation with” America 250 celebrations.

COLUMN | If cornrows were the reason for the dismissal of the executive director of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, I think it's a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to avoid cancellation. Eyes on your own hair.

A new immersive play from Submersive Productions allows audience to explore a drag show in a 1930s speakeasy.