Arts & Culture

The Heritage Association of Dundalk announced on Friday the end to one of the region’s most cherished traditions: the Dundalk Heritage Fair.

Chick-Fil-A's viral test kitchen in College Park will lay off nearly 100 people in prepation for a remodel that begins May 1.

Before headlining Magooby’s Joke House, ”Abbott Elementary” star and Silver Spring native Lisa Ann Walter talks about her Maryland roots, winning “Celebrity Jeopardy!” and more.

Art is about symbols. One of the crudest is a good way to explain why it’s proving so hard to fill Westgate Circle in Annapolis.

Immigrant families — regardless of status — are increasingly planning for the possibility of a family member being detained and eventually deported.

Baltimore's John Waters and Stavros Halkias appeared this week on John Mulaney’s new Netflix talk show, "Everybody's Live." They made sure to tell some colorful stories.

Whether you want to fly a kite at Patterson Park, dance to Mary J. Blige at CFG Bank Arena or learn to become a better writer at the CityLit Festival, we’ve got you covered.

Things to do in Howard County from Thursday, April 3, through Wednesday, April 9.

Paula Poundstone, coming Thursday to the Senator Theatre, talks giving yourself the permission to just be funny, and that thing that happened with that bird that time near the Inner Harbor.

Two spring food festivals, the Annapolis Cup croquet match and the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra season finale are some of the great things to do in the coming week.

Cindy Wolf's Charleston in Harbor East was announced as a finalist for the James Beard Awards, while Baltimore's Clavel and Urban Oyster did not advance.

Though Faidley’s Seafood is better known for its jumbo lump crab cakes, the business at Lexington Market has been selling muskrats and raccoons since it opened in the 1880s.

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.

Columbia’s new restaurant, Pupatella, is the first pizzeria in Maryland certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana.

Things to do in Baltimore County, from jokes to horror punk and art galleries.

We asked Baltimore County chefs where they drink on a day off — that’s not their own restaurant. Here’s what they said.

Local photographer Micah E. Wood and designer Christopher Chester present "Scene Seen," a visual love letter to the Baltimore music scene over the past decade.

Check out these restaurants in Columbia and Ellicott City where dessert is just as good as the main course — if not better.

Steven Schupak, the incoming CEO of Maryland Public Television, recently spoke with the Banner about the challenges facing public media and what MPT is doing to meet viewers where they are.

The arts have become the latest battleground over efforts to address gender, racial discrimination and inequity.