These Baltimore raw bar bites go beyond just oysters
Here are five carryouts, cocktail bars and sit-down restaurants that are stretching the bounds of Baltimore’s raw bar scene.
The Cold Seafood Platter, featuring raw oysters and clams, shrimp, snow crab leg clusters, jumbo lump crabmeat and two medium Maryland crabs at Nick's Fish House.
How 2 local theaters teamed up to immerse audiences in an August Wilson classic
Montgomery County’s theater season opens with a powerful ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ a Round House and Olney coproduction that makes August Wilson’s play feel lived in.
Nicole Michelle Haskins, third from left, plays acclaimed blues singer Ma Rainey.
This isn’t Baltimore’s first trash wheel python. The last one gave us a beer.
Peabody Heights Brewery launched Lost Python Ale the last time a python was stuck on a trash wheel in Baltimore. Eleven years later, it remains in the top four or five beers they sell.
Mr. Trash Wheel's Lost Python Ale remains a top seller for Baltimore's Peabody Heights Brewery a decade after it was first released, at the Wine Source in Hampden. The beer commemorates a 2015 incident in which a 5-foot python was discovered in the Inner Harbor's first original trash wheel.
Nor’easter forces Oceans Calling to cancel entire 3-day music festival
Oceans Calling, a three-day music festival scheduled for this weekend in Ocean City, has been cancelled due to a powerful nor’easter that has caused coastal flooding and other weather concerns.
Setup for the Oceans Calling festival in Ocean City was disrupted due to weather conditions.
Charles Bowers, former owner of Baltimore gay bar the Hippo, dies
Charles “Chuck” Bowers, the former owner of the storied Baltimore gay club the Hippo and an advocate for Maryland’s LGBTQIA+ community, died at 81 on Tuesday.
Baltimore native Charles “Chuck” Bowers, who owned the gay club the Hippo in Mount Vernon, died on Tuesday at age 81.
Headed to Rio for the Ravens-Cowboys game? Here’s how to make the most of it.
If you’re headed to cheer on the Ravens against the Dallas Cowboys and have never been to Brazil, we’ve got you covered.
A Mass celebrating the Catholic holiday of Corpus Christi is held at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, June 19, 2025 (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
It takes a lot to get an NFL team to Brazil. Here’s how the Ravens pulled it off.
“Being the first is really cool because you really get to set the stage for people, future teams to come on board,” said Simon Gelan, the Ravens' senior vice president of operations.
Baltimore Ravens running back Justice Hill receives a handoff from quarterback Lamar Jackson during the team’s training camp last year.
‘The Wire’ named No. 2 TV show of the 21st century by New York Times
More than 18 years after its conclusion, ‘The Wire’ has earned a posthumous bouquet of flowers from its industry peers.
Wendell Pierce and Dominic West in the HBO series The Wire.
5 must-see plays at Baltimore theaters this fall, from ‘Rocky Horror’ to ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
Fresh takes on scary tales will animate Baltimore’s theater stages this fall, along with some new, non-ghoulish productions that aim to enthrall audiences through poignant laughs and familiar songs.
Maya Drake stars as Ali in “Hell’s Kitchen,” a musical based on R&B star Alicia Keys’ early years as an artist.
How much control should the county have over its public news outlet?
The bill would require the Montgomery County Council and executive to each appoint one member to MCM’s board of directors. It would also require MCM to comply with open meetings laws and adopt policies related to journalistic ethics and racial equity and social justice.
Kate Stewart of the Montgomery County Council said she wants to align MCM with rules governing other nonprofits.
Oceans Calling cancels Friday as weather delays festival setup
A looming nor’easter is threatening the star-studded Oceans Calling music festival in Ocean City.
A looming nor'easter is threatening the star-studded Ocean's Calling music festival in Ocean City.
Baltimore’s Lewis Museum names Maryland Public Television executive as new president
With Reginald F. Lewis Museum President Terri Lee Freeman leaving in December, the Baltimore museum has named her successor.
A rendering of Frederick Douglass titled “Frederick Douglass / Liberty” outside the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
What to do this weekend, from the Pigtown Festival to a pet parade
Whether you want to watch pigs race at the Pigtown Festival, dress up your dog at a pet parade or toss back beers at Oktoberfest celebrations, we've got you covered.
A group of pigs race during the Pigtown Festival in Baltimore, MD on September 30, 2023.
7 things to do in the capital region this weekend: Free festivals galore
There’s a festival for everyone this weekend. Here are seven to consider around the capital region.
The Maryland African Restaurant Week Festival in Seat Pleasant celebrates local African eateries, plus live music and a joloff cook-off.
Prince George’s Fashion Week rescheduled
The inaugural Prince George’s Fashion Week was supposed to begin Wednesday and run through Friday, but it has been moved to Nov. 5-6
County Executive Aisha Braveboy has rescheduled the inaugural Prince George’s Fashion Week for November.
STK Steakhouse serves $3 bites during happy hour. That doesn’t mean it’s a bargain.
At first glance, the happy hour specials at the STK Steakhouse chain seem like a steal. But take a closer look, and you’ll see the value slip away.
$3 tater tots with the $9 jalapeno pickled shrimp cocktail at STK Steakhouse.
A Baltimore artist’s scavenger hunt gives anyone a chance to get their hands on her paintings
Zoë Austrie’s Baltimore scavenger hunt lets residents discover and keep her femme-forward paintings, which she hides across the city.
Zoë Austrie’s Baltimore scavenger hunt lets residents discover and keep her femme-forward paintings, which she hides across the city.
The Dish: Dyson Adams found God. Then he found barbecue.
Slicen Dyson founder Dyson Adams found barbecue — the kind that people wait in line for — after a 2019 head and neck injury.
Dyson Adams’ Slicen Dyson barbecue stand in Parkville has Baltimore County lining up for an hour-plus. Adams says he discovered his love for cooking after a 2019 injury forced him to quit drinking and prompted him to find spirituality.
Ex-Turnstile guitarist deemed incompetent in attempted murder case
A judge on Tuesday found a former guitarist for Baltimore band Turnstile incompetent to stand trial after police say he hit his former bandmate’s father with a car.
Brady Ebert of Turnstile performs at Rock On The Range Music Festival on Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio.
Hutzell: Finding balance on Chesapeake menhaden, the most important fish in the bay
COLUMN | The autumnal equinox is at 8:05 p.m. The cree-cree, cree-ek of the osprey went silent in the skies above my house near Annapolis a month ago. I’m not the only one who noticed that the Chesapeake Bay is out of balance.
Reduction fishermen tend to their haul of menhaden on the Chesapeake Bay in 2023.
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