Arts & Culture

Ta-Nehisi Coates talked about Baltimore, writing, Palestine and more during an interview conducted by WYPR’s Tom Hall as part of the “Brown Lecture Series” at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Whether you want to check out the New/Next Film Festival, tour Baltimore artists’ studios for free or go see Billie Eilish, we’ve got you covered.

October is here. Sweater weather is finally arriving. And apple- and pumpkin-flavored drinks are within arm’s length at all times until spring. There are many ways to soak up all that October has to offer for the week ending Wednesday, Oct. 9.

It’s the start of the Annapolis Boat Shows this weekend, first power then sail. Other great things to do over the next seven days include the start of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Season and the Anne Arundel Lifeline 100 bike rides.

The Wine Source in Hampden, which was put on the market in March, has sold to its workers and will transition to a cooperative model.

Junius Wilson, the outsider artist, shows off his work in Egyptian garb as he prepares for show at the American Visionary Art Museum.

Pumpkin spice has peaked. In Baltimore, apple is now the flavor of fall.

The owners of Jano Ethiopian Restaurant and Lounge are cleaning up and attempting to carry on after a five-alarm fire destroyed their business downtown.

Pabst won’t release the top 20 Natty Boh sellers in Baltimore. But we have ways of making them talk. (Reporting.)

Charles Carroll III gathered hundreds of black cats on a Chesapeake Bay island to create a fur farm in the 1840s. Where did they all go?

BOPA says the money was meant for the organization; the mayor’s office said it was a restricted grant that was always meant for the city.

The festival expanded for the first time this year to include another city. Performers traveled between Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia and Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York.

After a national search, the Pratt Libraries boards selected Chad Helton as president and CEO of the 142-year-old Baltimore library system.

We adopted a fluffy, mysterious senior kitty named Cass from BARCS. Maybe you should adopt one, too?

Roan said Friday she was dropping out of the festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion and the New York City location this weekend, noting the scrutiny she faced for not endorsing a presidential candidate.

Leaves are expected to change earlier than normal this year, and feature more yellows and golds rather than reds and purples.

Check out panel discussions, writing workshops, poetry readings, author talks and book signings at the Baltimore Book Festival in Waverly.

Pop star Chappell Roan, who was set to perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion on the second day of All Things Go this weekend, said Friday she is dropping out of the music festival.

Rams Head Live! is leaving its longtime home in the Inner Harbor, dealing a blow to downtown Baltimore’s live music scene.

British actress Dame Maggie Smith won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey" and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.