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    Maryland Film Festival cancels next year’s event
    The annual Maryland Film Festival will return in 2024 for its 25th anniversary.
    The exterior of Parkway Theatre.
    Surefire spots to enjoy the fall foliage before it disappears
    Some quick, last-minute places to catch the colorful blooming of fall.
    Federal Hill Park
    Red Emma’s cements radical legacy with move to ‘forever home’
    Red Emma's recently purchased a building at 415 E. 32nd Street and a storefront at 3128 Greenmount Ave. and is renovating them to create a multilevel community coffeehouse, bookstore, and social center.
    Andi Scotti, 34, tends the bar at Red Emma’s. The worker-owners are in their final stages of opening their new location at 3128 Greenmount. The main floor has the bar, food and seating while the downstairs has the book store with a variety of books organized by subject matter that Red Emma’s is known for.
    The best plant stores in Maryland
    With 67 houseplants (and counting), I’ve developed my own list of plant stores and personalities that have helped me grow my collection.
    A variety of hanging plants including a cebu blue photos in the green house at green neighbor.
    Blaq Pride is celebrating 20 years: Here are some events to check out
    Baltimore's Blaq Pride is celebrating 20 years during the whole month of October.
    Blaq Equity Baltimore envisions a society where all Black LGBTQ people thrive and feel safe, supported, and whole.
    2022 Baltimore Running Festival: PHOTOS
    More than 11,000 participants had been expected to participate across the events, which included a marathon, half-marathon, 10K and 5K. Runners arrived in the city from all 50 states and 15 countries.
    The 21st Baltimore Marathon took place on October 15, 2022 with over 11,000 participants from all 50 states and at least 11 different countries.
    Homecoming at Morgan State University, other HBCUs is a cultural phenomenon
    Homecoming at an HBCU represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones and experience the promise of a safe space where Blackness is celebrated.
    Azikiwe Deveaux, 47, is founder of Events 4 Good People (E4GP), an event coordinator and event productions company.  This year, his event at Rye Street Tavern is expected to attract 1,000 people. In all, this weekend, he will throw five Morgan State homecoming related events. (Paul Newson for The Baltimore Banner)
    Sexual healing: Jocelyn Broadwick reclaims vintage smut
    Jocelyn Broadwick has been entertaining crowds during Highlandtown's First Friday Art Walks by reading aloud steamy pulp novels from the 1950s and ’60s — and now the reading series is reaching an even bigger platform.
    Jocelyn Broadwick has entertained people with her readings of steamy pulp novels from the 1950’s and 60’s for the past four years. She hosts her readings at Rust n’ Shine, a Highlandtown vintage store. The raunchy reads are kept in the bathroom.
    Will the Baltimore Visitor Center ever return to daily operations? Here’s what we found.
    The visitor center reopened in February but is operating at a reduced schedule, even as tourism activity ticks back up after a dismal few years.
    Baltimore’s visually striking Visitor’s Center is open to the public post-COVID.
    Katie Caljean wants to pass on her love of history
    She is the first woman to be both president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
    Katie Caljean is the first woman to simultaneously be the president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
    How studying Baltimore’s architecture teaches you about the city
    Banner housing reporter Sophie Kasakove shares her favorite bits of Baltimore architecture and what she's been able to learn about them.
    The Painted Ladies in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore.
    Maryland Fleet Week returns: Here’s what you need to know
    Visitors will be able to board both foreign and domestic vessels and watch flyovers from historic planes by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
    A large twin-hulled transport ship docked between two piers in Baltimore's harbor.
    Where to play Pokémon Go in Baltimore
    The augmented-reality mobile game launched in 2016 and millions of people are still playing.
    Baltimore Banner reporter Cody Boteler plays Pokémon Go on The Avenue in Hampden on 8/19/22. The mobile game has been popular since its launch in 2016.
    EatMoreBeMore’s 11 bites that you just can’t miss at the Maryland State Fair
    There’s still plenty of time to indulge in all of the deliciousness that makes up the menu at the state fair.
    People enjoy themselves at the Maryland State Fair on opening night in Timonium, MD on August 25, 2022.
    The best places in Baltimore to get out on the water
    The perfect waterside location is just a short drive from home.
    Rocky Point Beach and Park in Essex is open year-round for fishing, boating, and picnicking. Located on 375-acres at the mouth of the Back and Middle Rivers, Rocky Point offers stunning views of the Chesapeake Bay,  Tom Schiller, pastor of the Greater Grace Church  was out wind surfing with the help of Daniel LaRose ( Blue shirt).
    Maryland State Fair means competition — and the circle of life — for young farmers
    “Nobody comes into the crazy game of showing livestock not to win."
    Alivia Blum shows off her goat, Miss Kitty, at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium, MD on August 25, 2022.
    Drag queen Brooklyn Heights discusses upcoming Baltimore Drag Awards
    The Baltimore Drag Awards were launched in 2018 by Ryan Butler, who is known by his drag queen name Brooklyn Heights, and another drag queen, Betty Ohellno, at the Creative Alliance.
    Brooklyn Heights will be the host of Baltimore's 2022 Drag Awards.
    Need a break but can’t get away? Tips on an end-of-summer Baltimore staycation
    Spend the end of summer spending time in our hometown.
    Staycation , or holistay, is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities.  A family visits the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor and  examine the jelly fish in the tanks.
    Historical events in Baltimore County that shaped America
    Baltimore County was a steppingstone for people like Thurgood Marshall, who tried integrating a Black student to the then-all-white Catonsville High School before the famous Brown v. Board of Education case; pitstops for presidents Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy before they took over The White House; and the birthplace of Benjamin Banneker.
    Old Catonsville High School.
    Joey Jett teaches young skateboarders new skills
    At Boards and Breakfast at Rash Field Park, kids 12 and under learned from the professional skateboarder and Baltimore native.
    8/13/22 – Baltimore native and professional skateboarder Joey Jett (right) helps teaches Leah Cross, 8, Jeryl Cole, and Hugo Zawaki, 10, how to drop-in on their skateboards. Cross' parents brought her to the park to learn skateboarding from an instructor following numerous driveway crashes from learning on her own. Jett taught the free skateboarding workshop at Rash Field Park on Saturday, August 13th, in collaboration with the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.  (Julia Reihs for the Baltimore Banner)
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