We're thrilled to have won two City Regional Magazine Association awards: General Excellence—the highest honor awarded by industry peers—and Best Profile for "Better Call Barry" by @humanpoweredcity.bsky.social. We owe this honor to Baltimore. Thank you for trusting us to tell your stories.

Artist and activist Deyane Moses honors the late Baltimore icon—beloved for his magical murals, screenprints, furniture, and distinctive Afro-Deco style—with community programming Feb. 15-22.

On view through March 9, the collection features impressive collage works from contemporary artists, both local and worldwide.

@llyydddzz.bsky.social of @baltimoremagazine.com interviewed me about my process and photography www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...

A DC judge awarded the Proud Boys’ trademarks to a historic DC black church on Monday. Downtown’s Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church can seize any money the far-right group makes from selling merchandise. Read more here:

Just nominated for the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction, this Baltimore-based novel weaves together a cast of characters in a deeply human reflection on the U.S. immigrant experience.

Elon Musk is a terrible president.

Love this letter. It is history that informs but encourages. The last line is incredible. If we work together, this fascist attempt will fail.

The last time the cicadas turned up in 2021, the Waverly Color founder designed a template and inked 334 personal tattoos of the once-every-generation bug.

Introducing Maryland's new state poet laureate, Lady Brion, by @alanahnichole.bsky.social.

One recent night at a local club, says filmmaker John Waters, “I went down the alley, and a thousand rats ran out, and it was really *exciting,* in a way—it felt like I was in, oh, I don’t know, the Middle Ages.” www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/hist...

Here in Baltimore, rats have a sort of omnipresence—invading everything from our vacant buildings to our fanciest restaurants, our nightly news to our national headlines, our pop-culture zeitgeist to our personal psyches. But as far as relationships go, it’s complicated.

Last night, a massive fire broke out at Woodberry's Camp Small, temporarily shutting down I-83 traffic. It's since been contained and no injuries were reported. Read on for more on the Dept. of Rec & Parks project that repurposes downed trees into usable wood.

An excellent read to start your morning: When and how did #Baltimore become Charm City? The story goes back 50 years. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/char...

For a state with a fanatical sense of local pride, it’s never really seemed to bother us. In fact, nearly 90 percent of all the National Bohemian made these days is sold right here in Maryland, the majority of it in Baltimore.