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This weekend, September 12-14, indulge in your lit-love with the return of the Baltimore Book Festival. With over 80 authors and six stages, the sheer number of events, readings, and panels on the itinerary could fill a library in itself. Here are a few recommendations from our team.
This week's news includes: Tony Shore wins MASB Travel Prize, AVAM's new director Ellen Owens, 2025 Baltimore Book Festival, Love Groove Festival returns, Plein air artist Jason Witte, Arewà Basit and Amy Sherald, Goya Contemporary at the Armory Show, Nourished by Time, and more!
A Baltimore native and a creative force, Carter is changing the way people think about greenery in their homes, encouraging the masses to bring nature indoors.
This Week: Opera Baltimore at Peabody Library, Cara Ober lecture for Art Seminar Group, Lynn Silverman + Liam Davis opening receptions at Goya, How to Become a Body opening at Red Giant, Bromo Art Walk + After Party, Solace & Sisterhood artist panel +opening reception at Driskell Center, and more!
Photos by E. Brady Robinson of art, visitors, artists, and culture workers at the Armory VIP Preview on September 4, 2025
Deborah English's illustrated fiction is more high art than a graphic novel, more expansive than an illustrated work.
This week's news includes: American Sublime comes to the BMA, winners of the Rabkin Prize announced, Nichole Morris documents all of Baltimore, Turnstile takes on the world, Baltimore's skateboarding scene, Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies exhibition, and more!
All the demolition and reconstruction in the decades preceding the 80s reated a plethora of liminal spaces in our cities—and Baltimore was lucky to attract artists who rose to the placemaking challenge they presented.
This Week: So much! Pre Zero at Fadensonnen, Girls on Girls opening reception at Alchemy of Art, an opening reception for Katie Pumphrey at Creative Alliance, Art Around Hampden, 'Jubilee: St. James at 200' film discussion at the Lewis, Who Failed the Kids? closing reception + artist talk, and more!
As the first Black music director of a major orchestra and also the youngest, breaking barriers and leaning into a bold vision is at the core of Heyward's personal playbook.
"Our workplaces are the political spaces that may have the most direct impact on us. Why shouldn’t we try to democratize that process and uplift the voices of those of us who are experts in our professions?"
Berger’s notion of us was always an expansive one, so it’s fitting that his legacy continues to grow, even after his death.
This week's news includes: Katie Pumphrey's art imitates life, "objectionable art" at the Smithsonian, a posthumous Bay Bridge cameo in 'The Baltimorons,' KenYatta Rogers journey to August Wilson, street art on West North Avenue, new state Arts & Entertainment districts announced, and more!
This Week: I. Henry Phillips, Sr. exhibition at Baltimore Museum of Industry, opening reception for Windows on North + Charles at SNF Parkway, Yoon Sun Shin opening reception at Gallery CA, August Exhibitions opening celebration at VisArts, Everyman Theatre presents The Piano Lesson, and more!
The pursuit of the perfect dough is a holy pilgrimage that every serious pizza establishment must embark on.