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The practice of Baltimore police officers using their cars as weapons is nothing new baltimorebeat.com/the-practice...
The practice of Baltimore police officers using their cars as weapons is nothing new
A recent viral video of a Baltimore Police officer attempting to run down a young man with his car in Park Heights drew immediate condemnation from city and police department officials, but the…
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Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs...
Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Standing before Amy Sherald’s work, you must learn to stretch; many of her canvases require the reorientation of your perspective, inspire you to become more flexible about your vantage, crane your…
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Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship baltimorebeat.com/ivan-tvs-bid...
Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship
In the middle of the 500 block of N. Chester Street in East Baltimore, half a block away from Northeast Market, sits Biddy’s TVs. The area has seen lots of changes since 2001 when Johns Hopkins…
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The school year is right around the corner, and we're rounding up back-to-school giveaways in the Baltimore area. Email events@baltimorebeat.com with any events you want to share!
On July 24, Paul Coates, Leslie King Hammond, Afro Charities, and many supporters gathered for one special reason: to celebrate the power of storytelling. baltimorebeat.com/letter-from-...
Letter from the publisher - Issue 85
On July 24, Paul Coates, Leslie King Hammond, Afro Charities, and many supporters gathered for one special reason: to celebrate the power of storytelling. The crowd at our inaugural Legacy Gala was…
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Like eating juicy tomatoes, red-to-the-rind watermelons, and steamed crabs, one of the great joys of summer is sitting on a blanket on the glowing green grass in one of the city’s beautiful parks watching Shakespeare. baltimorebeat.com/whats-poppin...
What’s Poppin’ Issue #085
2026 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, The SNF Parkway, 5 W. North Avenue, July 31, 7:30 p.m. snfparkway.org The Sundance Film Festival might have left Park City, but it is arriving July 31 at…
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The abrupt closure of Baby’s on Fire spotlights Baltimore’s growing worker-ownership movement
Saro Khan had been on shift at Baby’s On Fire for less than an hour when the message landed in the staff group chat. It was the first time the cafe’s owners had said anything to the staff since June…
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In this Night Lights, we spotlight events from the past couple months that have been put on by organizations that are protecting and standing up for the most vulnerable populations among us. baltimorebeat.com/july-night-l...
July Night Lights
In this Night Lights, we spotlight events from the past couple months that have been put on by organizations that are protecting and standing up for the most vulnerable populations among us. The…
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The walls of the large gallery are appropriately sparse, with West’s portraits and other works evenly spaced, leaving room for each of the images to breathe. baltimorebeat.com/let-them-spe...
‘Let Them Speak’ brings victims of police violence out of the news and into their lives before tragedy
Despite what a certain type of purist might say, art is rarely just about the paint on the canvas or the shape carved into the stone. And despite the boosters and critics of the art-industrial…
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Baltimore Beat is proud to be part of #CLLCTIVGive, a day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. On August 7, 2026, celebrate change-makers all over the city by donating to Baltimore Beat and other Black-led organizations. www.cllctivgive.com/organization...
Whether or not you think that’s a good thing will likely depend on your personal feelings on Christopher Nolan. baltimorebeat.com/the-odyssey-...
‘The Odyssey’ is the most Christopher Nolan film he has ever made
“The Odyssey” is one of the most ambitious and purely entertaining motion picture endeavors of the year, but it also feels like the logical, inevitable climax of the career of the writer/director who…
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On July 24, Paul Coates, Leslie King Hammond, Afro Charities, and many supporters gathered for one special reason: to celebrate the power of storytelling. baltimorebeat.com/letter-from-...
Letter from the publisher - Issue 85
On July 24, Paul Coates, Leslie King Hammond, Afro Charities, and many supporters gathered for one special reason: to celebrate the power of storytelling. The crowd at our inaugural Legacy Gala was…
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In today’s dystopia, textile artists prompt us to consider craft as a way of challenging disposability culture — the increasingly normal act of throwing inconvenient things and people away. baltimorebeat.com/the-revival-...
The revival of Baltimore’s quilt competition underscores fiber arts as tactile storytelling
Fiber art hasn’t been the same since the COVID-19 pandemic. What was once only seen as a provincial pastime has expanded into a fine art laden with urgency and voice. Quilts, and the people who make…
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I wrote about The Odyssey for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social. As a lifelong Nolan mark, coming around to loving it was a bit of a journey for me, but I didn’t get chased by any giants on the way. baltimorebeat.com/the-odyssey-...
‘The Odyssey’ is the most Christopher Nolan film he has ever made
“The Odyssey” is one of the most ambitious and purely entertaining motion picture endeavors of the year, but it also feels like the logical, inevitable climax of the career of the writer/director who ...
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On a weekend intended for celebration and joy, Baltimore’s trans community instead faced violence and neglect from the city’s leaders and agencies. baltimorebeat.com/like-stonewa...
‘Like Stonewall all over again’: The turmoil after the city’s infringement on Baltimore Pride and Trans Pride planning
On a weekend intended for celebration and joy, Baltimore’s trans community instead faced violence and neglect from the city’s leaders and agencies. Baltimore Trans Pride, organized by Maryland Safe…
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Our events calendar for the next two weeks baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ev...
Baltimore Events 7/29/26-8/12/26
Literary | Live Music | Performances | Art Exhibits | Crafts | Food & Drink | Resources | For Kids | Community Participation Wednesday, July 29 Baltimore Improv Fest: The 17th annual improv comedy…
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Issue 85 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover photo, of a dancer named Miasia, was taken by Valerie Paulsgrove. baltimorebeat.com
‘Coach Coop,’ a lifelong pigeon man, is known by many names in Baltimore baltimorebeat.com/coach-coop-a...
‘Coach Coop,’ a lifelong pigeon man, is known by many names in Baltimore
Isaac Evans greets neighbors with the warmth of someone who has been doing it for half a century. “God is great.” It is his way — every conversation begins with a nod to the Almighty. Each morning…
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In Baltimore, every brick has a story to tell. The Peale Museum wants to be where they’re told. baltimorebeat.com/in-baltimore...
In Baltimore, every brick has a story to tell. The Peale Museum wants to be where they’re told.
When I stepped into The Peale this May for the Charm City Fringe Festival, I entered a building that, for many years, I had only seen out of the corner of my eye when I walked down Holliday Street.…
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Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-ha...
Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents
In the three years since Maryland legalized recreational cannabis, Baltimore has received more than $35 million in tax revenue to reinvest in communities devastated by the War on Drugs. To date, not…
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‘I’m going to be living in your brain’: The legacy of Miss Tony in Baltimore baltimorebeat.com/im-going-to-...
‘I’m going to be living in your brain’: The legacy of Miss Tony in Baltimore
At its roots, queerness has always been present in Black art and music. From the beginning, the blues had Ma Rainey, rock ’n’ roll had Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and disco had Sylvester. Nightclubs and…
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‘It’s Baltimore to the World’: BREAK A LEG keeps the gritty nature of Baltimore Club music alive, collaboratively baltimorebeat.com/its-baltimor...
‘It’s Baltimore to the World’: BREAK A LEG keeps the gritty nature of Baltimore Club music alive, collaboratively
In the mid-2000s, Club music was gaining the kind of nationwide notoriety that we had never seen before. MTV’s “You Hear It First,” hosted by Sway, featured K-Swift in a 2006 segment where cameras…
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Op-Ed: When Knowing Your Rights Just Isn’t Enough: A Copycat Organizing Retrospective baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-when-k...
Op-Ed: When Knowing Your Rights Just Isn’t Enough: A Copycat Organizing Retrospective
Marginalized people hear the phrase “that violates your rights!” all the time, as though the information alone should solve our problems. But truthfully, there’s a big difference between knowing you…
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After bail reform effort, Baltimore residents are being held in jail at higher rates than before baltimorebeat.com/after-bail-r...
After bail reform effort, Baltimore residents are being held in jail at higher rates than before
This story was produced in partnership with the Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Seven years after Maryland tried…
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