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    President Joe Biden, right, presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to David Rubenstein in the East Room of the White House, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, in Washington.
    Trump posts that he is replacing Orioles owner David Rubenstein as chairman of Kennedy Center
    In Trump’s post, he wrote that he plans to make the Kennedy Center “great again.”
    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Corrin Rachelle Mitchell and Michael Jackson Jr. in 'Revelations.'
    America’s most prestigious Black dance company fills its ranks with Maryland dancers
    As has long been an Alvin Ailey tradition, the company opened its 2025 North American tour this week with a six-day run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    Visit Baltimore President and CEO Al Hutchinson poses for a portrait on a balcony at his office, in Baltimore, Monday, October 24, 2022.
    Visit Baltimore CEO Al Hutchinson will step down this summer
    Visit Baltimore CEO and President Al Hutchinson, hired in 2016, will step down this summer, the organization announced Thursday.
    Tom Miller's 1994 piece "Summer in Baltimore."
    4 February art exhibits that will restore your faith in humanity
    These art exhibits in Maryland will inspire you to dream big, bundle up and head back out into the real world, BmoreArt writes.
    The Walters Art Museum celebrates the Lunar New Year with performances by the Baltimore Chinese School, and Yong Han Lion Dance Troupe in Baltimore, Md., January 22, 2023.
    What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from Lunar New Year fun to a comedy show
    Whether you want to check out a musical improv show, a lion dance for Lunar New Year or a candlelit Vivaldi concert, we’ve got you covered.

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    Local author Colette Shade poses with an issue of WIRED magazine in a funky, Y2K-style chair. Her book is a collections of essays that are a mashup of memoir and reportage.
    The Y2K era in Baltimore: Author Colette Shade on the suburbs, JNCOs and coffee
    Colette Shade is the author of the new book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.”
    This snowman in Wyman Park gets it.
    In a literal winter of discontent, look to poets for warmth
    Looking for inspiration through this terrible cold season, we looked to local poets for warmth.
    Even though it’s cold and you might be tempted to stay inside this weekend, there are plenty of cool events happening in Baltimore.
    What to do in Baltimore this weekend, from an ice festival to a record bazaar
    Whether you want to check out an ice festival or a record bazaar to add to that vinyl collection, we’ve got you covered this weekend.
    Marchers hold a sign showing their solidarity against hate at Baltimore's MLK Day parade on Jan. 16, 2023.
    Polar vortex forces Baltimore to cancel MLK Day parade: ‘Necessary decision’
    Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.
    Festival goers at ArtScape headed for cover Friday night after a thunderstorm blew through Baltimore. The weather forced the cancellation of musical acts, including Grammy winner Chaka Khan.
    A slimmed-down BOPA outlines plan for the future
    “The heavy lift of management is off the plate of this organization so we can do what we do best: focus on the art,” the interim CEO said.

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    The Charm City Bluegrass Festival, now in its 10th year, takes place May 5th and 6th at Union Craft Brewing.
    Charm City Bluegrass Festival canceled this year, on ‘indefinite hiatus’
    In a post on social media, festival organizers cited a lack of resources as their reason for canceling the festival this year.
    The Reginald F Lewis Museum on September 27, 2023. The museum plans to erect a memorial and debut an exhibit dedicated to the history of lynching in Maryland.
    What to do this long weekend, from an MLK Day parade to an Edgar Allan Poe bus tour
    Whether you want to attend Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at a Baltimore museum, celebrate Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday with some puzzles or enjoy some honky-tonk, we’ve got you covered.
    FILE - Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Photo, File)
    Drake sues Universal Music for defamation over Kendrick Lamar diss track
    A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
    The Recher Theater in Towson, which is hosting School of Rock this month.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County, from an ’80s dance party to a teen rock concert
    Seven things to do in Baltimore County, from a teenage rock concert to an adult ’80s dance party
    “The Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger has entered a “private recovery program” weeks after being found guilty in a DUI incident that happened last March.
    ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger enters rehab after DUI conviction
    Karen Huger, who calls herself the “Grand Dame of Potomac,” has entered a recovery program after her DUI conviction last month

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    Pressing Strings returns to vocalist  Jordan Sokel's hometown for two shows on Dec. 22, 2024.
    7 things to do in Annapolis, from a Pressing Strings homecoming to Naptown races
    From a Pressing Strings homecoming to a Naptown half marathon, here are seven things to do this week in Annapolis.
    The Walters Art Museum named Kate Burgin as its next executive director and CEO.
    Incoming CEO envisions the Walters Art Museum as a community hub
    Kate Burgin, who previously served in a leadership role at the Walters Art Museum, will succeed Julia Marciari-Alexander as the museum’s CEO and executive director. She’ll start in late January 2025.
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point recently used extra money from the Fell’s Point Fun Festival to restore a sign on the side of a building at South Broadway and Shakespeare Street that reads, “VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION.”
    ‘VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION’ sign brought back to life in Fells Point
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point used extra money from wristband and beer sales at the Fell's Point Fun Festival for the “respectful rehabilitation” of the sign, which is on the side of a building on South Broadway and Shakespeare Street.
    Participants in this year's Eastport Parade of Light are docked on Ego Alley.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Eastport’s Lights Parade among holiday events
    Holiday events are piling up fast and there's lots to choose from in Annapolis. One at the top of the list is the Eastport Yacht Club Parade of Lights on Saturday.
    Temperatures in the 90s didn't deter crowds at ArtScape, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Thunderstorms washed out the festival's scheduled concerts on Friday night.
    The date for Artscape is moving — again — in 2025
    Mayor Brandon Scott announced Baltimore's 2025 festival dates, including a new month for Artscape.