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Arts

    Center Stage had to cancel a performance of "Pride and Prejudice" following a water main break.
    Center Stage in Baltimore cancels performances after water main breaks
    The extent of the damage and how it will impact the rest of the season are not clear.
    Designer Christian Siriano designed a custom business wear ensemble for Vice President Kamala Harris to wear to the 2023 State of the Union Address.
    From Nicole Ari Parker to Christian Siriano, Maryland celebrities get political
    We’ve combed social media profiles, watched television appearances and read interviews in other publications to tell you how celebrities with Maryland ties will vote this election cycle.
    The Annapolis side pulls during the annual Tug of War with Eastport on Nov. 4, 2023. The tug started as a business promotion when Eastport was cut off by maintenance to the Spa Creek Bridge. It's become an enduring Annapolis tradition.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Tug of War divides the city for fun and charity, again
    You could pull or just watch the Tug of War on Saturday, pitting Eastport against Annapolis with a 1,600-foot rope across Spa Creek.
    A decorative green man sculpture at The Turning Wheel Bookstore.
    5 best places to shop if you’re a witch (or just witchy)
    Whether you’re a bona fide witch or just enjoy the witchy/new age aesthetic, here are the best places to shop for crystals, incense, herbs and other tools of the witch’s craft.
    Despite the scattered rain showers, people came out in droves to  Artscape on September 24, 2023.
    BOPA leaders seek to reassure arts community after break with city
    Leaders of the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts sought to reassure the arts community at a virtual town hall that breaking away from the city would not have negative impacts on artists and programs, though there are unknowns.

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    A rendering of Frederick Douglass titled “Frederick Douglass / Liberty” outside the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture in Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
    Provocative Frederick Douglass mural gets new life in Baltimore
    “Frederick Douglass/Liberty,” a modernized image of the historic figure on display outside the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, is sure to stir conversations.
    “Ase: Embodying the Divine,” a show from visual artist VILLAGER, is on view at the Bromo Mezzanine Gallery.
    The artist VILLAGER creates rituals of remembrance with ‘AfroAbstracture’ in BOPA exhibit
    Organized by BOPA Senior Curator Kirk Shannon-Butts, the exhibit marks the third iteration of the “Emerge Baltimore” series.
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore is a self-guided tour through the fascinating history of spirit, witch, and talking boards, including the enormously popular Ouija board, which began in Baltimore in the late 1800s .
    Baltimore’s Witch Board Museum chronicles the history of the enigmatic Ouija
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore takes you on a strange trip into the history of one of the city’s oddest inventions — the Ouija board.
    Scott Wolcott plays for the crowd at the piano bar upstairs at Middleton Tavern in Annapolis on Oct. 18, 2024.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: Before it gets dark, start your own pub crawl
    It’s a great time of year for a pub crawl in Annapolis. You could also catch the Colonial Players production of “The Winslow Boy” or “Napoli” by the Ballet Theatre of Maryland.
    Crowds show up at the first night of Artscape after its four-year hiatus on September 22, 2023.
    Baltimore art world reacts to BOPA break-up: ‘I’ve seen the writing on the wall’
    We spoke with Baltimore artists, advocates, arts writers and more about the city’s split with BOPA and what comes next.

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    A Bmore Horror Club screening of “WNUF Halloween Special” in September 2024.
    Baltimore horror club embraces the scary and weird. Around here, it fits right in.
    A Baltimore horror movie club, with its screenings, trivia nights and potlucks, creates community and builds on the sense of safety the genre can provide.
    An artist rendering shows what the brigantine Peggy Stewart might have looked like before it was burned on Oct. 19, 1774 in Annapolis.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: 250th anniversary of Annapolis Tea Party, drone show
    Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Maryland’s most flamboyant Revolutionary moment, the burning of the Peggy Stewart in Annapolis. You can also see the opera “Figaro” or watch the Midshipmen of Navy take on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
    BOPA’s board voted Wednesday to lay off an undisclosed number of staff.
    Baltimore cancels contract with BOPA after weeks of turmoil
    BOPA CEO Rachel Graham said the arts council is still planning to put on a fireworks display for New Year’s Eve and to organize a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade.
    The Ouija board gravestone of Elijah Jefferson Bond, who patented the device, is now the most-visited landmark in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery, according to Talking Board Historical Society chairman of the board and founder Robert Murch.
    Ouija boards, John Waters and the lost grave of Elijah Bond
    The strange and improbable story of how a storied filmmaker happened upon a historic discovery.
    An installation view of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens' "Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean" show in Washington, D.C.
    5 must-see museum shows this month
    Five museum exhibitions across the region — from Washington, D.C. to Easton to Baltimore — purposefully blur boundaries between art and craft, BmoreArt writes.

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    Unidentified cast members of the Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of "Macbeth." The production opens Sept. 26, 2024 in Annapolis and continues through Oct. 13.
    7 things to do in Annapolis: ‘Macbeth’ wears a tricorn hat in Classic Theatre of Maryland production
    The setting for Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of "Macbeth" is Revolutionary War America. iAlong with a Hispanic heritage festival, a doggy dive-in and a Taylor Swift tribute show, the play is one of seven great things to do in Annapolis this weekend.
    Bad weather canceled headliners at this year’s Artscape.
    Broke BOPA wants a $1.8M bailout. The mayor wants a forensic audit first.
    At the same time the city’s top arts organization was struggling to make payroll, its CEO went ahead with plans for Artscape, BOPA’s premier event, without consulting anyone.
    Artscape
    BOPA runs out of money, calls ‘emergency’ board meeting
    Troubled Artscape host plans to vote on ‘personnel and business location’ Thursday
    Kondwani Fidel penned a series of commercials for the New Balance in partnership with the footwear and apparel chain DTLR.
    Once a favorite of white supremacists, New Balance is courting Black Baltimore
    New Balance disassociated itself from neo-Nazis, but now Kondwani Fidel has helped create a marketing campaign for the brand that celebrates Black Baltimore.
    Lady Brion speaks at a podium to a room full of people.
    Lady Brion is Maryland’s 11th poet laureate — and its youngest ever
    Lady Brion is the youngest person and first spoken word artist to be named Maryland’s poet laureate.