by Brew EditorsJan 23, 2021
A critical look at the BMA’s year of acquiring art only by women
Purchasing works by just 49 women artists, only three of whom are based in Maryland, is “abysmal,” argues BmoreArt editor Cara Ober.
Culture & Arts
Dec 23, 2020
In Baltimore, for better or worse, pandemic shows musicians “the shape of jazz to come”
Deprived of the gigs that give them life – and pay the bills – jazz players and venues are battling despair and finding creative ways to keep the music coming.
Jul 4, 2020
Goodbye, Columbus
Activists predicted this would occur, and tonight it happened. Protesters toppled Baltimore’s Columbus statue and threw it into the harbor.
Jul 3, 2020
Supporters want to move Little Italy’s Columbus statue before activists tear it down
Citing prohibitive costs, an Italian American group has asked the city to move the monument or protect it. No comment from the mayor’s office.
Jun 28, 2020
After Ouzo Bay incident, musicians call on Atlas to end dress codes
The Baltimore restaurant group “creates spaces that systematically discriminate,” performers say in open letter.
Jun 15, 2020
When students demanded of City Schools: “Work to be actively pro-Black and anti-racist!”
A high school student’s photographs and description of last week’s youth-led march to Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters.
Older Stories
Nov 29, 2018
Johns Hopkins meets a dogged reporter
May 18, 2018
Baltimore’s McKeldin Fountain returns as an app
Mar 20, 2018