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YOUR WORLD. BENEATH THE SURFACE. News, social commentary, and amusing musings from the editors at Baltimore's independent daily news website.

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@baltfishbowl
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5 years
Structural Racism and Cannabis: Black Baltimoreans still disproportionately arrested for weed after decriminalization:
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In the wake of the deaths of two Baltimore firefighters injured while battling a housefire last week, Jimmy's Famous Seafood will offer free meals to firefighters through Oct. 29, and will hold a fundraiser for the fallen firefighters' families Nov. 19.
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Reservoir Hill's St. Francis Neighborhood Center received a $2 million financial gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving organization.
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@baltfishbowl
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6 years
Former President @BarackObama endorses @BenJealous for governor:
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5 years
In the years since pot was decriminalized, people arrested for weed in Baltimore remain disproportionately black:
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6 years
ICYMI: Former President @BarackObama endorses @BenJealous for governor:
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5 years
. @BenJealous aims to be Maryland’s first African-American governor (via @CNSmd ):
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Maryland and Howard County officials unveiled plans for a 100,000-square-foot library and affordable housing project in downtown Columbia.
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A 32-story apartment building would rise in place of a surface parking lot in Little Italy, if City Council members pass legislation that would change zoning to permit a structure that tall.
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The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore came in second place in USA TODAY’s contest for the “Best Art Museum” in the country, with the top honor going to the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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A review of @BaltimorePolice data finds 96 percent of people arrested in the city for misdemeanor cannabis possession from 2015-2017 were black. "No matter where you are in Baltimore, if you are black, you’re gonna be policed differently."
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7 years
After Multiple Robberies, a Popular Coffee Bar Closes in Bolton Hill
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6 years
. @BenJealous is now leading in the polls, per the latest @UofMaryland and @washingtonpost #MDgov poll.
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6 years
New Gaia mural in Mount Vernon is just Divine:
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7 months
This week, @nytimes named Little Donna’s in Upper Fells Point one of the nation’s 50 best restaurants. The Baltimore restaurant is named after chef-owner Robbie Tutlewski's grandmother "Little Donna," whom he regularly cooked with growing up.
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The 10-acre Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm in northwest Baltimore will be featured in an episode of Maryland Public Television's "Maryland Farm & Harvest" series airing Tuesday.
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6 years
Local photographer @byDVNLLN was asked to run the @NewYorker photo desk's Instagram account for the last few days. He posted 23 images, all of them shot here in Baltimore.
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As defunding police gains traction in U.S., Baltimore City Council to begin budget hearings next week
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5 years
Arcade, restaurant planned for old Red Emma’s space in Station North:
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Baltimore’s Planning Commission voted 7 to 0 on Thursday to adopt a master plan developed to improve 11 miles of shoreline along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in south Baltimore.
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6 years
Q&A: Democratic gubernatorial candidate @BenJealous talks universal health care, weed, his progressive roots and more:
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4 years
City releases map of food distribution sites accessible during coronavirus pandemic
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4 years
Q&A: Horse trainer @GrahamMotion on Sharing’s @BreedersCup win, horse racing reforms and more:
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2 years
A new exhibit will explore the role that the B&O Railroad played in enslaved people's journey to freedom.
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5 years
Baltimost: @byDVNLLN : "It's very important to show the kids that you can be from Baltimore and be extremely successful."
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6 years
Footage shown for the first time in court Friday during Keith Davis Jr.'s re-trial for Kevin Jones' murder suggests there is another suspect who has been left uninvestigated. @NFinegar , Davis' attorney, says she is "confident that is not my client."
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1 year
Comedians Steve Martin and Martin Short will perform at Lyric Baltimore on Oct. 28, 2023. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.
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5 years
. @ottobuddy bartender Tecla Tesnau is buying the rock club:
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A Black diner said staff at Morton's steakhouse in Baltimore told him he was not allowed to wear hooded apparel. Feet away, a white customer dined while wearing a hoodie. The restaurant said the allegations are "without merit."
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Commuters exiting the Jones Falls Expressway are bound to notice a dramatic change in traffic patterns after crews last week added turn lanes at 28th Street and are funneling traffic into one lane heading east.
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Baltimore City wants to move the Sisson Street 'Dump' site to make way for redevelopment; Seawall is proposing to replace the 7-Eleven store in Remington with apartments and shops; and more Baltimore business and real estate news.
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The Charles Street Promenade will return on Saturday June 3, giving pedestrians a chance to take over Charles Street temporarily so they can shop, dine or just explore without worrying about car traffic.
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A new Indigenous art gallery has opened in Baltimore, the result of a partnership between the Baltimore American Indian Center and Baltimore Center Stage.
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10 months
Mondawmin Station and the surrounding area will receive a $20 million grant in federal funding for upgrades, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation announced Friday.
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2 years
"As a journalist, you really have to go to bat for people." @jemillerwbal talks about fairness in journalism, how Baltimore has changed -- and how it hasn't -- during her time covering the city, and the importance of mentorship and community engagement.
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. @prattlibrary is eliminating all overdue fines in an effort to eliminate a "barrier to access" for patrons, says CEO Heidi Daniel. More than 13,000 will have their borrowing privileges restored.
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. @dwatkinsworld talks with @marionwinik about his new book ‘We Speak For Ourselves,’ his new fiancée and annoying woke people:
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. @ElectRyanDorsey introduces bill to rename Columbus obelisk to honor victims of police brutality:
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Maryland Bobcats FC soccer team goes professional
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. @capgaznews , @CCTNews and other Baltimore Sun community papers form union, @ChesapeakeGuild :
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6 years
. @ElectRyanDorsey on eve of primary election: 'Don't vote for Marilyn Mosby':
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6 years
UMD-WaPo poll puts @BenJealous in the lead by five points; @GovLarryHogan maintains strong support:
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5 years
. @baltbeat is returning as an online venture:
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1 year
The bust of Roger Taney, the justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision ruling African Americans were not citizens, has been removed from the US Capitol. It will be replaced by a new work honoring Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.
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9 years
Police Make Arrest in Murder of Mia Henderson, Sibling of NBA’s Reggie Bullock http://t.co/h5yPNVRsCH http://t.co/R9XTgzRK73
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The @nytimes earlier this week: Mount Vernon is a phoenix rising from the ashes. Also The New York Times, over the last several decades: Mount Vernon is the cultural center of Baltimore:
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6 years
Nine Baltimore City Council members are co-sponsoring @ElectRyanDorsey 's bill to cap speed limits at 25 mph for major city arteries, 20 mph for local roads and 15 mph for alleyways.
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2 years
Baltimore native "Mama Cass" Elliot posthumously received a star today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A member of The Mamas & the Papas, and later a solo artist, Elliot is known for songs such as "California Dreamin'" and "Make Your Own Kind of Music."
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5 years
Tech firm Stripe picks Baltimore for new office; city eyes $150K loan for business:
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. @ElectRyanDorsey , newly appointed chair of the council's Transportation Committee, is scrutinizing @BmoreCityDOT with a half-dozen hearings over the next few months:
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Redwood Arch, a 35-year-old sculpture by Baltimore artist Linda DePalma that pays tribute to workers in the garment industry, the medical profession and other fields, has been restored its original appearance after years of fading and rusting.
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Baltimore City residents have been speaking out against the cost structure and lack of access to the inaugural Charm City Lights display at Druid Hill Park, particularly for families who wish to bike or walk through the light display.
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Baltimore Fishbowl
4 years
Statue outside @USLacrosse headquarters pays tribute to Yeardley Love 10 years after her death:
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4 years
Today is Brandon Weigel’s and Marcus Dieterle’s last day
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5 years
During a talk at @artbma last night, John Waters balked at the notion that CHAP would vote to remove @gaiastreetart 's new mural of Divine in Mount Vernon. He also proposed statues of Divine be erected in place of Baltimore's removed Confederate monuments.
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Welcome to the first-ever Baltimost, @baltfishbowl 's new awards series recognizing some of the people, places and things that make Baltimore such a unique place to live:
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. @AbduAli finds a new level of confidence on ‘FIYAH!!’ See the album release show at @ottobuddy on Friday:
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Baltimost: @ottobuddy After the N. Howard Street venue hit the market last fall, longtime bartender Tecla Tesnau buying the building was one of the best possible outcomes:
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5 years
A neighborhood group wanted the city to delay removing Roland Avenue's cycle track. Its president told officials differently.
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The lights are coming on at the National Aquarium after a $7.75 million renovation to replace 684 glass panes in its Upland Tropic Rain Forest exhibit and illuminate its pyramid-shaped roof. The aquarium plans to reopen the exhibit Nov. 15 or Nov. 21.
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. @BillforBmore pitches @iamjohnoliver on 'Comptroller for a Day':
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Baltimore Museum of Art workers plan to unionize
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WYPR and The Charles Theater will host the New/Next Film Festival from Aug. 18 - 20, featuring films from around the world as well as Baltimore's own film scene.
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4 years
Famous @baltimoresun alumni push for local nonprofit ownership of newspaper:
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. @DelMaryW 's bill, which passed the House of Delegates 138-0 this morning, would bar Baltimore City from auctioning off homes due to unpaid water and sewer bills.
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ICYMI: @RollingStone names @ottobuddy one of the 10 best live music venues in America:
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. @HorseLords , @lola_bowler collaborate on new opera ‘The First Thing That Happens’:
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Amy Sherald's next big unveiling will be a mural in @StationNorth :
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Baltimore's Senator and Charles theaters will host free watch parties to see Baltimore filmmaker and author John Waters receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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For the first time in Maryland, a near-complete woolly mammoth skeleton will be on public display at the Natural History Society of Maryland.
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4 years
. @CouncilPresBMS to start livestreaming council meetings on Facebook for people who cannot attend amid coronavirus concerns
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. @redemmas is moving to the old Ryleigh’s space in Mount Vernon:
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Redmond Finney, former headmaster of @GilmanSchool , has died:
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4 years
Baltimore photographer @byDVNLLN captures second @TIME magazine cover
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Thursday Morning Headlines: Witness ties pistol in Keith Davis Jr.’s murder trial to gun shop favored by cops; Popular local barber killed outside apartment; and more
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5 years
Baltimost: @MrTrashWheel : Since deploying in May 2014, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected: -1,100+ tons of trash -10.6 million cigarette butts -More than 612,000 grocery bags -Nearly 9,000 glass bottles -Two beer kegs
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1 year
The American Heart Association is endorsing a bill before the Maryland General Assembly that would provide free meals to all students at the state’s public and private schools.
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5 years
The Windup Space: An Appreciation:
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The former home of The Windup Space will continue on as place for the arts. Rituals, a new bar and venue, is going to open later this summer:
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A new @BuildingMuseum exhibit will showcase more than 70 photos of Baltimore movie theaters by longtime @baltimoresun photojournalist Amy Davis.
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. @RollingStone names @ottobuddy one of the 10 best live music venues in America:
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"This sense of childlike discovery is ever present with Matmos – and it’s sincere... People have come here for the unadulterated physical joy of now. The moment is enough," @ed_schrader writes about a recent show by electronic duo Matmos at @MetroGallery .
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Twelve Baltimore houses of worship will build affordable homes on unused land through a partnership between Enterprise Community Partners and Faith-Based Development Initiative. The Wells Fargo Foundation will fund the program with a $500,000 grant.
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. @brandon_weigel spoke with @UnionBrewing 's Henry “Zadie” Benesch, who turns 98 tomorrow and might just be the world's oldest brewery worker.
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