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BPD officer Omar Rodriguez has fatally shot two Baltimore residents in less than a year On the evening of Tuesday, February 24, two Baltimore Police officers, Omar Rodriguez and Arthur Fuog, fired numerous shots at 37-year-old Dwight Hawkins after a short footchase, killing him in the…

BPD officer Omar Rodriguez has fatally shot two Baltimore residents in less than a year
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‘Remember me as you saw me’: Ursula Ricks, a Baltimore blues gem, insists The blues was all Ursula Ricks had the first time she sang at the now-defunct Full Moon Saloon in Fells Point.  “It’s the blues. It’s emotion music, and everybody in the room has emotion, so nobody’s ...

'Remember Me As You Saw Me: Ursula Ricks, A Baltimore Blues Gem insists.'

As her health declines, the singer says she wants to be remembered for her voice, the thing that saved her.

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Labor of Love: These Baltimore couples mixed business with pleasure and came out on top They say never go into business with family, but these Baltimore couples found success doing just that. From trendy thrift stores and savory brunch spots to homey bookstores, these local businesses ar...

Labor of Love: These Baltimore couples mixed business with pleasure and came out on top

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A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence On June 28, 2018, Rob Hiaasen was supposed to get his hair cut. But the 59-year-old editor and columnist at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis didn’t go — and now his family imagines what his day would ...

A journey through grief: HH Hiaasen asks how Baltimoreans would complete the day of loved ones lost to gun violence

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Tom Miller’s work is Black history, queer history, art history, and Baltimore history I don’t remember the first time I encountered Tom Miller’s work. His early 1990s murals on North Avenue and Harford Road have always been a few miles away from where I lived. In my optimistic recollec...

Tom Miller’s work is Black history, queer history, art history, and Baltimore history

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‘Remember me as you saw me’: Ursula Ricks, a Baltimore blues gem, insists The blues was all Ursula Ricks had the first time she sang at the now-defunct Full Moon Saloon in Fells Point.  “It’s the blues. It’s emotion music, and everybody in the room has emotion, so nobody’s ...

As her health declines, Ursula Ricks says she wants to be remembered for her voice, the thing that saved her.

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What’s Poppin’ Issue #077 Rouse Company Foundation Gallery at Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway Columbia, Maryland, through March 16.howardcc.edu When was the last time you wandered through an alternate u...

What’s Poppin’ highlights some of the events we don’t think you should miss.

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The Abortion Fund of Maryland prioritizes dignity and empathy for people seeking abortion in Maryland and out of state Nisha Jackson, 33, took a pregnancy test at work in late November of 2025. When the test came back positive, she knew immediately that she would terminate the pregnancy.  She called her boyfriend and ...

The Abortion Fund of Maryland prioritizes dignity and empathy for people seeking abortion in Maryland and out of state

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Red-light districts, Gamblers’ Row, Prohibition, and segregation: A brief history of The Block’s early years “Red-light district,” “tenderloin,” or “strip” never seemed to suit The Block. It’s been “The Block” for at least a century, since the 1920s, when young men, returning from serving in World War I, mig...

Red-light districts, Gamblers’ Row, Prohibition, and segregation: A brief history of The Block’s early years

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The life of Baltimore’s midnight ballerinas Successfully selling the fantasy of sex is at once performance art and business transaction: getting into character, being embodied and still responsive to the audience, making deals and keeping track...

The story of The Block has always been a labor story.

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Letter from the editor - Issue 77 Welcome to our Love and Sex issue.  In these pages, we use storytelling to explore how expansive the ideas of love and sex can be.  Emma Akpan writes about the Abortion Fund of Maryland, which was for...

Welcome to our Love and Sex issue, Editor-in-Chief Lisa Snowden writes. “In these pages, we use storytelling to explore how expansive the ideas of love and sex can be.”

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Red-light districts, Gamblers’ Row, Prohibition, and segregation: A brief history of The Block’s early years “Red-light district,” “tenderloin,” or “strip” never seemed to suit The Block. It’s been “The Block” for at least a century, since the 1920s, when young men, returning from serving in World War I, mig...

Hyper-local news takes parts of our communities that are familiar and perhaps overlooked, and gives them depth and history. That’s what we’re doing in our Love and Sex issue baltimorebeat.com/red-light-di...

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 Hospit...

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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...

Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating

How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...

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Night Lights From New Year’s Eve til the end of January, Baltimore’s music scene carried 2026 in with packed rooms, benefit shows, album releases, and familiar venues beating with new energy. At Holy Frijoles and ...

Night Lights captures what happens in the city after dark. These photographs document a series of live shows that marked the opening weeks of 2026 in Baltimore.

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Best Beats Issue #076 Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn “Contra Madre” When internationally revered pedal steel legend Susan Alcorn died last January, the city’s heartbreak took on the sound of a swooping,  bent B string....

We review Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn, DJ Dolla, and Dancing Bari featuring Turk P. Diddy in Best Beats Issue #076

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What’s Poppin’ “Within Reach of Silence”  Temi Wynston Edun at Gallery Blue Door, 833 Park Avenue, through April 18 gallerybluedoor.com In an age full of ubiquitous targeted advertisements, AI slop, phone addiction,...

What’s Poppin’ highlights art and culture events we definitely think you should check out.

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Poetry, radicalism, and economic development rest together uneasily in Mark Anthony Thomas’ beautifully shot short film By day, Mark Anthony Thomas is the president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, an organization shaping Baltimore’s economic development. Now he wants Baltimore to recognize he’s a poet with ...

Poetry, radicalism, and economic development rest together uneasily in Mark Anthony Thomas’ beautifully shot short film

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Khloe Ison is the future of Baltimore basketball In the summer of 2024, you couldn’t pin Khloe Ison down. But her parents, Akilah Crowner and Keemie Ison, did the best they could to keep up.  While Baltimore basketball prodigy Ison was traveling wit...

Khloe Ison is the future of Baltimore basketball

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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 Hospit...

Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship

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How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...

How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE

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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating

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