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Baltimore Arts & Culture Events 5/7/25-5/21/25
Wednesday, May 7 Baker Artist Talk: Hear from artists Sanah Brown-Bowers, Andrea Sherrill Evans, and Lynn Cazabon. 7 p.m. at Current Space, 421 N. Howard Street. For more information, go to...
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It’s a good time to revisit ‘Enemy of the State’
When it was announced that Gene Hackman — one of the greatest American actors the big screen has ever seen — passed away last month, movie lovers sprinted to their watchlists to find films of his to...
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Photostory: The Mill On North
On April 24, The Mill on North — a seven-vendor food hall in West Baltimore, an area long known as a food desert — was packed for its grand opening, complete with words from Baltimore officials and a...
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Let the music guide you, the stereo(types) won’t stop playing!
Listen to the music black girl, but don’t cry when it gets too loud Let the cacophonic capsules be slipped into your drink Feel the beat, your people like soul train right? A mixture, a Molotov...
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Letter from the editor – Issue 60
In this issue, we bring you two stories that exist only because the people in them decided to speak out. Journalist Logan Hullinger and Baltimore Beat Managing Editor Sanya Kamidi spoke to women who...
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 5/7/25-5/21/25
Wednesday, May 7 West Wednesdays: Hear about the ongoing fight for police accountability in the Tyrone West case and for all victims of police misconduct. This event happens every Wednesday. For more...
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Thousands of people say they were sexually abused in Maryland juvenile...
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse and violence against children. When Maryland lawmakers passed the Child Victims Act in 2023, they hoped it would help unmask sexual...
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Black Crossword Puzzle: May 7, 2025
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Best Beats 5/7/25 – 5/21/25
Chipelo, photo courtesy of the artist. Chipelo – “Sirena” It’s no secret that Baltimore’s Latino population has grown substantially over the past two decades. So, it should be no surprise that the...
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Reeta Hubbard: Ravens’ “Business Decision” Feels Like Cowardice
The Ravens officially put out a statement on Monday, notifying fans, media and the likes that they are releasing kicker Justin Tucker. The organization cited “football reasons” as to why the kicker...
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Harm reductionists press Mayor Scott about restitution funds, echo opioid...
This story was published in partnership in Mobtown Redux. Despite growing objections from harm reduction workers in Baltimore, the city’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved Mayor Brandon Scott’s...
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Photostory: The Start of Turnstile Summer
“BALTIMORE — FREE SHOW — MAY 10 — RAISING DONATIONS FOR HCH” On May 2, Turnstile, a hardcore punk band that started in Baltimore in 2010, posted this graphic on their social media. The hometown heroes...
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Conversations with The Beat
Come to Current Space Garden Bar every other Thursday at 6 p.m. to talk to our writers, learn more about the journalism we do, or suggest story ideas. “I love the idea of using these gatherings to...
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Black Crossword Puzzle: May 14, 2025
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Trump DOJ eliminates funding from Baltimore violence interruption efforts
April in Baltimore ended with a historically low number of homicides. Five people were murdered that month, the fewest in any recorded month in the city’s history, ending a decade where the city...
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Your Pride, Your Story: An Open Call for Baltimore’s LGBTQIA+ Voices
As Baltimore commemorates the 50th anniversary of Pride, and in the spirit of the enduring declaration “We Will Not Be Erased,” Baltimore Beat is honored to dedicate our upcoming Pride issue to the...
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Tyrone West’s death among 36 Maryland cases that should have been ruled...
An independent audit of Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found three dozen deaths in police custody that should have been ruled homicides during the nearly 20-year tenure of Dr. David...
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Baltimore Beat story wins MDDC public service award
Baltimore Beat’s story “After bail reform effort, Baltimore residents are being held in jail at higher rates than before” won a public service award from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association....
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Maryland’s Sustainability Chief Reflects on a ‘Difficult’ Year of Legislative...
When Meghan Conklin became Maryland’s first-ever chief sustainability officer in 2024, the state seemed poised for rapid climate progress. With billions of dollars in federal funding available under...
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Best Beats 5/21/25 – 6/04/25
DJ-SUN “Didn’t Cha Know” Remix The magic of DJ-Sun’s remix of Erykah Badu’s “Didn’t Cha Know,” released on May 16, is that it catches you off guard, the kind of flip that catches you mid-sway and...
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