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Photostory: The 137th City-Poly rivalry game

The Baltimore City College Knights trounced the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers in a historic 20-0 win during their 137th rivalry game. Running back Brandon Rattet clinched the shutout with...

Baltimore Beat picks 2026

Pasta By Sydney Allen Benny’s 300 S. High Street Benny’s is a modernized Italian restaurant in Little Italy on the corner of High Street offering live music and a whimsical atmosphere. They are known...

Your guide to Baltimore's budget

‘Tony’ turns kitchen nightmares into a touching origin story

Nearly a decade since he passed, much of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s life has been laid bare for us across various media. Between his many books, his travelogue television shows, and the...

Baltimore Beat's pay-what-you-can ads program

Baltimore Beat is rolling out pay-what-you-can advertising!  We know that algorithms make the internet a less reliable way of publicizing the great work local businesses do. We also know that people...

Baltimore’s small business owners are organizing for more citywide protections

Zehbras CrossFit is the thriving, Black-owned, affordable, and accessible fitness space owner and CrossFit coach Jeanelle Spencer long wanted to bring to Baltimore’s Black Butterfly. On any given...

Long before Election Day, Black women candidates must clear a series of hurdles

Long before voters cast ballots, many candidates have already been recruited, introduced to donors, evaluated by party leaders, and quietly judged as either “viable” or “not viable.” Baltimore has a...

November 2026 Tarotscopes

Air Signs — Aquarius, Gemini, Libra The Fool + The Empress + Death The Fool appeared last month, indicating the beginnings of a new journey — and some of that energy is trickling into November.  This...

Baltimore Beat's pay-what-you-can ads program

Baltimore Beat is rolling out pay-what-you-can advertising!  We know that algorithms make the internet a less reliable way of publicizing the great work local businesses do. We also know that people...

Photostory: The 137th City-Poly rivalry game

The Baltimore City College Knights trounced the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Engineers in a historic 20-0 win during their 137th rivalry game. Running back Brandon Rattet clinched the shutout with...

“Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Rowhomes, We Fly” is a feast of colors and forms

At the beginning of the film “The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers,” the camera zooms in on a lone trumpeter — Brandon Woody — playing on a Baltimore street corner before cutting to...

Liberation through the library

M.P., a teen with bright, expressive eyes, sat down across from me, placing the three books he was gripping with his long thin fingers onto the plastic table: “Message to the Blackman in America,” by...

Baltimore Beat launches Dinner Club

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Lisa Snowden, CEO, [email protected],  Baltimore Beat invites neighbors to the table with new Dinner Club Guests will sit at tables of six at a local...

A life deserves more than a line item: Baltimore Beat launches $5 online obituaries

BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9, 2026. Baltimore Beat now publishes online obituaries for a $5 contribution, giving families an affordable way to tell the story of someone they loved. Publishing an obituary...

Photostory: Portraiture through the eyes of young artists

Baltimore Beat is publishing work from participants in Wide Angle Youth Media, which offers media arts education and amplifies the voices of Baltimore youth. These photos were created by students in...

It feels like the tides are changing’: Advocates see shift in Maryland’s youth justice system

It was in the wake of the 2015 Baltimore Uprising, sparked by the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody, that Brittany Young was convinced that the city needed meaningful alternatives...

Baltimore Events 11/4/26-11/18/26

Wednesday, November 4 Lawyer in the Library — Immigration Information:  Legal practitioners from Just Neighbors and World Relief provide free legal advice related to immigration topics. This event...