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Finding Rapture and Refuge at Leon’s of Baltimore
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As Baltimore’s Pride festival grows, residents and city officials grapple with who gets to manage it
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If fear is a question, courage is Stephen Towns’ answer
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Almost a year after the police killing of Pytorcarcha Brooks, her family still hasn’t seen change or accountability
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In Baltimore, every brick has a story to tell. The Peale Museum wants to be where they’re told.
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Bry Reed: Learning about the ghosts and grief of the queer neighbors Baltimore lost during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
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Roy Crosse was epically inspired by his connection to creative communities in Baltimore
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If fear is a question, courage is Stephen Towns’ answer
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Tom Miller’s work is Black history, queer history, art history, and Baltimore history
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Music education can make a difference for young people, if Baltimore City schools invest in it
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In 2009, the former location of Fort Worth’s oldest consecutive gay bar, The 651, reopened as the Rainbow Lounge. Just over a week later, on June 28 — the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots —…
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Father Al Risdorfer does not hesitate to remind me that Pride has always been an act of communal protest against the reality of anti-LGBTQ+ violence and erasure. “The origins of Pride was a protest…
I am taken aback by the meditative quiet in the daytime at the Compound, the warehouse art center known for its nightlife. Crossing through a sun-dappled garden, the shared kitchen, and a rather…
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I am taken aback by the meditative quiet in the daytime at the Compound, the warehouse art center known for its nightlife. Crossing through a sun-dappled garden, the shared kitchen, and a rather…
Her family called her Baby Sis. A quiet, gentle woman, Pytorcarcha Brooks couldn’t have weighed more than 100 pounds soaking wet. On June 25, 2025, the 70-year-old was deep in a mental health crisis…
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When I stepped into The Peale this May for the Charm City Fringe Festival, I entered a building that, for many years, I had only seen out of the corner of my eye when I walked down Holliday Street.…
Baltimore’s queer history is a tale interwoven with stories of the city’s shifts pre and postindustrialization. At the height of factory and port work in the 1930s and 1940s, Baltimore’s population…
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…
I’m standing in the foyer of the home of artist Roy Crosse (alias roycrosse) and his wife, Anelda Peters, 12 years after his passing. Big windows beam light in every direction. I’m surrounded by…
The Lyric, a historic music venue in Mount Vernon, has hosted the likes of Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, and Prince in its 132 years of existence. Last November, that stage was the domain of Baltimore…
