The economics of Artscape: Can the outdoor arts festival bounce back after...
As Artscape opens Friday for its 40th year, Baltimore’s famous outdoor arts festival is about to hit the “reset” button as organizers pivot from pandemic upheaval to plans for a resurgence in...
View ArticleJunk fee ban sparks price transparency wave for cruise fares
By Sally French | NerdWallet Until recently, the upfront price of a cruise was often hardly reflective of the final price. That’s because hidden fees, such as port fees and taxes, on cruise lines...
View ArticleThe best of summer produce – in a taco
By Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS — One of the things worth savoring the most this season is summer produce. Tomatoes, cucumbers, raspberries, zucchini and melons are all coming into their...
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‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ review: Newly discovered tapes from 1964...
In 1964, Life magazine ran a 6,000-word story on Elizabeth Taylor culled from nearly 40 hours of audio interviews with the biographer and journalist Richard Meryman Jr. The headline was “Our Eyes Have...
View Article‘Blade Runner,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘E.T.’ and the legacy of 1982’s summer sci-fi...
When John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was released in 1982, it bombed. Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.,” by contrast soared, becoming a national phenomenon. Still, the two share a bond in Chris Nashawaty’s new...
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Plunge into paradise: Hawaii’s best pools for lolling, relaxing and splashing
I was floating in the wide saline lagoon of the Grand Hyatt Kauai, drifting along on my back. Buoyed by the semi-salty water, I watched the palm fronds waving in the trade winds above me, silhouetted...
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Postcards from Alaska: Escape Florida’s sweltering summer for the last frontier
Greetings from Alaska! There’s nothing quite like escaping the sweltering dog days of summer in Florida to experience the land of the midnight sun and temperatures that helped me regain my chill. It...
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Annapolis Rotary Club brings back crab feast for 79th year: ‘It’s all about...
Clanking mallets, cracked crab legs and the smell of melted butter and vinegar welcomed guests to the Annapolis Rotary Club’s annual crab feast. Rich and Martha Barnhill traveled 350 miles for the...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for August 03, 2024
General Daily Insight for August 03, 2024 We may know more than we think we do at the moment. As the emotional Cancer Moon trines psychic Neptune, logic isn’t the only tool in the box — we’re more...
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Jeff Holland: Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum provides nice summer respite
Millie’s done it again. The other night, under the light of the waning moon, the neighborhood foxes taunted her from the other side of the fenced-in back yard, so she made a high jump worthy of an...
View ArticleGwynns Falls and Leakin Park advocates ask for help planning future
In the 1940s, then-Baltimore Mayor Thomas J. D’Alesandro Jr. warned against the city’s enlargement of what was then Gwynns Falls Park in West Baltimore. He described what we know today as Leakin Park...
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An Eye for Art: ‘God is the potter and we are the clay,’ says Manchester artisan
“I have loved art since elementary school,” says Laurel Nalepa, a potter who lives in Manchester. When she was 14, Nalepa was hired to work with the farm animals at Shiloh Pottery in Hampstead. She...
View ArticleArtscape cancels Sheila E., other performances, Saturday because of ‘adverse...
As a storm rolled through Baltimore Saturday afternoon, Baltimore’s Artscape outdoor arts festival canceled this evening’s performances — including a concert by Sheila E., who was scheduled to take the...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for August 04, 2024
General Daily Insight for August 04, 2024 A lively mood is likely at this time. The refreshing New Moon strikes in flamboyant Leo at 7:13 am EDT, carrying the potential for both entertainment and...
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1 injured in shooting at The Mint Room restaurant in Ellicott City; suspect...
A shooting in an Ellicott City restaurant Saturday night resulted in a man being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Howard County Police said. Police responded to The Mint Room in the 9400...
View ArticleIs Artscape really cursed with bad weather? Here’s what the data shows.
To many, it felt like a familiar feeling when Artscape 2024 events were canceled on Friday and Saturday. “Are we ready to officially just call it the Artscape curse?” one user on the social media...
View ArticleDaily Horoscope for August 05, 2024
General Daily Insight for August 05, 2024 We may need to look critically at the results of our recent efforts. As reflective Mercury turns retrograde at 12:56 am EDT, problems we’d thought were...
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Q&A: We asked flavor scientist Arielle Johnson what makes tomatoes special...
Arielle Johnson might have the ultimate food nerd’s dream job. With credentials from New York University and UC Davis, the flavor scientist regularly collaborates with the world’s top chefs and...
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Summer tomato recipe: Pico de Gallo
YouTuber, blogger and cookbook author Kiki Nelson, whose recent cookbook “Plantifully Simple: 100 Plant-Based Recipes and Meal Plans for Health and Weight-Loss” (Simon Element, $32.50) highlights the...
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Aerosmith announces retirement from touring after Steven Tyler loses his voice
Aerosmith is walking this way … into retirement from touring. For those hoping to catch their farewell tour, sadly, dream on. The band, founded in 1970, announced on Instagram they can’t get back in...
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