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Deborah Rutter, who served as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts from 2014 to 2025, delivered the keynote address at the League of American Orchestras' annual conference Monday at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. The conference continues through Wednesday. (Courtesy of The League of American Orchestras)

Former Kennedy Center president’s speech never mentioned Trump. It didn’t have to.

June 3, 2026 at 7:27 a.m.

Though Donald Trump's name never passed Deborah Rutter's lips during her keynote address at an...

Lauryn Hill performs during the Preakness LIVE in Baltimore in 2022.

Lauryn Hill to perform at Pier Six Pavilion in July

June 2, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

Hip-hop star Lauryn Hill is set to perform at Baltimore's Pier Six Pavilion for one...

Harmer’s Town Art Center appoints Brittany Powell as executive director. (Harmer's Town Art Center/Courtesy)

Harmer’s Town Art Center appoints new executive director

June 2, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

Harmer’s Town Art Center appoints Brittany Powell as executive director to lead the new arts...

Samantha Wilkerson stands in her shop, the Annapolis Marine Art Gallery. (Jeffrey F. Bill/Staff)

Annapolis business to close due to ongoing City Dock construction

May 29, 2026 at 6:28 p.m.

A downtown Annapolis art gallery plans to close, citing reduced foot traffic amid construction at...

Bruce Springsteen, shown in 2024, will make a special appearance at the Power to the People Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Oct. 3. (Matt Rourke/AP file)

‘Overwhelming demand’ for Columbia activist festival featuring Springsteen

May 29, 2026 at 5:42 p.m.

With long waits being reported already for ticket sales for Power to the People Festival,...

Jennifer Smith, pictured, and Marisa Canino opened Whimsy, an art workshop that is one of several new businesses in Glen Arm. (Lloyd Fox/Staff)

Glen Arm sees ‘renaissance’ of community-minded businesses with creative flair

May 28, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

With businesses like The Roast and The Market at Long Green, there's a new energy...

Performer Michael Kuhn, left, is a Crofton native who is appearing in the off-Broadway musical "Masquerade," an immersive rendition of "Phantom of the Opera." At right, "Phantom" works on his music of the night while audience members surround him. (Courtesy: Andy Henderson)

Crofton actor talks ‘Masquerade,’ hot spin on ‘Phantom’ off-Broadway

May 26, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

Anne Arundel native Michael Kuhn talks about performing in "Masquerade," the immersive "Phantom of the...

Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo poses for a photograph in his new exhibit “The Garbage Man” at Arken Museum of Contemporary Art in Ishoj, Denmark, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

The trolls come indoors as a Danish recycling artist stages his first museum exhibit

May 25, 2026 at 10:02 a.m.

By JAMES BROOKS ISHØJ, Denmark (AP) — For more than a decade, Danish recycling artist...

Derrick Jett, a Baltimore City Department of Transportation electrical mechanic II, works with electricians Thursday on North Gay Street under the Jones Falls Expressway to light a mural for Artscape 2026. The event runs Saturday and Sunday. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Artscape 2026 highlights, headliners and rainy-day activities

May 22, 2026 at 12:17 p.m.

Highlights of Artscape 2026 include headliners The Roots and Stephanie Mills, the Scout Art Fair...

Postcard collector Peter Meggison, holds up two examples of large letter postcards from places across America going from A to Z, Akron to Zanesville, Monday, May 11, 2026, in Westport, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Colorful ‘Greetings from’ postcards reflected American innovation, idealism

May 21, 2026 at 5:27 p.m.

By HOLLY RAMER CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Greetings from Concord, New Hampshire. Postcards emblazoned with...

Veronica Dunlap (center) filed a civil rights complaint accusing the Lyric Baltimore theater of discriminating against her and her adult son when they attended a Mothers Day performance of “West Side Story.”

Lyric seating dispute brings accusations of racial discrimination

May 21, 2026 at 4:22 p.m.

Veronica Dunlap has filed civil rights complaints against the Lyric Baltimore. The theater has launched...

"Portrait of Colonel Rogers," which was painted around 1778 by Charles Willson Peale, is scheduled to be auctioned on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in North Carolina. The portrait highlights the contributions of two prominent former Maryland residents — the artist and his sitter — as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (Courtesy Brunk Auctions)

Rare Charles Willson Peale portrait to be auctioned Wednesday

May 19, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

Two Marylanders — artist Charles Willson Peale and Revolutionary War colonel Nicholas Rogers — helped...

The Washington National Opera performed "West Side Story at the Baltimore Lyric iearlier this month. The Opera won't return to Baltimore next season — for now. (Elman Studio)

Washington National Opera’s 2026-27 season skips Charm City — for now

May 15, 2026 at 5:11 p.m.

A revival of "La traviata" at the Music Center at Strathmore will be the Washington...

A Spiderman figurine sits atop a facsimile copy of the May 1939 Detective Comics anthology series in Phoenix, Thursday May 14, 2026. This issue made history for including the debut of the Batman superhero in a story called “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate”. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book

May 15, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

They reveal values, societal issues and enduring burdens of extraordinary abilities.

Morgan State University, home to a nationally acclaimed choir, is among four historically black colleges and universities that could benefit from new legislation submitted by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland. (Staff/File)

Maryland’s 4 HBCUs may benefit from legislation in Congress for the arts

May 15, 2026 at 3:37 p.m.

Morgan State University is among the historically Black colleges and universities that could benefit from...

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids, which provides free music lessons for children attending at-risk schools, celebrates its 18th anniversary May 13, 2026. The program was started in 2008 by BSO Music Director Laureate Marin Alsop, pictured here instructing two young musicians.

BSO OrchKids perform free community concert Wednesday night

May 13, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

The pioneering program that uses free music instruction, meals and homework help for at-risk Baltimore...

The National Law Enforcement Museum’s newest exhibit, “Without Warning: Ending the Terror of the D.C. Snipers,” will be open through 2027. (Courtesy: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund)

‘Call me God’: Sniper shootings exhibit recalls DMV’s 23 days of terror

May 13, 2026 at 8:02 p.m.

A Death tarot card, a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle and a 1990 Chevy Caprice deemed "a...

WTMD's First Thursday Free Concert Series returns to the Canton Waterfront Park June 4. (Staff/File)

WTMD’s First Thursday free outdoor concerts in Canton return June 4

May 11, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

The free First Thursdays concert series brings thousands of music fans together monthly to dance,...

A dance scene from "West Side Story" at the Washington National Opera, which was conducted by Marin Alsop. (Elman Studio)

Review: ‘West Side Story’ ignites the Lyric stage

This is a hormone-infused production. Dancers ricochet around the stage like balls in a video...

Actor Andre DeShields, pictured, and costume designer Emilio Sosa have been nominated for 2026 Tony Awards. Both have Maryland connections. (Lloyd Fox/Staff/File)

Baltimore-born actor Andre De Shields, costumer Emilio Sosa, get Tony nods

May 11, 2026 at 3:43 p.m.

The Baltimore-born actor Andre De Shields and Emilio Sosa, a "Project Runway" runner-up, were nominated...

In commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary, the Stonewall National Museum in Fort Lauderdale debuts a new exhibition on Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a gay general who helped reform the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald/TNS)

How South Florida LGBTQ museum got federal funding to tell gay general’s story

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library did not expect any...

French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting titled Madame Alphonse Daudet is on exhibit at the Musée d’Orsay museum’s new permanent gallery dedicated to so-called MNR artworks, pieces recovered after World War II whose ownership remains uncertain, in Paris, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and...

Amy Sherald arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on Monday, May 4, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Amy Sherald is branching out. But don’t worry. She’s still painting.

Former Baltimore artist Amy Sherald has experimented recently with other genres - notably theater and...

Outside the Havre de Grace branch of Harford County Public Library.

Harford County Library hosts mental health programs in May

Harford County Library offers mental health programs in May for all ages, supporting Mental Health...

Harford students were recognized at a County Council meeting for participating in a poster contest, celebrating Fair Housing Month. (Nevins & Associates/Courtesy)

Harford County students earn awards in fair housing poster contest

Harford County students were recognized for their creativity in a fair housing poster contest, celebrating...

Jeannie Howe (right) has step down as executive director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance after 14 years at the organization's helm. (Photo/Aisha Butler Photography)

Jeannie Howe to depart Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance after 14 years

Baltimore-area arts groups will lose a tireless advocate when Jeannie Howe steps down from the...

FILE - Empty frames from which thieves took "Storm on the Sea of Galilee," left background, by Rembrandt and "The Concert," right foreground, by Vermeer, remain on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, n this Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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April 30, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum —...

Ryan McCartan and Shireen Pimentel, who play Tony and Maria in the Washington National Opera’s production of "West Side Story," practice a scene from Act II during a rehearsal on Monday in Takoma Park. The production’s Maryland shows opening this month mark the first time a large opera-style production will be performed in the state since 2017. (Surya Vaidy/Staff)

Opening soon at a theater near you: Washington Opera’s big leap of faith

April 30, 2026 at 11:23 a.m.

It will take 10 trucks, 83 performers, 23 switchblade combs — and a leap of...

Harford Community College to host annual Juried Student Art and Design Exhibition from May 6 to 29 at the Chesapeake Welcome Center. (Brian Krista/Staff)

Harford College hosts annual student art exhibition

April 28, 2026 at 2:29 p.m.

Harford Community College to host annual Juried Student Art and Design Exhibition from May 6...

Katie Caljean, president and CEO of the Maryland Center for History and Culture, shows off the new permanent exhibit aimed at children. The exhibit showcases the lives of historical Maryland figures, the state's natural history and the influence of Indigenous peoples. “Wayfinding” and sensory engagement are used in the hopes of engaging kids. (Surya Vaidy/Staff)

Ahhh! New Maryland History Center kids’ exhibit evokes the 5 senses

April 23, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

An unhealthy beehive — and other more appealing scents — are featured in a new...

Muxe artist Xaneri Merino gives a backstrap loom workshop for LGBTQ+ people in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance

April 22, 2026 at 2:13 p.m.

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ MEXICO CITY (AP) — Xaneri Merino wasn’t meant to follow in...

Adam Stab uses a lift to help paint the top of a wall as part of the Urban Oasis Mural Project under the Jones Fall Expressway ahead of Artscape 2025. (Lloyd Fox/Staff)

Artscape returns in just 4 weeks. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s new.

April 23, 2026 at 9:24 p.m.

Artscape 2026 will feature live theater, newly announced bands, yoga and two public art projects,...

Douriean Fletcher, a self-taught jewelry artist, speaks at the preview of her new show, "Jewelry of the Afrofuture," at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore this week. The show spans her older works, the pieces she made for movies including "Black Panther" and her newer contemporary work. (Surya Vaidy/Staff)

At the Walters: Douriean Fletcher’s jewelry for the ‘Black Panther’ movies

April 17, 2026 at 7:10 p.m.

"Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture" includes 79 pieces of the "Black Panther" artist's jewelry...

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April 16, 2026 at 7:06 p.m.

The Maryland Theatrical Tax Credit Program generated about $40.2 million in economic activity in 2023...

Obit: Dr. Paul E. Roberts

Paul E. Roberts, psychiatrist and art collector, dies

April 14, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

Dr. Paul E. Roberts, a psychiatrist and donor to the Baltimore Museum of Art, died...

Two figurines canoe down a painted pipe at the Hattiesburg Pocket Museum, in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Miniature art transforms an alley into a surrealist wonderland at ‘Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum’

April 9, 2026 at 5:14 p.m.

By SOPHIE BATES HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — In the cramped backroom of a theater, Vicki...

About 84,000 people attended the Baltimore Museum of Art exhibit, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" before it closed April 5. That sets a 21st century record for the museum. The artist is pictured with her controversial 2024 painting, "Trans Forming Liberty." (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Amy Sherald exhibit attracts 84k visitors to BMA — a 21st-century record

April 8, 2026 at 8:14 p.m.

"Amy Sherald: American Sublime" brought 84,000 visitors to the Baltimore Museum of Art — double...

Baltimore Center Stage's Producing Director Ken-Matt Martin, left, and Artistic Director Stevie Walker-Webb are shown in the Pearlstone Theater. Their 2026-27 season will feature three world premieres, including a Broadway-bound musical being developed about the seminal 1980s underground ballroom and vogue scene. "This is the biggest musical that Center Stage has ever done, and it might be the first dance musical," Walker-Webb said. (Courtesy of Baltimore Center Stage)

Broadway-bound dance musical anchors Center Stage’s 2026-27 season

April 8, 2026 at 7:18 p.m.

Baltimore Center Stage's 10-show 2026-27 season will feature 3 kids' shows, 2 concerts and 5...

Many museums across the country have been struggling since the pandemic but The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago is thriving. The museum, which has free admission, welcomed a record 77,000 visitors last year. It was constructed at the rehabbed historic Humboldt Park Stables and Receptory building. (Courtesy of the museum)

Reginald F. Lewis Museum finds itself at a crossroads

April 8, 2026 at 8:43 p.m.

Leaders at Baltimore's flagship Black history museum and other state cultural institutions might want to,...

Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus in Baltimore. File. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press).

Three Hollywood heavyweights and their films are returning to Baltimore

April 7, 2026 at 7:23 p.m.

Three Johns Hopkins grads who helped shape modern movies will be in Baltimore in April...

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Chesapeake Shakespeare Co.’s 2026-27 season touches on today’s news

April 6, 2026 at 1:13 p.m.

For its next season, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will mount classics dealing with such timely themes...

The five-day Maryland Film Festival returns from April 8-12 at the Parkway Theatre in the Station North neighborhood of Baltimore. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)

‘Tall Stories’ screened on phones to debut at Maryland Film Festival

April 2, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

Baltimore's longest-running contribution to reel life — the Maryland Film Festival — returns April 8-12...

Four state Historically Black Colleges and Universities will perform with the BSO at GospelFest. (Courtesy)

5 Things to do in Baltimore: April 3-9

April 2, 2026 at 5:30 a.m.

Take your pick of concerts between Cardi B and four HBCU gospel choirs; run for...

Yve-Alain Bois is a professor emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and guest curator of a new Henri Matisse exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Behind him are illustrations for Matisse’s "The Stations of the Cross" painted on the walls of the Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence in France. (Surya Vaidy/Staff)

At the BMA — the artist Henri Matisse at his most obsessed

April 1, 2026 at 5:03 a.m.

"The Stations of the Cross" drawings are a stark black and white. Nonetheless, it's clear...

Italian newspapers carry the news of the heist of three paintings.

Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy

March 31, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

The museum believes a structured and organized gang was responsible.

Silas Fiala, of Pennsylvania, uses a family member's phone to take pictures of his favorite creations during the opening of the Carroll County Arts Council's 19th annual PEEPshow at the TownMall of Westminster on Friday. (Brian Krista/Staff)

Annual PEEPshow sweetens Westminster with candy art displays

March 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The 19th annual PEEPshow, which features almost 200 art displays made out of marshmallow candy,...

UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Bel Air unveils a mural created by about 200 hospital members, in collaboration with Art With a Heart, in the medical center's cafe on Wednesday. (Brian Krista/Staff)

‘Reflection of the community’: Harford County hospital unveils mosaic mural

March 26, 2026 at 10:59 a.m.

More than 200 team members and community members helped to create the mural by painting...

Artist Robert Valadez, 63, in front of his mural in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on March 2, 2026. Valadez, who used to live in Pilsen but moved out to take care of his parents, said he got priced out of Pilsen "ages ago" and wouldn't be able to afford to go back. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Chicago artists warn gentrification is pushing them out of a hub for Mexican mural art. Some are fighting to stay

March 24, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Vivid blues, yellows and reds make the brick facades along West 18th Street pop. Paintings...

A visitor checks out the "Titan: The Legacy of Reginald F. Lewis" exhibit at the Baltimore museum named for the late tycoon. Like most other museums nationwide, it has faced declining attendance since the pandemic. The Lewis is one of four museums and historic sites in Maryland classified as quasi-governmental agencies. (Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)

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Conductor Harry Christopher, center, with tenor Matthew McKinney, left, soprano Elizabeth Watts, second from left, and The Sixteen present Angels Unawares byJames MacMillan in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

A rare look inside the Sistine Chapel for a private concert about angel encounters

March 22, 2026 at 8:48 p.m.

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From left, Andy Fegley, Mike Lange, Kevin Brooks, Jeff Holland and Tom Guay on stage at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. The Eastport Oyster Boys are celebrating 30 years as a band with a show at Maryland Hall this Sunday. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Eastport Oyster Boys celebrating 30 years with special show

March 20, 2026 at 6:17 p.m.

"We've lasted longer than The Beatles and the Eagles," said Kevin Brooks, the band's co-founder.

Baltimore-born hairstylist Tené Wilder on the set of "Sinners," working with actress Li Jun Li. Wilder, who won an Emmy in 2021, worked as a key hairstylist under Shunkia Terry, who is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling. (courtesy)

Baltimore-born hairstylist reflects on ‘Sinners’ Oscar run, career

March 14, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Tené Wilder can trace her Emmy-winning career back to an apostolic church on Caroline Street.

John Zaller. creator of “Titanic: An Immersive Voyage – Secrets of the Deep,” stands at the exhibit’s grand staircase in Baltimore's Power Plant. Artifacts and immersive technologies help tell the story of the doomed RMS Titanic. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

‘Titanic’ immersive exhibit puts visitors on board in the ship’s final hours

March 16, 2026 at 6:11 p.m.

Titanic exhibit uses original artifacts, 3D technology, video animations and, for an extra fee, virtual...

Jennifer Jerrell, an educator at the Apex Arts School Studio 39, recently won the Art & Media Technology Outstanding Community Service Award. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Anne Arundel Apex Arts teacher wins national award for leadership, service

March 13, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

The National Art Education Association has named AACPS teacher Jennifer Jerrell winner of the Art...

A journalist takes a picture with an analogue camera as Film photography is making a comeback, and an AP photojournalist explains the basics for beginners in London, Wednesday, March 11, 2026.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

One Tech Tip: How do you use an f-stop?

March 13, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

By KELVIN CHAN and GEORGE WALKER IV Film photography has been undergoing a renaissance, especially...

A opening reception was held for 96-year-old artist Marilyn Wiener and her exhibition at the Arundel Center in Annapolis. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

96-year-old Annapolis artist opens exhibit to show ‘everyone can create’

March 12, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

Marilyn Wiener, 96, has been artistic all her life, but she didn't discover her passion...

FILE -People visit the archaeological site of Pompeii, near Naples, southern Italy,Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

New permanent exhibition shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at the moment of their death

March 12, 2026 at 2:32 p.m.

By FRANCESCO SPORTELLI and GIADA ZAMPANO Pompeii, Italy (AP) — More than 20 plaster casts...

Restorer Domiziana Marchioro polishes the altar od St. Sebastian inside the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

EU recovery funds fuel frenzied restorations around Rome, including at famed basilica

March 11, 2026 at 11:32 a.m.

By TRISHA THOMAS ROME (AP) — Some of the lesser-known treasures at San Pietro in...

Interim Superintendent for HCPS, Dyann Mack and appointed member Liliana Norkaitis attended the 16th Annual Harford County Leading Women Awards to celebrate the young women from HCPS who were nominated for the Leading Women of 2026. (Harford County Public Schools/Courtesy)

Harford Briefs: 16th annual Harford County Leading Women Awards

March 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

News about people, places and organizations in Harford County

The National Gallery of Art has obtained its first painting by the 17th century Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" went on view to the public in late February. (National Gallery of Art)

March 10, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

"Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" is the first painting by 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi...

Dan Rodricks' new play, "No Mean City" sets the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 pennant push against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. Brandon Dion Gregory, left, plays Frank Robinson and Nick Rodricks, right, plays Brooks Robinson.

Theater review: Dan Rodricks’ love for Baltimore illuminates ‘No Mean City’

March 7, 2026 at 12:16 p.m.

Playwright Dan Rodricks' "No Mean City: Baltimore 1966" sets the O's improbable pennant push against...

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings wrote "A Soldiers Life: A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion." The memoir culminated in her championship of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Batallion, a mostly Black, all-female WWII unit. The book cover photo shows 6888 members taking part in a parade and ceremony in Rouen, France on May 27, 1945 honoring Joan of Arc.

This retired colonel championed a WWII battalion of Black women heroes

March 5, 2026 at 5:41 p.m.

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Edna Cummings will discuss her journey from military brat to advocate...

Photographs showing the final moments of Greek prisoners before their execution by Nazi forces at the Kaisariani firing range in Athens on May 1, 1944, are presented at Greece’s Culture Ministry after the state acquired the wartime archive, in Athens on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution

March 5, 2026 at 2:43 p.m.

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and PETROS GIANNAKOURIS ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Thrasivoulos Marakis grew up hearing...

The 14th annual Annapolis Film Festival returns March 26-29 at several locations throughout the state capital, including Maryland Hall.

Annapolis Film Festival returns this month for 14th year

March 4, 2026 at 5:46 p.m.

The 14th annual Annapolis Film Festival rolls out the red carpet in late March for...

A replica of the Titanic is on display at "Titanic: An Immersive Voyage" at South Florida PBS Studios in Boynton Beach. (Courtesy: South Florida PBS/Courtesy)

Immersive ‘Titanic’ exhibit opens in Baltimore March 13 at Inner Harbor

March 3, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

"Titanic: An Immersive Voyage" aims to put viewers in the roles of passengers on the...

Film Location Manager Carol Flaisher has scouted locations for dozens of TV shows and movies, including "House of Cards" and "Wedding Crashers," that were set in Maryland. (Courtesy of Katherine Dorrer)

‘Crabcakes and football’: Location scout talks memorable Maryland film scenes

March 3, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

The Baltimore Sun interviewed veteran film location manager Carol Flaisher, 79, about her entrance into...

Cambodian officials look at Khmer cultural artifacts that were returned to the country, at the National Museum, in Phnom Penh, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Sopheng Cheang)

Cambodia takes back looted historic artifacts handled by British art dealer

March 2, 2026 at 2:42 p.m.

By SOPHENG CHEANG PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian officials on Friday received more than...

Christiani Pitts, left, and Sam Tutty appear during a performance of “Two Strangers” in New York on Oct. 31, 2025. (Matthew Murphy via AP)

Rom-coms are having a moment, from ‘Heated Rivalry’ to ‘Nobody Wants This’ and even Broadway

March 2, 2026 at 2:09 p.m.

By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — He’s British. She’s American. He’s a wide-eyed optimist....

A screen with a replica of “The Last Judgment,” superimposed on it covers the scaffolding used for its extraordinary maintenance during a presentation for press in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’

February 28, 2026 at 11:40 a.m.

By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial,...

Nellie Flowers, 98, and Dusty Flowers leaving stage to applause at Dorchester County National Outdoor Show muskrat skinning competition

At 98, Nellie Flowers returns to Outdoor Show stage

February 28, 2026 at 11:22 p.m.

Nellie Flowers, 98, will compete in muskrat skinning at Dorchester’s National Outdoor Show for the...

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Jazz great Herb Alpert bringing fabled Tijuana Brass to the Lyric March 27

February 27, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

At age 90, jazz trumpeter Herb Alpert still goes on tour — and he's bringing...

The Emmy Award-winning actor Lena Waithe is one of the stars of her play "trinity," which celebrated its world premiere on Saturday at Baltimore Center Stage.

Theater Review: Lena Waithe’s ‘trinity’ is a therapy session in play form

February 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Perhaps Lena Waithe's focus on her mental processes and inner space is unsurprising in a...

Potomac native Jenny Dalrymple plays the “Clocktower Woman” in “Back to the Future: The Musical,” her first national touring role, in the production’s first U.S. tour. (Production photo by Evan Zimmerman; headshot by Jessica Osber)

Maryland homecoming for ‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ actress

February 26, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Potomac native Jenny Dalrymple never saw "Back to the Future" growing up. Now, she pleads...

A museum exhibit will open in Washington, D.C., in May chronicling the 2002 shootings by Lee Boyd Malvo, left, and John Allen Muhammad, who were known as "The Beltway Snipers." They were convicted of four and six murders, respectively, that occurred in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Exhibit opening in May will chronicle the 2002 ‘Beltway Sniper’ shootings

February 26, 2026 at 12:48 a.m.

An exhibit about the "Beltway Sniper" shootings that killed 10, terrorizing residents of Maryland, D.C....

"Amy Sherald: American Sublime" opened Nov. 2, 2025 at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Sherald pulled her planned solo show from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery because she feared that "Trans Forming Liberty," a painting of a trans woman posed as the Statue of Liberty, would be censored. The BMA announced on Wednesday that it has more tickets for the popular show, which had been sold out and ends April 5. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Haven’t seen Amy Sherald’s show at the BMA? Today might be your last chance to get tickets

February 26, 2026 at 12:13 p.m.

Due to "unprecedented demand," the BMA has made more tickets available to see "Amy Sherald:...

Christophe Leribault in the park of the Chateau de Versailles, west of Paris.

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BSO to perform Philip Glass’ controversial ‘Lincoln’ symphony next year

March 9, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Composer Philip Glass is bringing "Lincoln," his composition celebrating the 16th president's life, to Baltimore...

"Shoal," a sculpture by Robert Donovan, sits in the center of Westgate Circle in Annapolis. The Annapolis City Council voted Monday to dissolve and remake the Art in Public Places Commission. (Staff file)

Annapolis Art in Public Places Commission will be dissolved, remade

February 24, 2026 at 11:05 a.m.

The legislation to dissolve the commission in its current form was brought by Ward 2...

French artist JR shows his project Pont Neuf Cavern during an interview with The Associated Press in his studio, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

He is known as the French Banksy. Now artist JR plans to turn a Paris bridge into a massive cave

February 23, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — He is known as the French Banksy — or...

Holocaust survivor Suzanne Schneider gets makeup from Amanda Wolf-Mabry before a recording session at Green Slate Studios in Orlando, Florida on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. Schneider is recording her memories of surviving the Holocaust for the planned Museum for Hope & Humanity. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

In new museum, AI will ensure Holocaust survivors’ stories live on

February 23, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

Suzanne Schneider spent International Holocaust Day, observed each Jan. 27, answering questions: Were you afraid?...

While students were at his house to roll it with toilet paper, North Hall High School teacher, Jason Hughes, 40, came out and approached the group, deputies said. The teens tried to flee in two separate vehicles, but, while walking toward the street, deputies say Hughes tripped into the road and was run over by one of the cars. (SUN FILE)

Prince George’s school worker, dance instructor indicted in child porn case

February 19, 2026 at 5:08 p.m.

A Prince George’s County Public Schools employee and dance instructor has been federally indicted on...

Filmmaker John Waters confirmed that he will appear on American Horror Story when Season 13 of the show debuts on Halloween. (The Baltimore Sun/Staff File)

John Waters to take spotlight in ‘American Horror Story’ Season 13

February 18, 2026 at 4:51 p.m.

Cult filmmaker John Waters will join Season 13 of "American Horror Story," which debuts on...

People queue outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France.

Louvre official says fraud ‘inevitable’ at large museums as France probes multimillion dollar scheme

February 18, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Nine people have been formally charged and brought before investigating judges.

A more-than-human sized rat is guided through the crowd after 2025 Artscape’s move to downtown Baltimore as part of Mayor Brandon Scott’s Downtown RISE initiative. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Fundraising on track for Baltimore’s Artscape, festival planners say

February 17, 2026 at 7:18 p.m.

Fundraising for the 2026 Artscape is making good progress, officials for Create Baltimore, the city's...

Fans of the "Survivor" series began lining up as early as 3 a.m. on Monday for the chance to climb 15 flights of stairs at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower to participate in a scavenger hunt organized by CBS.

More than 1,500 ‘Survivor’ fans converged Monday at the Bromo Seltzer Tower

February 17, 2026 at 7:24 p.m.

Some fans waited outside for up to nine hours for the chance to climb the...

Julia Buteux’s “Have We Said Hello” (2025) (LACP/TNS)

A photo project shows loneliness in uncomfortable ways — and helps people feel seen

February 17, 2026 at 4:20 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The photograph is so intimate, so vulnerable, it's painful to look at....

Baltimorean and opera superstar Denyce Graves plays the role of the Prime Minister (a role typically played by a man) in the Washington National Opera's 2024 production of Ludwig van Beethoven's opera "Fidelio." The Opera will use two Maryland locations, in Baltimore and North Bethesda, for its May production of "West Side Story" — the first time a large-scale opera production with a $3 million budget has been performed in the Free State since 2009. (Courtesy of Corey Weaver)

With shuttering of Kennedy Center, large-scale opera returns to Maryland

February 17, 2026 at 1:59 p.m.

Thanks to the yearlong turmoil roiling the John K. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,...

Concert technicians prepare the Mount Royal Station stage for live performances at Artscape. The festival reopened Sunday with light crowds after Saturday's cancellation due to Tropical Storm Ophelia, but a number of booths remained closed due to the rainy weather.

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February 13, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

Baltimore’s Office of the Inspector General found the city exceeded the approved budget for Artscape...

Patrick Henry Eastern Shore artist in Berlin studio reflecting on 60-year painting career

Eastern Shore painter Patrick Henry hits 60-year milestone with new exhibit planned

February 12, 2026 at 3:43 p.m.

Eastern Shore painter Patrick Henry is marking 60 years as an artist with a new...

Specialists Tim Roby, center, and Chris Shepherd install Norman Rockwell’s painting “The Dugout” featuring the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, second from left, and his wife, Diana, gifted the painting to the museum after hanging it in their home for the past 19 years. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Art Institute of Chicago acquires Norman Rockwell’s ‘The Dugout,’ his famous painting of the Cubs

February 11, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Norman Rockwell’s “The Dugout,” a classic portrait of slumped Cubs, dejected Cubs, defeated Cubs, a...

Journalists attend the press preview of the exhibition "Bernini and the Barberini" at Palazzo Barberini in Rome on Feb. 11, 2026, with the marble statues from The Four Seasons cycle by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini on display. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Bernini and the pope who promoted him celebrated as Vatican marks 400 years of St. Peter’s Basilica

February 11, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in...

Pamela Lennon obituary photo.

Pamela Lennon, advocate for arts education in Maryland schools, dies

February 10, 2026 at 5:22 p.m.

Pamela Lennon, a longtime Maryland art educator and community volunteer who championed access to the...

One of eight auditoriums in the new Horizon Cinemas movie theater in Aberdeen; each auditorium has wall-to-wall screens, surround sound and reclining seats. The movie theater opened to the public Friday.

21st annual screenwriting contest turns a lens on Baltimore

February 11, 2026 at 11:18 a.m.

The City of Baltimore began accepting entries Tuesday for its 2026 screenwriting contest, a competition...

Samantha Pauly, center, and the cast in the Broadway production of "The Great Gatsby." (Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Great Gatsby at the Hippodrome: Did they even read the book? | REVIEW

February 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Some advice to the team behind "The Great Gatsby" musical touring at Baltimore's Hippodrome: Read...

Baltimore native Stavros Halkias

February 3, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Baltimore funnyman Stavros Halkias added a fourth show to his "Dreamboat" tour at The Lyric...

Pat McCrory, Daniel Fang, and Brendan Yates of Turnstile accept the award for best rock album for “Never Enough” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards

From Turnstile to Rei Ami, MD makes (sound) waves at the Grammys

February 2, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

The Baltimore-based band Turnstile might have picked up its first two Grammy Awards Sunday night...

A round snow sculpture depicts numerous hands gesturing.

Team USA snow sculpture in Stillwater removed over ‘ICE out’ messaging

January 30, 2026 at 1:11 p.m.

The World Snow Sculpting Championship work by Team USA included messages spelled out in American...

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