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Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship
In the middle of the 500 block of N. Chester Street in East Baltimore, half a block away from Northeast Market, sits Biddy’s TVs. The area has seen lots of changes since 2001 when Johns Hopkins Hospit...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Maryland's attorney general has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...
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January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE
As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Night Lights captures what happens in the city after dark. These photographs document a series of live shows that marked the opening weeks of 2026 in Baltimore.

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Night Lights
From New Year’s Eve til the end of January, Baltimore’s music scene carried 2026 in with packed rooms, benefit shows, album releases, and familiar venues beating with new energy. At Holy Frijoles and ...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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We review Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn, DJ Dolla, and Dancing Bari featuring Turk P. Diddy in Best Beats Issue #076

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Best Beats Issue #076
Nomad War Machine and Susan Alcorn “Contra Madre” When internationally revered pedal steel legend Susan Alcorn died last January, the city’s heartbreak took on the sound of a swooping,  bent B string....
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January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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What’s Poppin’ highlights art and culture events we definitely think you should check out.

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What’s Poppin’
“Within Reach of Silence”  Temi Wynston Edun at Gallery Blue Door, 833 Park Avenue, through April 18 gallerybluedoor.com In an age full of ubiquitous targeted advertisements, AI slop, phone addiction,...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Poetry, radicalism, and economic development rest together uneasily in Mark Anthony Thomas’ beautifully shot short film

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Poetry, radicalism, and economic development rest together uneasily in Mark Anthony Thomas’ beautifully shot short film
By day, Mark Anthony Thomas is the president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, an organization shaping Baltimore’s economic development. Now he wants Baltimore to recognize he’s a poet with ...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Khloe Ison is the future of Baltimore basketball

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Khloe Ison is the future of Baltimore basketball
In the summer of 2024, you couldn’t pin Khloe Ison down. But her parents, Akilah Crowner and Keemie Ison, did the best they could to keep up.  While Baltimore basketball prodigy Ison was traveling wit...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship

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Ivan “TVs Biddy” Baker is carrying on a legacy of Black entrepreneurship
In the middle of the 500 block of N. Chester Street in East Baltimore, half a block away from Northeast Market, sits Biddy’s TVs. The area has seen lots of changes since 2001 when Johns Hopkins Hospit...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE

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How Baltimore organizers are preparing to fight back against ICE
As social media and news coverage is flooded with a relentless stream of images showing immigrants being rounded up, masked federal agents shooting rapid responders, and government officials defending...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating

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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in ju...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Baltimore Beat Editor-in-Chief Lisa Snowden writes about this issue in her latest letter.

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Letter from the editor - Issue 76
In this issue, Jaisal Noor writes about the work organizers are doing in Baltimore as United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (also known as ICE) continue their assault on residents h...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Issue 76 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was shot by Christian Thomas.
The cover of Baltimore Beat. It depicts two people in Baltimore City who are playing in the snow.
January 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Issue 76 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was shot by Christian Thomas.
The cover of Baltimore Beat. It depicts two people in Baltimore City who are playing in the snow.
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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You can find lots of fun things to do in this issue’s Arts and Culture calendar.

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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 1/14/26-1/28/26
Wednesday, January 14 Black Folx Book Club: “Son of the Morning” by Akwaeke Emeze: Join Greedy Reads bookseller Leela Chantrelle for the Black Folx Book Club, a reading space for Black women and Black...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Photostory: Scenes from the skate park

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Photostory: Scenes from the skate park
Baltimore School for the Arts freshman Urijah Parran spends his weekends documenting the Baltimore skateboard scene on both film and digital. Recently, Parran shot the MD/AM skate competition at the C...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Best Beats highlights some of the best local music that has caught the attention of Baltimore Beat’s staff.

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Best Beats 1/14/26 - 1/28/26
Ill Conscious — “The Aggregation of Marginal Gains” Baltimore veteran emcee ILL Conscious has spent years solidifying his name as a top-tier lyricist at home and abroad. On December 12, 2025, he dropp...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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2025 Crown Award Winners

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2025 Crown Award Winners
2025 BALTIMORE LEGENDS  Stryker’s Posse: Baltimore’s premiere reggae institution, giants of the genre for over 30 years, opening for global icons, and Baltimore’s bridge to the world’s reggae movement...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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abdu mongo ali makes a triumphant return to Baltimore as the BMA’s first composer in residence

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abdu mongo ali makes a triumphant return to Baltimore as the BMA’s first composer in residence
Last summer, I was lucky enough to stop by “Kismet, A Midsummer Reading presented by aloneinmyroom and featuring some of my favorite artists: Jalynn Harris, Geo Mccandlish, andabdu mongo ali. ali is a...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Ahead of a brutally cold winter, Baltimoreans honor unhoused residents who have died as advocates worry about city’s preparedness for the season

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Ahead of a brutally cold winter, Baltimoreans honor unhoused residents who have died as advocates worry about city’s preparedness for the season
Dozens of people gathered in McKeldin Square on December 18 to honor more than 80 unhoused Baltimoreans who died in 2025, ahead of a brutally cold winter that’s expected to worsen the death toll.  The...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Connect with community members through our Government and Community Events Calendar.

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Baltimore Government and Community Events 1/14/26-1/28/26
Wednesday, January 14 Supporting Self Discovery: Conversations to Affirm LGBTQ+ Youth: Join city officials and Freestate Justice to hold conversations to affirm our LGBTQ+ youth. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 2...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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a beautiful story with beautiful images, both by MacKenzie River Foy
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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The women upholding Baltimore’s tradition as a quilt city

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The women upholding Baltimore’s tradition as a quilt city
When Denise Bailey-Jones tells the story of growing up on Whitelock Street in the 1970s and 1980s, she talks about the basketball games. The intoxicating air of competition filling the summer nights, ...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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“It’s impossible for me to not hold the tragedy of Good’s death with other tragedies of state violence we experienced here in Baltimore last year,” writes Baltimore Beat Editor-in-Chief Lisa Snowden.

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Letter from the editor - Issue 75
We are not living in peaceful times. As we wrapped up this issue, many people took to the streets here in Baltimore and beyond to express grief and outrage over the death of Renee Good. Good, 37, was ...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Issue 75 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was shot by Urijah Parran.
The cover of Baltimore Beat. It depicts a trio of skateboarders in Baltimore City.
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM