Aliza Worthington

Writer and Editor at Crooks and Liars

Bklyn-bred, Balt by choice; fluorescent goon shrieking; Os & Mets; @BaltFishbowl; @CrooksandLiars; @MOMocrats; Views my own; she/her/hers

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Sail250 Maryland & Air Show Baltimore 2026 to be extravaganza

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

Next summer marks the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, and SAIL250 Maryland and Airshow Baltimore is planning to commemorate the occasion with a week-long celebration from June 24-July 1, 2026. SAIL250 Maryland and Airshow Baltimore is a free, family friendly festival celebrating all things maritime and aviation with all the exciting and educational programming a boat and plane fan could hope for.
Public invited to witness sea turtles released into Ocean City waters

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

If you will be in Ocean City on Thursday, you have the chance to witness something exciting, heart-warming, and unique — especially if it happens to be around 10 a.m. at 40th Street. National Aquarium Animal Rescue is inviting the public to watch and celebrate as two rescued Kemp’s ridley sea turtles will be released back into the ocean after having successfully being rehabilitated at the National Aquarium’s Baltimore facility.
AFRAM 2025 — Patti LaBelle to headline this weekend's festival

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

This weekend, Druid Hill Park will play host to AFRAM 2025, Baltimore’s official Juneteenth celebration and African American music, cultural, and arts festival. Taking place this year on Saturday, June 21, and Sunday June 22, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., the free, family-friendly festival celebrates Black excellence and showcases African American heritage and culture.
Bawlmer Shakespeare returns with 'It's the Comedy of Errors, Hon!'

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

Hey, Bawlmer, grab some Boh and get ready for some Bard stuff, hon! That’s right, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s (CSC) Shakespeare Beyond program is returning for its third year with “It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon!”CSC brings free performances to parks and outdoor spaces all over Maryland with Shakespeare Beyond, and this year they’re remounting “It’s the Comedy of Errors, Hon!”, their love letter to Baltimore.
UPLIFT program helps build 27 new homes in Orchard Ridge

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

The Orchard Ridge community in Baltimore City is about to be uplifted in a very real way. Gov. Wes Moore announced on Friday that Orchard Ridge is Maryland’s first UPLIFT community, and as such, will get help with development, construction, and sale of quality affordable housing. UPLIFT stands for Utilizing Progressive Lending Investments to Finance Transformation, and is a program designed to help increase property values and homeownership in disinvested neighborhoods.
SIU Special Episode is coming

1 week ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

What goes better with brunch than a good murder mystery? Get ready for The Murder Brunch — A Law & Order: SIU Special Episode coming to Guilford Hall Brewery on Sunday, June 29. Created by Michael Harris and the performers of MidAtlantic Improv, Law & Order SIU! is a fully improvised take on America’s longest running police procedural.
Grand marshals chosen for Pride Parade

2 weeks ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Maryland), Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, and Dr. Shvilla Rasheem have been named Grand Marshals of Baltimore’s 50th Anniversary Pride Parade. The parade will begin Saturday at 12 p.m. at Charles Street and North Avenue and will wind through the heart of Baltimore, ending at Charles Street and 29th Street.
Dems press for answers on work pause at infectious disease facility

2 weeks ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

In a letter Tuesday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Democratic members of Maryland’s congressional delegation questioned the research pause at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick (IRF-Frederick). The letter was sent by U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney and Sen.
More than $4 million approved for Greenspace Equity Program

2 weeks ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

Areas in Maryland that have been historically burdened by pollution and poverty will get an infusion of funding to promote more green spaces and a healthier environment, thanks to the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW.)The BPW approved more than $4.3 million in grants that will fund 20 Greenspace Equity Program projects, which fall under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Background, guide, and locations for No Kings Day actions

2 weeks ago | baltimorefishbowl.com | Aliza Worthington

Hundreds of cities and towns around the nation will see demonstrations in opposition to President Donald Trump and his policies on Saturday in what has been dubbed “No Kings” protests to remind him America is a democracy. The day marks the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary but it is also Trump’s 79th birthday, and he has sought to conflate the two by planning a military parade to celebrate both. June 14 is also Flag Day.