Lydia Woolever

Baltimore

Senior Editor at Baltimore Magazine

Senior editor @baltimoremag // formerly @esquire, @phillyinquirer.

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Articles

Review: The Wren Perfects the Pub in Fells Point

1 week ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

Most nights of the week, through the leaf-green door at 1712 Aliceanna Street, Will Mester will be in the back corner, a white apron tied around his waist, drifting between the two induction cooktops of his ad-hoc kitchen, the smell of melting butter in the air, as he quietly cooks up a storm under the lamplight of The Wren. It’s not exactly where you might expect to find him.
An Ode to the Orange Crush: Maryland’s (Now Official) Drink of Summer

1 week ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

When the weather gets warm enough in the Land of Pleasant Living, an inevitable thirst emerges. Not for any particular can of beer, mind you, not even an ice-cold Natty Boh. Instead, it’s our state’s undisputed drink of summer—the one and only orange crush. This year, Gov. Wes Moore made it official, rightfully designating the icy crush Maryland’s state cocktail as of June 1.
Artscape’s Scout Art Fair Plans to Put Baltimore’s Creative Community on the National Map

2 weeks ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

Throughout the week, across the flowering green from City Hall, dozens of artists have been hauling canvases, frames, and sculptures up the marble steps of the Baltimore War Memorial in preparation for Artscape.
Baltimore is Still in a Daze Over Turnstile’s Historic Hometown Concert

3 weeks ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

The crowd came in from every direction. From the northwest, they scrambled down the hillside from The Baltimore Museum of Art. To the east, they shimmied up the old oak trees near Charles Street. Looking south, from pit to playground across the 16-acre Wyman Park Dell, there were people—reportedly more than 10,000—literally as far as the eye could see.
Baltimore is Still in a Daze Over Turnstile’s Historic Hometown Concert

3 weeks ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

The crowd came in from every direction. From the northwest, they scrambled down the hillside from The Baltimore Museum of Art. To the east, they shimmied up the old oak trees near Charles Street. Looking south, from pit to playground across the 16-acre Wyman Park Dell, there were people—reportedly more than 10,000—literally as far as the eye could see.
Can’t-Miss Baltimore Events Happening in May 2025

1 month ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

5/2-31: ASIA NORTHFestivals. Artscape might have left Station North—it moved downtown, with new dates on May 24-25—but another festival in Baltimore’s first arts-and-culture district is getting bigger and better every year. This entire month, head toward Penn Station for the fifth annual Asia North.
Art Space: Sideshow Builds Community with a New Collection of Free Zines

1 month ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

There’s no shortage of souvenirs in the Sideshow gift shop of the American Visionary Art Museum. Pins, puzzles postcards. Whoopie cushions, wind-up teeth, and saint candles, featuring a celestial likeness of museum founder Rebecca Hoffberger. And now, in fitting fashion for a venue celebrating outsider art, there is also a growing collection of zines.
Old Westminster Winery Taps Chef Tae Strain, Ushering in a New Culinary Era

1 month ago | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

Last week, spring officially sprung at Old Westminster Winery. Across the rolling hillside, new leaves unfurled on row after row of chardonnay grapevines, while over at the barn-chic tasting room, a multitude of workers milled about—transforming the outdoor dining area’s signature greenhouses into open-air cabanas for warmer days ahead.
Micah E. Wood’s New Book Radiantly Documents the Baltimore Music Scene-and the City Itself

Feb 27, 2025 | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

There are few people who know the Baltimore music scene as well as Micah E. Wood. The local photographer—and musician himself—has been documenting DIY artists here for more than a decade, having come to Baltimore from Virginia to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he is now a part-time photography professor.
Six Works We Loved at MICA’s ‘LAYERS’ Exhibition

Feb 14, 2025 | baltimoremagazine.com | Lydia Woolever

In the middle of winter, walking into the new exhibition at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Decker Gallery feels a bit like dreaming. Outside, the world clamors between distressing and divisive headlines, while inside, the space is still and serene, with a collection of collages on the walls that each draw the viewer into their own singular universes.