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Baltimore Braces for A New Artscape Experience

2 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Grace Hebron |Logan Hullinger |Aaron Wright

A new date is just one of many changes to expect this year at Artscape. This weekend’s festival will have new installations, a divisive new location, and a redefined approach under new leadership. Unlike with iterations past, Artscape will take place this year on Memorial Day Weekend underneath the Jones Falls Expressway, its columns freshly painted with new murals to commemorate the festival’s new home downtown.
A second opinion on ‘Sinners’

2 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Dominic Griffin

By the time you read this, “Sinners,” the new film from “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, will have made it through its sixth weekend of release, having crossed the $300 million mark at the global box office. It’s not just a rarity for an R-rated film or one predominantly created by and featuring Black talent, but one based on an original idea and not some piece of pre-existing intellectual property.
Best Beats 5/21/25 - 6/04/25

2 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Teri Henderson

DJ-SUN “Didn’t Cha Know” Remix The magic of DJ-Sun’s remix of Erykah Badu’s “Didn’t Cha Know,” released on May 16, is that it catches you off guard, the kind of flip that catches you mid-sway and makes you want to dance joyfully. Taking the soulful, jazzy foundation that Badu built upon that perfect baseline from Tarika Blue’s Dreamflower, DJ-Sun masterfully speeds things up and modernizes the sound.
Letter from the editor - Issue 61

2 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Lisa Snowden- McCray

When I heard that Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced that an independent audit of Maryland’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found that at least 36 police custody deaths should have actually been ruled as homicides, I immediately thought of Tawanda Jones.
After 616 weeks protesting her brother’s death, Tawanda Jones is vindicated by OCME audit

2 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Baynard Woods

“My world ended on July 18, 2013,” says Tawanda Jones, of the night that police officers killed her brother near Morgan State University in Northeast Baltimore. Her brother, Tyrone West, had eaten dinner with Jones that night and borrowed her car. Within a couple hours, Jones recalls, she was overwhelmed by a feeling that something was wrong with him.
Maryland’s Sustainability Chief Reflects on a ‘Difficult’ Year of Legislative Setbacks

3 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Aman Azhar

When Meghan Conklin became Maryland’s first-ever chief sustainability officer in 2024, the state seemed poised for rapid climate progress. With billions of dollars in federal funding available under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), decision makers were preparing to meet statutory mandates to cut emissions 60 percent by 2031 and reach net zero by 2045. But the political and economic terrain shifted fast.
Trump DOJ eliminates funding from Baltimore violence interruption efforts

3 weeks ago | baltimorebeat.com | Baynard Woods

April in Baltimore ended with a historically low number of homicides. Five people were murdered that month, the fewest in any recorded month in the city’s history, ending a decade where the city regularly surpassed 300 homicides a year. “This is progress, but we aren’t stopping to celebrate,” Mayor Brandon Scott said.
Harm reductionists press Mayor Scott about restitution funds, echo opioid board’s concerns at town hall event

1 month ago | baltimorebeat.com | Logan Hullinger

This story was published in partnership in Mobtown Redux. Despite growing objections from harm reduction workers in Baltimore, the city’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved Mayor Brandon Scott’s fiscal year 2026 budget that allocates tens of millions of opioid restitution dollars without the input of the newly appointed advisory board.
It’s a good time to revisit ‘Enemy of the State’

1 month ago | baltimorebeat.com | Dominic Griffin

When it was announced that Gene Hackman — one of the greatest American actors the big screen has ever seen — passed away last month, movie lovers sprinted to their watchlists to find films of his to dig into. Boxers get ten-bell salutes. Actors get a sea of their greatest works logged on Letterboxd. Many folks seemed to go for “The Conversation,” Hackman’s 1974 paranoid thriller, or “The Royal Tenenbaums” from 2001, his last truly great role.
Baltimore Arts & Culture Events 5/7/25-5/21/25

1 month ago | baltimorebeat.com | Teri Henderson

Wednesday, May 7Baker Artist Talk: Hear from artists Sanah Brown-Bowers, Andrea Sherrill Evans, and Lynn Cazabon. 7 p.m. at Current Space, 421 N. Howard Street. For more information, go to currentspace.com or email [email protected]. Thursday, May 8Sondheim Artist Talks: Learn about the 2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize finalists as they discuss their work. Q&A to follow. 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Walters Art Museum’s Graham Auditorium, 600 N. Charles Street.