“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt …” – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922 to 2007) I am not a fan of graffiti, which I deem to be vandalism. The graffiti on the Berlin Wall in Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire is compelling, however.

Wanna get spooked? Take a hard look at the Patapsco. No, not the body of water. I’m talking about the artist’s rendering of the Patapsco River that shows up on the “Lawbreaker Beware” signs all over the streets of Baltimore–be they safe or sorry.

The history of medicine echoes with the familiar names of people who made important contributions to the field: Louis Pasteur, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, Jonas Salk. None made a contribution to medicine as far-reaching or personal as Henrietta Lacks. Until this year, few people even knew who she was.

View The Wire: A Streetview Tour in a larger map Shot on location during its five-year run on HBO, Baltimore was more than a backdrop and setting for The Wire. From its corners to its classrooms to the corridors of power, the city was the prism through which issues and themes were refracted. Here follows [...]

A colorful cartoonish mural recently completed at the landmark intersection of Greenmount and 33rd Street may be among the last commissioned by the City of Baltimore. Over two steamy summer months, dozens of volunteer artists helped paint a design by cartoonist and writer Tom Chalkley.

Whether you live here in Baltimore or are just visiting, there’s a trail great for walking that you’re probably missing. The Waterfront Promenade is a paved walkway that hugs nearly seven miles of the waterline of the Inner Harbor from Fort McHenry to the Canton Waterfront Park. The Promenade began in the early 1970s as [...]

Formstone. Perma-Stone. Rostone. By whatever trade name, the mere mention of simulated masonry can cause a wide range of reactions—from the rolling eyes of homeowners who want desperately to be rid of it, to passionate defense by preservationists of 20th-century building materials.

It was a quick flight. Probably less time than the President’s motorcade needed to drive across the Arlington Memorial Bridge, along the Mount Vernon Parkway, and into National Airport.

Childhood favorites such as kickball and dodgeball are the rage, with teams cropping up all over town. Emphasizing on fun rather than athleticism, these sports are a good way to combine socializing with healthful physical activity.

Once upon a time, the artistically inclined son of revolutionaries moved to Baltimore with his family and enrolled in the Baltimore School for the Arts. Long before adopting his gansta personna, long before his career as an actor and one of the best-selling rappers of all time, long before the great East Coast-West Coast hip [...]