By Kay Wicker ┬á Last year, the images of BaltimoreΓÇÖs youth in revolt were on countless television screens and practically every front page and homepage. Now several young community members have stepped up to enact change. The Baltimore chapter of Creative Mornings turned last monthΓÇÖs talk at the Arena Players …

By Hannah Monicken Beloved childrenΓÇÖs author Beverly Cleary turns 100 today. She has lived an impressively long and accomplished life, writing dozens of books and winning numerous awards. Her most well-known charactersΓÇöHenry Huggins and his dog Risby, Ramona and Beezus QuimbyΓÇöhave reflected her ability to channel the inner lives of …

By Hannah Johnson Light City U conference on health innovation, sponsored largely by Kaiser Permanente, was held at the Pier V Hotel near the Inner Harbor Wednesday and Thursday and featured Dr. Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist and seemingly perennial entrepreneur, as its first speaker. Ming, along with her wife, …

By Elizabeth Andrews, Head of Garrison Forest Preschool   You don’t have to look very hard to find young children using the spatial reasoning, logic and problem solving skills that are critical to careers in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Children use these skills naturally as they …

Got math? How about science, technology and engineering? The Ingenuity ProjectΓÇöa free-to-students program thatΓÇÖs integrated into four Baltimore City public schoolsΓÇöoffers megadoses of STEM classes to advanced learners in math and science. With several new initiatives underway, the program is evolving to engage students in even more meaningful ways. Twenty …

By Hannah Monicken Happy Tax Day eve! LetΓÇÖs celebrate the nice weather and surviving our taxes. Friday Add a little magic to your weekend by seeing Michael Carbonaro at the Lyric Opera House on Friday. The magician and prankster host of ΓÇ£The Carbonaro EffectΓÇ¥ on TruTV brings to Baltimore his …

By Hannah Monicken Happy Tax Day eve! LetΓÇÖs celebrate the nice weather and surviving our taxes. Friday Add a little magic to your weekend by seeing Michael Carbonaro at the Lyric Opera House on Friday. The magician and prankster host of ΓÇ£The Carbonaro EffectΓÇ¥ on TruTV brings to Baltimore his …

By Hannah Monicken ┬á Happy Friday eve! It also happens to be Earth Day on Friday, so celebrate the great outdoors (and nice weather!) with these great events. Friday Whether youΓÇÖre more outdoorsy or prefer to stay home and watch a movie, the Environmental Movie Series at Loyola University will …

By Hannah Monicken ┬á Happy almost May Day! From sports to bluegrass to somewhere over the rainbow, the best events this weekend have a little bit of everything. Friday This season has been a pretty solid start for our intrepid Orioles. Friday is the second in their series of games …

By Hannah Johnson ┬á Light City Baltimore is finally here and, if the first night is anything to go by, itΓÇÖs going to live up to the hype. Marketing for Light City has been nearly ubiquitous throughout the city. Despite that, IΓÇöand I think many othersΓÇöwere unsure of what to …