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Three-year-old Karen Rugh pinches street performer Russell Brown's nose at the first Artscape in 1982.

A city tradition now, but Artscape wasn’t always a sure thing

January 16, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Kathy Hornig's "to do" list for the week includes closing down 12 of the busiest streets in Baltimore — Mount Royal Avenue, Charles Street, Cathedral Street and others — for...

Jack Samuels, Ph.D, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, is at the forefront of the U.S. scientific community's efforts to understand the causes of hoarding and to devise an affordable treatment. The piles of paper on a table in his office are part of a current grant proposal he is preparing.

Baltimore scientists search for cause, treatment for hoarding

August 19, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

The table in Jack Samuels' Fells Point office is piled two feet high with books, papers, scientific journals and grant applications. Samuels' wife likes to tease him that he has...

The power of naps

August 19, 2019 at 1:22 a.m.

When is it OK to catch some shut-eye on the job? Workplace snoozing has been the topic of an awful lot of water-cooler jesting lately — at least among those...

"I don't think that Baltimore is proud of the Duchess," say Mark Letzer, the Maryland Historical Society's chief development officer, says of Wallis Warfield Simpson. "I think Baltimore is intrigued by her."

Why we’re still intrigued by the duchess from Baltimore

May 23, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

At a time when much of the English-speaking world is fixated on the royal wedding, it's worth pointing out that if it weren't for the original Baltimore bad girl, Wallis...

Dr. David Linden, a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins, has written a book called "The Compass of Pleasure."

Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden explains the biology of pleasure

August 19, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Not all addictions live up to their advance press. In the past decade, it's become common to casually and humorously describe a favorite activity in the parlance of chemical dependency....

Baltimore native and Roland Park Country School graduate Adrienne Rich is widely regarded as one of the foremost women poets and essayists of the 20th century. Her most recent collected works include "The School Among the Ruins: Poems, 2000-2004" and "Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004-2006."

Writer David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’ and ‘Homicide,’ wins 2010 MacArthur ‘genius’ award

January 16, 2019 at 10:27 a.m.

Baltimorean David Simon, whose groundbreaking television series "The Wire" examined the institutions of his hometown with a passionate and unsparing eye, today won a 2010 MacArthur "genius" award. The 50-year-old...

A Nicole Kidman itinerary, just in case

March 30, 2019 at 7:11 a.m.

In terms of sheer movie queen glam, the likes of Nicole Kidman haven't been seen in Charm City in decades. So it's all the more notable that the statuesque Australian...

Bridges to the Past

August 18, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

Day by day, county by county and door by door, Kathryn Coney and her colleagues have gradually accumulated a treasure trove. Some of the objects they collected have historic significance,...

Lewis family reminisces at museum tour

August 22, 2019 at 5:32 p.m.

For three of the women who loved him most, Reginald F. Lewis' presence is everywhere in Baltimore's newest museum - and not just because his name is emblazoned high on...

The premiere of "Ladder 49," filmed in Baltimore, draws its stars and the crowds to The Senator Theatre.

Real-life heroes, Hollywood style

March 29, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

The most realistic parts of Ladder 49, the new film shot in Baltimore and starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix, are the things that movie-goers will never see on-screen. They...

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