(September 23, 2023) – The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA), after consulting with the Mayor’s Office, the Baltimore City Office of Emergency Management and the Baltimore City […]
Category: Baltimore Community
Day two of Artscape cancelled due to Tropical Storm Ophelia
By Special Press Release The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts has cancelled activities on Sept. 23 after a state of emergency was declared due to Tropical Storm Ophelia. […]
Historic AFRO doors acquired by Afro Charities at auction
By Helen Bezuneh, Special to the AFRO In the Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates auction house in Crawford, Va., the entire room sat on the edge of their seats as […]
Baltimore City Council members call for car theft investigative hearing
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Councilmember Zeke Cohen (D-District 1) pushes for an investigative car theft resolution due to a major rise in car thefts across the city […]
Mother of teen killed in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting demands change as council members press BPD on response
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Tmcqueen@afro.com The mother of Aaliyah Gonzalez was front and center on Sept. 13 for the second city council hearing on the Brooklyn Day mass […]
Timothy Carter weds Cornitra Sampson at New Shiloh Baptist Church
By AFRO Staff On a late August evening, Timothy Alphonso Carter married Cornitra Tache’ Sampson in an elegant ceremony, attended by 700 guests at Carter’s home church, the New Shiloh […]
Murphy Fine Arts Center at Morgan State University celebrates two decades of enchantment
By Eric Addison, Morgan State University Morgan State University’s architectural gem at 2201 Argonne Drive, the Murphy Fine Arts Center, was many years in the making. The long timeline began […]
Mayor Scott hears from Brooklyn residents at After Action Report community meeting
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Brooklyn Homes residents gathered Sept. 7 for a city-organized question-and-answer session and summary of the After Action Report (AAR), which was released Aug. […]
The Moore Report: Buses for Baltimore City Public School students…and other transportation woes
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. As schools opened last week for the 2023-24 academic year, the daily news was filled with Howard County students stranded without rides to and from […]
Upcoming events in the Baltimore area
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Brooklyn Mass Shooting Hearing On Sept. 13 at 1 p.m., the Baltimore City Council will hold its second hearing to inquirty about the […]
Former Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon announces 2024 mayoral bid
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Former Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon has announced her bid for mayor. “I love my private life, but I also love the citizens […]
Reginald Haysbert, president of Forum Caterers, dies at 75
By AFRO Staff The Baltimore community was saddened to learn of the sudden death of Reginald Haysbert, president of The Forum Caterers. “Some have been informed and others are just finding out about the passing […]