Featuring a variety of beers and wines by Oliver Brewing Co and Linganore, the festival is on Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Herring Run Park: Belair Rd and 2800 Chesterfield Ave. Live entertainment will be provided by Purple Honey, April Sampe’, Spice and DJ Jamal. Go to belair-edison.org/beerandwine for more details […]
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St. Matthews United Methodist Church Children’s Sabbath Fall Festival
St. Matthews United Methodist Church is hosting the Sabbath Fall Festival on Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. All ages are welcome. There will be activities for everyone. The event will take place on Main Street between Avon Beach and Sollers Point Roads in Dundalk, Md. Call 410-285-4466 for more information.
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Violent Weekend in East Baltimore Leaves 8 Wounded; 3-Year Old Among Victims
Multiple people were shot in East Baltimore on Sept. 24 including a 3-year-old girl and her father, according to Baltimore City Police. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. at Greenmount Avenue and East Preston Street near Greenmount Cemetery. According to police, 8 people were shot and taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Baltimore […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday, September 26.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. National politics with political strategist Catalina Byrd and commentator Sean Breeze, including a preview of perhaps the most highly anticipated presidential debate in U.S. history; Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump for 90 minutes, no commercial, no breaks at Hofstra University. Plus, an exclusive interview with the […]
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Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission Sued Over Licenses
On Sept. 19, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission was sued over the 15 provisional licenses it issued earlier this year. The lawsuit was brought by GTI-Maryland, a medical cannabis company which said it was included in the original list of approved providers before being dropped. The civil lawsuit was filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court. […]
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MC Lyte and Raheem DeVaughn Dish about ‘Love Jones: The Musical’
A modern twist on the 1997 classic Black film “Love Jones” hits the stage tonight at Baltimore’s Murphy Fine Arts Center. Nearly 20 years after people first fell in love with the film, the movie is being adapted into a musical play with a fresh mix of both ‘90s and modern music. The show features […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, September 23.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. A review of some of the top news stories of the week, directly from the pages of the AFRO with managing editor Kamau High. Plus, The Mod Squad, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis of The Real News Network report on politics and law enforcement, including the […]
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Baltimore High School Students Get College Experience with P-Tech Program
The 2016 fall semester has been underway for several weeks at Baltimore City Community College, but on Sept. 16, the school welcomed a new class of potential graduates. The Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech) program began operations this year in Baltimore, accepting Carver Vocational-Technical High School and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School […]
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Baltimore Metro. Chapter of National Coalition of 100 Black Women Focuses on ‘Embracing the Power of Leadership’
On Sept. 24, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s (NCBW) Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter will host their 27th Annual Torchbearer Awards Breakfast at Martin’s West in Baltimore. The yearly event has been the organization’s venue for recognizing outstanding leaders from the community for almost three decades. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake receives the Torchbearer’s Award from Landa […]
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Top 5 Events to Check Out at Baltimore Innovation Week
From tips for Baltimore technology start-ups, introductory coding classes and storytelling happy hour, the week-long Baltimore Innovation Week will host dozens of events for everyone from the experienced business professionals to high school gamers. Baltimore Innovation Week will run from Sept. 23 – Oct. 1 at various locations throughout Baltimore City and county. Here are […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, September 22.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u From 5-7 P.M. The eyes of much of the nation are on Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina in the wake police killings of Black men. But, issues of police misconduct are also pervasive in Maryland of course. We’ll get a live report from Catalina Byrd in Hagerstown where […]
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Maryland’s Black jewel unveiled
June 25, 2005 The AFRO’s story on the opening of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore from 2005. (AFRO file photo) Black faces, Black voices, Black art, Black memorabilia, Black history: The very essence of Blackness is exuded from the walls of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, […]