Category: Baltimore News

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u A review of some of the week’s most important stories from the pages of the AFRO American Newspaper, including the first day of the Freddie Gray hearings in Baltimore. We’ll have reports and insights from our regular contributors the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro and Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Educator, journalist, public intellectual and proud son of East Baltimore, D. Watkins’ new book, “The Beast Side,” is nothing short of a literary classic for the 21st century, chronicling  life on the streets of one of America’s great and deeply flawed cities, Baltimore. We’ll talk to Watkins about his transcendent […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Analysis of the first day of the Freddie Gray hearings with the AFRO’s Roberto Alejandro and legal analyst Sheryl Wood. Plus, Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of The Real News Network provide more reporting on the Freddie Gray hearings and some thoughts on yesterday’s interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie […]

(Updated 9/2/2015) BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the first court hearing for six Baltimore police officers who are charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a Black man who died a week after suffering a critical spine injury in custody (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A judge has ruled that all six Baltimore police […]

Love Star Entertainment is hosting a screening of the new full feature police crime drama, Purpose. Come on September 19 at 1 p.m. to Paradox Entertainment, 1310 Russell Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. This event is open tothe public. For additional information please call (410) 458-6808.

Caesar R. Goodson Jr., Garrett E. Miller, Edward M. Nero, William G. Porter, Brian W. Rice, and Alicia D. White. (AP Photo) BALTIMORE (AP) — Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against 6 police officers in death of Freddie Gray.

Join Beans & Bread’s 5th annual community cleanup and block party on September 18 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Beans & Bread Center, 400 Bond Street, Baltimore, MD 21231. Happy hour to follow.

Joseph Harris, winner of Food Network’s All Star Academy. (Foodnetwork.com) Join Joseph Harris, winner of Food Network’s All Star Academy, on September 12 at 194 Hammonds Ln. Brooklyn Park, MD 21225. Come for live cooking, a fun time of food, family and stories. Tickets are $35 at the door. Joseph Harris is a home cook […]

The Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball on September 11 at 10:30 a.m at the Community College of Baltimore County, Owings Mills’ campus, 10300 Grand Central Ave, Owings Mills, MD 21117. View displays of photographs and memorabilia that tell the stories of Negro baseball from the 1800’s to 1949. Lunch will be served. To register […]

Protesters gather outside Baltimore Circuit Court, as the first court hearing was set to begin in the case of six police officers criminally charged in the death of Freddie Gray, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 in Baltimore. Six police officers face charges that range from second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder. (Kim Hairston/The […]

The 14th annual Maryland Hispanic Business Conference is on September 8 in Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd. Bethesda, MD 20852. The conference provides tools, strategies and resources to better support Hispanic and minority businesses. For more information call (301) 947-6619 or visit www.mdhbc.com.

Kimberly Rouse-Smith and a picture of her son, who was killed in a dirt bike accident. (Photo by Lisa Snowden-McCray) When Council Member William “Pete” Welch introduced legislation calling for the construction of a dirt bike park at last month’s Baltimore City Council meeting, he brought Baltimore mother Kimberly Rouse-Smith with him. The park, Welch […]