Category: Baltimore News

To encourage  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) education, The Harbor City (MD) Chapter of the Links is hosting the ‘Dreamers and Achievers’ STEM Fair and Career Expo at Dunbar High School on April 18.  The event will include opportunities for students to meet and interact with professionals, as well as showcase their completed STEM […]

The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Capital Campaign Fund is hosting a Gospel Jazz Concert and Silent Auction, 4 to 8 p.m., April 18 at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 2812-14 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, Md. The Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Capital Campaign Fund assists persons with homelessness, unemployment, substance addiction, domestic violence abuse and digital injustice. Contact […]

The Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association is hosting a ‘Cherry Blossom Bake Sale Day,’ 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 18, in the 1600 Block of Appleton Street. Profits from this event will go to students of Matthew A. Henson Elementary and George Washington Carver Vocational Technical Senior High schools for excellence in education. Contact […]

The Africana Studies Independent Film Festival opens at 9 a.m., April 17, with the acclaimed feature film, “The 12 O’Clock Boys.” The Community College of Baltimore County, Essex will host its Africana Studies Independent Film Festival on April 17 and 18.  The festival will feature films focused on the Black experience and include speakers, panel […]

Kurt L. Schmoke (Photo by Dr. A. Lois De Laine) Returning to his roots in Charm City, former three-term Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke begins a new chapter at the helm of his Alma Mater, and the city’s namesake university, The University of Baltimore. The Investiture began with a prelude, “Shiny Stockings” performed by Knights […]

Supporters of former Atlanta public school educators who were sentenced in a cheating scandal while attending a vigil outside Fulton County Superior Court, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) A group of nine former Atlanta public school educators were convicted April 10 for participating in a massive cheating scandal to inflate student […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u In the span of a couple of weeks, America has witnessed the murder of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, the shooting death of Eric Harris in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the severe beating of Francis Pusok in San Bernadino, California; all of the incidents at the hands of […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u We focus on the 2016 race for president and the official announcement over the weekend of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and today’s scheduled announcement of Florida Senator Marco Rubio. We will also discuss local law enforcement policy and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake’s final push to move […]

Pioneering Black physician Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Pioneering Black physician Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., whose invention of the automatic implantable defibrillator forever changed the world of cardiothoracic surgery, died April 11 at his “beloved” Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he spent the majority of his professional career. He was 70. Watkins died Saturday morning after suffering […]

The Greater Baltimore Section of The National Council of Negro Women is hosting their Spirit of a Woman Conference, 9 a.m., April 25, at the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 100 Village Square, Baltimore, Md. Call (443) 406-6269 for ticket cost and information.

The April show will be held on April 19 at 5200 Southwestern Boulevard, Arbutus, Md. at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

Baltimore native Keith Saunders, ballet master of Dance Theatre of Harlem will give a talk and demonstration at the opening day exhibition of Dance Theatre of Harlem: Forty Years of First, 1 p.m., April 18, at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore. General admission is $8. Contact 443-263-1875 or visit www.rflewismuseum.org for more information.