Category: Baltimore News

A Baltimore police officer, who is seen viciously beating a man June 15 in a CitiWatch video that began circulating this week, has been suspended while an investigation of the incident ensues, officials announced Sept. 16. “This will not be tolerated,” Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said of Officer Vincent Cosom’s behavior at a […]

Seven young artists from Baltimore City will showcase their talents through performing arts at the renowned Eubie Blake National Jazz and Cultural Center, 847 N. Howard Street in Baltimore, 6 p.m., Sept. 20.  The Speak Life Tour (SLT) is a creative arts mentor platform for youth in the community to showcase their talents through poetry, […]

BALTIMORE — It’s a Tuesday morning, almost two weeks before comedian and actor Tommy Davidson comes to town for three days of appearances at the Baltimore Comedy Factory, and he’s trying to pronounce the city’s distinctive accent on the phone for me. Comedian and actor Tommy Davidson. “I love Bawlmore,” he says “Boolmar. Balmore.” His […]

My Sister’s Place in Baltimore has become a safe haven for many women and their children that are struggling to get back on their feet.  The Catholic Charities organization provides these women with meals and services that help them get back into the workplace and into their own homes. The women and children who come […]

Author, and Baltimore native, Wes Moore. American Graduate Day 2014 returns this fall for its third consecutive year with Wes Moore, best-selling author and U.S. Army veteran, as host for the all-day broadcast, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sept. 27. Broadcast and streamed live from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York […]

Former Baltimore City police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez, founder of Survivor Wear Inc. Former Baltimore City Police officer Teresa Rigby-Menendez does not remember the day that cut short her law enforcement career. Just over three years on the force, Rigby-Menendez had been assisting a motorist on I-83 when an oncoming vehicle lost control and slammed into […]

Simmie Knox, African American artist stands beside his portrait of Frederick Douglass in the Maryland Governor’s mansion. To Simmie Knox a face is an open book. “Everything is in the face – joy, sorrow, kindness, mean-spiritedness…,” he said. That ability to read faces and, in so doing, capture the essence of an individual is what […]

Another chapter in the sex, drugs and corruption scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center unfolded last week, as five former correctional officers, an inmate and a drug supplier entered guilty pleas, and another correctional officer was sentenced, for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy run by the Black Guerilla Family. The city was rocked […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake complained of shortness of breath and chest pains during the city’s Star-Spangled Banner celebration over the weekend and was taken to a hospital for tests. The mayor’s office says the 44-year-old was taken by ambulance to the hospital Saturday night. Spokeswoman Caron Brace says Rawlings-Blake was released from […]

Portrait of Frederick Douglass, unveiled on September 15, 2014 , that will grace on the wall’s of the (Maryland) Governor’s Mansion. Maryland history will be made Sept. 15 when a portrait of Frederick Douglass – the first likeness of an African American to grace the walls of the governor’s residence in Annapolis – is unveiled. […]

Mrs. Lucille Brooks played the piano for her church until two years ago. “Black people are full of music,” said 102-year-old Lucille Brooks. She should know. While she currently spends her days in the home she shares with her daughter on a quiet street in Catonsville, she’s spent a lifetime teaching the children of Baltimore […]

As its mandate, the exhibitions department at MICA presents work produced by students, faculty and alumni, and focuses on a broad range of developments in contemporary art, to expand the educational and cultural awareness for the region. The 2014 Sabbatical exhibition, Aug. 29-Sept. 21, features the work of 10 MICA faculty artists, and explores a […]