If he could, it sounds as if Orioles ace Corbin Burnes wouldn’t mind smashing a baseball bat into the pitch clock on the brick wall behind home plate at Camden Yards. At the very least, he’d like to pause the timer for a few extra moments before it begins ticking, so pitchers’ arms can rest a touch longer.

Fireworks, red-themed eats and drinks, and barbecues in the sweltering early-summer heat will fill the city this week as many Baltimoreans celebrate Juneteenth—the holiday marking the anniversary of the effective end of slavery on June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people were freed from Galveston, Texas. While Juneteenth...

Three days before the grand opening of the latest Easy Like Sunday location at McHenry Row in Locust Point, servers are studying the menu, baristas are testing drink recipes (like a pretty-in-pink iced beetroot matcha latte), and chef/co-owner Sean MacCuish is overseeing a mock service in the kitchen—where his staff fires favorites like fried chicken atop cornmeal pancakes and steak and eggs with a fresno chimichurri.

My feelings about Glen Powell began to shift last month when, at the premiere of his new film, Hit Man, his mother held up a sign that read: “Stop Trying To Make Glen Powell Happen.”. The thing is, I had uttered those very words myself. From Top Gun: Maverick...

Josefina: A taste of Spain is headed to Baltimore. James Beard semifinalist David Zamudio—the local chef who previously helmed the kitchen at Station North’s Alma Cocina Latina—will open his first solo spot, Josefina, at Harbor Point this fall. The concept aims to transport guests to the south of Spain, where small and large plates will be served family style. Expect a menu of mainly tapas, plus entrees like aged steak and fried fish, an expansive wine selection, and craft cocktails.

Miss Twist Ice Cream: SoBo just got a little sweeter. Just in time for summer, Miss Twist Ice Cream opened its third location last week in Locust Point. Joining brick-and-mortars in Essex and Havre de Grace, the new shop is the first in Baltimore City—but the ice cream concept is no stranger to the area. Owner Tammy Radtke has made rounds in the Miss Twist truck throughout Locust Point for nearly 30 years. In those earlier years, she and her team were in the neighborhood every day. More recently, those visits have been less frequent, so the timing seemed right for a permanent home in South Baltimore..

The race is one thing, but, at its core, Preakness is really about the people. Whether they’re interested in placing bets, sipping Black-Eyed Susans in the grandstand, or partying in the infield, visitors from near and far who descend on Pimlico Race Course every year have one thing in common—they’re ready for a good time.

When we think Preakness attire, our minds often go directly to the wide-brimmed hats, pastel sundresses, and high heels that grace the grandstand. But men are known to show up and show out for the Charm City horse-racing tradition, too. “I have photographed the women in hats for years, and...

Maryland-born country singer Jimmy Charles had been to Preakness before. “But I was throwing beers up to people on the porta-potties,” he said Saturday afternoon, referencing the infield scene he experienced years ago. This year, he stood on a black carpet inside the Pimlico Race Course infield near...

When I heard that the critically acclaimed indie horror film, I Saw the TV Glow, was partly an homage to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I was beyond excited. Buffy is my all-time favorite show. To me, its blend of humor, horror, teen (and, eventually, young adult) angst, and romance has never been surpassed. I watched it in a manner similar to I Saw the TV Glow’s protagonist, Owen (a heartbreaking Justice Smith). I had missed the first three seasons, so I caught up on DVDs loaned to me by my friend Geoff. (In the movie, Owen watches on video tapes.) I remember that on the season three stack of DVDs, Geoff had scribbled, “Holy s&@$!” (IYKYK.) After that, I was able to watch in real time, in weekly installments. (This is how we used to watch television shows, children. Like barbarians.)

Incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott defeated Sheila Dixon, the former mayor who was forced to resign in scandal, in surprisingly convincing fashion Tuesday night in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary—all but ensuring a second term for the 40-year-old Scott. Four years ago, Scott, then city council president, defeated Dixon...

At this very moment, David Rubenstein is the perfect owner of the Baltimore Orioles. He’s a fan, at heart. He was born and raised here, in Pikesville, where he jokes he played a mean shortstop in a Jewish Little League. And, today, decades later, he’s a content, 74-year-old billionaire who keeps hitting all the right notes two months into taking over control of the beloved hometown professional baseball team in a $1.7 billion deal.

Oscar was chasing tennis balls again. He had been sick, but now he was better. I called my mother, “Mom! Oscar is playing with tennis balls again! He’s healthy! He’s happy!” And then I woke up. When Oscar got sick, he made a hypocrite out of...

Cece’s Roland Park: A Michelin-starred chef who has worked in kitchens in Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas will help open this new spot in The Village of Cross Keys. When it debuts on June 13, Nick Sharpe will helm the kitchen at Cece’s Roland Park, offering a European menu with coastal influences, plus a a wide selection of tequila and French and Italian wines. The 7,000-square-foot space will also boast an expansive open-air courtyard, main dining room, and the adjacent Cece’s Kitchen for more casual dining with pizzas and pastas. The restaurant will be under the umbrella of The Cordish Companies.

When her daughter was just six months old, local graphic designer Erica Wood was struck with an idea: on the Sunday closest to her late father’s birthday that April, she decided to bring her daughter, Alice, and her husband, Matthew, to the Baltimore Farmer’s Market to peruse the produce and shop from local vendors.

Arguably, there’s no better token of gratitude for the special woman in your life than brunch, so we’ve rounded up a few spots around town for you to have great food and a time to remember with mom. From showtunes and soul food to DJs and drag shows, there’s no shortage of fun options for Mother’s Day meal time on May 12.

The Idea of You is about a 40-old-woman who has an affair with a 24-year-old pop idol. And I must say, it’s truly refreshing to see a woman with cellulite, stretch marks, and wrinkles land herself such a young hottie. JK—the woman is played by Anne Hathaway, in casual chic attire and bangs only she can pull off, looking more luminescent than ever.

Jim Henneman’s history with the Orioles goes way back. The first O’s game he attended was the team’s first-ever home game at Memorial Stadium on April 15, 1954. He was a high school pitcher at Calvert Hall at the time, and his biggest dream was that Baltimore would get a big-league club again. To this day, he calls that Opening Day the biggest baseball thrill of his life.

Love is a very important word in tennis. In scoring, curiously enough, it means zero. There is also the love of the game which keeps lower ranked players grinding away on the challengers’ circuit, staying at seedy motels, eating crappy food, hoping for that one big break. There is the love we see between doubles players, who traverse the court in perfect harmony, each subconsciously anticipating the other’s next move. There is also, says Zendaya, as tennis phenom Tashi Duncan in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, a love between opponents. Sometimes you get into a kind of groove, a kind of physical dance and synchronicity that is itself a form of love. This happens rarely, Tashi says, but when it does it’s magical.

La Cuchara Takes Over Former Five & Dime Ale House: Ben Lefenfeld, co-owner/executive chef of Meadow Mill’s La Cuchara, announced this week that he and his business partners—wife, Amy, and brother, Jake—purchased the Five and Dime Ale House property on the Avenue in Hampden a few weeks back. Built in 1926, the three-level, 11,4000-square-foot corner spot—historically the site of G.C. Murphy’s five-and-dime store—will get a gut renovation from SMP Architects. Though there’s no word yet on the concept, the team’s new restaurant—which sits just about a mile away from La Cuchara—is projected to open in April 2025.