Sparrows Point

Sparrows Point, MD · Arts & Culture
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Maryland Zoo launches student-designed red panda video game
BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) — A video game inspired by the Maryland Zoo’s red pandas is now available on the Zoo’s website!. “Red Panda Rush” was created by George Washington Carver Center for Arts & Technology senior Martin Burgunder as a class project. Classmates Isaac Sigrist worked...
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At This Hidden Maryland Glassblowing Studio, Kids Watch Molten Glass Become Art Right Before Their Eyes
Furnaces running past 2,000 degrees sit just a few feet from where total beginners shape their very own glass pumpkins and vases. And yes, kids get in on the action too. A family-run studio in Maryland lets you pick up to three colors from a lineup that includes lime green, purple, coffee, and pink. Then trained instructors show you how to hold and rotate the pipe while molten glass takes shape.
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Events this weekend (October 30 - November 1)
Events this weekend (October 30 - November 1) From Halloween costume parties and live soul tributes to fiery ceramic arts festivals and a Disney villains singalong, this weekend offers a mix of spooky celebrations, live entertainment and creative community events around Baltimore. Friday brings a candle-making party with Halloween costumes and $1 wings and a tribute to legendary R&B divas, while Saturday features a celebration of fire and ceramics at Baltimore Clayworks and a Halloween choir dedicated to Disney’s most notorious villains. Sunday invites theatergoers to experience a chilling adaptation of Frankenstein at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.
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“The Rock of Gibraltar for Etta” – Baltimore, MD (1907)
Miss Etta Reid lived in Baltimore, the largest city in Maryland and the most important port for commerce and transportation on the Chesapeake Bay. Miss Reid’s address is given as “Station E”, which I assume is one of the Post Office substations in the city. In August...
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Lalah Hathaway Coming to Maryland Hall in Annapolis This November
Lalah Hathaway | November 16, 2026 | Maryland Hall | Tickets. Rams Head Presents will bring five-time Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway to Maryland Hall on Monday, November 16. Doors will open at 7 p.m., with the performance beginning at 8 p.m. Lalah Hathaway Brings Grammy-Winning R&B to Annapolis. Lalah...
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The oldest, most complete train collection in America sits quietly in Baltimore
You can walk onto the exact ground where American railroading began. The National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation sits on a 40-acre site in southwest Baltimore, built on the old Mount Clare Shops where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad launched the country’s first commercial railroad. Most people still...
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How To Make People Laugh on Election Night, 'A Different World' Returns, Baltimore Through Devin Allen's Lens
The recent headlines have been stressful. When they worked on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, writers Eliana Kwartler, Michael Cruz Kayne and Steve Waltien had the tough ask of making the news funny. They share how to make light of heavy subject matter. After that, school is back in...
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Joppatowne Recreation Council announces third annual Winterfest and inaugural Holiday Parade
JOPPA, Md. — The Joppatowne Recreation Council will host its third annual Winterfest celebration on Saturday, Nov. 21, featuring the community’s first-ever Turkey to Tinsel Holiday Parade. The festivities will begin at 10:15 a.m. with a parade step-off from Joppatowne High School. Participants will march down Riviera Drive and continue along Kearney Drive before concluding […]
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Baltimore has a new national landmark: Remsen Hall at Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore has a new national landmark: Remsen Hall at Johns Hopkins University. The American Chemical Society this month named Remsen Hall on Hopkins’ Homewood campus a National Historic Chemical Landmark, making it one of about 100 places to have that distinction. The designation puts Remsen Hall on a different...
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Perry Hall resident recognized with Community Heroes Award
Vicki Keller, a longtime Perry Hall resident and volunteer who has dedicated her retirement to preserving local history, supporting students and honoring military veterans, has been named the recipient of Baltimore County’s Community Hero Award for Council District 5. The award recognizes Keller’s continued commitment to strengthening her community through volunteer work with the Perry Hall Improvement Association, the Honeygo Regional Veterans Memorial project and several local history initiatives. Keller’s volunteer work in Perry Hall includes serving on the scholarship committee of the Perry Hall Improvement Association, helping organize community events and contributing to projects that preserve the area’s history. She also serves as treasurer of the Honeygo Regional Veterans Memorial Executive Committee, which is working to establish a memorial honoring veterans. A new chapter in public serviceKeller spent 39 years working for the Baltimore County Department of Health, where she held several positions in public health and prevention services. She managed the Women, Infants and Children program before moving into substance use prevention and tobacco services. In her tobacco services role, she oversaw education programs, school-based services, cessation programs and enforcement efforts aimed at preventing underage tobacco sales. After retiring in 2022, she expanded her involvement in community organizations
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Peabody Institute working with prominent New York firm, Ennead Architects, to design new academic hub for Mount Vernon campus
When leaders of the Peabody Institute wanted to build on-campus student housing in the 1960s, they hired a prominent New York designer known for his work with cultural institutions, Edward Durell Stone. Now the Peabody Institute, a division of the Johns Hopkins University since 1977, wants to build an academic...
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A Maryland Family Moved Their Cafe Into an 1895 Bank and Now Serves Breakfast Beneath Its Grand Ceilings
Strawberry-stuffed French toast is served beneath chandeliers in a room where people once handled their savings. The building even survived the devastating 1904 city fire. I don’t think a breakfast table needs much more character than that. The family-run Maryland café moved into the former bank in 2016, preserving...
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Your Guide to the Red Lion Halloween Parade
Grab your costumes, gather your little monsters, and get ready to experience one of York County’s favorite fall traditions! The Annual Red Lion Halloween Parade is marching into downtown Red Lion on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, and promises plenty of Halloween fun for the whole family. Whether you’re bringing...
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James David Young on public support for the arts and the future of Baltimore’s DIY scene
Baltimore has long been a home for experimental artists. But is it as hospitable to the arts as it once was? Composer and showrunner James David Young of Mind on Fire leads a discussion on Baltimore as a past, present and future destination for creatives of all kinds on this episode of Pass the Mic. His guests are Tariq Ravelomanana, otherwise known as the internationally acclaimed rapper and producer Infinity Knives; experimental sitarist, composer and upcoming club-owner Ami Dang; and Executive Director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts Nicholas Cohen.