May 4, 2017

The Towsontown Spring Festival at 50

Christina Tkacik 0 Comment From the Vault, Maryland, The Baltimore Sun towson town festival, towsontowne festival, towsontowne spring festival

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Fifty years old and still Baltimore County’s biggest annual party, a sure harbinger of spring and the rare chance to enjoy Courthouse Square and its surroundings without having to dodge all the cars and other traffic. With food, music, vendors, carnival rides and hopefully lots of sunshine. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. next Sunday in the area surrounding Courthouse Square, at Washington and Pennsylvania avenues. Free. towsontownfestival.com.

–Chris Kaltenbach, The Baltimore Sun

On the red – or beige – carpet at the 2017 Met Gala

May 1, 2017

On the red – or beige – carpet at the 2017 Met Gala

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A-listers donned their brightest, boldest, weirdest looks for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute annual benefit gala, the fashion equivalent of the most glamorous Halloween party of the year. This year’s gala celebrates the opening of an exhibit honoring visionary designer Rei Kawakubo with Comme des Garcons.

Something borrowed, something blue: Baltimore County weddings from the past

May 1, 2017

Something borrowed, something blue: Baltimore County weddings from the past

Christina Tkacik 2 Comments The Baltimore Sun

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A light lunch, a dress that could be worn again, then perhaps a trip to Niagara Falls. For much of Baltimore history, weddings were a relatively simple affair.

Lewis Hine’s photos of child labor in Maryland and beyond

Apr 24, 2017

Lewis Hine’s photos of child labor in Maryland and beyond

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Lewis Hine’s photographs of child labor in 32 states documented the horrors of working conditions in the early 1900s. Here, a look at some of the shots he took in Maryland.

Agnes Kane Callum’s long search for her roots

Apr 23, 2017

Agnes Kane Callum’s long search for her roots

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On Friday, Sotterley Plantation in St. Mary’s County opened its only remaining slave cabin to the public and dedicated it to the memory of Agnes Kane Callum, a genealogist whose own grandfather was a slave at Sotterley.

From the vault: Air pollution in Baltimore

Apr 17, 2017

From the vault: Air pollution in Baltimore

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Remembering Baltimore’s smoky, sooty years when the city had the second-filthiest air in the country.

Apr 10, 2017

The quiet beauty of the Eastern Shore

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MICA student Landon Green takes meditative film photos of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. “After leaving there, I really recognize the beauty of the place,” he said.

Chemical weapons testing at Edgewood Arsenal through the years

Apr 6, 2017

Chemical weapons testing at Edgewood Arsenal through the years

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In today’s Baltimore Sun, reporter Mary McCauley commemorates the beginning of World War I with a look at Maryland institutions born from that conflict. Here, a closer look at the Edgewood Arsenal, now a part of Aberdeen Proving Ground, where the U.S. has manufactured and tested chemical weapons since 1918.

Remembering when Baltimore was an umbrella-making capital

Apr 3, 2017

Remembering when Baltimore was an umbrella-making capital

Christina Tkacik 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun

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Grab one of the spokes of Eric Dyer’s giant wheel and give it a good spin, like you’re playing Wheel of Fortune. Watch in awe as the images on the flat circle come to life before your very eyes, rows and rows of animated umbrellas move side to side and pop out at the viewer. The piece, on view by the Inner Harbor as part of Light City, pays homage to Baltimore’s lost manufacturing industry, incorporating images of real umbrellas made in factories here.

Chris Bathgate’s futuristic thingamabobs on display at the BMI

Mar 27, 2017

Chris Bathgate’s futuristic thingamabobs on display at the BMI