Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 4/8/26-4/22/26 Wednesday, April 8 Maryland Film Festival: A multiday “filmmaker-forward, community-centered” film festival. ($20-$400) April 8 to 12 at multiple locations. For more information, go to…

Here’s our list of arts and culture events around the city.
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Photostory: Opening Day Opening Day in Baltimore was glorious — the sun was shining, the outfits were impeccable, and there was a sense of optimism about a team led by new manager Craig Albernaz and featuring off-season…

After a disappointing 2025, fans are looking for the new leadership to bring back the Orioles Magic we all relished in 2023.
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 4/8/26 - 4/22/26 Wednesday, April 8 Wellness Wednesdays: “Give yourself space to breathe, reset, and untangle” at this biweekly mental wellness-focused gathering. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at MorganCARES, 2101 E. Biddle…

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This photo shows a crowd watching a film at Peabody Heights Brewery.

Thanks to everyone who attended our screening of “The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat,” this Saturday at Peabody Heights Brewery. In total, over 60 people watched the film with us!

The next screening will be Friday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Current Space.

Photo: Valerie Paulsgrove

Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 4/8/26-4/22/26 Wednesday, April 8 Maryland Film Festival: A multiday “filmmaker-forward, community-centered” film festival. ($20-$400) April 8 to 12 at multiple locations. For more information, go to…

Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 4/8/26-4/22/26
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Baltimore Government and Community Events 4/8/26 - 4/22/26 Wednesday, April 8 Wellness Wednesdays: “Give yourself space to breathe, reset, and untangle” at this biweekly mental wellness-focused gathering. 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at MorganCARES, 2101 E. Biddle…

Baltimore Government and Community Events 4/8/26 – 4/22/26
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May 15 at Current Space! withfriends.events/event/NX4pCt...

‘Newlyweeds’ is an unconventional film about romance and addiction There’s an often-memed moment in the 1998 Dave Chappelle comedy “Half Baked” where Chappelle’s character, Thurgood, tries to go to rehab for his dependence on cannabis. In the scene, the other,…

‘Newlyweeds’ is an unconventional film about romance and addiction
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Munchies Pollo Burrito from El Mixteco plus Chips, Guac, and a Jamaica for the road229 S. Broadway This local spot on South Broadway doesn’t get nearly enough love. The chicken burrito is a prime example of…

Some of our favorite snacks for after a smoke sesh.
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Hard times demand intentional toking First, about your toker: I am a former cannabis industry worker and have been a Maryland medical cannabis patient since 2020. I’ve picked up a lot in my decade-plus of smoking, and making the switch…

Hard times demand intentional toking
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Hot Tokes Outdoor Weed is Better It’s really something of a miracle. You start out with a tiny seed — or a clone that came from a plant that started from a tiny seed — and you harvest an enormous plant with a…

Hot Tokes: The Beat team turns on, tunes in, and drops… nuggets of wisdom.
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Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents In the three years since Maryland legalized recreational cannabis, Baltimore has received more than $35 million in tax revenue to reinvest in communities devastated by the War on Drugs. To date, not…

Baltimore has received more than $35 million in cannabis reparations money, but none of it has reached residents
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Baltimore finally has local control of its police force. Now the fight for accountability can begin. After a decade-long campaign, Baltimore is one step closer to true accountability for its police force. Residents say the Baltimore Police Department has long used the shield of state control to act…

Baltimore finally has local control of its police force. Now the fight for accountability can begin.
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Best Beats: Baltimore Uprising Edition For this edition of Baltimore Beat’s roundup of the local music we love, we’re looking back at 2015, when Freddie Gray died while in police custody. The uprising that followed was a moment in history…

Best Beats: Baltimore Uprising Edition
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Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating In the 39 cases in which the Maryland Attorney General’s Office has completed an investigation of police-involved fatalities, the office’s Independent Investigations Division has brought charges in…

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown has cleared cops of wrongdoing in 95% of police-involved death cases his office is responsible for investigating
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Ten years after the Baltimore Uprising Baltimore Beat partnered with the Baltimore Museum of Art to talk about the 10 years that have passed since Freddie Gray’s death and the unrest that followed. From February 28 until April 4, we…

Looking back, moving forward: Ten years after the Baltimore Uprising
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A Mass Movement: A History of the Baltimore Uprising, From the Ground Up On the morning of April 12, 2015, at about 8:48 a.m., a 25-year-old Black man named Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. allegedly made eye contact with a police officer at the corner of North and Mount, where he…

A Mass Movement: A History of the Baltimore Uprising, From the Ground Up
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Photostory: Images from the 2015 Baltimore Uprising “I think the death of Freddie Gray inspired a whole new generation of activists,” photographer Devin Allen tells me on a phone call earlier this year.  At the time of Gray’s death, Allen was…

Photostory: Images from the 2015 Baltimore Uprising
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‘A particular responsibility’: What it was like to cover the 2015 Baltimore Uprising “Everybody was all in.” It’s a bit of a full circle moment to hear this statement come from my father 10 years after I witnessed him pulling up outside our house, looking dazed and half-asleep. I was…

‘A particular responsibility’: What it was like to cover the 2015 Baltimore Uprising
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From last year:

Today marks 11 years since the death of Freddie Gray. Last year, we documented the ways everyday people in Baltimore came together to create change.

From emergency response to sustained resistance: How Baltimore Action Legal Team endured after the Uprising As day turned to night in Baltimore on April 27, 2015, the number of arrests for disorderly conduct, failure to obey, and destruction of property ticked upward. What began as street protests over the…

From emergency response to sustained resistance: How Baltimore Action Legal Team endured after the Uprising
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A dear friend & organizing colleague of mine invited me to come to this, and it was an evening very well spent. I love Baltimore, and the Beat (which I donate to and YOU SHOULD TOO) is high up on the list of why.

Photostory: Opening Day Opening Day in Baltimore was glorious — the sun was shining, the outfits were impeccable, and there was a sense of optimism about a team led by new manager Craig Albernaz and featuring off-season…

After a disappointing 2025, fans are looking for the new leadership to bring back the Orioles Magic we all relished in 2023.
baltimorebeat.com/photostory-o...

‘Newlyweeds’ is an unconventional film about romance and addiction There’s an often-memed moment in the 1998 Dave Chappelle comedy “Half Baked” where Chappelle’s character, Thurgood, tries to go to rehab for his dependence on cannabis. In the scene, the other,…

‘Newlyweeds’ is an unconventional film about romance and addiction
baltimorebeat.com/newlyweeds-i...

Munchies Pollo Burrito from El Mixteco plus Chips, Guac, and a Jamaica for the road229 S. Broadway This local spot on South Broadway doesn’t get nearly enough love. The chicken burrito is a prime example of…

Some of our favorite snacks for after a smoke sesh.
baltimorebeat.com/munchies/

Hot Tokes Outdoor Weed is Better It’s really something of a miracle. You start out with a tiny seed — or a clone that came from a plant that started from a tiny seed — and you harvest an enormous plant with a…

The Beat team turns on, tunes in, and drops… nuggets of wisdom.
baltimorebeat.com/hot-tokes/

April 2026 Tarotscopes Air Signs – Aquarius, Gemini, LibraAce of Pentacles + Three of Swords rx + Two of Wands rx A new opportunity may present itself this month, air signs. But after everything you’ve been through over…

April 2026 Tarotscopes
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Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 4/8/26-4/22/26 Wednesday, April 8 Maryland Film Festival: A multiday “filmmaker-forward, community-centered” film festival. ($20-$400) April 8 to 12 at multiple locations. For more information, go to…

Baltimore Arts and Culture Events 4/8/26-4/22/26
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