Baltimore Style

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and while we’re all for flowers and chocolate, 2018 seems like a good year to spread the love in other ways, too. In the midst of the #MeToo movement and a growing national conversation about violence against women, February cover star Lexie Love’s One Love …

The Modell Lyric was a veritable bastion of alternative Americana when Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit rolled into town Feb. 6. Playing before a packed crowd, Isbell and his opener, James McMurtry, delivered a show that was equal parts reflective and rock’n’roll. Folk rocker McMurtry, the son of famous …

Beyond the glitter of the Eiffel Tower and crush of tourists at the Louvre, Paris is a sophisticated, hip, even gritty, international city filled with people who know how to eat well and a wide range of restaurants ready to feed them — and I’m not talking about three-star Michelin …

Who doesn’t need people — companionship, friendship, love? In these books about people in unusual situations with unique relationships, we find those people in transition who depend on others to understand something of themselves. In A House Among the Trees, Julia Glass paints a detailed and pleasingly elaborate web of …

Epidemiologist April Zambelli-Weiner is the CEO of the Hampstead-based Translational Technologies International. The company evaluates the effectiveness and safety of public health programs and new drugs bound for the market. It recently completed the largest U.S. study on prenatal exposure to anti-nausea drugs.   How did you get into this …

THURSDAY 8 Convention: Baltimore Auto Show Go car crazy as 500+ new vehicles, vendors and more roar into the Baltimore Convention Center this weekend. Feb. 8-11 at the Baltimore Convention Center.  Event: Research Your Roots Find the history of your family with this African-American geneaology workshop, which teaches how to …

Hampden-based Art with a Heart, a group that uses visual art to enhance the lives of Baltimore residents in need, has moved to a new home in Mill No. 1 on Falls Road. The 7,400-square-foot, LEED-certified space offers more room for the group’s programing and also ever-important storage. In addition, …

Many of our millennial children are smack dab in the era of student loans, expensive tuition and relatively low entry-level salaries. As a result, millennials like my daughter, Paige, rely on their parents to help support them between college and the years they actually start their lives. It seems like …

Historic houses don’t often come with roomy dressing rooms. Such was the case in this Guildford mansion, whose owner is a professional that frequently travels for work. Besides wanting improved closet storage, she wanted to be able to view everything easily and pack up her suitcase in a pinch. Interior …

A party that ends with the staging of a play is one of our favorite kinds of get-togethers. Baltimore STYLE was delighted to join Chesapeake Shakespeare Company on Feb. 3 for a red carpet party in honor of their new play, “Red Velvet,” directed by Shirley Basfield Dunlap. The play …

FRIDAY 2 Drama: The Death of Walt Disney If you loved Center Stage’s production of “The Christians” last fall, you’ll be pleased to hear that another of Lucas Hnath’s works will be performed in Baltimore this season. A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney (yes, that’s …

Celebrate Black History Month with a visit to the recently renovated Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum in Bolton Hill. Originally opened in 1978, the museum celebrates the life and work of Jackson, who was known as the “mother of the Civil Rights movement.” Born in Baltimore in 1889, Jackson …

Odds are, Americana artist Jason Isbell is riding pretty high right now. At the 2018 Grammy Awards on Jan. 28, Isbell came out two for two, winning both awards he was nominated for: Best American Roots Song, “If We Were Vampires,” and Best Americana Album, “The Nashville Sound.” So things …

The list of hurdles nonprofits face is long (think: fundraising, sufficient staffing, bureaucratic red ). But ridesharing company Lyft wants to help ease that burden. Last week, Lyft announced a new iniitiative called the Baltimore Community Grants program, which will award $1000 in Lyft credits to a nonprofit each month …

If you’re like me, the word “jade” instantly brings to mind a feeling of luxury, giving way to visions of ill-defined but nonetheless exotic lands. It does not, however, evoke an image of a small beauty tool one can order for $14 on Amazon. But hey, as is probably clear …