In this issue

Inside This Issue:
A MOMENT OF RECKONING | Listening to Black voices in Baltimore. INTO THE BLUE | Twenty-one ways to hike, bike, and paddle around the Chesapeake Bay.

MARKET VALUE

Hope springs from the city and county’s bounty of farmers markets, which were deemed essential throughout the coronavirus pandemic for their community access to fresh, local food. Grab your totes and head out to these nine fan-favorites, where summer produce has reached its peak.

3 mins

GAMECHANGER: BILL HENRY

Future City Comptroller

2 mins

DDM - COME AT THE KING

THERE ARE FEW ARTISTS in the history of Baltimore music who have so captured the city in their sounds as rapper DDm, aka Dapper Dan Midas. From cutting his teeth on the local rap battle circuit to his role as frontman of beloved hip-hip duo Bond St. District to his star-power solo career, the Park Heights native is a hometown cheerleader, using his captivating stage presence and charismatic verses to speak to all of this town’s struggle and joy.

3 mins

Nothing Less

Baltimore and Maryland women stood on the frontlines of the suffrage fight.

10 mins

We Must Listen to Black Women

Our panel shares their experience and wisdom during this pivotal time.

9 mins

Teach Your Children Well

A mother of four struggles with how best to talk to her children about racism.

9 mins

A Moment of Reckoning

LISTENING TO BLACK VOICES IN BALTIMORE

10+ mins

INTO THE BLUE

TWENTY-ONE WAYS TO HIKE, BIKE, AND PADDLE AROUND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

10+ mins

Fresh Start

For a delicious summer, try your hand at these four recipes.

6 mins

TALK OF THE BAY

Janet Mann had been studying dolphins in Australia’s Shark Bay for several decades when her husband suggested buying a cottage off the Potomac River in Virginia’s Northern Neck several years back as a dolphin-free retreat. “I resisted it,” Mann explains with a chuckle. “It was my husband’s idea. He thought I worked too much and wanted a getaway place for us. Literally the day we close on the house, there are dolphins in our backyard.”

3 mins

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