Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Opens for Free on Saturdays in Honor of Black History Month
Living Classrooms Foundation announces that the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park offers free admission in honor of Black History Month on Saturday, February 14, Saturday, February 21, and Saturday, February 28, 2026, from 9am to 4pm. Located at 1417 Thames Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 in Fells Point, the national heritage site celebrates the contributions of African Americans in the development of Baltimore’s maritime industry, including the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Company, the nation’s first…
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BALTIMORE’S HOUSING FUTURE TAKES CENTER STAGE IN “KEYS TO CHANGE” INTERVIEW WITH COUNCILWOMAN PHYLICIA PORTER
Baltimore, MD – Baltimore sits at the center of Maryland’s housing conversation. The city currently faces an estimated 13,000–15,000 vacant properties citywide, with concentrated vacancy impacting entire blocks — affecting safety, property values, neighborhood stability, and the city’s tax base. At the same time, Maryland as a whole faces a housing shortage estimated in the…
K Love The Poet: Power of One
Day 15 | Black Futures Cypher – The Power of One For K Love The Poet, the power of one begins with identity—claimed, examined, and unapologetically embodied. An award-winning spoken word artist, K Love has built her creative voice around affirmation, truth-telling, and the layered experience of Black womanhood. Her work is equal parts declaration…
Akilah Divine: Power of One
Day 14 | Black Futures Cypher – The Power of One For Akilah Divine, The Power of One is a reminder that individual action only reaches its full potential when it is rooted in collective responsibility. As an artist and community member, she understands power not as isolation or spotlight, but as alignment—people moving together…
Baltimore-Born Soprano Adia Evans Selected for Prestigious Merola Opera Program
Baltimore has long been a city that produces world-class artists, and soprano Adia Evans stands firmly in that tradition. A proud Baltimore native and graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, Evans has been selected to participate—once again—in the highly competitive Merola Opera Program, one of the nation’s most esteemed training grounds for emerging…
