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950 S. Catherine Street, Baltimore, 21231; The Walters fellspointfarmersmarket.com Art Museum ¬ One of the only museums Baltimore to feature pieces dating back Museum of Art to the third millennium B.C. to the early 20th century, the The metropolis is experiencing a ¬ Located in Charles Village Walters accommodates rare and around the corner from books, manuscripts, ancient second coming, drawing first-time Johns Hopkins University, mummies and more in its the BMA hosts one of the tourists and burgeoning creatives. permanent collection. most extension permanent Henri Matisse collection. Be “The Wire.” Steamed crabs. stop along the Amtrak line from Boston 600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, 21201; John Waters. Yes, Baltimore has drawn to D.C. for years. However, when given sure to check out its ongoing thewalters.org the occasional tourist eager to visit the time to explore all of its offerings, repertoire of rich round-table Edgar Allan Poe’s gravestone and enjoy visitors will find a location deep- discussions and lecture series. a crab cake or two. But the metropolis rooted and a population of passionate 10 Art Museum Drive, is working hard to break its reputation locals eager to share mom’s cream of Baltimore, 21218; for high crime and low living standards crab soup recipe or crack a Natty Boh artbma.org within its city borders. What many together. unversed visitors may not be aware This sentiment is realized in Kevin of is that Baltimore’s creative culture Plank’s latest endeavors: The Sagamore The “Cosmic Galaxy is an integral part of the city’s fabric, Pendry Hotel and Sagamore Spirit Egg” by Andrew shrouded by its instability and negative whiskey distillery. Drenched in the city’s Logan welcomes headline-drawing events. DNA — one of the hotel bars features a guests at the Amer- And while the city does its part to cannon dating back to the 19th century ican Visionary Art clean up the streets, newcomers and discovered during the hotel’s construc- Museum. familiar faces to the city will be pleased tion — Plank extends his reach past to find a bustling town brimming with Under Armour in perhaps his most new galleries, educational institutions, emotional pursuit yet. plenty of restaurants and a population Baltimore is a city more than a spot to

BALTIMORE that holds an unshakable, sometimes hang your hat for an evening. For those quirky, oftentimes kitsch pride in its looking to whisk the kids away for an culture. easy weekend away or a designer look- From its five-star dining ing to tap into unfaltering inspiration, For more information on experiences to museums rich with Baltimore will not disappoint. Read on WWD City Guides, please history (old and new), Baltimore has to find locals’ tips on where to eat, drink contact Stephanie Siegel at [email protected]. served as a stopping-off point for North- and sleep and WWD Studios’ top picks eastern travelers looking for a quick for spots not to miss.

How would you charac- Baltimore has always been that which sucks — a walk on wrapped in compassion for amazing architecture. Home terize the arts landscape a neighborhood of contrasts: the wild side from stripper how hard it is to be human. We We have two sculpture gar- in Baltimore? extreme poverty amidst the Blaze Star, art-collecting serve up fun and an enlighten- dens, an annual east coast Grown Baltimore’s historic wealthiest state in America; Cone sisters [Claribel and ing overarching exhibition version of Hobart Brown’s ¬ This Baltimore native creative DNA is molten lava — the spiritual home for rogues Etta], Gertrude Stein and theme full of astonishment. and traveled the globe, but from Edgar Allan Poe marry- and saints — like America’s Frank Zappa. What have been some a summer outdoor movie returned to her roots to ing his muse to Billie Holiday first Catholic Saint, Mother As one of the pinnacle of the milestones for the theater that accommodates open the now legendary who channeled her pain Elizabeth Seaton to infamous art institutions in Bal- museum? 2,000 under the stars. The American Visionary Art into haunting blues. Literary Atheist Madlyn Murray O’Hair timore, what has been We opened Thanksgiving bling mosaic walls constitute Museum. Here, the muse- giants like H.L. Menchen, Tay- to our feuding Fuld brothers the role of the museum 1995 as a congressionally America’s largest youth at um’s founder, director and lor Branch and Anne Tyle, or [William and Isaac] who first throughout the decades? designated national museum risk apprenticeship program. principal curator Rebecca filmmakers like John Waters patented the Ouija board. AVAM is founded on and education center, won What does Baltimore Alban Hoffberger discusses and Barry Levinson are both Baltimore is a cauldron of the power of intuition and the coveted National Award provide for artists and Baltimore’s art scene and smitten with the Baltimore opposition, a microcosm of trumpets one-off, self-reliant for Excellence from the creatives? the city’s resurgence. “Hey Hon” patois. all that is sublime alongside genius in all creative forms Urban Land Institute for Relatively inexpensive ► Sagamore Pendry photograph by Christian Horan; Cosmic Galaxy by Jack Hoffberger by Galaxy Cosmic Horan; Christian by photograph Pendry Sagamore 2

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