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A HERITAGE GUIDE Welcome to Baltimore, Table of Contents a city with a rich cultural heritage and a dynamic creative spirit. 8 Attractions This is a place where people dream big. We celebrate who we 14 Neighborhoods are, where we’ve come from, and who we aspire to be through 18 Heritage Museums the arts, history and our diverse ethnic traditions. This powerful and profoundly creative spirit is uniquely our own. 20 Historic Sites and Monuments In Baltimore, you can feel this creative energy in our world-class 25 Tours cultural attractions, sporting venues, and historic sites as well 30 Art Museums and Galleries as in our shops, markets and restaurants. This also includes 36 Theaters and Performing Arts the city’s many museums, galleries, theaters and monuments 40 Cultural Shops and Boutiques dedicated to our distinctive heritage. Enjoy festivals and events that bring our citizens, tourists and different communities 44 Historic Religious Venues together throughout the year. 46 Culinary Delights Dream Baltimore is a guide to help you experience Baltimore’s 47 Historically Black Colleges cultural identity. Celebrate and explore the legends and legacies and Universities that are the backbone of our historic city. We want you to be 48 Festivals and Events inspired by the dreamers that are fueling Baltimore’s creative 49 Around Maryland spirit today. 50 City and State Resources Whatever your pleasure, there is truly something for everyone. So enjoy your time in Baltimore. Stroll our streets, delight in the sights and sounds of our neighborhoods, and be welcomed by the people who make this city great. baltimore.org

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Photo: Exterior of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture In Baltimore, we dream Today, Baltimore is brimming with creative energy and dreams made big. Throughout our real: local artists, musicians and city’s history, countless entrepreneurs carry on the city’s visionaries have called legacy of creativity and innovation. Baltimore’s unique blend of grit, Baltimore home. elegance and charm makes our town Legends like Frederick a popular destination for travelers Douglass and Thurgood across the globe. There is something for everyone, from Marshall pressed eclectic restaurants beyond boundaries to to world-class venues for culture, sports and make their dreams come the arts. We invite alive. Artists like Billie you to share our Holiday and Cab stories, see your own dreams anew and Calloway changed the be inspired by the world of music forever. legends we treasure. 4 5 The Arts History

Art is an expression of culture, The Walters Art Museum house Baltimore is home to a rich historic vision and soul. It captures who we art from every era, including legacy. Headquartered in Baltimore, are and who we hope to be. Artists ancient artifacts from Africa and the NAACP is the nation’s oldest tell stories, and through their eyes the Americas – and admission is civil rights organization, central to we see ourselves. They speak of love always free. legal, cultural and social milestones and laughter, sorrow and loss, hope Baltimore’s performing arts scene is in American history. Hear the and possibility – experiences shared a vibrant mix of music, dance and stories of African-American by every human being across race, theater. Center Stage, Everyman Marylanders at The Reginald culture and nationality. Art connects Theatre, Chesapeake Shakespeare F. Lewis Museum of Maryland us to our humanity. Company, Arena Players, Creative African American History & In Baltimore, the arts shine. Alliance and the Hippodrome Culture and the Frederick Baltimore is home to a dynamic feature live performances year- Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime creative community. Works by fresh, round. For a hip vibe and local Park. Retrace the African- new voices are featured year-round flavor, visit Station North Arts American journey at The National at local gallery spaces. At the & Entertainment District, Great Blacks In Wax Museum. American Visionary Art Museum home to art galleries, theaters and Celebrate moments of triumph at in Federal Hill, art is a celebration Open Walls Baltimore (OWB). the Sports Legends Museum at of the innovative and the eclectic, The OWB project invites street Camden Yards, and learn about the while the James E. Lewis Museum artists from around the world to city’s early days at the Baltimore & at Morgan State University invites a paint murals on outdoor spaces in Ohio Railroad Museum and the global perspective with Station North. On the city’s east Baltimore Museum of Industry. contemporary art from and west sides respectively, two At Fort McHenry National around the world. havens for local artists are emerging: Monument and Historic Shrine, see the view that inspired Francis The permanent the Highlandtown Arts & Scott Key to write the poem that collections at the Entertainment District (known as would become “The Star-Spangled Baltimore Museum “ha!”), and the Bromo Tower Arts Banner.” In Baltimore, you’ll find of Art and & Entertainment District. history all around you. Visit baltimore.org for more information about history and the arts in Baltimore.

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Baltimore boasts some of the what popular American brand was Enoch Pratt Free Library Historic Ships in Baltimore nation’s most exciting attractions. created by an African-American Central Library Pier 1 at the Inner Harbor From the National Aquarium and dining car attendant on the B&O. 400 Cathedral Street 301 E. Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 the Maryland Science Center to 410-396-5430 410-539-1797 our many cultural attractions, you’ll Baltimore Museum of Industry www.prattlibrary.org www.historicships.org find shows, special exhibitions 1415 Key Highway Browse through books, attend Launched in 1797, the USS and activities that spark your Baltimore, Maryland 21230 lectures and workshops and find Constellation was pivotal in the imagination. 410-727-4808 www.thebmi.org fun family activities at the Enoch fight against the transatlantic slave Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum In the 1800s, Baltimore was one Pratt Free Library. With nearly two trade. During Black History Month, 216 Emory Street of the busiest ports in the United million books, pamphlets and tapes, weekend tours on this U.S. Navy Baltimore, Maryland 21230 States. See a replica of an early the library is one of Baltimore’s ship tell the story of “Black Sailors 410-727-1539 best-known treasures. in Navy Blue.” Historic Ships also www.baberuthmuseum.org dock, and walk through the original 1865 Platt Oyster Cannery. operates the USS Torsk submarine, Born in Baltimore in 1895 and Learn about the roles played by Fort McHenry National the Chesapeake lightship, the beloved by baseball fans around the Baltimoreans of every background Monument and Historic Shrine USCG Cutter Taney and the Seven globe, Babe Ruth is an American 2400 E. Fort Avenue in Baltimore’s first industries, Foot Knoll Lighthouse. legend. Visit Babe’s birthplace at Baltimore, Maryland 21230 including canning, printing, 216 Emory Street. The museum 410-962-4290 Howard Peters Rawlings metalworking and garment-making. www.nps.gov/fomc features exhibits and programs that Conservatory & Botanic Gardens Experience ranger-led talks and Druid Hill Park every baseball fan will enjoy. 3100 Swann Drive Carroll Mansion informative historical exhibits at 800 E. Lombard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad one of the nation’s most beloved Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-396-0008 Museum historical sites. Learn little-known ww.rawlingsconservatory.org 901 W. Pratt Street 410-605-2964 facts about African-American Baltimore, Maryland 21223 www.carrollmuseums.org Named for one of the most military history, and take in the 410-752-2490 Take a guided tour of Carroll influential African-American view that inspired Francis Scott www.borail.org Mansion, the winter residence lawmakers in Maryland history, Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner.” If you’re a history buff, don’t miss of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the conservatory features colorful Fort McHenry also holds a special the B&O Railroad Museum, known Maryland senator and signer of the flowers and plants year-round. Visit Juneteenth celebration each year, as the birthplace of American Declaration of Independence. The the 1888 Palm House, the Orchid recognizing the end of slavery in the railroading. Discover how people Carroll Mansion offers a unique Room, Mediterranean House, United States. of all backgrounds played a part in look at Baltimore history, as well as Tropical House and Desert House. America’s railway history. Learn art exhibits, programs and lectures.

8 9 In 1945, EUBIE BLAKE married Marion National Aquarium Museum has in-depth exhibits DID 501 E. Pratt Street Tyler, a 1920s showgirl in African-American about baseball’s Negro League, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 along with information about all YOU musicals. Tyler’s grandfather was Hiram S. 410-576-3800 of Baltimore’s sports teams, from KNOW? Thomas, proprietor of Moon’s Lake House, www.aqua.org college-level to the pros. where potato chips were invented. For more than 30 years, the National Aquarium in Baltimore The Star-Spangled Banner has dazzled visitors from all over Flag House the world. Each year more than one 844 E. Pratt Street Leon Day Park Maryland Science Center million visitors come with family Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-837-1793 Trailhead 4 at Gwynns Falls Trail 601 Light Street and friends to see more than 17,000 www.flaghouse.org 1200 block of N. Franklintown Road Baltimore, Maryland 21230 kinds of birds, fish, reptiles and Baltimore, Maryland 21216 410-685-5225 mammals. The aquarium also hosts Enjoy exhibits, guided tours and www.gwynnsfallstrail.org/trail_info.cfm www.mdsci.org cultural events throughout the year. programs at Baltimore’s Star- Leon Day Park is one of eight For kids and grown-ups alike, the Spangled Banner Flag House, a parks connected by the Gwynns Maryland Science Center is filled Port Discovery Children’s stop on the Baltimore Heritage Falls Trail, Baltimore’s 15-mile with magic and discovery. At the Museum Walk. Learn about flag maker hiking and biking trail. The park Science Center’s Davis Planetarium, 35 Market Place Mary Pickersgill and young Grace was named for Leon Day, the 12th the majesty of the universe is on Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Wisher, the African-American girl 410-727-8120 player from the Negro Leagues display. The Science Center also www.portdiscovery.org who worked for Pickersgill when to be inducted into the National features exciting films at the IMAX she sewed the famous flag that Baseball Hall of Fame. Theater and breathtaking views At Port Discovery, lively, inspired America’s national anthem. at the Crosby Ramsey Memorial year-round programming teaches kids about culture and history Maryland Historical Society Observatory. Top of the World 201 W. Monument Street in a fun way, from the “I Have a Observation Level Dream” Weekend in January (which Baltimore, Maryland 21201 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore World Trade Center 401 E. Pratt Street, 27th Floor 410-685-3750 1876 Mansion House Drive celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Baltimore, Maryland 21202 www.mdhs.org Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Luther King, Jr.) to the Hispanic 410-837-VIEW 410-396-7102 Heritage Celebration in September. Home of the original manuscript www.viewbaltimore.org of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” www.marylandzoo.org Maryland’s oldest cultural Rhinos and zebras and bears – Sports Legends Museum Learn about Baltimore’s heritage as institution features journals, maps, oh my! Experience the zoo’s exciting at Camden Yards a “City of Neighborhoods.” Find artifacts and historical documents. new African Penguin Exhibit and 301 W. Camden Street (next to Oriole Park) out how immigrants established Baltimore, Maryland 21201 See a time line of immigration and see amazing creatures from around their own neighborhoods in years 410-727-1539 past, and how today’s immigrants industry in Maryland, and tributes the world. Kids can feed a giraffe, www.baberuthmuseum.com to African-American artists, ride a camel, see colorful birds and from around the world are Featuring exciting displays of activists and leaders. visit the Maryland Wilderness contributing to new neighborhoods sports history, storytelling and farmyard. in Baltimore. memorabilia, the Sports Legends 10 11 in the spirit of BILLIE HOLIDAY

Billie Holiday crooned with Count Basie and made melodies with Artie Shaw. Her haunting vocal style defined the late 1930s and changed jazz forever. Holiday told stories of love and loss – and gave voice to the African-American experience. How is her spirit alive in you? Arts & Entertainment District upscale movie theater, spa and (also known as ha!) is home to health club, as well as a supermarket the innovative Creative Alliance, round out the Harbor East and encompasses Highlandtown, experience. Whether you want Patterson Park and portions of to grab a taco between shops or Canton and Greektown. linger over an elegant five-course The best view of the Inner Harbor meal at one of America’s top- and downtown skyline is found on rated restaurants, you’ll find that Federal Hill, which played a role in Baltimore’s newest destination is the War of 1812 as citizens watched also one of its finest. the “bombs bursting in air” over As you continue on your way Fort McHenry, and in the Civil out to Fort McHenry National War, as batteries perched upon the Monument and Historic Shrine, hill aimed at the divided city below. you’ll pass through Locust Point, In addition to history, this popular a charming neighborhood that is neighborhood offers everything home to Under Armour’s global from sushi and locally brewed beers headquarters in Tide Point. Since EXPLORE BALTIMORE’S HISTORIC, HIP, FUN-FILLED to fine dining. 1868, when the first immigration Fell’s Point is a spirited waterfront station opened in Locust Point, community in perpetual celebration immigration has been an important NEIGHBORHOODS of Baltimore’s nautical roots. part of its history. Locust Point Explore unique shops on Thames also offers a great view of the The centerpiece of downtown waterfront neighborhood is a quaint Street and Broadway. Chesapeake Domino sugar plant and its massive Baltimore is the world-famous and lively village square rimmed Bay cuisine is at its best here, neon sign, an iconic feature of the Inner Harbor, a vibrant and with eclectic restaurants, pubs and whether you crave oysters on the Baltimore skyline. beautiful waterfront. shops. Nearby is Patterson Park, half shell at a local pub or upscale No neighborhood says “Bawlmer” A few steps from the buzz of once the country’s largest urban seafood at a charming restaurant. quite like Hampden, a 19th-century the Inner Harbor is Little Italy, park. The park is home to the A short walk from the Inner mill town that has evolved into known for fresh, authentic Italian Pagoda, the iconic 60-foot structure Harbor, trendy Harbor East the epicenter of hipster Baltimore cuisine. Just east of downtown that was renovated and reopened beckons with its growing list of kitsch. Along 36th Street, you’ll lies Canton. At the heart of this in 2002. The Highlandtown shopping and dining options. An find dozens of unique shops, cafés and restaurants.

14 15 Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own unique history and personality.

Next door to Baltimore’s stadiums now museums, galleries, shops and As you head north along Charles entertainers performed at venues and lively sports scene is historic restaurants. Explore Nubian and Street past Mount Vernon you will like the Royal Theatre. Today a Pigtown. Each year, residents Egyptian art at The Walters Art land in the Station North Arts monument marks the site where gather for the annual Pigtown Museum, then stroll across the & Entertainment District. Just the theater once stood. Nearby, on Festival, featuring live music, food street to see the spiraling heights steps from Amtrak’s Penn Station, Baltimore’s west side is Bromo and kids’ activities and most notably, and ornamental ironwork of the the neighborhood is undergoing a Tower Arts & Entertainment the Running of the Pigs, an area Peabody Library’s grand cathedral transformation, as new arts groups, District. There, theatergoers can tradition. of books. The Maryland Historical galleries and restaurants occupy its catch Broadway’s finest touring Just north of downtown rests Society – one of the jewels of the storefronts. productions at the France-Merrick the city’s cultural heart, Mount Mount Vernon Cultural District – On Pennsylvania Avenue, Cab Performing Arts Center at the Vernon. What were once grand features special exhibitions, and is Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Billie Hippodrome Theatre, and the mansions belonging to Baltimore’s also the home of the original draft Holiday, Nat King Cole and other Everyman Theatre. Find out more 19th-century industrialists are of our national anthem. world-renowned African-American about Baltimore’s neighborhoods at www.baltimore.org. Maryland Women’s The National Great Blacks In DID Baltimore-born poet, orator and Heritage Center Wax Museum abolitionist FRANCES E.W. HARPER 39 W. Lexington Street 1601-03 E. North Avenue YOU was one of the first African-Americans to have a Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Baltimore, Maryland 21213 ? 443-708-2442 410-563-3404 KNOW novel published in the United States. Her works www.mdwomensheritagecenter.org www.greatblacksinwax.org included poetry, short stories, and novels. View Maryland history from a Little-known facts and famous different perspective. Through figures in African-American history exhibits, special events and a are on display at The National women’s history archive, the Great Blacks In Wax Museum. Heritage Museums Women’s Heritage Center Well-known for its moving exhibit celebrates the achievements of on the Middle Passage, the museum

women from diverse cultural highlights the stories that make up Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers The Jewish Museum of Maryland backgrounds. the African-American experience. Maritime Park 15 Lloyd Street 1417 Thames Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 410-732-6400 Mount Clare Museum House, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of 410-685-0295 www.jewishmuseummd.org Carroll Park Maryland African American www.douglassmyers.org 1500 Washington Boulevard History & Culture The Jewish Museum has the Baltimore, Maryland 21230 830 E. Pratt Street Learn about African-American largest single collection of regional 410-837-3262 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 maritime history at this national Jewish Americana in the United www.mountclare.org 443-263-1800 heritage site. The museums, galleries States. The “Voices of Lombard Mount Clare is a part of the www.rflewismuseum.org and interactive learning centers Street” exhibit explores immigrant Network to Freedom and Civil The story of the African-American tell the story of Frederick Douglass Jewish life in the 1900s and the War trails. The museum features journey in the United States is one and Isaac Myers, as well as the multicultural community that lived 18th- and 19th-century Baltimore of the most compelling, complicated founding of the Chesapeake Marine and worked together in Jonestown, slave trade exhibits and authentic and inspiring stories in American Railway and Dry Dock Company, a historic Baltimore neighborhood. manumission documents. history. The museum tells this America’s first African American- story through documents, art and owned shipyard. Visit baltimore.org to find out more about the city’s heritage attractions artifacts. and activities.

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Taking a walk in Fell’s Point or Black Soldiers Statue at the War Frederick Douglass Marker American artist in the U.S., Johnson exploring Mount Vernon? Relaxing Memorial Plaza Intersection of Aliceanna and S. Durham painted portraits of Baltimore’s for a while at the Inner Harbor? Corner of Holiday and Fayette Streets in Streets in Fell’s Point most affluent families. front of City Hall Take a closer look around you – This marker in Fell’s Point Square and underfoot – for the statues and A tribute to African-American pays homage to orator, author and José Marti Monument monuments that dot Baltimore’s soldiers from every American newspaper publisher Frederick Intersection of Broadway and Fayette Streets streets and corners. Our monuments conflict, this nine-foot bronze Douglass, one of the nation’s in Fell’s Point pay tribute to the leaders and everyday statue designed by Morgan State greatest activists and abolitionists. This East Baltimore monument people who played a part in history, University professor James E. Lewis celebrates the life of Cuban national at home and abroad. honors the African-American Frederick Douglass Statue hero José Marti. A poet and writer, military experience. Morgan State University, Holmes Hall Marti was one of the leaders of Battle Monument 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Cuban independence from Spain. N. Calvert Street between Fayette and Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Baltimore, Maryland 21251 Lexington Streets 21 S. Eutaw Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 This statue of Frederick Douglass Leon Day Way Baltimore played an important role www.bromoseltzertower.com stands in front of Holmes Oriole Park at Camden Yards in the War of 1812. The monument Hall at Morgan State. It is the A Baltimore landmark since 1911, The Eutaw Street entrance of honors those who died in the university’s most widely recognized the Bromo Seltzer Tower was once Camden Yards was renamed to Battle of Baltimore and the Battle architectural landmark. of North Point. the tallest building in Baltimore. honor Leon Day, the 12th player Listed on the National Register from the Negro Leagues to be Billie Holiday Statue and Royal of Historic Places, the 15-story Holocaust Memorial and Statue inducted into the National Baseball Gay and Lombard Streets Theater Marquis Monument building has been transformed into Hall of Fame. 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue studio spaces for visual and literary Between 1933 and 1945, Europe In the “roaring 20s,” Baltimore’s artists. The building is open to the witnessed one of its greatest McKim Free School Marker Pennsylvania Avenue was home to the public during monthly open houses. tragedies. More than six million (at The McKim Center) Royal Theatre, where jazz greats like Jewish people were murdered by 1120 E. Baltimore Street Billie Holiday performed. A bronze Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. the Nazis during the Holocaust. Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Courthouse This monument pays tribute to 410-276-5519 statue of Lady Day stands less than a Calvert and Lexington Streets www.mckimcenter.org block from the historic Royal Theatre. the lives lost. Baltimore’s central courthouse McKim’s roots date back to the The courage of was renamed to honor civil rights Joshua Johnson Marker early 19th century as the city’s activist and Baltimore native son Corner of N. Charles and Baltimore Streets first free school, and one of the first everyday people Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. who in the nation. Today, McKim Baltimore celebrates the 18th- was instrumental in securing the is a community center offering is at the heart of century artist Joshua Johnson with passage of several civil rights laws year-round programs for seniors this marker. Recognized as the American history. in the 1960s. and young people. first nationally acclaimed African-

20 21 in the spirit of THURGOOD MARSHALL Honor your vision. Stay on the path. The future is waiting.

In a world ruled by ignorance and fear, Thurgood Marshall held fast to a vision of integrity and equality. The nation’s first African-American Supreme Court justice made an indelible mark on American history. How is his spirit alive in you? DID Jazz great CAB CALLOWAY’S high Tours energy performances featured a Learn more YOU dance step called “The Buzz.” Captured on about Baltimore’s The Baltimore Visitor Center is the perfect starting point and a KNOW? film in the 1930s, the move was a clear history at great resource for planning your forerunner of Michael Jackson’s “moonwalk.” baltimore.org. time in Baltimore. Buy tickets for tours and attractions. Pick up maps and travel guides. See the city in a new way through “The Baltimore Mother Mary Lange Monument National Katyn Simon Bolivar Monument Experience,” an immersive George Street, off Pennsylvania Avenue Memorial Foundation Intersection of St. Paul and Charles Streets President Street at Aliceanna Street in Guilford adventure in the center’s theater Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange www.katynbaltimore.com that highlights the city’s history founded the first order of African- A gift from the Venezuelan The Katyn Memorial honors the and culture. The Visitor Center is American nuns in the history of the government to the city of Baltimore, memory of thousands of Polish located on the west shore of the Catholic Church. This monument this monument honors the prisoners who resisted Communist Baltimore Inner Harbor promenade. honors a great Baltimorean who Venezuelan military leader known rule in Poland and died at the hands Contact the Visitor Center at served her community by working as “The Liberator.” Bolivar led of Stalin’s secret police. 1-877-BALTIMORE, or visit revolutions against Spanish rule in with children and young people. baltimore.org for more information. Oriole Park at Camden Yards several South American countries. Mother Seton House 33 W. Camden Street Scheduled Public St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historic Site Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Thurgood Marshall Statue 600 N. Paca Street www.orioles.com Corner of Pratt and Sharp Streets Tours Baltimore, Maryland 21201 In 2012, the Orioles unveiled 410-523-3443 As the nation’s first African- Baltimore Ghost Tours bronze statues of six Hall of Famers www.stmarysspiritualcenter.org American Supreme Court justice, Departs from sidewalk outside of including African-American Baltimore’s own Thurgood Marshall Max’s Sidebar at 731 S. Broadway This historic site is the birthplace baseball legends Frank Robinson had a lasting impact on civil rights near the Fell’s Point Square of the very first African-American and Eddie Murray. and human rights for all Americans. 410-357-1186 (voicemail) Catholic community and the [email protected] first African-American Catholic www.baltimoreghosttours.com The Royal Theater Monument Wall of Pride Lay Society of the Holy Family. Lafayette and Pennsylvania Avenues Carey and Cumberland Streets Experience a fun twist on Mother Mary Lange founded the Baltimore’s history. Learn about the During its heyday in the 1920s Malcolm X, Sojourner Truth, Paul first community for women of color connections between Baltimore’s and ‘30s, the Royal Theater was Robeson and Langston Hughes are in the United States, the Oblate most famous neighborhoods and home to some of the greatest acts some of the heroes memorialized in Sisters of Providence. the history of immigration into the in jazz and blues. The Royal Theater this urban mural. city. Get a taste of a bygone time in Monument, dedicated in 2004, Charm City. celebrates the great hall that hosted music legends like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. 24 25 Baltimore Heritage Walk best-known neighborhoods. The Immigration Tour Baltimore Inner Harbor Visitor Center tour departs from the Baltimore Fell’s Point Visitor Center 401 Light Street Visitor Center at the Inner Harbor. 1724 Thames Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 410-878-6411 410-675-6750 www.explorebaltimore.org Fort McHenry Boat Tour www.fellspoint.us Fort McHenry National Monument Follow the city’s oldest urban and Historic Shrine Baltimore was second only to Ellis trail. The Heritage Walk includes 2400 E. Fort Avenue Island as a port of immigration. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Many of the waterfront of Maryland African American 410-962-4290 x850 neighborhoods have retained their History & Culture and the Star- www.friendsoffortmchenry.org strong ethnic identities. Explore Spangled Banner Flag House Learn about the Battle of Baltimore immigration sites and hear stories Museum. Tours depart from the and the War of 1812. See Fort of exodus and assimilation into a Baltimore Visitor Center at the McHenry from the water and sail new culture and country. The tour Inner Harbor and are offered from the same route as Francis Scott Key, is presented jointly by the Baltimore spring to late autumn. the writer of “The Star-Spangled Immigration Project and the Banner.” The tour is offered Preservation Society. Baltimore Trolley Tour seasonally. 410-254-TOUR Mount Vernon Cultural Walk www.baltimoretrolleytour.com Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group Baltimore Inner Harbor Visitor Center See Baltimore from the comfort 201 Main Street 401 Light Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 of a climate-controlled trolley. Turner Station, Maryland 21222 410-340-4888 410-878-6411 Relive the quaint history of Fell’s www.explorebaltimore.org Point, a national historic district, Henrietta Lacks lived in Turner The Mount Vernon Cultural Walk and discover the best places to Station at the time of her death explores architecture, historic sites find unique treasures. Enjoy the in 1951. Two days after her death, and museums along the Charles charm of Baltimore’s picturesque a lab attendant at Johns Hopkins Street National Scenic Byway. The architectural beauty through its Hospital discovered that the cells from her body were still walk also highlights shops and growing. The “HeLa” cells went restaurants. Tours depart from the on to transform modern medicine Baltimore Visitor Center at the and were instrumental in the Inner Harbor and are offered from development of the polio vaccine. spring to late autumn.

2426 2725 Baltimore Rent-A-Tour Renaissance Productions DID FREDERICK DOUGLASS 1340-A S. Charles Street and Tours Baltimore, Maryland 21230 P.O. Box 2402 YOU once described Baltimore as 410-464-7994 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 KNOW? the one place “short of a free www.rentatour.com 410-728-3837 www.renaissanceproductions.biz state, where I most desired to live.” Coming to Baltimore with a group? Organize a customized tour based Specializing in African-American on your interests. With more than tours, Renaissance offers customized 30 years of destination management tours for your group, or designed year-round tours such as the Black Pennsylvania Avenue Watermark Cruises experience, Baltimore Rent-A-Tour Heritage Trail Light Street between Baltimore Visitor offers a wide range of services for Landmarks Tour. Learn about Baltimore Inner Harbor Visitor Center Center and Maryland Science Center convention, corporation and group Baltimore’s African-American 401 Light Street 410-268-7601 travel. African-American history history and heritage. Baltimore, Maryland 21202 www.watermarkcruises.com tours are standard offerings. 410-878-6411 www.explorebaltimore.org From mid-April to late October, Planning Your Event Watermark offers daily Baltimore BBH Tours Learn about Baltimore’s Black Harbor Cruises. The narrated P.O. Box 3014 Planning a family reunion, Renaissance in the 1920s and ‘30s, boat ride features Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland 21229 conference or convention? and see the past come alive. Markers attractions such as Fort McHenry 443-983-7974 For a range of free services, paying tribute to civil rights leaders, National Monument and Historic Explore Baltimore’s rich African- visit baltimore.org or call artists and musicians dot the trail. Shrine and the Key Bridge. From American heritage with BBH 1-877-BALTIMORE. Ask about Each historic African-American family-friendly cruises to Friday Tours. BBH offers cultural heritage our motorcoach services, tours, church along the path has a story to evening cocktail cruises, see the city tours, historical tours, and shopping event-planning guides tell. Download the trail map for a from the water. All cruises depart and sightseeing tours. BBH books and resources. self-guided tour, or call to book the from the Baltimore Finger Piers at hotels, cruises, transportation and tour with a guide. the Baltimore Inner Harbor. entertainment for convention and family reunion clients. Spirit Cruises Baltimore 866-312-2469 Guide Services www.spiritcruises.com/baltimore Greenspring Tours, Inc. African-American Cultural Tours P.O. Box 358 Enjoy lunch and dinner cruises Timonium, Maryland 21094 on the Spirit of Baltimore or sail 10 E. Lee Street, Suite 707 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-561-1119 (local) to historic sites on the Seadog Contact Alice Torriente 800-447-5081 (toll free) Speedboat Tour. Friday through 443-540-0945 www.greenspringtours.com Sunday, enjoy a 75-minute Learn about Maryland’s role in See stops on the Underground sightseeing tour on the newly the Underground Railroad on this Railroad and the neighborhood renovated Inner Harbor Spirit, African-American history tour. where Frederick Douglass lived and and explore Baltimore’s greatest Step-on tours are provided and worked. Learn about key figures attractions. individual and group reservations in African-American history and are welcome throughout the year. leaders in modern-day African- 28 American life. 29 Art Museums and Galleries use revised page 31

Calling all art lovers! Breathtaking The Baltimore Museum of Art War II American and European art sculpture, vibrant paintings, historic 10 Artin Museum place Drive ofwith this an emphasis onpage contemporary architecture and unforgettable Baltimore, Maryland 21218 sculpture. 443-573-1700 stories – Baltimore’s art scene is www.artbma.org not to be missed. Museums and Crystal Moll Gallery galleries are easy to find. The arts The Baltimore Museum of Art is 1030 S. Charles Street are alive in Baltimore. one of Baltimore’s cultural crown Baltimore, Maryland 21230 jewels. The museum has 90,000 410-952-2843 American Visionary Art Museum works of art. In 1939, the BMA was www.crystalmoll.com 800 Key Highway home to one the first exhibitions A blend of impressionism and Baltimore, Maryland 21230 of African-American art in the realism, Moll’s paintings capture 410-244-1900 country. Its multi-year renovation, www.avam.org the magic of Baltimore, the eastern in celebration of the museum’s shore of Maryland and beyond, with AVAM, the official, national 100th anniversary, includes a new traditional oil painting infused with museum for self-taught, intuitive Contemporary Wing and the a unique sense of color. artistry, is a Baltimore treasure. re-opening of its African and Asian AVAM has a history of exciting, art galleries. community-based, intercultural Galerie Myrtis 2224 N. Charles Street programming. From thought- C. Grimaldis Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 21218 provoking modern art exhibits to 523 N. Charles Street, #1 410-235-3711 performance art, poetry and dance, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 www.galeriemyrtis.net AVAM is Baltimore’s center for 410-539-1080 www.cgrimaldisgallery.com A contemporary fine art gallery cutting-edge creativity. near the Station North Arts & Opened in 1977, the C. Grimaldis Entertainment District, Galerie Gallery is Baltimore’s oldest Myrtis presents the works of visual contemporary art gallery, and an artists, from painters and sculptors important venue in the region. The to photographers and visual artists. gallery specializes in post-World The gallery also hosts artist’s talks, workshops and lectures.

30 31 in the spirit of HARRIET TUBMAN

Through branches and briers, Harriet Tubman crossed the marsh in a log canoe. Driven by a dream, she risked life and limb to help others find freedom. How is her spirit alive in you? George Peabody Library Maryland Art Place paintings are characterized by Studios. Each month, the studio 17 E. Mount Vernon Place 218 W. Saratoga Street vibrant color, humor and emotion. features a new exhibition in the Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 An African-American artist, his areas of large-scale painting, 443-840-9585 410-962-8565 www.peabodyevents.library.jhu.edu www.mdartplace.org work also includes portraits of sculpture, mixed media artworks African-American legends and and photography. In 1878, the George Peabody MAP creates a dynamic scenes from everyday life. Library opened to the public. environment for artists to engage The Walters Art Museum Stunning architecture, including the public by nurturing and 600 N. Charles Street Open Walls Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 21201 five tiers of cast-iron balconies, promoting new ideas. MAP has Station North Arts & 410-547-9000 makes the library a must-see stop served as a critical resource for Entertainment District www.thewalters.org for visitors. A recent million- contemporary art in the Mid- www.openwallsbaltimore.com dollar renovation has restored the Atlantic region since 1981. Located in the Station North Arts The Walters is one of the Mount structure to its original majesty, & Entertainment District, Open Vernon Cultural District’s most and helps to preserve the library’s The Metro Gallery Walls Baltimore (OWB) is a street exciting destinations. The collection historic collection of 300,000 1700 N. Charles Street art project inviting the finest and is a celebration of world art, volumes. Baltimore, Maryland 21201 including artifacts from ancient themetrogallery.net most widely recognized street artists from around the world to create Egypt and Nubia. The museum The James E. Lewis The Metro Gallery is a murals throughout Station North. also has one of the world’s most Museum of Art multipurpose performance space, impressive collections of rare books Morgan State University art gallery, and bar in the Station Robert McClintock Studio and manuscripts. Carl J. Murphy Center for Fine Arts North Arts & Entertainment & Gallery 2201 Argonne Drive 1809 Thames Street Baltimore, Maryland 21251 District. In operation since 2007, Watermark Art Gallery Baltimore, Maryland 21231 100 S. Charles Street 443-885-3030 the Metro Gallery curates art shows 410-814-2800 www.jelmamuseum.org Baltimore, Maryland 21201 with a focus on emerging artists. www.robertmcclintock.com 410-547-0452 The Metro Gallery is also the home Located in the Carl J. Murphy Located in the heart of Fell’s Point, www.watermarkartgallery.com of the Videopolis film festival, an Fine Arts Center, Morgan State McClintock’s gallery features his Experience the vision and creativity annual independent showcase of University’s fine arts museum unique work which combines of local artists. Watermark features feature-length and short works and features a multicultural collection photography and digital painting, landscapes and seascapes, as well as multimedia video installations. of more than 4,000 works from including the popular “Baltimore impressionist and abstract works. emerging and established artists. Seen” collection. The gallery hosts poetry readings Mark Cottman Gallery and artists’ gatherings on the third Art captures 1014 S. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Sub-Basement Artist Studios Sunday of each month. the astonishing 443-872-0943 118 N. Howard Street www.markcottmangallery.com Baltimore, Maryland 21201 In Baltimore, we celebrate creativity beauty of 410-659-6950 This Federal Hill art gallery features and the arts in every nook and everyday life. www.subbasementartiststudios.com neighborhood. Find out more about the work of Mark Cottman. The Get a taste of local, contemporary Baltimore’s galleries and art scene at Baltimore native is a self-taught, fine art at Sub-Basement Artist baltimore.org. award-winning painter. His 34 35 Theaters and Performing Arts

Arena Players, Inc. the Grammy award-winning BSO Eubie Blake National Jazz Fells Point Corner Theatre 801 McCulloh Street has been a Baltimore treasure for Institute and Cultural Center 251 S. Ann Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 more than 90 years. The BSO also 847 N. Howard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21117 410-728-6500 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410-276-7837 www.arenaplayersinc.com has youth orchestras and special 410-225-3130 www.fpct.org programs for children and families. www.eubieblake.org Now running for more than 50 Located in a historic brick years, Arena Players is America’s Named for Baltimore-born jazz firehouse, this community theater Center Stage legend Eubie Blake, this West oldest continuously operating 700 N. Calvert Street has been a staple in Fell’s Point African-American community Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Baltimore cultural center features since 1987. Their first season theater. Enjoy both classic 410-986-4000 galleries, live music and arts opened with a production by and contemporary works from www.centerstage.org programs. The institute offers playwright Sam Shepard. summer programs for kids in dance, African-American playwrights. One of Baltimore’s favorite theater Today, the theater continues music, painting and more. Local spaces, Center Stage features its legacy of performing arts Baltimore Concert Opera productions from playwrights of all poets gather for “open mic” nights 11 W. Mount Vernon Place with a diverse variety of classic cultures, from celebrated African- on the last Thursday of every month. Baltimore, Maryland 21201 and contemporary works. 443-445-0226 American playwright August Wilson to Chilean-American Everyman Theatre www.baltimoreconcertopera.com 315 W. Fayette Street Hippodrome Theatre at the playwright Ariel Dorfman. Inspired by the spirit of music Baltimore, Maryland 21201 France-Merrick Performing Arts Center and a love of opera, the Baltimore 410-752-2208 Creative Alliance at The Patterson www.everymantheatre.org 12 N. Eutaw Street Concert Opera was founded in 3134 Eastern Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21201 2009. When the Baltimore Opera Baltimore, Maryland 21224 Named for its 800-982-2787 Company closed after more than 410-276-1651 mission, Everyman www.france-merrickpac.com 50 years, former singers with www.creativealliance.org Theatre was founded The Hippodrome is Broadway’s the company came together to East Baltimore’s Creative Alliance in 1990 to offer home away from home, featuring form Baltimore Concert Opera. is a gathering place for artists audiences a high- year-round performances of Performances take place in the of all backgrounds and cultures. quality, professional Tony Award-winning Engineer’s Club at Garrett-Jacobs From art and dance to theater, theater-going plays and musicals. The Mansion. performance and film, the Creative experience at prices historic theater made Alliance inspires and energizes that everyone can afford. its debut Baltimore Symphony Orchestra audiences. African American, Everyman presents in 1914, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall Latino and Native American comedies and dramas that presenting 1212 Cathedral Street cultures are celebrated in year-round express the complexity of vaudeville Baltimore, Maryland 21201 programming. the human experience. performances and motion 410-783-8000 pictures. In 2004, after a www.bsomusic.org Art is an expression $63 million renovation, the Known for its lush symphonic of culture, vision Hippodrome reopened sounds and moving performances, with national fanfare. and soul. 36 37 Modell Performing Arts Center Toby’s Dinner Theatre at The Lyric 5900 Symphony Woods Road 140 W. Mount Royal Avenue Columbia, Maryland 21044 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410-995-1969 410-900-1150 www.tobysdinnertheatre.com www.lyricoperahouse.com Enjoy performances of beloved From classical to country, concerts American plays and musicals like to comedy, superstars from every West Side Story, Aida and genre grace the stage at the historic Fiddler on the Roof along with Lyric Opera House. The Baltimore contemporary shows like Shrek. landmark celebrated its 100th Toby’s features an extensive buffet anniversary in 1994. and self-serve sundae bar.

Peabody Institute of The Johns Vagabond Players Inc. Hopkins University 806 S. Broadway 1 E. Mount Vernon Place Baltimore, Maryland 21231 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-563-9135 410-234-4500 www.vagabondplayers.org www.peabody.jhu.edu Known as “America’s Oldest Little Thrilling concerts and dazzling Theatre,” the Vagabond was founded performances draw audiences to in 1916. H.L. Mencken authored the Peabody Conservatory. The the Vagabond’s first play, The Artist. Peabody boasts a rich, 150-year Today, the Vagabond Players history in Baltimore’s cultural scene. present local productions of national Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Leonard favorites. Bernstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Igor Stravinsky are just a few of the icons who have visited and The Windup Space 12 W. North Avenue lectured here. Today, the Peabody is Baltimore, Maryland 21201 home to musicians and artists of all 410-244-8855 ages and nationalities. www.thewindupspace.com Located in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District, The Learn more Windup Space is an art gallery, about the arts performance space and bar. The popular meeting place features art in Baltimore at exhibits, live music and events from baltimore.org. improv to karaoke.

38 39 Cultural Shops and Boutiques

From high-end imports to local alike stop in for treats ranging from Historic Savage Mill MAJA art and one-of-a-kind antiques, barbecue, seafood and sushi to 8600 Foundry Street 1744 Aliceanna Street Baltimore’s shops and boutiques fresh-baked bread and pastries. Savage, Maryland 20763 Baltimore, Maryland 21231 1-800-788-6455 410-327-9499 have something for everyone. www.savagemill.com www.majacollections.com Fine dining and tasty, casual fare Everyone’s Place African abound in Baltimore’s favorite Cultural Center A 20-minute drive from Baltimore’s This Fell’s Point boutique features neighborhoods including Mount 1356 W. North Avenue city center, Historic Savage Mill a unique, international collection of Vernon, Fell’s Point and Federal Baltimore, Maryland 21217 offers a quaint and cozy mix of clothing, jewelry, artifacts, crafts 410-728-0877 art, shopping and cuisine. The and music. Hill. Cross Street and Lexington www.afrikanworldbooks.com Markets are abuzz with fresh International Antiques & Home seafood and delectable desserts. African and African-American Design Center features fine and rare Sankofa African World and Bazaar Explore another side of Baltimore history and culture are celebrated at antiques. Everyone’s Place, Baltimore’s best- 2442 N. Charles Street in unique Hampden shops and Baltimore, Maryland 21218 elegant Harbor East boutiques. known African American-owned Lexington Market 410-366-0886 400 W. Lexington Street bookstore. The store features books, sankofaafricanbazaar.com fine art, clothing and gifts. Baltimore, Maryland 21201 A People United 410-685-6169 Sankofa offers a taste of African 516 N. Charles Street www.lexingtonmarket.com culture with traditional and Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Expressions Cultural Center Sample flavors from around the contemporary clothing, jewelry, 410-727-4471 222 N. Paca Street handmade African carvings and www.apeopleunited.com Baltimore, Maryland 21201 world. Baltimore’s oldest market 410-783-0195 features seafood and international crafts and a stunning collection of A People United sells clothing, cuisine, along with fresh-baked African tribal art. jewelry and housewares made by Located across from Baltimore’s delights and homemade confections. artisans from Nepal. Founded with Lexington Market, Expressions Enjoy live music at the market every Women’s Exchange the goal to improve the economics, Cultural Center offers ethnic art, 333 N. Charles Street Friday and Saturday with bands health and education of children jewelry, fabric, books and a custom Baltimore, Maryland 21201 performing jazz, reggae and more. through microenterprise, the shop framing service. 410-685-4388 thewomens-exchange.org has provided more than 1,000 Mahogany Exchange/ scholarships for Nepali children. The Gallery at Harborplace Out of Africa Gallery 111 This not-for-profit shop sells Calvert and Pratt Streets 111 W. Saratoga Street handmade products by women 410-332-4192 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 artisans of all backgrounds. Cross Street Market www.harborplace.com On Cross Street between Charles and 410-752-5808 Light Streets Find your favorite designer Get lost in a world of color and boutiques and specialty shops at The From elegant fashions to At Cross Street Market in Federal texture at Mahogany Exchange. everyday style, from antiques Gallery. This beautiful, five-story Hill, locals have shopped for The shop features African artwork, to apparel, there is so much atrium features more than 50 produce, fresh meats and seafood antique museum artifacts, furniture more to fill your shopping bag. shops and eateries. The Gallery since the market opened in the and textiles. The gallery also rents Find out more at baltimore.org. is connected to the harbor by a 1800s. Today, visitors and locals space for meetings and reunions. sky walk, and underground parking is available. 40 41 in the spirit of LEON DAY

At a time when African Americans were banned from the majors, Leon Day joined a brotherhood of heroes in the Negro Leagues. Day took the game to new heights. How is his spirit alive in you? Historic Religious Venues

Rooted in traditions that reach First Baptist Church The museum contains portraits, Places, Sharp Street is home to back through the centuries, religion 525 N. Caroline Street hymnals and memorabilia from the Baltimore’s first African-American combines the most transcendent Baltimore, Maryland 21205 late 19th and early 20th centuries. congregation. With ties to politics, 410-675-2333 aspects of human life: music, art, civil rights and education, the charity and our ideas about divinity. Founded in 1836 by ex-slave Orchard Street Church/ church has a rich history. It Baltimore’s religious venues are and lay minister Moses Clayton, Baltimore Urban League served as the host church for early integral to our cultural identity. First Baptist was Maryland’s first 512 Orchard Street meetings of the NAACP, and Black Baptist church. The church’s Baltimore, Maryland 21201 housed the seminary school that 410-523-8150 Basilica of the National Shrine archives feature manuscripts, would later become Morgan State of the Assumption of the Blessed pictures, articles and memorabilia Founded by former slave Truman University. Virgin Mary dating back to the 1830s. Pratt, the Orchard Street Church 408 N. Charles Street was known to be a safe house on St. Francis Xavier Catholic Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Leadenhall Baptist Church the Underground Railroad. Today, Church 410-727-3564 1021 Leadenhall Street the site is home to the Baltimore 1501 E. Oliver Street www.americasfirstcathedral.org Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Urban League. Baltimore, Maryland 21213 A National Historic Landmark 410-752-5191 410-727-3103 www.leadenhallbc.org www.josephites.org/parish/md/sfx/ and National Shrine, the Baltimore Saint Peter Claver Roman Basilica was the first Roman Founded in 1873, Leadenhall is the Catholic Church Founded in 1864, St. Francis is Catholic Cathedral built in the second oldest Black church edifice 1546 N. Fremont Avenue the oldest African-American United States. in Baltimore, and home to one of Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Catholic church in the nation. The the city’s largest African-American 410-669-0512 Oblate Sisters of Providence, the ww.josephites.org/parish/md/spc Bethel African Methodist congregations. first religious order for women of Episcopal Church Founded in 1888 and home to the African descent, founded St. Francis 1300 Druid Hill Avenue Lovely Lane United Methodist first parish in the world dedicated Academy for Women. Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Church and Museum to St. Peter Claver, Apostle of the 410-523-4273 2200 St. Paul Street Slaves, this church runs one of the www.bethel1.org Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Union Baptist 410-889-1512 oldest private elementary schools for 1219 Druid Hill Avenue The oldest independent African- www.lovelylane.net African Americans in the country. Baltimore, Maryland 21217 American institution in Baltimore, 410-523-6880 Bethel was founded when a group Designed by the famous architect unionbaptistchurch.co (not dot “com”) Stanford White in 1884, Lovely Sharp Street United Methodist of African Americans led by Church Founded in 1852, Union Baptist Lane is on the National Register Daniel Payne Coker walked out Dolphin and Etting Streets became a center for the civil rights of Historic Places. Considered of a Methodist church because of Baltimore, Maryland 21217 struggle. Its pastor was also the the “mother church” of American 410-523-7200 racially segregated seating. Today, founder of the Colored Convention, Methodism, it was the first meeting www.sharpstreet.org Bethel continues to have an impact which evolved into today’s United place for the denomination’s on local and regional communities. Established in 1787, and listed on Baptist Association. founders and their congregation. the National Register of Historic

44 45 Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Morgan State University 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Baltimore, Maryland 21251 443-885-3333 www.morgan.edu Home of the Murphy Fine Arts Center, the world-renowned Morgan State University Choir and WEAA, one of the region’s leading public radio stations, Morgan State University has expanded its areas of excellence to include culture, community and the arts. Founded Culinary Delights in 1867 as a seminary school, the school has evolved into one of Everyone knows that Baltimore just might be the crab cake capital of the the nation’s most distinguished world. But wait! There’s so much more to our culinary palate. Baltimore historically Black institutions. attracts some of the greatest chefs in the country. Our emerging culinary Coppin State University scene delights locals and visitors alike. From top-notch steakhouse fare and 2500 W. North Avenue Sojourner-Douglass College fresh seafood to eclectic and contemporary cuisine, you can always top off a Baltimore, Maryland 21216 200 N. Central Avenue great day in Baltimore with a spectacular meal. 410-951-3000 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 www.coppin.edu 410-276-0306 www.sdc.edu Whether you’re dressed up for a night on the town or looking for good Coppin State College began in food in a family-friendly setting, there’s a place for every taste. If you’re 1900 as a small training program Sojourner-Douglass College’s focus spending a bit more time with us or visiting family and friends, Baltimore’s for elementary school educators. on education has had far-reaching ethnic grocery stores are worth the visit. Visit the “Culinary” section of Today, the university anchors the benefits for African-American baltimore.org for a list of local Spanish tiendas and shops selling traditional West Baltimore community and professionals. Founded in the 1970s, Asian, European, African and Caribbean foods. awards undergraduate and graduate the school was one of the area’s first degrees in liberal arts, the sciences, to build a curriculum specifically education, nursing, social work and geared towards continuing criminal justice. education for working professionals.

46 47 Festivals and Events

Colorful costumes, creative crafts and live performances delight kids and grown-ups alike at Baltimore’s annual festivals. In January, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Parade travels down the Baltimore City boulevard named for the American civil rights leader. Summer brings the Latino Fest to Patterson Park and the African-American Festival to Camden Yards. The largest cultural festival on the East Coast, the African-American Festival welcomes more than 350,000 visitors to enjoy live music, cultural exhibits, vending booths and empowerment seminars. Art lovers arrive in Baltimore each summer for America’s largest free public arts festival, Artscape. The outdoor event presents an eclectic combination of the visual and performing arts, along with food and kids’ entertainment.

In the fall, the Cadillac Parade rolls down Pennsylvania Avenue in West Baltimore during the Pennsylvania Avenue Homecoming Weekend Festival. In addition to year-round events, Baltimore celebrates Black History Month (February) and Hispanic Heritage Month (mid-September to mid-October) with special events and programs each year.

Visit baltimore.org for more about Baltimore’s heritage celebrations and citywide events.

Around Maryland

Expansive, picturesque and filled with history, the state of Maryland is known for its warm people and verdant landscape. From sand and shore in Ocean City to streams and mountains in Cumberland, the state of Maryland is a place of physical beauty and cultural vitality. Museums, historic sites, shops, family-fun attractions, great restaurants, festivals and romantic getaways – in Maryland, there’s something for everyone.

In Maryland, stories of people from every background and culture are told in the state’s museums, parks and trails. The Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore celebrates the amazing woman who risked her life repeatedly to guide American slaves to freedom. This path to freedom is detailed along a 64-mile Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. Find out more at the Maryland Office of Tourism Development.

Call 800-MDWELCOME or visit www.visitmaryland.org for itineraries, travel guides 48 and special packages. 49 City and State Resources Photo Credits

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