Featured Stories
Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
In some cities like DC, NY and LA living like a millionaire takes much more than $1 million. New transplants and long-time residents alike, however, have discovered that it takes a lot less loot to live well in Bmore.
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Karl Hille
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
With more than its fair share of top-notch universities turning out one researcher after another with the next big idea, Maryland is flush with potential biotech companies. So what does the state need to do to make sure scientists and entrepreneurs can take full advantage of this embarrassment of riches?
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Lucy Ament
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Creating communities and connecting with diverse groups of people is a challenge for most big cities. Even in "Smalltimore" the east side often doesn't know what's going on on the west side, or local artists aren't connecting with area businesses. As Baltimore gets ready for Ignite 4, we take a look at the entrepreneurial community-making spirit of Ignite.
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James Carroll
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Once reserved for the geekiest of geekdom, comic book culture has come out of the basement and into the light of day. With Hollywood mining the short stories for box office gold, the question is have comic's fanboys finally gone mainstream?
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Baltimore continued its Nevermore 2009 celebration, a yearlong observance of Edgar Allan Poe's 200
th birthday, finally laying the Master of the Macabre to rest with funeral services 160 years in the making at Westminster Hall on Sunday. If you couldn't make it, we've got the pics.
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Michael Cook
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Art is a uniquely local business. Art is also a distinctly difficult business. Tightened budgets have made the task of selling art more difficult than ever. Somehow, though, our local artists are finding ways to work with businesses, become entrepreneurs, and bring beauty to Baltimore's public.
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Walaika Haskins
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Baltimore is home to many sports including football, baseball, indoor soccer, and lacrosse. Now, a group of weekend warriors are bringing hurling, camogie and Gaelic football to Baltimore's Latrobe Park.
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Da Vinci was undoubtedly a genius whose imagination and foresight put him hundreds of years ahead of his contemporaries. A new exhibit at Maryland Science Center poses the question, "What if he had built the machines so carefully rendered in his notebooks?" We offer you a sneak peek.
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Lucy Ament
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Technology. Companies around the world in every industry announce new innovations every day. But, unless we act now, students in the U.S. will be woefully unprepared for this technologically advanced workforce. Fortunately, several organizations in Baltimore have a plan to make math and science sexy again.
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Sara Michael
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
As the source of tons of trash -- both medical waste and other garbage -- getting hospitals on the road to greener practices is vitally important. As in other industries, changing the mindset of the administration and employees isn't simple, but several area hospitals have taken the first steps down the path to sustainability.
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Walaika Haskins
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Advances in IT come at blazingly quick speeds. While many companies get caught in the rush to keep apace with the latest technology, Baltimore-based Mind Over Machine believes that technology should be a business tool, not a driver.
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Nicole Jovel
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Everyone has a story. For some its about their first love. Others tell of their greatest adventure or biggest failure. In Baltimore these tales have hit the stage with Stoop Storytelling.
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Molly O'Donnell
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
As mobile phone makers saturate the market with their ever-more sophisticated devices, it is creating an insatiable need for applications that run on the palm-sized computers. Mindgrub plans to feed the beast with its own brand of educational apps.
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Walaika Haskins
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Making a movie can be hell, especially when you're an indie film maker making a zombie flick. Josh Davidson didn't expect a career in film but he says Baltimore is the perfect town for zombies and independent films.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
What do you get when social media and philanthropy meet? The Baltimore HF-Twestival, a rock concert that benefits Music4more, a Baltimore charity that puts instruments into the hands of students in area schools.
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