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Bmore Media Managing Photographer Arianne Teeple captures notable architectural details and exhibits at the 167-year-old Maryland Historical Society museum and library in this photo essay. She highlights pieces from the Mount Vernon attraction's folk art collection and an exhibit that takes a look at Maryland’s role in the Civil War. She also takes photos from its War of 1812 collection, which will take on greater significance this year as 2012 marks the war's 200-year anniversary.

Can free tickets and the use of social media draw younger audiences to the stage? Philip Arnoult, founder of the Theatre Project, and Buck Jabaily, co-founder of Single Carrot Theatre, are about to find out. The pair have launched Baltimore Open Theatre with seed money from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Performances will begin this fall in either the west side or Station North.

Bmore Media readers share their views on two Baltimore works of art: the movie "Diner" and the "Male/Female" sculpture.

All aboard! Billing itself as Baltimore's largest collection of holiday trains and toys, the B&O Railroad Museum's latest exhibit runs through the end of the month. The collection features a LEGO toy train created by the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area LEGO Train Club. New this year is the late William Donald Schaefer's holiday memorabilia and an indoor train carousel ride. Enjoy the journey through the lens of Bmore Media Managing Photographer Arianne Teeple.

Have you taken a Fells Point Ghost Tour? How about seeing a play produced by the Baltimore Annex Theater? If so, then Tim Paggi may look familiar to you. The Vermont native shares his love of acting, theater and all things Baltimore with Bmore Media.

Local film professionals had gotten used to traveling to Michigan, Louisiana and Pennsylvania to keep earning a living. Now, some are staying close to home as the state spends more money to woo movies and TV crews like the HBO series Veep, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Take a peek at how Maryland is rolling out the red carpet.

It's been an exciting and interesting year for Bmore Media, one which saw amazing transformation and growth for the publication. Now it's time to enter the next phase as Neal Shaffer hands off the Managing Editor duties to a new face and a new voice. Here, a farewell.

Heidi Klotzman is everywhere. Not literally, of course, but close. Since founding her special event company, HeidnSeek, in 2005, Klotzman has been a fast-rising fixture in the Baltimore nightlife scene. But she's not stopping there. Read on to find out what's next.