Events : Featured Stories

Music, dance and crafts from around the world will come together at the Creative Alliance for World Refugee Day, June 22.

A flotilla of more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels will sail into Baltimore June 13 to kick off the Star-Spangled Sailabration. This weeklong celebration features ship tours, air shows, and performances by a Naval Ceremonial Band and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Bmore Media Managing Photographer Steve Ruark took his camera to a daylong bike festival in Patterson Park. At BikeJam 2012, he captured kids pedaling a seven-person bike, racers cruising through a course and spectators. 

Highlights of this festival include acrobats from Montreal, a marching band, juggler and an arts-and-crafts show. There's also Roseanne Cash. 

More than 250 artists will showcase their jewelry, pottery, fashion and home decor at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Timonium, April 27-29. Held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, it's one of 13 Sugarloaf craft fairs held throughout the year.

Do you turn to Western medicine or holistic health? A conference organized by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Integrative Medicine discusses ways to meld the two. Respected alternative medicine guru Dr. Andrew Weil is the keynote speaker.

Fluid Movement, a Baltimore theater group known for performing water ballets, has told the story of Baltimore's retail history. This time, the actors are on skates. Bmore Media Managing Photographer Steve Ruark captured the quirky tale with his lens. Step back in time with this photo essay.  

The Maryland Institute College of Art is holding a panel discussion next month on how art can inspire social change as part of the school's Baltimore Art + Justice Project.