Baltimore Center Stage: The State Theater of Maryland
In a grand Mount Vernon building that began life as a Jesuit school, Baltimore Center Stage has been making Maryland’s boldest theatre since 1963. Officially...
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The Monument Lighting: Baltimore Lights Up the Holidays
Baltimore’s holiday season does not begin with a shopping ad — it begins with a monument catching fire with light. The annual Monument Lighting in...
Evenings at the Walters: Talks and Programs Among the Treasures
The Walters Art Museum keeps its treasures up late, too. The museum’s evening calendar — Thursday hours, curator talks, lectures and its celebrated conversation series,...
Opera Baltimore: Grand Voices in a Gilded Age Mansion
Opera sounds even grander under a mansion’s chandeliers. Opera Baltimore presents its productions and concerts at the Engineers Club in the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, the Gilded...
The Peabody Institute: America’s Oldest Conservatory Sings On
Mount Vernon’s marble heart has a soundtrack, and it plays at the Peabody Institute. Founded in 1857 by philanthropist George Peabody, the Peabody Institute is...
The Walters Art Museum: 36,000 Treasures, Always Free
Baltimore’s other great art promise sits in Mount Vernon: the Walters Art Museum, where admission has been free since 2006 and the collection spans 7,000...
The George Peabody Library: Baltimore’s Cathedral of Books
Walk through the door and look up — five tiers of cast-iron balconies rise 61 feet around a marble floor of books, in what is...
Mount Vernon and the Washington Monument: Baltimore’s Most Elegant Square Mile
Before Washington had a monument, Baltimore built one. The Washington Monument in Mount Vernon — a gleaming 178-foot marble column designed by Robert Mills and...
