Tag: Baltimore Magazine

  • Milio’s Mission

    Milio’s Mission

    To this pop-up shop entrepreneur, local makers matter. What 24 hours earlier had been a vacant storefront in North Baltimore was now a carefully curated pop-up shop. And on this Saturday morning in March, customers streamed into the temporary home-goods shop Taken, filling the space with excited murmurs as they browsed through the products, many of…

  • Helping Hand

    Helping Hand

    A local student gives back in a big way. Just in time for college-application season, Friends School of Baltimore senior Noah Gainsburg added an impressive title to his resume: St. Francis Neighborhood Center’s Volunteer of the Year. At 18, this Reisterstown native has dedicated more than 300 volunteer hours to Reservoir Hill’s SFNC, a nonprofit…

  • From Weeds to Waffles

    From Weeds to Waffles

    A Baltimore transplant turns an outdoor chore into a community-building club. One Sunday last June, Phil LaBarge spent the morning pulling weeds from the sidewalk outside of his Canton home to help out the elderly people on his block. Feeling inspired by the therapeutic cleanup, he treated himself to brunch at Of Love and Regret…

  • Sofar Sounds Concerts Keep Performers a Secret Until You Arrive

    Sofar Sounds Concerts Keep Performers a Secret Until You Arrive

    Intimate shows spotlight area artists—who remain unknown until the set starts. To attend this secret music show, all I knew was that I needed to be there by 8 p.m., and that if I wanted to be comfortable, I should bring a blanket. When my friend and I walked into Vent Coffee Roasters, the Union Collective…