Tag: Community

  • 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…

  • 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…