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(BALTIMORE – March 18, 2025) – In a dazzling evening of fashion, art, and culinary brilliance, held on Monday, March 17, 2025, the 2025 Baltimore Met Gala (BMG) Theme Reveal captivated hundreds of attendees at the newly completed 4 MLK Building in the city’s Biomed Park. The theme reveal, hosted by WBAL TV news anchor Megan Rivers, marked an electrifying milestone for Baltimore’s creative scene, with designers, models, photographers, chefs, artists, entrepreneurs, and fashionistas eagerly anticipating the grand announcement. The venue, a collaboration between The Finn Group and MOI, provided the perfect backdrop for the evening. This partnership was responsible for designing,…
Celebrating Malcolm X
Ghana Independence Day 2025
By The Nefertiti Network White House Correspondence Team BMORENews (BALTIMORE – December 5, 2024) – In a world that often overlooks the brilliance of Black men, Donald Morton “Doni” Glover refuses to remain unseen. He is a force—an architect of change, reshaping narratives, and leading with purpose. His work, vision, and unwavering commitment to amplifying Black voices have crafted a legacy that resonates within the heart of Black America. Through his groundbreaking media platforms, Glover revolutionized the way Black communities receive and engage with the news, offering a reflection of themselves that was long missing from mainstream outlets. By putting Black…
Holidays at The Lewis Saturday, December 21 | 11 am – 3 pm | Free with Museum Admission Celebrate this month’s upcoming holidays, including Christmas and Kwanzaa activities at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Festivities will include a Kwanzaa candle lighting ceremony with African dancing and drumming with Sankofa Dance Theater, choral singing by the Singing Sensations Youth Choir, a presentation on Center Stage’s Black Nativity, and an author’s reading of Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron’s by children’s author Carole Boston Weatherford. REGISTER HERE
Experience savings of up to 85%! Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures invites you to Sip and Shop on Nov 29th from 2-6 pm and Nov 30th from 11-6 pm, honoring Christmas and Kwanzaa with the spirit of love and giving. Sankofa Children’s Museum of African Cultures is located at 4330 Pimlico Rd. Jewelry and Clothes and Drinks. FMI, visit https://www.sankofaafricanbazaar.com/.
Stephanie M. Henderson, BooksandBounty.com Rising paranormal romance star, Tessa Stone, talks about her writer’s toolbox and get a closer look at the Graphic Novels on our TBR shelf. Read full review of Stone’s Taming Kane and get the a list of all the reads and recs from the latest how here. Catch the live show every Tuesday night at 10 EST, live on Twitch
Stephanie M. Henderson, BooksandBounty.com I have always been a collector of bookish things–books, button pins, bookmarks, stationary, art. Curating bookish things, people, and events brings me joy. In October, I continued to grow my bookish community, taking the seasonal opportunity to focus on my favorite literary genres—fantasy, science fiction, dark fiction, and most recently, horror—it is spooky season! Special guests on Books & Bounty TV included a local, West Baltimore author writing Afrofuturism, as well as the founder of The Black Girl’s Horror Guide, a book and cinema club that meets in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. If you were out…
Stephanie Henderson, host of Books & Bounty TV, with special guest Emma Akpan @emmanism on IG, provide you with spooky Halloween reads in horror, dark fiction, and gothic literature from while amplifying women writers, voices of colors, and untold stories. Live on Twitch every Tuesday night, 10ish EST. Read Steph’s full October Reading Recap at BooksandBounty.com. With a lofty annual reading goal of 52 books, Emma not only devours books at an uncanny rate, she speaks candidly and intelligently about literature and movies. Particularly, she enjoys #horror, #darkfiction, and #scifi. Looking to build her bookish community, Emma founded The Black…
Follow Books & Bounty TV for live coverage of local and virtual bookish things, people and events! Books & Bounty TV Weekly Recap 10/08/2024 As she gets closer to Day 30 of being a “momtreprenuer,” Stephanie continues to discuss building a bookish community in Baltimore and beyond. We’ll take a look at the bookish things, people, and events she’s encountering along the way. Follow Stephanie @booksandbounty on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads. Bookish things, people, and events featured on this episode: Doni Glover Shower with Princess Williams of PrincessWeVoiceover.com. As moms and entrepreneurs we discuss how we tend to our mental…
Welcome to Books & Bounty TV, your go-to for all bookish things, people, and events in Baltimore and beyond! To catch the show live, follow @booksandbounty on Twitch! On the most recent show, Stephanie Henderson, your host and owner of Books & Bounty, shares some of her first steps at rebuilding her bookish community. This episode features: Silent Reading with Nicole Butler of @butlersbookbag featuring The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix and others. Virtual book club with The Zora Neale Hurston Trust featuring Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston. Baltimore Book Festival 2024 featuring Glory Edim, Leslie…
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