Just ask your local clergyman: plenary indulgences are back! Sadly, all we can offer is indulgence of the partial, easily affordable variety. They may not save your soul, but they will make this world a little finer in the meantime. The basics:
The Holistic Massage Training Institute near Johns Hopkins (1 E. University Parkway #110) is [...]
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Picnic blankets aren’t just for picnics, outdoor film festivals, and tying to the end of your hobo stick anymore. This summer, Baltimore enjoys a wealth of gratis outdoor concerts, where you can wallow and groove to your stingy heart’s content. Here are a few:
1. Sundays and Tuesdays all summer long by the Patterson Park Pagoda [...]
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I heard somewhere that around half of adult Americans fail to complete even a single book each year. I was going to look it up, but… I don’t know. I’m just not much of a reader. Anyway, this seemed as good a week as any to check out ways that Baltimore, erstwhile City that Reads, [...]
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The season is here for grass stains, paper-bag wine, and canoodling in public. Baltimore’s venerable tradition of outdoor summer movies is back. There are a slew of locations at which to participate in this magical rite, and new, unofficial venues are always popping up. Check out this list, then scour your own neighborhood for the [...]
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One of the nice things about living in a town with a baseball team that, well, has a somewhat relaxed post-season is that it’s possible to decide to go see a game on a whim at the very last minute. Affordably.
We’ve got a slew of solid sports bars, among them: Dizzy Issie’s in Hampden (300 [...]
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At a certain point in my short-lived career as a prowling man about town, my buddies and I stopped going to bars where girls also went. This stretch of time, though celibate, was really rewarding. I got a lot better at pool and a lot less competitive about my abdominal muscles. In honor, then, of [...]
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We understand you’re in denial about the gooseflesh on your exposed midriff, Baltimore. Lately the thermometer’s been reading as low as 40º, though the calendar shows we’re at a quarter to June. And if you’re too proud to dig your winter clothes back out of the closet, there’s nothing to do but generate a little [...]
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Most (all?) of the events and specials you’ll learn about here at UDL are open to Baltimoreans of all genders and inclinations, and while none of the venues named below will bar you from the door for having or being one thing or another, it seems appropriate to give a nod to our friends who [...]
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For those eager to celebrate the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, today is a good day to check out some of Baltimore’s regular Tuesday night specials, because it’s not like every Tuesday can be the C. of M.
1. Captain Larry’s in South Baltimore (601 E. Fort Avenue) calls Tuesday night Family night, an [...]
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Now that Aprille has thoroughly perced the droghte of Marche, it’s almost time for depraved May. Let’s go outside, get a sunburn, and enjoy Baltimore’s endearing and enduring kink. Saturday is going to be a very big day.
The American Visionary Arts Museum in the Inner Harbor (800 Key Highway) will be hosting the Baltimore Kinetic [...]
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