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2025 Baltimore Screenwriters Competition winners announced

2025 Baltimore Screenwriters Competition winners announced

Second PlaceWordsmith, “The Purple Tape” — “A group of students go on the hunt for a rare copy of Raekwon’s ‘The Purple Tape.'”

Celebrating Juneteenth is fraught with emotion, but we must look to the future for hope

Celebrating Juneteenth is fraught with emotion, but we must look to the future for hope

There is a duality to Juneteenth that July Fourth doesn’t have to bear. We celebrate basic necessities like the right to breathe, to walk down the street safely and drive a vehicle without being pulled over for being Black.

Rocking Out and Rolling in Cash: How to Make Money from Your Music During Lockdown

Rocking Out and Rolling in Cash: How to Make Money from Your Music During Lockdown

Even in the best of times, it's tough to earn a living as a musician. It's even harder when you have to contend with social distancing. Here are some ways of profiting from your art during the pandemic and its limited in-person audience opportunities.

Bring a Permanent Music School to Baltimore City!

Bring a Permanent Music School to Baltimore City!

Baltimore City Public schools don't include music classes or music programs. To mitigate this deficit, Rise with a Purpose, Inc.(RISE) will provide an instructional music program for Baltimore City underserved youth & aspiring musicians on the fundamentals of song creation/structure, vocal tones, classical music, dance, & the recording process. Donations will be used for providing an after-school facility, students with instruments and accessories, studio & recording equipment, stipends for teachers, purchase of equipment and technology for virtual instruction.