Last weekend's Billie Holiday Jazz Tribute Concert was a roaring success, celebrating both a Baltimore icon and the city's rich cultural history.
Thank you to everyone for coming out. We can't wait to see you again next year!
ALT A trumpet player blows their instrument directly into a microphone, eyes closed. In the background, a saxophonist plays along.
ALT Two community members check out a booth promoting the Baltimore Cultural Art Legacy Project. Behind the booth, a representative for the project smiles.
ALT Two people check out a table full of music CDs, sorting through the selection.
ALT Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott stands onstage with six other people, all smiling for the camera. Four of them are holding certificates.
This archive of the country’s longest-running Black family-owned newspaper—the Afro-American, which still publishes today—got its start as what’s known in the newspaper industry as a morgue, a resting place for reference files of newspaper clippings. atlasobscura.com/articles/af…