Teach your children about homelessness and hunger in Baltimore and bring home a handcrafted bowl at an Empty Bowls event March 24 in Towson. Sarah’s Hope, a day resource center for the homeless, and Beans & Bread Outreach Center will benefit from the event, which runs 4 to 7 p.m. at Notre Dame Preparatory School. [...]

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” maintains a special place in the hearts of readers everywhere. Now, 47 years after it first appeared, the book will once again take the spotlight in Baltimore as the theme of a month-long celebration sponsored by Maryland Public Television (MPT) and the National Endowment for [...]

Do you know a Cub Scout leader who goes above and beyond the oath? Or a coach with that extra kick? Or maybe you think your child’s day care provider deserves a little extra recognition. Now’s the chance to speak up. Howard County is seeking nominations for the eighth annual Celebrating Successes for Children ceremony, [...]

Passover doesn’t start until April 3, but families can begin preparing March 18 and 19 at a Passover Fair that will feature games, crafts and plenty of items for sale. Sponsored by the Rosenbloom Owings Mills Jewish Community Center and the Chabad Jewish Center of Owings Mills, the fair will take place at the JCC [...]

Because I said so! Are those awful words that your mother used to say suddenly popping our of your mouth? It’s one of the curses of parenthood, saying things you promised you never would. We are planning a story for May, just in time for Mothers Day, on things your mother used to say that [...]

Crocuses and daffodils will soon peek out of the thawing ground, with tulips, forsythia and a host of spring flowers not far behind. Greening lawns and budding trees may show us that spring is here, but it’s our noses and the aromas of freshly tilled soil and blooming flowers that drive the message home. Here [...]