Photographs and stories from Baltimore’s gatherings, celebrations, and community events.

Columnist Brian Michael Lawrence gets a taste of Italy in a new addition at the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore.

Arts + Parks kicked off its summer maintenance program with an early evening get-together at Nancy by SNAC. Folks could enjoy good food and drink, peruse and buy art, enter raffles - and, of course,
The American Visionary Art Museum kicked off its popular outdoor film series with a party inside the museum's barn.

Cool Kids Campaign made it a hot night at The Valley Inn for a fun night of fundraising.

It was all hands on deck at Elkridge's Mutiny Pirate Bar & Island Grille for a networking event put on by the Howard County Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Network.

Columnist Elizabeth Massing finds bonnet bliss...and encounters a local fashionista in perfect synchronicity with summer.

Talk about a hot party! Tacopalooza had heat outside - courtesy Mother Nature - and inside, as in the chili peppers included in some of the dishes being served up at the La Food Marketa

Even a brief downpour didn't dissuade over a couple thousand folks from the popular monthly summer music and mingling event, this year located at Port Covington's South Point.