BHCA Block Captains organized; more needed
An idea long promoted by BHCA board member Barbara Francis, 51 Bolton Hill neighbors have in recent weeks volunteered to serve as BHCA Block Captains.
Block captains have volunteered to distribute printed material, welcome new neighbors, keep an eye for elderly neighbors, identifying neglected and mismanaged properties and, when comfortable, soliciting for Bolton Hill Community Association membership. Block Captains will help distribute the free dusk-to-dawn light bulbs for the neighborhood made possible with a grant from BGE.
Block Captains still are needed for the following streets, and one need not live on a specific block to volunteer. These currently are uncovered: 1400 Bolton St., 1400 Mount Royal Ave., 1500 Park Avenue, West Lafayette Avenue between; Mason and John streets, the ReNew Mount Vernon apartments and in Spicer’s Run. Please contact Lee Tawney if you are interested in participating:lee.tawney@gmail.com
Two MICA artists win $15,000 in national student art judging
Two MICA students took first and second prize at the highly competitive 2025 student AXA U.S. art competition.
First Prize was awarded to Hazel Paik for her painting titled Green Sun. Second Prize has been awarded to Nicole Estelle Brown for her mixed media piece, Bodily Sacrifice: Operation VA Edition. Both artists were selected by Prize Jurors, Ali Banisadr and David Antonio Cruz alongside AXA XL’s Jennifer Schipf.
The works were showcased in a New York Academy of Art exhibition from Oct. 6 to Nov. 16, alongside finalists from top art schools in Chicago, New York and other U.S. cities. Paik took home $10,000, and Brown earned $5,000. The AXA Art Prize, with more than 600 submissions from 150-plus colleges all over the country, has been dominated by MICA entrants since the competition began in 2018.
Guadado Mexican grill is coming, still
In August a member of the family that owns the Sav-a-Lot strip mall announced that he was opening a Mexican taqueria there as early as September. But as anyone who tries to open a new business in Baltimore can tell you, it’s never simple. In recent days a “coming soon” sign appeared. Hamza Farooq now says he expects the Chiptole-like shop will open in January.
Guacado Mexican Grill will locate between Walgreen’s and the Wash-EZ laundromat at 242 McMechen Street. The Brooklyn-based franchise chain will offer tacos and burrito bowls, birria tacos, chips and guacamole and churros, among other Mexican specialties. It will have 8-to-10 tables plus online takeout orders and delivery, but no liquor license.
City parks agency is holding winter camp for children and teens
The Department of Recreation and Parks is hosting holiday camps for children and teens while school is out after Christmas. For children 5 to 12 there will be painting, dancing, movie-watching and other fun in several city parks facilities, according to Rec and Parks officials. The charge is $125 per child with a payment plan available. Lunch and snacks are included.
Teens13 to 17 have access to a wide range of free winter offerings, More information at https://bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/school%E2%80%99s-out-winter-break-spring-break-camps .
About The Bulletin
The Bolton Hill Bulletin is published monthly, except for July and August. It is designed by Elizabeth Peters. Paula Jackson is our proofreader. We invite others to help with writing, editing, photography or work on the business side. Contributors this month were, among others, Jean Marie Adrian, Adam Aviv, Francine Marchese, Sallye Perrin, Lisa Summers and Lee Tawney. Errors and omissions are the responsibility of the editor, Bill Hamilton. Comments are welcome at bulletin@boltonhillmd.org.
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