Photos of the Month by KT Pozzi & Zhee Chatmon
Photos of the season: Festival on the Hill and October “neighbors”
October 2022
Volume 50 • Number 8
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A voyage of discovery: hanging with the recycling crew in Bolton Hill
The COVID crisis was tough on city services, but from a consumer (and taxpayer) perspective probably no disruption has been felt more universally than residential recycling collection.
Departures: Patsy Andrews leaves town, Michael Britt and Frank Shiver are remembered
People come and they leave, but memories stick around.
MICA student becomes 8th Bolton Hill carjacking victim this year
A MICA student had her Volkswagen carjacked on West Lafayette Avenue, the eighth carjacking in 2022 in Bolton Hill. There were none reported last year, although both in the neighborhood and citywide these incidents have been on the rise for a few years.
Druid Lake refurbishment to bring new amenities to cherished park
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, my husband and I embraced nearby Druid Hill Park as an urban gem for outdoor recreation. We started playing tennis there, met friends for socially distanced outdoor hangouts, rode bikes in the wooded hills on the north side of the park, and volunteered to water trees for the city’s forestry division.
Bike lanes possible someday on Eutaw Place – or not
Eutaw Place neighbor Henri Daniels organized a meeting at Unity Hall last month to have members of the city Department of Transportation hear concerns about a bike lane that could be installed on Eutaw Place. Approximately 60 people attended the meeting.
MICA’s president: we’re back to a ‘new’ normal and planning for the future
In its first full year of on-campus activity since the COVID pandemic shut it – and every other university — down in March 2020, Maryland Institute College of Art is fully open, with students and faculty back in the classrooms and visitors welcome.
What’s up with Artscape? Pay attention on Oct. 20
After a three-year hiatus and, before that what seemed to be a steady march away from an emphasis on art to one of food trucks, it appears that Artscape will return in 2023, probably next September.
