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2025 Festival on the Hill was a smash!

Great weather, great food and drink, and hundreds of friendly neighbors showed up! Has there ever been a more successful Festival on the Hill? Not only was the 70th annual neighborhood extravaganza on Oct. 2 well attended, but preliminary accounting shows it to have been a financial success, as well. Income for the Bolton Hill Community Association for the day neared $24,000 – not counting the revenue received by other organizations with their individual booths.

Kurt Schmoke to speak at Gray Panthers salon

Kurt Schmoke – Baltimore’s mayor from 1987 to 1999 and currently the president of the century-old University of Baltimore – will speak at a BHCA Salon hosted by the Gray Panthers on Monday, Nov. 10 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Linden Park Apartments Community Room.

Join your neighbors at the 70th annual Festival on the Hill Oct. 4

Nearly every autumn since 1965, Bolton Hill neighbors have gathered for an all-day celebration, our Festival on the Hill. Held in the 1300 block of Bolton Street and the 200 block of W. Lanvale Street, the festival offers food, crafts and activities for folks of all ages. It benefits those neighborhood organizations that sponsor booths. This year, the Oct. 4 event’s additional proceeds will support the neighborhood Arts in the Parks music program.

Are you ready for Bolton Hill’s picnic, Arts in the Parks and the Crab Feast?

It’s summer! Get ready for BHCA’s 2nd annual neighborhood-wide potluck picnic, 10 free Thursday music concerts in different neighborhood parks and a crab feast and picnic that honors first responders, in August. No sign-up, just show up.

Mixed reviews for Artscape 2025, moved from Bolton Hill to downtown

The mayor thinks Artscape downtown on Memorial Day weekend was a smashing success thanks to “visionary leadership.” Bolton Hill fans of the four-decades-old festival had a more nuanced reaction.

Brown Memorial hosts free PRIDE events, Christian drag artist

In honor of Pride Month and the 50th year Baltimore Shades of Pride celebration, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church is hosting and supporting a range of free events, including a Queer and Christian book tour and a performance by a Christian drag queen.

Run, don’t walk to MICA’s ArtWalk!

One of the things I love about Bolton Hill is having the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in our midst. The energy and creativity of our student neighbors, as well as the many opportunities to participate in MICA programs and events, add to the vitality of our neighborhood.

Writer Scott Shane to discuss unknown hero who fought slavery in our region

On Wed., April 23 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., enjoy an evening with Scott Shane, recently a reporter for the New York Times. We’ll meet in the Community Room at Linden Park Apartments, 301 McMechen St. Shane will be discussing the life and times of Thomas Smallwood, a freed slave from Maryland and shoemaker who lived in DC.

Bolton Hill Garden Club plant, garden tool sale and auction set for April 19

A rite of spring in Bolton Hill, the Bolton Hill Garden Club’s spring plant sale will take place on Saturday, April 19. It will be in Fitzgerald Park (corner of Bolton and Wilson Streets), from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. It will feature for purchase annuals, perennials, hanging baskets and herbs – also available for pre-order on the BHGC website in the lead-up weeks.

Help us honor these 'Golden' Bolton Hill residents on Feb. 28

BHCA and its Gray Panthers Task Force will host a reception on Friday, Feb. 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. to honor some three dozen Bolton Hill residents who have lived in the neighborhood for 50 years or more.