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Baltimore celebrates its 297th birthday this weekend, while Poe's Magic Theatre fills the Lord Baltimore Hotel with live magic. Dinner, shows, and what else is happening downtown.
Read article →On December 3, 1787, an Italian magician known as Signor Falconi performed at Baltimore's Old Theater, the city's earliest recorded magic show. Plus this weekend at Poe's Magic Theatre and the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
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Fireworks, the Inner Harbor, and a short history of Baltimore's own Washington Monument, which came first, plus live magic at Poe's Magic Theatre over the Fourth of July weekend.
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Sail250 Maryland and the Air Show Baltimore fill the harbor with tall ships and the Blue Angels, while Poe's Magic Theatre and the Lord Baltimore Hotel ghost tours keep the magic going downtown.
Read article →Juneteenth weekend in Baltimore brings AFRAM's 50th anniversary, The Magic Showcase, ghost tours, and Drag Brunch LIVE! at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
Read article →Cody Clark brings magic, comedy, and storytelling to Poe's Magic Theatre on June 12 and 13, alongside Pride weekend events around downtown Baltimore.
Read article →On May 16, 1908, at Ford's Theatre on Fayette Street, Harry Kellar retired and passed his title to Howard Thurston. The story of the most famous handoff in American magic, and why it happened in Baltimore.
Read article →Issue 8 of The Purloined Dispatch revisits how the 1904 Great Baltimore Fire reshaped the city, then rounds up the weekend at Poe's Magic Theatre and around downtown.
Read article →In the late 1800s, spiritualism swept through Baltimore's parlors and rented halls. A look at the city's long appetite for public mystery, and where to find some this weekend at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
Read article →For most of the 20th century, a stretch of East Baltimore Street known as The Block was the city's home for vaudeville, burlesque, and nightlife. A short history, plus this weekend's magic at Poe's.
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