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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.
Read article →Mentalist Santiago takes the stage at Poe's Magic Theatre this May the Fourth weekend, plus what's happening at the Lord Baltimore Hotel and around downtown Baltimore.
Read article →Baltimore's relationship with magic goes back to 1787, when Signor Falconi astonished audiences at the Old Theater. How Baltimore became, without quite meaning to, one of the great magic cities in American history.
Read article →A look back at Poe's Magic Conference 2026: four days of performances, lectures, and late nights at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, April 16 to 19.
Read article →On February 7, 1904, a fire at the John E. Hurst Company spread across downtown Baltimore and destroyed more than 1,500 buildings. The Purloined Dispatch looks at the night Baltimore burned and how the city rebuilt.
Read article →Baltimore is about to host several dozen magicians in one historic hotel. This is not a drill. The Poe's Magic Conference arrives April 16-19, the Orioles are home this weekend, the Skybar reopens at the end of the month, and a Baltimore artist who made portraits of creatives as sovereign forces of
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There is a room in the Lord Baltimore Hotel where strange things happen. Not strange in the way hotels usually mean strange, where the ice machine is broken, and someone has left a philosophy textbook in the lobby. Strange in the way that involves playing cards that know things they shouldn't, and
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