Entertainment in Maryland
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Ale Mary's
Its name and decor pay homage to Maryland's Catholic roots, with crosses, rosaries and nun things scattered about. Aside from the kitsch factor, Ale Mary's brings in a fun festive crowd and serves satisfying food (crab cakes, tater tots, bread pudding).
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Baltimore Blast
The National Indoor Soccer League team plays at the 1st Mariner Arena from October to April.
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Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, arguably the best ballpark in America. Daily tours (admission $9) of the stadium are offered during regular season (April to October).
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Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens play at M&T Bank Stadium from September to January.
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Homewood Field
Maryland is lacrosse heartland, and its residents are arguably the sport's most fanatic followers. The best place to watch 'lax' is at Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Field.
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Pimlico
Horse racing is huge from April to late May, especially at Pimlico, which hosts the Preakness. The track is roughly 7 miles north of downtown.
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Lyric Opera House
The baltimore opera performs at the Lyric Opera House.
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M&T Bank Stadium
The Baltimore Ravens play at M&T Bank Stadium.
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Charles Theatre
The Charles Theatre, screening the best art-house films in the city.
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City Dock Cafe
A local favorite with excellent coffees and free wi-fi.
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Hippo
The Hippo has been around forever and is still one of the city's largest gay clubs (though some nights the dance floor is dead), with themed nights (gay bingo, karaoke, hip-hop).
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Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
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Center Stage
Theater options include Center Stage, which stages Shakespeare, Wilde, Miller and contemporary works.
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1st Mariner Arena
The National Indoor Soccer League team Baltimore Blast plays at the 1st Mariner Arena.
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards
The Baltimore Orioles play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, arguably the best ballpark in America.
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Fletcher's
Inhale the dried-beer scent on the walls with the pretty youngsters and rough, amiable oldsters who come here, one of the best rock stages in town.
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Claddagh Pub
The crowds at Claddagh work hard to confirm ugly stereotypes about the Irish by trying to consume their volume in alcohol at this Disney-fied Dublin pub.
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Grand Central
More of a complex than a club, Central spreads a fancy to suit all moods – dance floor, pub and Sappho's (free admission for the ladies). Probably boasts B's best dance floors.
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DSX
If you find American sport boring, you won't after getting silly and tanked with rabid Baltimore fans at this bar, which is within projectile-vomit distance of Camden Yards .
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Mick O'Shea's
Your standard paraphernalia-festooned Irish pub, with live Irish music Friday and Saturday.
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Club Charles
Hipsters adorned in the usual skinny jeans/vintage T-shirt uniform, as well as characters from other walks of life, flock to this 1940s art-deco cocktail lounge to enjoy good tunes and cheap drinks.
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13th Floor
Atop the Gothic Belvedere Hotel, this iconic but dated spot has fantastic views over Baltimore. Also in the Belvedere, the Owl Bar is a nostalgic throwback to '50s Baltimore, with a long wooden bar that attracts a martini-sipping crowd.
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Little Havana
A good after-work spot and a great place to sip mojitos on the waterfront deck, this converted brick warehouse is a major draw on warm, sunny days (especially around weekend brunch time).
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Howl at the Moon
Howl stands out from the cookie-cutter clubs of Power Plant Live with its innovative theme: dueling pianos and a back-up band play audience requests, and everyone sings along.
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Good Love Bar
Think dark, sexy lighting; think three floors of cushy, lounge-and-flirt furniture; think music that manages to mingle black and white clubbers like few other places in Baltimore, and you've thought up Good Love.
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