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[photo, Drums, Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. and Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland]
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    • Drums, Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St. & Saratoga St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Frank Zappa


    Frank Zappa "Born in Baltimore" bust at Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. & South Conkling St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Dedicated September 19, 2010, the Zappa bust was a gift to the City of Baltimore from the Lithuanian nonprofit organization ZAPPART.

    [photo, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland] In Baltimore, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened in 1982. The Hall is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Since February 2005, the Orchestra also regularly performs at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Montgomery County.

    Established in 1916 as a branch of Baltimore City government, the Orchestra reformed in 1942 as a private institution.

    Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Pier Six Pavilion, 731 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Maryland]

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    Pier Six Pavilion, 731 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.

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    [photo, Street musicians near Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland]

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    Street musicians near Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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    [photo, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Annapolis
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    • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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