Thurs. May 5 5:30-8pm 418 S. Conkling Street (outside of Filippo’s Restaurant & Lounge) The 2016 Concerts on Conkling Plaza kicks-off with a live mariachi band, free food, and drink specials! Highlandtown Main Street & Highlandtown Business Association, in partnership with the Southeast Police District and Fillippo’s Restaurant & Lounge, will have a FREE Cinco… Continue reading Concerts on Conkling Plaza: Mariachi Mania!
Friday, December 4 Holiday Kick-Off Celebration Starting at 5pm, Conkling St. and Eastern Ave. will be alive with lights, music, trains, shopping and merriment. Meet in front of the Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. and Conkling St. 5pm Grab a hot chocolate at the Southeast Anchor Library and enjoy an outdoor jazz performance! FREE holiday photo… Continue reading Holidays in Highlandtown 2015
Ways to experience the holiday season in Highlandtown: Balance on the top step of a ladder to hang a wreath and lights on wobbly Eastern Ave. lampposts. Let the sounds of a live band welcome you to the grand opening of the Highlandtown Train Garden. Find yourself a bit hazy after dropping in on the… Continue reading Highlandtown holiday season launches!
On October 31 every year, families arrive in costume to trick-or-treat along Highlandtown Main Street! This year’s festivities commenced on Conkling Plaza in front of Filippo’s Pizza and included free pizza, goodie bags, music, and of course CANDY! Business welcomed trick-or-treaters throughout the evening with candy, treats, and coupons! For details on Trick-o-Treat on Highlandtown… Continue reading Trick-or-Treat on Main Street
It started out being about the wine, but now it’s about the neighborhood, but still about the wine, and about how the wine is part of the neighborhood, which is worthy of a toast made with thousands of glasses of homemade wine. The Highlandtown Wine Festival began 11 years ago, when Joe DiPasquale, owner of… Continue reading The Highlandtown Wine Festival: a day of emptying barrels and shattering wine glasses
In Highlandtown, they take piñatas seriously. Since the papier-mâché vessels of sweetness are part of a centuries-old tradition, perhaps they should. ProcessionOn Dec. 20, over 100 people walked in a procession from the Creative Alliance at Eastern and East avenues to Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, four blocks over and one block south, at Fleet… Continue reading Latino holidays take root in Highlandtown