Best of Baltimore Party – Baltimore City Paper

Pictured (LtoR) Ashira Barbosa, Keller Williams key home team co-founder; and Bill Quijley, Charm City Trivia comedian

Pictured (LtoR) Ryan Detter, NASA engineer; and Katie Weber, Benfield Electric business development manager

Pictured (LtoR) Chase, Baltimore Custom Clothiers tailor; and Robin Plunkett, University of Maryland housekeeper

Pictured (LtoR) Kelly O’Neill, Terrafirma farmhand; Jeff Matthies, Oath software engineer; and Lindsay Superczynski, The Baltimore Sun digital business development representative

Pictured (LtoR) Millstream Inn Gentleman’s Club promotional models and managers: “Batgirl,” “Poison Ivy,” and Robin

Pictured (LtoR) Laura Schneider, Fringe Salon owner; Brian Schneider, Dynamic Environmental Associates senior archaeologist; and Markiesha Powell, Fringe Salon stylist

Pictured (LtoR) Fringe Salon stylists: Justin Spicknall, Angela Guariglia, Jamie Taylor, and Sam Speight

Pictured (LtoR) Joy Sushinsky, Long & Foster realtor; Leslie Eagen, publisher, Orlando Weekly publisher; and Joy Carter, Baltimore County Workforce Development career developer

Rapper DDM of Bond Street Social performs at Best of Baltimore party

A lively crowd was both entertained and entertaining during City Paper’s last hurrah. The 40th and final “Best of Baltimore” party featured energetic entertainment – here the crowd rocked to Bond Street Social – and loads of local flavor.

The afterparty at the Crown included a touching tribute to the staff and legacy of the treasured alt-weekly, which is closing its doors soon. A number of staff writers took to the stage to read some of the articles they’d written for the publication over the years…

…as friends and supporters somberly listened.