A bell rings and the regulars at Friends Grille in Pigtown break out in joyous cheers and tap plastic cups filled with their liquor or cocktail of choice.

Pigtown — or Washington Village — got its name in the 19th century from the pigs, imported from Midwestern farms, that were offloaded from trains and herded through its streets to nearby butcher shops and meat-packing plants.es here

Enoch Pratt Free Library spokeswoman Meghan McCorkell said the "innovative model" of mixed-use libraries is one that has been successful in other cities, such as Chicago.

Pickett Brewing Company will open in the coming weeks at 1130 S. Paca St. in Pigtown. Pickett takes over a 6,500 sq. ft. warehouse that was previously used for industrial storage.

A Baltimore company that provides custom materials for a wide variety of industries is launching a major expansion, adding a new 28,000-square-foot manufacturing plant that could eventually employ over 100 people in the Pigtown neighborhood.

DescriptionOfficials with Pigtown Main Street announced a new innovative way to help encouraging storytime with families called “StoryWalk.” goes here

Chef Veronica El is bringing her seafood and BBQ concept Miss Maryland Crab to 813 Washington Blvd. in Pigtown. The first-floor retail space on Pigtown Main Street was previously the home of Nick’s Rotisserie before it relocated to a larger space three doors down.

The new stainless steel community marker called "When Pigs Fly" sits near Carroll Park.

For about 90 minutes on Wednesday afternoon I had one of those typical Baltimore experiences that occur at the intersection of optimism and pessimism. I’ve been to that place many times over the years — impressed by the new, comforted by the familiar, supercharged with hope one minute, depressed by teddy bears tied to lamp posts the next.

11 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, virtual. Scrap B-More and Pigtown Main Street provide the materials, you make the gnome (at home).

Southwest Baltimore organization uses climbing to promote health, racial justice, and community access to outdoor environments.

Pigtown ambassadors are focusing on how to spend $250,000 awarded to the community last month as part of a Main Street program from the state. Kim Lane,Pigtown Main Street's executive director, said the funds would be given out to local businesses in the historic Southwest Baltimore neighborhood off Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Martin Mayorga feels a sense of solidarity with Baltimore, a majority-Black city whose potential is so often underestimated.

Washington, D.C.-based developer Mike Azimi has purchased 1009 W. Barre and 1011 W. Barre St. in Pigtown/Barre Circle and is planning a retail collective with Little Miner Taco, FEEL GOOD Cafe, and an art gallery selling Baltimore-made crafts. The one-story buildings, which total 6,751 sq. ft., were formerly the home of Total A-V Systems.

Baltimore’s development arm is seeking proposals to replace the tiny, aged Enoch Pratt Free Library branch in Pigtown with a mixed-use development that would add offices or apartments above a modernized, expanded library.