Using blog as a portfolio

PW: witz 

Hi! I'm using a blog as a workaround to make an investment portfolio, similar to this one. I have a few questions: 

1. Is there a way to remove the dates listed on each blog post? They are pretty huge right now! 

2. The second photo shown is using a 'portfolio.' I like this because a) the images are smaller, b) when you scroll over the image, the name appears, and c) I can add text ABOVE the images. So the questions here are -- is there a way to make b & c happen with the blog?! Especially adding text above the blog page? I can't seem to add another section unfortunately.  

3. Is there a way to add filters based on the blog categories? For example, if someone selects 'Series A' they can then see all the companies that are 'Series A'? 

Please let me know if there are other tools or approaches you think would be better here. Thank you!!

To remove the date published add this to custom css

 .published { display: none }

To filter the posts use an archive block in your blog page header that pulls content from your blog page, choose layout/dropdown, and set it to group by category. 

This helps with two of your requests.