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Poe House reopening planned for October

Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum should reopen Oct. 4, the group responsible for making it profitable announced this week.

Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill

After 40-year hiatus, event to also celebrate park will be held Sunday.

Katherine L. Vaughns, Center Stage and Film Festival boardmember, dies at 68

Maryland law professor had immersed herself in the arts community.

Curtain falls Sunday on Bay Theatre in Annapolis

When Bay Theatre Company actors take their bows at the end of Arthur Miller's "The Price" on Sunday, they may be their last for a while.

Peabody director Sharkey to step down

After seven years as director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Jeffrey Sharkey is stepping down. He will remain with the conservatory until a successor is named.

Partnered with BSO, Parsons unveils new styles for musicians

Violinist Ellen Pendleton Troyer has struggled for years with the constraints of wearing evening attire for physical, sometimes-strenuous performances. And she considers herself luckier than her male counterparts, who have a stricter dress code of bow ties and evening jackets adorned with tails.

Author Lisa Scottoline talks grief, crabs, podiatry

On paper, Lisa Scottoline is a little intimidating.

A 'Scary Mommy' sort of Mother's day

Baltimore's Jill Smokler, aka Scary Mommy, discusses her new book and motherhood.

'Murdercastle' a dark departure for the Baltimore Rock Opera Society

Full-length 'metal opera' focused on serial killer H.H. Holmes.

Caton connection delivers at Walters

A neglected 19th-century Baltimore artist gets some 21st-century recognition in an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum.

Neil Patrick Harris back as Tony Awards host for 2013

Rejoice, Broadway fans! Neil Patrick Harris is returning to host the 2013 Tony Awards.

Washington National Opera presents revelatory 'Show Boat'

Time was when American opera companies considered musicals as suspect artifacts from another planet, hardly worthy of serious attention.

A 'Requiem' for JFK assassination

Figaro Project's 'Camelot Requiem' opera debuts at First & Franklin Presbyterian Church.

Baltimore Symphony affirms its quality in Carnegie Hall concert

The good news about the Spring For Music festival at Carnegie Hall is that it chooses American orchestras of all sizes to bring off-the-beaten-path programs to the nation's premier classical music showplace, and charges only $25 a seat.

FROM SUN MAGAZINE
Q&A with Mink Stole

Alumna of John Waters films tries her hand at music.

Endangered Hopkins museum exhibit back on schedule, minus two pieces

An exhibit at the Johns Hopkins Evergreen House that was thrown into doubt this week is back on, but without two artworks at the crux of a dispute between the artist and the curator.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, O'Malley make Carnegie Hall appearance

NEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall put out the purple Monday night to welcome the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Spring For Music, a week-long festival showcasing American orchestras playing adventurous programs. Ravens-colored cloths adorned the seat backs of the musicians’ chairs and...

Harper Lee lawsuit breaks years of silence

Harper Lee's leap into the headlines with a lawsuit against a New York literary agent is a remarkable change for the reclusive author, who wrote a great American novel a half-century ago and has hardly been heard from since.

Season finales from Choral Arts Society, Shriver Hall

Sunday's musical splendors, for me, started with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society's season finale in the afternoon at Grace United Methodist Church.

Scary Mommy book signing at Wee Chic

Wee Chic, a children's boutique in Green Spring Station, is hosting a an event with author Jill Smokler on Wednesday, May 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Booker Prize-winning author James Kelman visits Baltimore

Plunging into a novel by James Kelman is like diving head-first into a chilly lake.

Marin Alsop leads Baltimore Symphony in propulsive program

If it has a good beat, you can count on Marin Alsop to conduct it with infectious energy. That point is being driven home by her latest program with the Baltimore Symphony, which has one more local performance before the orchestra takes it to Carnegie Hall on Monday.

WPAS presents soaring concert by Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra has had its share of troubles over the years, including an embarrassing brush with bankruptcy, but things sure sound like they are looking up, way up, these days.

Baltimore School for the Arts earns first Tony nod, for actress Shalita Grant

Actress appears in 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'; producer is Baltimore native

For 'American Idiot,' Md. native went behind the music with Green Day

Michael Mayer teamed with punk rock star Billie Joe Armstrong to make hit musical, coming to Hippodrome.

Winners of 2013 Baker Artist Awards announced

An installation artist who sculpts with mirrors and salt, an innovative cellist and a self-taught photographer whose work has been informed by the four decades that she has spent battling a rare genetic illness are the winners of the 2013 Baker Artist Awards.

Open Space gallery gets support after Remington fire

A two-alarm fire in Remington Wednesday night did not damage any of the artwork in the Open Space gallery, tenant Max Guy said on Thursday afternoon. Organizers, with community help, were moving the artwork into storage Thursday.

Everyman Theatre offers local premiere of gritty 'Topdog/Underdog'

Booth, the younger of two brothers in Suzan-Lori Parks' cauterizing play "Topdog/Underdog," being given a trenchant Baltimore premiere by Everyman Theatre, is determined to perfect the old con game, three-card monte.

Ellicott City student has shot at Google fame

An Ellicott City seventh-grader has a shot at having her artwork grace Google’s homepage.

Book donations honor woman killed in Afghanistan bombing

The Books For Kids Day event has a touching twist this year: It's being dedicated to Anne Smedinghoff, the 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University alum who was killed in a bombing while delivering textbooks to school children in Afghanistan.