Ballerina Katie Williams takes talent to new heights

Serious balletomanes might have spotted Katherine Williams' promise years ago when she first stepped on stage as a tiny ballerina in...

In 'Gleam,' testing limits and breaking traditions

Watching "Gleam" at Center Stage is like visiting a distant era that actually wasn't all that long ago. This play takes place between 1903...

On face value, Hahn-Bin delivers a new experience

A tuxedo seems like the one sartorial item that Hahn-Bin might not wear when this 24-year-old violinist appears for the Candlelight...

Graf was still off the charts when ranking dance stars

In mid-December, we caught Columbia's Alicia Graf in a premiere program presented by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...

'Power of the king' on display at National Gallery of Art

War is hell, but it seems beautiful in the textiles hanging on the walls of Washington's National Gallery of Art in the exhibit "The...

Andy Warhol is back in the 'Headlines' at NGA

Andy Warhol died in 1987, but he continues to make headlines.

Opening the books on holiday gifts for readers

In these tough economic times, books offer a great return on a gift-giver's investment. Relatively inexpensive, they provide hours of...

Eat!

The best consumer advice for those attending the current exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland is: Plan on going out to eat immediately...

'Fantasticks': Sex changes aside, still memorable

Try to remember "The Fantasticks" and you're likely to start humming its most famous song, "Try to Remember." You're also...

UMBC dramatizes a 1998 murder and its aftermath

When "The Laramie Project" was first staged in 2000, it was a joltingly topical theatrical treatment of a notorious...

In Columbia, Toby's gift of a 'White Christmas'

"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" is a nostalgia-laced ticket to simpler times, so consider it a gift from Toby Orenstein...

All hail 'The Nutcracker'!

The Sugarplum Fairy remains the most challenging role in "The Nutcracker" ballet. A ballerina must be secure in her...

SSO to perform 'Holiday Melodies and Peanuts' Saturday

The Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra presents its popular holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 3. This year, it's "Holiday Melodies and Peanuts"...

New book on Ma & Pa Railroad is a definitive work on 'America's favorite short line'

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, a train meandered over 77 miles of track between Baltimore and York, Pa., crossing Harford County...

Quartet settles into Sunday program with new name

"What's in a name?" Shakespeare once famously asked. Quite a lot, learned the members of the Clipper Mill String Quartet,...