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Works of Diane Ford on exhibit at Hollingsworth Gallery

Browse through the exhibit of works by featured naturalist artist Diane Ford, of Bethesda, Thursday, May 24, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., through June,...

Laurel Art Center opens for final liquidation

The Laurel Art Center, which closed in February after 35 years as a Main Street business, will reopen Memorial Day weekend for a final...

Teachers, students fill the Columbia Art Center

The annual Faculty/Student Exhibition at the Columbia Art Center lets you know that its teachers and students have been busy. Paintings,...

Painting flowers and landscapes is in their nature

The outdoors comes indoors in a two-artist exhibit of pastels and watercolors at the Bernice Kish Gallery at Slayton House. Aptly titled "In...

You're in good 'Company' at Silhouette Stages

Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical "Company" has a title that refers to the companionship provided by the main character's friends, but...

Numbed by 'The Nutcracker'

Want to see a dance critic go berserk? Just take her to a shopping mall during the holidays or watch her in a doctor’s office or chain...

Dancers of a certain age sometimes lose their tiaras

For nearly a decade, neither snow nor sleet — not to mention having to get out of bed early on...

Passe? Not the musical masters behind 'South Pacific'

The handsomely staged production of “South Pacific” at the Hippodrome Theatre is a welcome reminder that...

Chinese ballet finds 'Art' on a more modern footing

Someone once said that ballet and modern dance would merge when a contemporary dancer donned toe shoes and ballerinas went barefoot. Well,...

Is there anything sadder than steps left undone?

It was doubly sad for me hearing of the death of Rebecca Marie Jung last week. This dancer, athlete, teacher and friend...

Everyman Theatre opens season with a 'Raisin' d'exit

An area theater that does consistently fine work is beginning its last season in its current home.

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Venus Theatre grows up with 'Punk Rock Mom'

When the Ramones released "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" in 1977, the punk rock band hadn't a clue that their provocative antiestablishment...

Piano trio knows the romantic score

The members of the Columbia Orchestra usually fill the stage for concerts, but a few times per season there also are chamber music concerts....

If purple is your color, this exhibit in Columbia is for you

Various colors can be seen in Nancy Lee Davis' exhibit "Color Vibrations" at the Artists' Gallery in Columbia, but it's the color purple...

C Street Gallery's 'Bicycle: Art + Design' exhibit is nostalgic ride

Just about everybody has a story from their past related to a bicycle.

'Take Five' with Eric Mintel Quartet and Columbia Pro Cantare

Jazz and classical music come together on the same stage when the Eric Mintel Quartet and the Columbia Pro Cantare join forces for a program...

Heartless 'Titus Andronicus' driven by revenge

If the crime rate spikes in Howard County, blame Shakespeare. The Bard's most violent play, "Titus Andronicus," is being staged by the...

Try to figure out chinese exhibit at HCC

Painters traditionally have placed human figures within realistic landscapes that seem like psychologically suitable backdrops, but the...

Counting on the Schubert Octet this Sunday at Three

Doing the math on the Schubert Octet speaks well for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and also for Howard County. That's because seven of...

Laurel Art Center holding liquidation sale this weekend

The long-standing but recently shuttered Laurel Art Center will reopen this weekend for a two-day liquidation sale of its large and eclectic...

Saying hello to "Dolly" at close quarters

"Hello, Dolly!" is a big musical and the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre is small. Its in-the-round stage is only 13-by-16-feet, so the...

A night different from all other nights at Center Stage

The three Jewish characters preparing for a Passover Seder spend a night different from all other nights in "The Whipping Man," and...

Spring jazz series: Dave Ballou, Trumpet Trio

Don't miss the last concert of the spring jazz series, Dave Ballou, Trumpet Trio, Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. at the...

'Wizard of Oz' goes over the rainbow at Toby's

Watching the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz" always makes you feel like you're not in Kansas anymore. The theatrical version of this...

Shoes shine in Columbia Art Center show

Art is good for the soul, but it's also good for the soles in the Columbia Art Center exhibit "A Walk in My Shoes." Speaking of good, this...

At Laurel Mill Playhouse, 'Brides' wedded to comedy

"Brides of March," which opened at Laurel Mill Playhouse last weekend, has nothing to do with the free spirits who began parading the...

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