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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Roland Park, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Jones Falls Expressway, Booker T. Washington, Arts
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The sage of Mt. Royal Avenue
To understand what Fred Lazarus accomplished during his 35 years as president of the Maryland Institute College of Art, one need only look at the gleaming concrete-and-glass structure housing the school's Brown Center for new media. The rakishly angled...
Tags: Arts, Customs and Tradition, Colleges and Universities, Sage, Mount Royal
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MICA president Fred Lazarus to retire at end of 2014 academic year
As President Fred Lazarus IV expanded the Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 35 years and helped turn it into one of the nation's leading arts colleges, supporters say, he has also focused on Baltimore — to the betterment of his college...
Tags: American Visionary Art Museum, Maryland Film Festival, Roland Park, Baltimore Museum of Art, Teaching and Learning
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Six finalists announced for 2013 Sondheim Prize
Six finalists were announced Wednesday for the 2013 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize — and the prestigious award is edging more toward alternate media than it ever has before. The candidates in the running to win the eighth annual award include two...
Tags: Arts, Landover, Walters Art Museum, Photography
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Guilford neighborhood marks 100th anniversary
On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford. Giroux, who typically plants 800 white tulips along the front walkway and...
Tags: Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Roland Park, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Architecture, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland)
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Carole L. Maier, artist
Carole Lynn Maier, a stained-glass artist and former House of Ruth board president, died of an autoimmune lung ailment Feb. 24 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Kingsville resident was 60.
Born Carole Lynn Smith in Baltimore and raised in...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Arts, Canterbury
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American Craft Council Show comes to Baltimore
For a craftsman, David Sleightholm knows he's pretty lucky. One of the biggest craft shows in the country is right in his own backyard. "People come from all around the country to do this show," Sleightholm, who works out of Hampstead, says of this...
Tags: Annapolis, Baltimore Convention Center, Artists, Pratt Street
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Prepared text of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City Address 2013
Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for the opportunity to report on the progress of our city and to renew our...
Tags: Government, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Financial Planning, Laws
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Back Story: Artists transform Winnebago into man cave
On a blustery Saturday a few days before Christmas, the thirsty and the simply curious took a break from their last-minute shopping and headed to the Union Brewing Co. in Woodberry. There they took in a whimsical man cave on wheels that has been...
Tags: Arts, Caves and Caverns, Fine Artists, Ken Kesey, Landforms
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Matt Porterfield's new movie accepted into Sundance Film Festival
"I Used to be Darker," the latest movie from Baltimore's Matt Porterfield, will be shown at January's Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday. "I was in a bit of a state of shock," said Porterfield, who was on a return bus trip from New...
Tags: Hamilton, Festive Events, Matt Porterfield, Movies, Film Festivals
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Giant crash test dummy statue in Glen Burnie draws stares
As state officials unveiled a giant statue of a crash test dummy at its new home in Glen Burnie Tuesday, they deemed it "destined to be a regional landmark." But towering at five times larger than life and weighing 2 tons, the bright-yellow tribute to...
Tags: Arts, Glen Burnie, AAA, Sculpture
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Like/Dislike with Wendel Patrick, music producer
Calling Wendel Patrick multi-talented is an understatement. The 39-year-old Baltimore resident usually has a Fender Rhodes keyboard, two turntables, effects processors and a microphone for beat boxing and vocal percussion at his shows. When Patrick...
Tags: Music Industry, Big Daddy Kane, Apple iPod, Rakim, Music
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