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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Reginald F. Lewis Museum
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City's pain, everyone's gain
There were two odd things about Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's presentation Wednesday at the Walters Art Museum to introduce "Change to Grow," her ambitious plan to put Baltimore's budget on a sustainable path, cut taxes and increase investments in...
Tags: Local Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore Red Line, Finance, Baltimore County
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Waltee's Cubs programs entertains the 18-months-and-younger set
If you have a small child, you're used to avoiding situations where there's an expectation of quiet. Flying's no fun, the theater's out, and museums are off the list too. But rethink that last one: The Walters Art Museum has a program called Waltee's...
Tags: Museums, Arts
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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, New York University, Literature, Loyola University Chicago, Financial Aid
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R. Lucille Eliasberg, former executive assistant at Roland Park Country School
R. Lucille Eliasberg, a former executive assistant at the Roland Park Country School who was known equally for her charm and toughness, will be remembered Saturday at the school where her daughter and granddaughter followed her. Ms. Eliasberg died of...
Tags: Mission to the World (PCA), Tourism and Leisure, Ellicott City, Charles Street, Fort Lauderdale
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Mary Alma Lears, Walters docent
Mary Alma O'Connor Lears, a former Walters Art Museum volunteer guide whose keen eyes alerted officials to a $1 million theft later linked to a gallery security guard, died of lung disease Jan. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Towson and former Roland...Tags: Crosswords, The New York Times, Theft, Respiratory Disease, Govans
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Walters Art Museum finds rare photo of African-American sculptor
A stroll through a Baltimore antique shop has turned up an unsuspected treasure — a rare photograph of Mary Edmonia Lewis, the first 19th century African-American sculptor to receive international recognition. The Walters Art Museum, which...
Tags: Sculpture, Museums, Arts
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Black and White Party features vintage idea, youthful appeal
The storms of winter 2010 shut down roads, cancelled classes, closed up shops and nearly ended a signature Baltimore event before it started. On a cold January night, organizers of the Pratt Contemporaries' inaugural Black and White Party watched the...
Tags: Truman Capote, Libraries, Julia Child, Fells Point, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, homemaker
Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, a homemaker, volunteer and avid gardener, died Dec. 28 of a cerebral hemorrhage at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 93.
The daughter of an insurance executive and a homemaker, Margaret Eloise Wells was born in...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Towson, Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Sheppard Pratt Health System
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Lutherville: Thanks to those who provided holiday bright spots
We've all been admiring the festive decorations on so many homes in Lutherville. Several communities have held decorating contests to recognize the most special of these homes. The Lutherville Community Association has selected homes in particular...Tags: Schools, Lobbying, Arts, Middle Schools, Timonium
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Arthur J. Gutman, insurance broker
Arthur J. Gutman, a retired insurance broker and former H.L. Mencken Society president, died of respiratory failure Nov. 27 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former North Baltimore resident was 101.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Adolph B. Gutman...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Charles Street, Armed Forces, Arts, Insurance
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Monumental undertaking
Tonight, we celebrate the season with the lighting of Baltimore's Washington Monument. But unless we take needed action, we are at risk of losing this festive tradition — along with one of our city's most iconic landmarks. Sadly, the monument...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), War of 1812, Arts, Culture
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