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Irish flutist in demand around St. Patrick's Day
Irish flutist Laura Byrne and her compatriots in the Irish music scene consider their passion a yearlong experience, but they also recognize that there's much more of a demand for Irish songs in mid-March. "We were at Liam Flynn's last (Wednesday) and...
Tags: Music Industry, Real Estate, James Joyce, Music, Washington, DC
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Irish dancers from Lutherville school get in step for St. Patrick's parade
High-stepping, soft- and hard-shoe reeling members of the McHale School of Irish Dance have been taking part in the Baltimore St. Patrick's Day Parade for more than 25 years, and this year is no different. On Sunday, March 10, up to 70 dancers from...
Tags: Washington Monument, Entertainment Events, YMCA, St. Patrick's Day, Dance
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Thousands line Baltimore streets for St. Patrick's parade
He's across the Atlantic from his native Ireland, but Ken Keady was wearing the green Sunday as he bobbed his 3-year-old daughter on his shoulders to see Baltimore's St. Patrick Parade. "It's a great occasion, a lot of color, a lot of flags and lot of...
Tags: Charles Street, Music, Inner Harbor, New Year's Day, Symbols and Symbolism
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Cherry blossom festival in the pink for 2013
When it comes to spring color, Washington knows how to put on a show. The National Cherry Blossom Festival blossoms each year to commemorate the gift of some 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo to the nation's capital in 1912. While the festival had...
Tags: Tokyo (Japan), Havre de Grace, Music Industry, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Girls take wing at annual flying festival in Frederick
"I flew a mother and two young daughters, probably 4 and 7 years old, and as we took off I heard this shrieking from the back of the plane," said Lin Caywood, a 12-year pilot.
A mother and recent grandmother herself, Caywood thought the kids were upset...Tags: NASA, Air Transportation Industry, Rocketry, Space Programs, Technology
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Baltimore's own Divine to be featured at SXSW Festival
"I Am Divine," a documentary on the life and career of Baltimore's favorite home-grown drag queen, was to make its debut Saturday night at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas. Director Jeffrey Schwarz, interviewed for SXSW's online...
Tags: Ricki Lake, Tab Hunter, Toronto International Film Festival, Celebrities, Alan Rudolph
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Tips on cruising with the kids
A standup comic on a Carnival Pride cruise from Baltimore to the Bahamas recently asked his audience how many were traveling with their kids. Quite a number politely clapped in response. He then asked how many were traveling without their kids. He was...
Tags: Bahamas, Demographics, Family, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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Flute, piano duo deliver 'American Spirit'
A lot of contemporary classical music is being composed, but there are relatively few opportunities to hear it live. The Dancing Heart Flute and Piano Duo will be doing its part to provide modern music for modern ears with a concert for the Sundays at...
Tags: Music Industry, Anglicanism, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Music, Washington, DC
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No vocals? No problem at NOVO Instrumental Festival
Not all great ideas are fueled by bourbon, but the creation of Baltimore's NOVO Instrumental Festival was.
Five years ago, Mobtown Studios' producer and co-owner Mat Leffler-Schulman shared a few drinks at the Windup Space with bar owner Russell de...Tags: Station North, Canterbury, Arcade Fire (music group), Entertainment Events, Volcanoes
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Sizable crowd enjoys Bel Air Chocolate & Candy Festival Saturday
Saturday was the 12th annual Chocolate & Candy Festival in downtown Bel Air, but for several Harford County families, it was their first time making their way around the floor of the Bel Air Reckord Armory, sampling various local vendors' sweet treats....
Tags: Dr. Seuss, Entertainment Events, Havre de Grace, Sculpture, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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History group sets course for Continental Congress Center
A fledgling organization devoted to the history of the Continental Congress — and creating a permanent home in Annapolis for examining that period in American history — took steps last week toward its goal. The Annapolis Continental...Tags: United States Naval Academy, U.S. Congress, National Government, France, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Maritime museum's new director sees bright future for former oyster shucking house
On the job a little more than a week, Alicia Estrada hasn't settled into her new digs at the Annapolis Maritime Museum. But she has begun evaluating its programs as she looks to the future of the former oyster plant. "I'm just trying to get my head...Tags: Tropical Storms, Netherlands, Museums, Annapolis
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