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Poe House reopening planned for October
Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum should reopen Oct. 4, the group responsible for making it profitable announced this week. "That's the official goal. That's the date," said Baltimore-based actor and author Mark Redfield, vice president of Poe...
Tags: Fiction, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Prosecution, Digital Harbor High School, Museums
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Graduation, Perry Hall, Sophie Kerr Prize, Washington College (Maryland), Journalism
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Carolyn Marie Hauck, librarian
Carolyn Marie Hauck, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library staff member who encouraged patrons to explore films and the arts, died of dementia complications at the Pickersgill Retirement Community. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 89. Born in...
Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Anglicanism, Alzheimer's Disease, Fine Arts, Charles Street
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City presents latest plans for upgrading Waverly Library
The Waverly library would be about 2,000 square feet bigger than it is now, with a wall of glass, more computers, modernized equipment and separate areas for children and teens, as planned in a $6 million renovation project, Baltimore City library...
Tags: Charles Village, Govans, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mary Pat Clarke, Renovation
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Gaiman, Kinsella, Koontz among releases to look forward to
It's not too early to start compiling your summer reading list. Here are some recommendations, courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with publication dates. Fiction Sophie Kinsella, "Wedding Night": An unlikely romance involves a pair desperate to...
Tags: George Mitchell, Authors, True Blood (tv program), Dan Brown , Italy
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Author George Saunders headlines 10th annual CityLit Festival
Author George Saunders is having the kind of year that could lead the former roofer and slaughterhouse worker to imagine that someone is spritzing the air around him with a giant bottle of perfume. "The way things have been going recently, it's as if...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Syracuse, GEICO, Petroleum Industry
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Book lovers, save the date for CityLit Festival
The lineup for the 10th annual CityLit Festival is set, so Baltimore-area book lovers should mark April 13 on calendars. The event, held at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, offers a full day of author readings, panel discussions and...
Tags: Columbia University, Authors, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The New York Times, George Saunders
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New branch manager named for Perry Hall Library
The Baltimore County Public Library has named a new branch manager for the Perry Hall Library. Cindy Kleback, a 15-year veteran of library work, was announced Tuesday as the new manager at the Perry Hall branch, 9685 Honeygo Blvd. Library officials...
Tags: Patterson Park, Perry Hall, University of Arizona, Libraries, Highlandtown
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Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore
Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...
Tags: Ghana, Rome (Italy), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Literature, The Wire (tv program)
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Sophie Kerr Prize event moved to Baltimore
After a two-year detour to New York City, the ceremony to announce the winner of the nation's most lucrative undergraduate literary award, the Sophie Kerr Prize, will be held in Baltimore this year. The decision marks the second time in three years...
Tags: Graduation, Sophie Kerr Prize, Washington College (Maryland), Chestertown, Entertainment Events
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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: Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Port Discovery Children's Museum, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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What is the real cost of dining out?
The Baltimore SunDid you ever think about the complex economic and financial structures lying behind your restaurant meal? Me neither. But that's no reason not to start thinking about them. Two authors are stopping in Baltimore this week to shed some light on the...Tags: Charles Street, Food Industry
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