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Travolta, Waters to appear on stage together in Baltimore
Oscar-nominated actor John Travolta will sit down for a public conversation with John Waters at Baltimore's Maryland Institute College of Art. The man who created Edna Turnblad and the actor who brought the zaftig housewife of "Hairspray" to full-...
Tags: Halle Berry, Movies, Oliver Stone, John Waters, Festive Events
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Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House gets revival plan
The financially troubled Edgar Allan Poe House got a lifeline from the city of Baltimore this week, raising hope that the now-closed historic site can be saved. The city agreed to pay the B&O Railroad Museum $180,000 to develop a plan for the home/...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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The great debate falls short
"This debate is completely ridiculous. There's no reason for a debate." It's an election year. We all know how the McMahon family loves itself an election year. But I think it's fair to say Big Show sufficiently covered all the bases with those two...
Tags: Radio, Wrestling, Comedy (genre), Mick Foley, John Cena
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Meet authors from Baltimore Book Festival at happy hour event
Want to rub shoulders with authors from this weekend's Baltimore Book Festival? Hotel Monaco Baltimore, 2 N. Charles St., is hosting a Mix and Mingle event, Friday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the living room area of the boutique hotel. Authors include:...
Tags: Baltimore Book Festival, Charles Street, Fiction, Authors, Festive Events
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5 don't-miss events at the Baltimore Book Festival
1)  Rachel L. Swarns:  While Michelle Obama is not expected to attend the Baltimore Book Festival, author Rachel L. Swarns will be meeting fans at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bank of America Literary Salon, where she'll be happy to discuss her book,...
Tags: Baltimore Book Festival, Fiction, Mount Vernon, Crosswords, Ceremonies
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With 'Gold,' Chris Cleave braces for another reversal in fortune
When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author. The book, about a terrorist attack in a London sports stadium, was released on July 7,...
Tags: Movies, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Research, Michelle Williams, Nicole Kidman
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Contamination
The Baltimore SunWriting at Johnson, Robert Lane Greene mentions a BBC article on Americanisms infiltrating British usage. This is familiar reader bait. Nothing in Britain gets those empurpled wattles jiggling more reliably than alarums about Americanisms. Though it's...Tags: John Thaw, BBC, United Kingdom
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Mets stink, but Dickey's a star -- and author
Even as I rejoice for the hometown Baltimore Orioles, I'm depressed by the play of another favorite team, the N.Y. Mets. Another spring filled with hope, another summer of depressing reality. But there is one bright spot: R.A. Dickey, who is chasing a...
Tags: New York Mets, Baseball, Abusive Behavior, Baltimore Orioles, The New York Times
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Toby's Dinner Theatre dazzles with 'The Color Purple'
Expecting the usual entertaining evening delivered by talented players at Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia, I found instead a life-affirming, near-religious experience watching "The Color Purple" — a musical epic tracing one woman's journey from...
Tags: Opera (genre), Awards and Prizes, George Gershwin, Fiction, Entertainment Events
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2nd Star Productions' 'Bloody Murder' is bloody entertaining
In "Bloody Murder," 2nd Star Productions offers a parody of British murder mysteries with surprising twists and turns. Charles Maloney, director of more than 20 plays for 2nd Star, is introducing Bowie Playhouse audiences to this amusing 2009 mystery...
Tags: Mystery (genre), Celebrities, White Marsh, Entertainment Events, Murder
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Love books? Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran has a sale for you
Carole Kramer, head honcho for the Shepherd of the Glen Lutheran Church annual book sale shouts a rousing, "Come on out." The 17th annual Book Sale is in place and ready to go. Located at 14551 Burntwoods Road, the sale is the largest used book sale in...Tags: American Red Cross, Track and Field
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Sherban Young: Master of the mystery caper
Local author Sherban Young pens what he calls “mystery capers.” The 37-year-old Ellicott City resident got interested in solving puzzles and mysteries through CD-ROM interactive adventure games while at Loyola University, where he majored in...
Tags: Jerry Lewis, Mystery (genre), Agatha Christie, Ellicott City, Financial Planning
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