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Young authors share inspiration, encouragement at Cockeysville's Teen Writers Club
On a rain-soaked, foggy night that could have come straight from the novels they were crafting, several members of Cockeysville Library's Teen Writers Club met last week to exchange ideas, inspiration and encouragement.
The group, which meets on...Tags: Pikesville, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Cancer survivor turns books and baked items into Stone Soup
Since moving to Carroll County last fall, Terry Pitt has found herself immersed in pastries and books.
As the founder of The Stone Soup Foundation, a nonprofit that provides meals for the homeless and people in need in Carroll County, Pitt raises money...Tags: Breast Cancer, Soups, Pies and Tarts, Cancer, Health Treatments
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Harry's education, and yours: A father sends his son off to college, with wisdom from a boy wizard
To Zac, my son:
As you prepare to enter college, one of your childhood pleasures — the "Harry Potter" books and movies — is ending in theaters around the world. What a journey author J.K. Rowling provided for you and millions of young...Tags: J.K. Rowling , Colleges and Universities, Elections, Toni Morrison, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Phantom pains of racial wrongs haunt 'Zulu Fits'
The lingering effects of racism percolate through Alonzo D. LaMont Jr.'s "Zulu Fits." Although the production directed by the playwright at Heralds of Hope Theater has some rough edges, it's a thoughtful play about how young African-Americans are...Tags: Celebrities, Civil Rights, African Americans, Minority Groups, Station North
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Unwind with these worldly webs of intrigue for fall
Does the approach of autumn's more rigid schedules and cooling temperatures seem like too much to bear? Give the excitement of summer one last hurrah. Take a vicarious wild ride with these volumes of international thrills. "Outlaws Inc." by Matt Potter...Tags: Movies, Crime (genre), World War II (1939-1945), Trips and Vacations, Documentary (genre)
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Mayo author makes new, familiar tale from 'Secret Garden'
When she was growing up, Ellen Potter was an avid reader, and nothing thrilled her more than settling down with her well-worn copy of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic 1911 children's novel, "The Secret Garden."
The book's heroine, 10-year-old Mary...Tags: Animals, The New York Times, Literature, Johnny Depp, Book
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Ride for Kids aims to raise research funds for brain cancer
A story in a motorcycle trade paper started Bob Henig on his 20-year crusade to help children overcome a deadly disease that attacks 11 of them in the U.S. daily. The children's stories of coping, surviving and sometimes succumbing have kept him riding to...Tags: Medical Research, Radiation Therapy, Human Body, Charity, Cancer
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Harford County has fun-filled Halloween adventures for the entire family
When most people think of Halloween, images of pumpkins, witches and ghosts usually come to mind. Whether you like to be scared senseless in a haunted house, learn more about true ghost stories or prefer a simple hayride on the farm to pick out pumpkins,...Tags: Haunted Houses (attractions), Al Capone, Folklore and Mythology, History, Havre de Grace
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'Our Town' finds new life under the open skies
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is always looking for intriguing ways to lure new audiences into exploring the classics. For the company's current production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," director Ian Gallanar is inviting patrons in as specters....Tags: Weddings, William Shakespeare, Ellicott City, Gardens and Parks, Patapsco
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Glenwood/Glenelg: Glenwood Middle School students ready for fourth annual Literature Lock-In
Students at Glenwood Middle School will be spending this evening reading. Students are planning an evening in the media center, with pillows, blankets, and a few of their favorite books, magazines, or graphic novels, as part of their fourth annual...Tags: Schools, Literature, File Sharing, NPR, Halloween
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Story time teaches language lessons for listeners and readers
As teachers bustled around the Lansdowne Middle School library setting up a webcam and projector Wednesday afternoon, 15 antsy students chatted away, adding to the energized atmosphere of the room.
Then the lights dimmed. The chatter stopped.
On an 8-...Tags: Students, Middle Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Shore Leave offers sci-fi pleasures way beyond 'Star Trek'
If getting arrested and spending some time in a Klingon jail is your idea of a good time, then don't miss this weekend's Shore Leave 33. It could be the place your dream comes true.
"People love it," says Michael Schilling, a spokesman for the three-...Tags: Celebrities, Prisons, Genres, Tricia Helfer, Sally Kellerman
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