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Howard County datebook Datebook
Sunday, April 28 Shakespeare A commemoration of the life and works of William Shakespeare will be presented at 2:30 p.m. at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 7045 Minstrel Way in Columbia. Event commemorates the 397th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and...Tags: Peabody Conservatory, ESPN (tv network), George Bernard Shaw, Christianity, Teaching and Learning
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There's 'Pride' in every aspect of Annapolis Shakespeare production
Rarely does a literary classic transfer from page to stage as eloquently as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" does in the current production by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company at Bowie Playhouse. Everything works beautifully, beginning with Jon...
Tags: Celebrities, Jane Austen, White Marsh, Annapolis, Discrimination
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Richardson Relentless Run helps scholarship fund [Perryville]
The second annual Cody G. Richardson Relentless Run 5K and 3K fun walk will be held June 1 at Perryville Middle School. This event benefits the Cody G. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Fund. Registration and packet pick up starts at 8 a.m. with the runners...Tags: Cecil County, Port Deposit, Awards and Prizes, American Legion
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Frances H. Mueller, educator
Frances H. Mueller, a retired educator who had chaired the Bryn Mawr School's English department and also taught at Towson University, died March 24 of complications from dementia at Roland Park Place. She was 94. Born and raised on her parents' farm...
Tags: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Towson University, Teaching and Learning, Alzheimer's Disease, Columbia University
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Venturing beyond the Bard to Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'
With her latest production, Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is expanding the young company's horizons, both artistically and physically. At a recent rehearsal of Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's...
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Chesapeake Shakespeare Company gets boost from Abell Foundation
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's future move to downtown Baltimore got a sizable financial boost from the Abell Foundation, which gave the organization $250,000. The money is for the renovation of the classic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company...
Tags: Abell Foundation, Patapsco, Ellicott City
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Center Stage sets sights on joy, fun
For his first full season as Center Stage artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah focused on works that could spark conversation about a variety of heady issues. Midway through that season, he has unveiled a very different theme for the next one. "If this...
Tags: Yale Repertory Theatre, Edgar Allan Poe, Celebrities, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes
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Columbia Digest
Veterans forum The Howard County Veterans and Military Families Commission holds an open forum on veterans issues at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Howard County Library's central branch, 10375 Little Patuxent Parkway. Representatives from Fort Meade,...Tags: 5 Broken Cameras (movie), Gaming, American Legion, Wii, Culture
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Take a pill
The Baltimore SunOnly yesterday I posted about the hissy that Buzzfeed pitched over literally in the figurative sense. Today at Slate Simon Akam is railing against bridezilla and chillax and a handful of other contemporary constructions that he finds inelegant.* Lord...Tags: George Bernard Shaw, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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'The Two Gentlemen of Verona,' in Oakland Mills
The eternal truths found in Shakespeare help explain why theater companies often like to give his plays a contemporary setting. Audiences at The Other Barn in Oakland Mills will take it in stride that the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company has taken a...
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Speaking out for Second Amendment [Letter]
Editor, On Feb. 6, thousands of pro Second Amendment followers gathered in Annapolis to attend the Senate Judicial Committee's hearing on gun control bill SB281 and listen to the testimony of the governor and his loyal legion of gun control minions....Tags: Executive Branch, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Civil Rights, Government
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