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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: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, National Aquarium Baltimore, Arts, Museums
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In Baltimore, finding more than just true grit
Washington PostBaltimore's Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, once the city's supreme skyscraper, always delivers a smile. It's a symbol of kitsch and nostalgia, like the city itself. It's a reminder of a gritty past and an uncertain present. And right now, it's making me feel...Tags: Architecture, Baltimore Museum of Art, National Aquarium Baltimore, Arts, New York Yankees
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John F. Muller, counselor
John F. Muller, an addictions counselor who earlier had been co-owner of a wholesale seafood business, died Nov. 24 from colon cancer at his Middle River home. He was 78. The son of a Methodist minister and a homemaker, John Frederick Muller was born and...Tags: Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Seafood and Fishing Industry, Seafood, Springs, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Veterans Day schedule
This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties; and in Annapolis and Baltimore City. Courts Closed in all jurisdictions. Libraries Open in Anne Arundel...Tags: Walters Art Museum, Annapolis, Baltimore Museum of Art, Harford County, National Aquarium Baltimore
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A 'classical revolution' is spreading in Baltimore
It was a quiet night for a revolution. People at the bar in Joe Squared Station North sat huddled over drinks and conversations. Folks occasionally strolled in to pick up pizza orders or headed to dining tables in the back. Few even glanced at the...
Tags: Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Arts, Concerts, Music Industry
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Maryland Family Readers' Choice 2012 WINNERS
Best Story Time WINNER: Howard County Library Central, East Columbia, Elkridge, Glenwood, Miller, Savage Hclibrary.org Best Museum for Families WINNER: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 600 Independence Ave. Southwest...
Tags: Hersheypark, Catonsville, Clarksville, Howard County, Busch Gardens Orlando
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Columbus Day schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices Open in Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties. Closed in Baltimore City; Baltimore and Carroll counties. Courts Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll,...Tags: Walters Art Museum, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Harford County, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Spurring kids' knowledge of Judaism through reading, music
Michelle Damareck's 3-year-old daughter has been singing "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" in Hebrew, and her 5-year-old son has been learning the lessons of the Ten Commandments, thanks to a program that delivers Jewish-themed books and CDs to their home every...
Tags: Walters Art Museum, National Aquarium Baltimore, Judaism, Arts, Museums
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Labor Day schedule and closings
This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices, courts and libraries Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Frederick counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis. Public schools Closed in all jurisdictions....Tags: Annapolis, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Labor Disputes, National Aquarium Baltimore
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New police commissioner expected to be former Oakland chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has selected former Oakland, Calif., Police Chief Anthony Batts as Baltimore's next police commissioner, bringing in a leader who has been hailed as an innovator but who struggled to push his agenda at his last job. Batts,...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Protest, Conservation, Steve James
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Plans for old Port Discovery balloon-ride site revised again
The developer of city-owned land over the Shot Tower Metro station wants to again revise its plans for the parcel, which has sat unused since 2004, the city's development corporation said Wednesday. The Cordish Cos., which gained development rights to...Tags: M.J. Brodie, Cordish Cos., Baltimore Development Corporation
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Merchants set records as Sailabration boosts city business
Jimmy's Restaurant in Fells Point ran out of hot dogs, potato salad and macaroni salad and scrambled to replenish all weekend as hordes of hungry Sailabration visitors jammed the popular diner.
Even on Monday, as rain moved in after days of sunshine, the...Tags: Visit Baltimore, National Aquarium Baltimore, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Business, Fells Point
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