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Baltimore's own Divine to be featured at SXSW Festival
"I Am Divine," a documentary on the life and career of Baltimore's favorite home-grown drag queen, was to make its debut Saturday night at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas. Director Jeffrey Schwarz, interviewed for SXSW's online...
Tags: Festive Events, Ricki Lake, Harvey Fierstein, Maryland Film Festival, Tab Hunter
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Perry Hall High School prepares to celebrate first 50 years
At age 50, she's still big and beautiful. Beginning this year, Perry Hall High School will mark a half-century of existence with celebratory events stretching 14 months. "It's going to be a party," Principal George Roberts said. The scope of the...
Tags: Perry Hall, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Harford County, Perry Hall High School, Overlea
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Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe dies
Judge Elsbeth Levy Bothe, a well-known former criminal defense attorney who served on the Baltimore Circuit Court for nearly two decades and had a taste for the macabre, died Wednesday at her Homeland residence of complications from a stroke she had...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Murder, United Auto Workers, Justice System
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John Waters' 'Hairspray' keeps its hold on us
"Hairspray" is the product that just keeps giving. In 1988, John Waters added indelibly to his in-a-class-by-itself filmography with this tale of youth, love, race relations, and irrepressible dancing in early-1960s Baltimore. Fourteen years later,...
Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Theater, Television, The Wire (tv program), Culture
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Formstone would be banned on new buildings under proposal
Frankly fake but authentically Baltimore, the Formstone that swaths many a rowhouse may seem low-brow or even tacky to some. But should it be illegal? A proposed overhaul of the Baltimore's zoning code would do just that, banning the faux stone...
Tags: Building Material, World War II (1939-1945), Arts, Architecture, Home Improvement
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Bel Air boy to be in episode of CBS drama 'Person of Interest'
Parker Brightman, of Bel Air, has been living a double life. By day, he is a 10-year-old student like many others at Hickory Elementary School. But when he's not in school, Parker has been traveling, trying to find work as an actor. He has pursued...
Tags: CBS Corp., Personal Data Collection, Person of Interest (tv program), Interior Policy
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter deserving of Baltimore Sun Marylander of the Year honor
The Baltimore SunIt was the Orioles’ final regular-season series in Tampa Bay -- three October games that preceded the team’s first trip to the playoffs in 15 years -- and I was sitting in Orioles manager Buck Showalter’s office in the visiting clubhouse...Tags: Spring Training, Jim Thome, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Peter G. Angelos
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Bmore gets braggy
Season's greetings, hon! Hard to believe 2012 is almost over. You know us — busy, busy! If we weren't opening a Ripley's "Odditorium," we were putting historic landmarks up for sale. When we weren't helping John Waters hitchhike across the country,...
Tags: Holidays, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Old Navy, Bolton Hill
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Harvey G. Alexander
Harvey G. Alexander, who founded and served as executive director of the Baltimore Film Festival and also read poetry on WBJC-FM, died Nov. 23 of pulmonary edema at Franklin Square Medical Center.
He was 77.
"I first got to know him in 1964 at Martick'...Tags: Festive Events, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Arts, Netflix Inc., Libraries
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Lutherville residents upset about possible rezoning at assisted-living center
I was fooled by the summer calm of old Lutherville, the Victorian village in Baltimore County that hides behind York Road, the Beltway and Interstate 83. On a cloudy morning, Lutherville's timeless homes seemed to be enjoying a July holiday, with abundant...Tags: Fells Point, Baltimore County, Annapolis, Railway Transportation, Colleges and Universities
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Hampden: The more options for neighborhood entertainment in Hampden, the better
Hampden Hi-Fi wrapped up its Roosevelt Park outdoor concert series last Friday, July 27, with what looked to be one of the biggest crowds of its eight-week run, despite the heat. And while nothing official has been announced, here's hoping organizers...Tags: Gruff Rhys (music group), Hot Dogs, Foods and Beverages
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Marylander of the Year
In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and...
Tags: Lou Gehrig, Harborplace, Cal Ripken, Jr., Kweisi Mfume, MLB Most Valuable Player Award
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