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The elite eight -- Wolf squares off against Alsop
Dining@LargeEight remain in the the Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown. Gary Williams is competing against Joe Flacco, John Waters and Michael Phelps are vying for a semi-final berth, and John Astin is vying with Ray Lewis.One pairing matters to us. James Beard......Tags: Gary Williams, James Beard, Music, John Waters, Marin Alsop
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Some memory changes in aging brain are normal
Dementia and its evil twin, Alzheimer's, may have moved ahead of cancer on the list of most feared diseases, especially among baby boomers, who have begun to believe it is their inescapable fate if they have the bad luck to live too long.
So we grasp...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses, Concerts, Music
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Lyric Opera Baltimore salutes Verdi bicentennial with 'Rigoletto'
The opera world has been giving a little extra attention to a couple of giants born in 1813, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner. Locally, that bicentennial salute has included memorable concerts by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra featuring excerpts from...
Tags: Mount Royal, Poetry, Music, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Culture
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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Artscape, Festive Events, Booker T. Washington, Artists, Culture
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'AGT' phenom Jackie Evancho to perform with BSO
In 2010, a blond-haired girl with a sweet smile stood before the "America's Got Talent" studio audience and millions of TV viewers. The 10-year-old proceeded to sing about asking her daddy to grant her request. So far, so normal. But if the words...
Tags: Taiwan, Michael Grimm, The Company You Keep (movie), Britain's Got Talent (tv program), Folklore and Mythology
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Partnered with BSO, Parsons unveils new styles for musicians
Violinist Ellen Pendleton Troyer has struggled for years with the constraints of wearing evening attire for physical, sometimes-strenuous performances. And she considers herself luckier than her male counterparts, who have a stricter dress code of bow...
Tags: New York City, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment Events, Fashion Shows, Carnegie Hall
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Peabody director Sharkey to step down
After seven years as director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Jeffrey Sharkey is stepping down. He will remain with the conservatory until a successor is named. "So much of what I hoped to accomplish I feel I have accomplished,...
Tags: Music, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Culture
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Hug made major contributions to Baltimore's institutions
The obituary for Richard E. Hug (May 7) fell far short of honoring the legacy of a man who dedicated so many years to helping make Baltimore's non-profits better able to fulfill their missions. While the obit focused on Dick's political fundraising,...
Tags: National Aquarium Baltimore, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Obituaries
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Verdi, Puccini, Poulenc for 2013-2014 season at the Lyric
The 2013-2014 opera season at the Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric will have a lot in common with the 2012-2013 season -- staged works by Verdi and Puccini produced by Lyric Opera Baltimore, with a concert in between. There is something...
Tags: Poetry, Culture
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Bel Air honors Harford Day students
The members of the Bel Air Board of Town Commissioners honored two Harford Day School students Monday for their dedication to the arts, their studies and the community. Avery Riedel and Klia Trintis, both eighth-graders, received Student Achievement...
Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Towson University, Dance, National Government
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Baltimore Symphony affirms its quality in Carnegie Hall concert
The good news about the Spring For Music festival at Carnegie Hall is that it chooses American orchestras of all sizes to bring off-the-beaten-path programs to the nation's premier classical music showplace, and charges only $25 a seat. The bad news...
Tags: Festive Events, Music, Carnegie Hall, Culture
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, O'Malley make Carnegie Hall appearance
The Baltimore SunNEW YORK -- Carnegie Hall put out the purple Monday night to welcome the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the opening of Spring For Music, a week-long festival showcasing American orchestras playing adventurous programs. Ravens-colored cloths adorned...Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Carnegie Hall, Government, Culture
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