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American Masters does Carson to biographical perfection - except for that masculinity thing
The Baltimore SunFrom Norman Rockwell and Leonard Bernstein to Baltimore's Cab Calloway, no one does biography like "American Masters" on PBS. I've been reviewing these superb productions for all of the 26 seasons that "American Masters" has been on the air, and have...Tags: Movies, Biography (genre), Leonard Bernstein, Norman Rockwell, Dick Cavett
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Squarely on the front porch
Seven decades later, retired Baltimore Circuit Judge Thomas Ward still remembers the details of his Baltimore Sun paper route, calling the Windsor Hills terrain "horrible."
For $2.40 a week, 4 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., Monday through Saturday, he walked. His...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Rentals, Discovery Communications, Inc., Tony Foreman, World War II (1939-1945)
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Tapping into Maryland's rich dance history
Who knew that Baltimore had such happy feet?
Three icons of tap dance who were famous nationwide — known colloquially as Baby Laurence, Buster Brown and Hawk — were born in Charm City and first perfected the "shim sham" and "cramp roll" and...Tags: Billie Holiday, Frederick Douglass, Concerts, Charlie Parker, Broadway Theater
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A sense of history
"History is the greatest narrative," the Rev. Heber Brown III told more than 20 people in the pews Feb. 17 at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church.
The church held a Black History Month event that was billed as "a celebration of north Baltimore's black history,"...Tags: Baltimore County, Black History, Belvedere Square, Black History Month
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PBS treats Baltimore's Cab Calloway as an American Master
It's not often in judging the biography of a great artist that you can just pick up the phone and call one of the people who knew him best — and remains a principal keeper of the historical flame.
But that is exactly the case with Cab Calloway, the...Tags: Porgy and Bess (movie), Documentary (genre), John Landis, Music Industry, Concerts
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Like/dislike: Nona Narcisse
By day she is Lily Hindrew, but by night she is burlesque seductress Nona Narcisse. The 26-year-old from Santa Fe, N.M., is one of the producers of Slow Burn Burlesque, a professional dance and variety show based in New Orleans. Once a fashion student,...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Apple iPod, Al Pacino, Ella Fitzgerald
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Perry Hall musician keeps Zim Zemarel's Big Band sound alive
It takes a Big Band sound to battle the disco, punk, thrash rock, heavy metal and country-pop now dominating national soundtracks.
But that's exactly what the Zim Zemarel Band has done in the greater Baltimore area for the better part of 50 years.
And...Tags: Toyota Recalls, Music Industry, Glenn Miller, Bob Hope, Concerts
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Cab Calloway
Sun ReporterCab Calloway, the swing-era singer, actor and bandleader who soared to national popularity in the '30s and '40s on the strength of such hits as "Minnie the Moocher" and "It Ain't Necessarily So," has died at the age of 86. The Baltimore-bred musician...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Al Jolson, Opera (genre), Music Industry, Concerts
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William Henry 'Chick' Webb
Sun ReporterWebb's rhythms got crowds moving and shaking Baltimore drummer became jazz legend -------------------- When Chick Webb - the nationally famous swing-era jazz drummer whose "Stompin' at the Savoy" was defined by long and furious riffs that drove crowds...Tags: Anglicanism, Coconut Grove, Hospitals and Clinics, Music Industry, Physical Deformity
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Museum puts faces, names to struggle for justice
REGINA Wright Bruce arrives from a distance of 42 years. She wears a smile of spiritual wonder. She stands in this throng of delighted people at the grand opening of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, and her...Tags: Billie Holiday, Movies, Hospitals and Clinics, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups
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U Street revival heats up in D.C.
Special To The SunTry to peg the character of U Street, the revitalized and once-again trendy corridor in Northwest D.C., and you may have to check your watch. That's because this urban renaissance district has two distinct personalities, as different as night and day....Tags: Dog (animal), Movies, Washington, DC, Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities
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A who's who of Maryland (abridged)
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...Tags: Kathie Lee Gifford, Eubie Blake, Alger Hiss, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Bess Armstrong
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