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The snow that ate the arts
Baltimore Sun reporterThe balmy strains of Gershwin's "Summertime" went unheard at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. No one got a glimpse of "The Glass Menagerie" at Rep Stage or lived through the trauma of "Two Rooms" at Everyman Theatre. The adventures of the long-nosed hero of...Tags: Morgan State University, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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Peering into the troubled mind of Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann heard so much music in his head, he felt compelled to compose.
"I cannot help it," he wrote to his wife, Clara, "and should like to sing myself to death, like a nightingale."
When he died at the age of 46 in an asylum, the only sounds he...Tags: Symptoms, Harvard Medical School, Music, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Illness
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Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown -- vote for Sanjaya
Dining@LargeAmong the thirty-two celebrities bracketed in this year's Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown are four with relevance to this blog. In the first round, Bryan Voltaggio is competing with Marin Alsop, Timothy Dean has drawn Laura Lippman, Cindy Wolf takes on...Tags: Duff Goldman, Anne Tyler, Celebrities, Nick Markakis
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Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown -- which chefs will make it through?
Dining@LargeThe first round of voting in the Sun's annual Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown wraps up today. Timothy Dean is trailing badly behind Laura Lippman and Bryan Voltaggio is taking a beating from Marin Alsop. But Duff Goldman is maintaining a comfortable-...Tags: Anne Tyler, Duff Goldman
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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: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, John Waters, Gary Williams, James Beard, Music
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Cindy Wolf among the four Baltimore celebrities in final Smackdown round
Dining@LargeCharleston executive chef Cindy Wolf has reached the final round of four in the Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown. She nicked Markakis in the first round, benched Cal Ripken in the second round, and broke Marin Alsop's baton in the semi-finals. Now,......Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ray Lewis, John Waters, Cal Ripken, Celebrities
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The Night Before Christmas video
Dining@LargeOK, I paused laughing over this long enough to share it with you. It's so dumb it's brilliant. Here's a list of participants: .........Tags: Football, Radio
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For many, a decade to forget. In Baltimore, moments to remember.
Baltimore Sun reporterWhat do we call this decade? The Ohs? If you say that out loud it sounds like a certain baseball team. The Aughts? What's an aught? In a practical but infinitely more gloomy choice, Time magazine settled on "The Decade from Hell." And maybe it was. A new...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Chesapeake Bay, Employment, Natural Disasters, Auction Service
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Another act for the cultural scene
The economy did the arts no favor. The volatile stock market and then the decade-ending recession wreaked havoc on endowments and grants, and left many ticket-buyers thinking they'd better cut back on luxuries. But there were happy endings, too. After a...Tags: Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Harbor East, Auction Service
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Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration
Moments after Joe Biden is sworn in as vice president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol and just before Barack Obama takes his oath as president, four classical musicians will perform a work created by John Williams for the history-...Tags: Yo-Yo Ma, Lincoln Center, Culture, Olivier Messiaen, Daniel Barenboim
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Influential Books: Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop made history with her appointment as the 12th music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. With her inaugural concerts in September, she became the first woman to head a major American orchestra. In 2005, Alsop was named a MacArthur...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Mann
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