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Laurel Leader wins press association awards
The Laurel Leader won five awards, including two first-place awards, in the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association's 2011 editorial contest. The awards were for newspapers in Division D, non-dailies with a circulation more than 20,000, and were...Tags: Newspapers, Howard County, Laurel Park, Newspaper and Magazine
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'Glee' recap: Extraordinary Merry Christmas
All I want for Christmas is a black-and-white "Glee" holiday special .. .and a purple Christmas tree.
This year, Gleeks were treated to a show within a show. The glee kids, because of some cancellation of a yuletide log special on a local channel, are...Tags: Mariah Carey, Family, Glee (tv program), Christmas Music (genre), Lima (Peru)
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Inez Alice Chappell, manicurist
Baltimore Sun reporterInez Alice Chappell, a former Pennsylvania Avenue manicurist and thoroughbred racing fan, died Nov. 2 of heart failure at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 86. The daughter of an arabber and a homemaker,...Tags: African Americans, Christianity, Anglicanism, Frederick Douglass, Joe Louis
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Kennedy Center play explores racism and the Nat King Cole television show
On Nov. 5, 1956, the American network television audience was graced with the soothing, rich and perfect-pitch baritone voice of one of the first African Americans to have his own variety series program. The "Nat King Cole Show" debuted that day on NBC at...Tags: Peggy Lee, NBC (tv network), African Americans, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald
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'American Idol' recap: Top 12 guys perform
Reality CheckOK, everybody, this is it. Not the Finals IT, or the Top Twelve IT, but the First Live Show IT. Will Steven Tyler be as awesome when he’s not whittled down to sound bites? Can Jennifer Lopez still be sweet......Tags: Jacob Lusk, Ryan Seacrest, Jovany Barreto, Jordan Dorsey, Luther Vandross
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'American Idol' recap: Songs from the movies
Reality CheckJanell reports on last night's American Idol, which was songs from the movies, but should have been "[Most of] the Contestants Ignore Jimmy Iovine.":Did you hear? Pia got eliminated last week! I know, like, whoa. If I can summarize some......Tags: Tom Cruise, Jacob Lusk, Rock and Roll (genre), Katy Perry, Paul McDonald
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Javier pitches woo in promising debut
Sun Pop Music CriticThe so-called "neo-soul" field is already crowded with wannabe-smooth brothers who croon sweet nothings over hip-hop-laced grooves, injecting their sound with heavy Stevie Wonder-isms and Donny Hathaway inflections. A new artist, Javier (pronounced hav-e-...Tags: Maxwell, Peggy Lee, Radio Industry, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding
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Arena Players ready for next act
Special to SunSpotIn 1953, nine African-Americans gathered in a Northwest Baltimore living room to discuss offering quality theater to the community. Their goal seemed simple. "We just wanted to do plays," said Ed Terry, the company's associate artistic director who...Tags: Billy Dee Williams, William Inge, Coppin State University, John F. Kennedy, August Wilson
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Shades of Blue Orchestra comes out swinging
The Pen Mar Park concert series opens with 18-piece big band By MARIE GILBERT marieg@herald-mail.com One minute, a reed section whispers impossibly rich, velvety tones. The next, the room erupts with the wicked, raucous sounds of drums. There are...
Tags: Peggy Lee, Annapolis, Concerts, Music Industry, Dance
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Still Alive'
The members of the Downtowners choir may not be all there. They may miss a high note here and there, or drop a lyric. But if you don’t at least crack a smile at “Still Alive,” you might not be fully alive yourself. Led by director Tim...
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Chicago's other Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Quick, name Chicago's Nobel Peace Prize winners. President Barack Obama and Hull House co-founder Jane Addams are two. But the third? That would be former Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, who lived in Evanston and whose lakefront mansion is now the...
Tags: Orange County Regional History Center, Korean War (1950-1953), Music Industry, Paul Revere, Entertainment Events
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En Cartelera: Películas premiadas, Chico y Rita – In the Darkness
Chico & Rita *** 1/2
Hace una década Fernando Trueba generó una inusitada atención mundial hacia el jazz latino después que estrenó Calle 54, cinta que dio pantalla a los principales artífices de esa expresión musical.
Ahora el cineasta español trae...Tags: Coral Gables, Music, Sweetwater, Charlie Parker, Agnieszka Holland
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