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Washington and Baltimore jockey for book lovers on the same weekend
Baltimore's book festival got here first.
Organizers of the 16th annual Baltimore Book Festival, which opens Friday, say they aren't fazed that a larger, glitzier, more star-studded event is being held on the exact same weekend just 40 miles to the...Tags: Festive Events, Baltimore Book Festival, Broward Health Medical Center, Libraries, Julianne Moore
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Marbella: On Lisa Simeone dispute, occupied with media bias
Bravo, fat lady. Or rather, bravo, "World of Opera," the public radio show that brought a measure of sanity to the drama surrounding Lisa Simeone, the Baltimore-based public radio host who landed in a controversy over media bias last week over her...Tags: Radio Industry, Concerts, Documentary (genre), Barack Obama, Elections
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Tea party not the villain in this piece
Like Garrison Keillor, whose column used to appear in The Sun, Dan Rodricks underestimates the power of the tea party in American politics ("Question for tea party: What now?" Aug. 4). He should have read John Malagrin's letter right across the fold ("Tea...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Elections
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Charm City gets Second City treatment
Let's face it. Baltimore is ripe for satirizing. We've probably got more offbeat people, more distinctive edifices, more colorful history and habits per block than any metropolitan area in the country. Oh yeah, and some crime.
The folks at Second City...Tags: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Repeal (2010), Elections, Republican Party, Hampden, Improvisational Comedy (genre)
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Comment of the Week
Dining@LargeUnder Just when you thought it was safe to bake your holiday pies again Bob shared this great quote:Deep (and true, IMHO) thought from Garrison Keillor two weeks ago: "Pumpkin pie is the essence of mediocrity. The very best pumpkin......Tags: Pumpkin, Pies and Tarts, Pumpkin Pie
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List of Grammy Award nominees
Baltimoresun.com StaffComplete list of nominees in 108 categories announced Thursday for the 48th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 8 in Los Angeles: 1. Record of the Year "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey "Feel Good Inc.," Gorillaz featuring De La Soul "Boulevard...Tags: Dr. Dre (music artist), Prince (music artist), Keith Urban, Aretha Franklin, Toby Keith
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Carpenter Performing Arts Center announces 2013-14 season
The Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach has announced its 2013-14 season, which will include a typically eclectic offering of dance, music, cabaret and more. The center is located on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. The season will feature...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Hal Linden, Music, John Lithgow, Music Theater
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UPJ to host award-winning poet
Our Town CorrespondentThe 10th annual Esther Goldhaber Jacovitz Poetry Reading is scheduled to take place March 20 at the Whalley Memorial Chapel on the Pitt-Johnstown campus. This year’s featured speaker is George Bilgere, an award-winning poet whose work is...Tags: Poetry, NPR, Library of Congress, University of Akron, Authors
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Greek, Gibson 2013 concert schedules unveiled
Los Lobos, Carly Rae Jepsen, a symphonic tribute to Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, Diana Krall and a complete performance of English prog-rock band Jethro Tull’s “Thick as a Brick” Parts 1 and 2 by the band’s frontman Ian...
Tags: Concerts, Cyndi Lauper, Entertainment Events, Dru Hill (music group), Music
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Chamber music recitals fill the calendar
Two chamber music events — one this month, the other in April — are worth marking on your calendar. Music of Beethoven A brass quintet of Virginia Symphony players will give a free performance of the music of Beethoven. The concert is...
Tags: Christopher Newport University, Entertainment Events, Music, Audra McDonald, Festive Events
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Nombran nueva directora para la Casa Twain
El Hartford CourantCuando Cindy Lovell comienza su nuevo trabajo como Directora Ejecutiva de la Casa Museo de Mark Twain, ella no tendrá una gran curva de aprendizaje. Lovell, quien fue nombrada a la posición esta semana, después de una búsqueda a nivel nacional de seis...Tags: Clint Eastwood, United Technologies Corporation, Brad Paisley, Barack Obama, Mark Twain
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An Elector Prepares To Ratify Obama's Win
The Hartford Courant"Our marriage is like the Electoral College," says the narrator in "Marooned," a Garrison Keillor short story. "It works OK if you don't think about it." At noon Monday, I will be one of those thinking about the Electoral College, as I have the...Tags: John Adams, Richard Nixon, Elections, National Government, U.S. Congress
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