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Two-time Oscar winner enjoyed being bad as the new best actor in a TV series that isn't on television. - Might a private equity firm's decision to divest from gun manufacturing signal a new concern for ethics? Bah, humbug!
- Stevens Forest Elementary students perform Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The students have been performing musicals under the direction of physical education teacher Barry Palmer for 32 years, and this is Palmer's last production; he is retiring at the end of the school year.
- A favorite holiday tradition has come to Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia for the first time in a musical production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
- A favorite holiday tradition has come to Toby's Dinner Theater of Columbia for the first time in a musical production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
- One thing that Ebenezer Scrooge does not get is a good night's sleep. That's because pesky ghosts keep appearing with reminders that he needs to reconsider his grumpy life. Ever since Charles Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, audiences have enjoyed accompanying Scrooge on his overnight ethical transformation.
- Holiday productions feature new collaborations, full 'Messiah'
- Voters should vote 'yes' on laws requiring Orphans' Court judges in Baltimore and Prince George's counties be lawyers
- "Splendors and Glooms" is the latest novel from the Newbery Medal-winning Laura Amy Schlitz, who also works as the librarian at Park School in Baltimore County.
- "Splendors and Glooms" could win the Baltimore author a second round of awards
- After two hours Wednesday night of standing around on Centre Street with about 40 others, there was Kevin Spacey standing in the street in tuxedo pants and a T-shirt with his suspenders hanging down below his waist. And he was still looking good, Hollywood makeup artist good.
- A new production of Charles Dickens' masterpiece of tragicomedy, "David Copperfield," will be presented at Harford Christian School on Friday, May 18, 7:30 p.m. An encore Dessert Theater presentation of the drama is set for the next day, Saturday, May 19, at 6 p.m
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- Who we're watching: Erin Willet, Moses Stone ... and Pip?
- Barry H. Landau pleads guilty in federal court to stealing historic documents from museums in several states including Maryland. Meanwhile, the Maryland Historic Society is having a news conference in which staffer who caught Landau is speaking for the first time.
- In this new old holiday piece by composer Bob Christianson, Scrooge is a rocker and Marley's a blues man
- Baltimore County historian captures Baltimore City's past
- It's time to kindle our Christmas spirits by catching a performance of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" — a classic that first appeared in 1843 and continues to be a favorite each holiday season.
- Baltimore County school leaders disregarded advice from state officials and forged ahead to overhaul the teaching of English, spending more than $5 million over the past few years to buy textbooks that sit unused and to rewrite a curriculum that has been shelved.
- Earlier this year, I received a phone call from Kate Mullikin, a California art teacher who also teaches middle school students Shakespeare, about her father Bill Mullikin, a former Baltimore actor who died a year ago.
- Maryland law and constitution make it almost impossible to prosecute bribery
- President Obama's decision to reject the Environmental Protection Agency's recommendation to strengthen air quality standards is bad for anyone with heart or lung disease
- Baltimore's Centerstage gets a new director and a new direction as the fall theater season opens.
- Pride in your living space and community shows that you're invested — not just financially
- Local female Howard County chefs show us why working with food isn't a job for sissies.
