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About 30 people atteded a "Downton Abbey" themed garden party fundraiser Sunday at the Steppingston Farm Museum near Havre de Grace to raise money for the museum's textile collection.

The new PBS series "Finding Your Roots" is among the best and most compelling television you will ever see, says Cal Thomas.

Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" gets a lively revival from Chesapeake Shakespeare Company.

Groups and special events taking place at Howard County library branches

To get into the holiday spirit, we teamed with the cast of "A Christmas Carol" from Chesapeake Shakespeare Company - which recently moved into its permanent building downtown on South Calvert Street - to help showcase this year's gift guide. Set on the backdrop of Gramercy Mansion in Stevenson, we matched gifts to characters from the production.

Crops, cutouts and colors march down the aisle for spring

HBO again does the kind of great American drama PBS should be doing

The Annapolis-native has positioned himself among the world's top designers. And now he takes on the additional hat of judge on "Project Runway: Threads," a spin-off of "Project Runway" that focuses on young, aspiring designers. The show premiers Oct. 23 at 10:30 p.m. on Lifetime.

A 100-year-old horse racing tale that unfolded on two continents, against a backdrop of world war and with a of host of historically notable people, will come to life again this month at the Hays-Heighe House at Harford Community College, which also figures prominently in the story.

David Zurawik: It's time for the Emmy Awards again, and I am excited and angry.

If you're a fan of awards shows, drinking isn't required to get through the three-hour self-celebration that is the Emmy Awards. But it sure makes it more fun.

A cocktail bar in South Baltimore new to the scene, Bar Liquorice recently had a soft opening.

WWI, formally declared 100 years ago, may have been called The Great War, but it was only great for its carnage.

Senior centers in Howard County offer a variety of activities for ages 55 and older

All kinds of impressive numbers were flying around last week in the wake of Emmy nominees being announced. HBO ran up an industry-leading 99 nominations overall with 19 for its gory and glorious ¿Game of Thrones¿ alone.

Business author says bad manners can tank your career

The adrenaline ante has been so upped on episodic dramas as to somewhat devalue the "shocker" label. So credit the producers of "The Good Wife" with delivering a genuine jolt in Sunday's episode, precisely because the CBS series doesn't rely on over-the-top "OMG" moments in the way, say, something like "Scandal" does.

Randi Benesch is new director of The Gordon Center for the Performing Arts in Owings Mills and she wants to take it in a new direction.

Center Stage production successfully transports Shakespeare's comedy "Twelfth Night" to the late 1930s with a dynamic cast.

Violinist Gil Shaham focuses on solo Bach in remarkable recital for Shriver Hall Concert Series.

In the penultimate episode of Season 4 of "Downton Abbey," many plots are tied up nicely: except for the Bates saga.

It's not quite a year after Matthew's death, and, yeah, it's a bit jarring to see Mary pursued by three men so soon. But it's also a bit fun. Well, Lord Gillingham is fun. Evelyn Napier's a bit blah. He's nice enough, but in a total friend-zone sort of way.

It's time for another patented Momentously Action-Packed Storyline Development Party at Downton.

Since Bates (and also the audience) can't handle more scenes of Anna shuddering at his very sight, he takes it upon himsef to get to the bottom of the matter.

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That "glamourous pirate" Lord Gillingham is working on some sort of Guinness World Record of pursuit here of Lady Mary on "Downton Abbey."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus won a top SAG Award Saturday night for her work in Baltimore-made "Veep."

A 1916 recording by Dame Nellie Melba provides a good idea of how she would have sounded in a recital like the fictional one that was part of "Downton Abbey" Season 4, Episode 2.

So this is the plot line that divided "Downton" fans in the U.K.