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• Maryland

Carroll County Public Library schedules (Sept. 8-14)

The following programs will be offered through Carroll County Public Library. Registration is required only where noted. For more information, call 410-386-

• Features

'Star Trek' at 50: The Sun was not so much into 'boldly going where no man has gone before'

Fifty years ago Thursday, TV started boldly going where no man had gone before. And The Sun happily went along for the ride.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 1, 2016

• Harford

Harford Library celebrates the release of the eighth Harry Potter book with midnight parties

About 60 children and adults decked out in costume to attend a launch party for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" at the Bel Air Library late Saturday night. The Bel Air Barnes & Noble opened at midnight for the release and had sold out of all its copies by 3 p.m. Sunday.

By David Anderson

Aug 1, 2016

• Baltimore City Paper

Clicking and Streaming: 'Friends' is part Gen-X shit-bag time capsule, part sci-fi New York where 9/11 didn't happen

• Maryland

College works to inspire love of reading with book fair

• Literature

Newest titles at the BCPL

Newest titles available at the BCPL

• Baltimore City Paper

Free Will Astrology 2/25/15

• Howard County

Free popcorn and Harry Potter at Elkridge library [Elkridge]

Why not enjoy the day off Feb. 13 with free popcorn and drinks at the Elkridge Branch Library? "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be featured at 2 p.m. for all ages to enjoy.

• Opinion

'Better Call Saul' takes deep, funny dive into American life as seen from backroom of nail parlor

'Breaking Bad' prequel shows true price of survival in U.S.

By David Zurawik

Feb 6, 2015

• TV

JHU alum's book 'The Book of Negroes' is coming to BET as miniseries

"The Book of Negroes," based on Hopkins alum Lawrence Hill's novel of the same name, will air on BET in February.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Feb 6, 2015

• Literature

Fresh faces are on target in comic 'Shot in the Dark'

Prince George's Little Theatre's production of "A Shot in the Dark" received mention in last week's roundup of coming attractions, but merits a closer look for its excellent treatment of Marc Archard's work, set in 1962 Paris.

• Literature

Newest Titles

Newest titles available at the BCPL

• Howard County

Ellicott City novelist publishes her 104th book

Writing a novel is an individual journey that requires imagination, patience and a whole lot of free time. For some, it takes a matter of months; for others, the process takes years. For Ellicott City resident and novelist Loree Lough, it took 20 years ¿ to write more than 100 books.

• Opinion

What if the Christmas story is true?

What better gift can you give yourself than belief in the story of Jesus?

• Politics

O'Malley vs. Ehrlich for president, and other predictions for 2015

Making predictions in science fiction movies — and newspaper columns — is risky business. But here are a few for 2015, including those on the presidential aspirations of Martin O'Malley, Ben Carson and Robert Ehrlich.

By Dan Rodricks

Dec 26, 2014

• Maryland

Peace on Earth, in spite of us

• Food & Drink

A round-up of this year's local interest food and dining books

Here are some of the local-interest cookbooks that got our attention this year. Consider them for holiday giving, or as a gift to yourself.

• Baltimore City

Hampden-based artist's work displayed in new Poe book

Hampden-based illustrator David Plunkert, of Cockeysville has illustrated a collection of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic stories for Rockport Publishers.

• Baltimore City Paper

Top 10 Best-Selling Fiction, Nonfiction, and more at Atomic Books

• Maryland

Songs of the season to be featured at concert

Westminster United Methodist Church will host a Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14.

• Fiction

At Your Library

News and events from the local branches of the BCPL

• Opinion

Ferguson too complicated for easy allegory

The national media, on the right and left, has an insatiable desire for story lines so clear-cut they might as well be allegories. The problem is that life isn't allegorical. It's messy.

• Opinion

Who's next?

• Howard County

Datebook

Howard County datebook

• Literature

Newest Titles

Newest titles available at the BCPL

• Baltimore City Paper

'Solaris,' 'Another Earth,' and 23 other heady sci-fi flicks to see after 'Interstellar'

• Howard County

Visit the Holy Land at Glen Mar UM Church [West Friendship]

] The Holy Land comes to Howard County on Dec.5-7, 5-8 p.m., at the Glen Mar United Methodist Church. The church at 4701 New Cut Road in Ellicott City, is holding its seventh annual "Walk to Bethlehem."

• Baltimore City Paper

Cory Doctorow's "Information Doesn't Want To Be Free" presents his most dystopian sci-fi yet and it's nonfiction

• Maryland

Hogan little engine that could

• Opinion

Hogan and Brown: tortoise and hare?

Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" provides an appropriate allegory to reflect upon polling and Maryland's recent gubernatorial election.

• Howard County

Novelist's new book is a visit to long-ago Laurel [Senior Circles]

Author Faye Green, a Laurel native, has written a new book, "Gertie," which is set in Laurel in the early 1900s. The release of her new book reminds me of an interview I did with Green after the release of her previous book, "Dicey."

• Laurel Leader

Laurel native's new book set in Laurel [Senior Circles]

Author Faye Green, a Laurel native, has written a new book, "Gertie," set in Laurel from 1909 to 1946.

• Maryland

Montpelier Mansion's Dearly Departed highlights local spooky encounters

At Montpelier Mansion's Tales of the Dearly Departed, Trish Hoffman, of Westminster, read from her "Ghosts and Haunted Houses of Maryland," a book of 25 supernatural tales presented from a historical perspective. Two of her stories document haunted places in Laurel. About 30 visitors gathered to hear Hoffman read excerpts titled "Laurel's Most Haunted House" and "The Friendly Ghost."

• Maryland

Carroll Night Out: Close out Halloween season with 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'

• Travel

Halloween hops and more to explore

• Opinion

With 'Olive Kitteridge,' HBO does what PBS should be doing

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

By David Zurawik

Oct 24, 2014

• Movies

Datebook

Anne Arundel County datebook

• Africa

Nonprofit takes on Liberia's 'other crisis'

Baltimore-based book bank is collecting textbooks for children in Ebola-stricken country.

By Dan Rodricks

Oct 21, 2014

• Maryland

Carroll Night Out: Scout out upcoming performance of 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

• Howard County

Violinist and poet will perform in harmony at HCC

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove and violinist Joshua Coyne appear together in a free program on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m., at Howard Community College's Monteabaro Hall.

• Baltimore City Paper

Free Will Astrology

• Baltimore City Paper

Paradise Garden

• Harford

Q&A with Dani Pettrey, local author of "Alaskan Courage" book series

Dani Pettrey is a Harford county-based author of best-selling inspirational romantic suspense. The first four books in Dani¿s ¿Alaskan Courage¿ series have won numerous Christian fiction awards. Catching up with Pettrey, we hear about her writing adventures and her plans for future stories.

• Opinion

Emma Watson looking for a few good men [Commentary]

Harry potter actress proposes an opportunity to reset the dialogue between -- and about -- the genders.

• Maryland

Westminster and Finksburg libraries Sept. 24-30

• Culture

Future Symphony Institute to be held at UB

Launched by BSO player to study outlook, paths for orchestras

• Maryland

There's a shot that prevents cancer. No one wants it.

The HPV vaccine could save thousands of lives each year. So why aren't parents vaccinating their children?

• Baltimore City Paper

The House that Mencken Built

• Baltimore City Paper

Hold Onto Your Precious Bodily Fluids

• Maryland

Snikt! Thwip! Bamf!