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The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Feb. 24-March 2, 2019.

Merrell H. Hambleton, a fundraiser who assisted her husband legendary producer T. Edward Hambleton in the operation of his Phoenix Theatre in New York City, died Saturdayat her home in the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville from complications of a fall. She was 94.

Jacqueline "Jackie" Watts, the former editor of The East Baltimore Guide who became an Enoch Pratt Free Library editor and graphic designer, died.

The show opens with Tom and Brooke alone on the stage, acknowledging the tragic events Boston today. I understand the need to address it, and I'm also glad to have my silly dancing show to distract me from the awfulness.

Tom introduces the cast by calling them "Y'all Stars" -- no, Tom, no. Don't make me not love you.

But I sat down last night to watch one segment of the preview DVD for "Kennedy Center Honors," and I got up some two hours later feeling like I had been on a wild, joyous, pop culture rollercoaster ride.