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Steven C. "Bo" Eckard, a member of the music faculty at McDaniel College, where he was senior lecturer of music and founder of the Electric Bass Ensemble, died Aug. 24 of undetermined causes at his Westminster home. He was 58.

Kurt Weill's "Street Scene," a blend of opera and musical, will be staged with a Baltimore twist by Peabody Opera Theatre at the Modell-Lyric Performing Arts Center.

During this week 16 years ago, Google Inc. was founded in Menlo Park, Calif., legendary film director Akira Kurosawa died and these were the most popular songs in America, via Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.

The Columbia Orchestra's upcoming 37th season promises to bring a range of classical music to the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake.

Verna Mae Peacock Cann, a retired social worker and church musician, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 27 at Sinai Hospital. The Parkton resident was 81.

The Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department begins a new season of country breakfasts on Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. until noon, in the Ten Oaks Ballroom.

Since he started 24-7 Entertainment in 1997, he's been working to bring in musical acts that provide excitement for audiences, booking about 100 shows a year in the Baltimore area, including the upcoming Shindig Music Festival at Carroll Park, with a lineup featuring Jane's Addiction, Rise Against, Gogol Bordello and Halestorm.

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1974 [videos]

Last night, Iggy Azalea -- the 24-year-old pop-rap artist responsible for the inescapable hit "Fancy" -- performed a surprise five-song set at the casino's three-level bar, 14Forty, to celebrate the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore's opening.

The season for summer festivals may be drawing to a close, but the fall promises at least three more chances to catch a major show in Harford County.

Ingeborg F. Harrington, a homemaker and gourmet cook who was known for her memorable dinner parties, died Friday of heart failure at Manor Care Ruxton. She was 91.

Columbia Pro Cantare qualifies as a vocal tradition in Howard County. Its 38th season promises to have an interesting mix of familiar repertory with other pieces that may not be as familiar.

Shirlé Hale-Koslowski is the owner and sole employee of Four Corners Cuisine, a Baltimore-based private chef service she operates in the kitchens of her 10 clients.

A glance at Chesapeake Arts Center's upcoming schedule indicates an exciting season beginning in September, with entertainment to attract audiences of diverse tastes for music, theater and star attractions.

Musicians will sing and strum and play the harmonica in Annapolis Thursday night to raise funds — and awareness — for Lyme disease.

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1982 [videos]

Salmond performs as gospel rapper Praize. This weekend, Praize will be performing at Union Street United Methodist Church's annual Praise in the Park event Saturday, Aug. 23. The Rev. Daryl A. Foster, pastor at Union Street United Methodist Church in Westminster, said the event is designed as a way for the entire Carroll County community to come together and build faith and family, with live music, a praise team and food.

In one video, Jose Bowen claps chalkboard erasers, organizes books on a shelf in the library, sprays lines on the athletic field and enthusiastically pops out from behind a tree.

BSO's principal oboist was vacationing in Montreal when her unique instrument went missing

"Marley," a musical by Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah focusing on Bob Marley's self-imposed London exile in the 1970s, will receive its world premiere in June 2015.

Classical artists moved by 'Rite of Spring,' Beethoven's Fifth (no, really)

The Woodlawn High grad long ago reached the top of the music industry. Now he's making moves to expand his ventures globally

Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is capping its season with "Monty Python's Spamalot" an irreverent retelling of the quest for the Holy Grail.

Those entering Catonsville from Interstate 695 may have noticed the brick wall of Perfect Touch Hair Salon & Day Spa on Frederick Road growing more colorful each day.

My husband Lloyd and I have been experiencing such a sense of gratitude to Jim Rouse for our opportunity to live yet another beautiful summer in his newtown of Columbia.

Sara Beck will perform at the One World Coffeehouse in Columbia

Benjamin K. Roe, a Grammy and Peabody Award winner, to helm Heifetz International Music Institute at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia.

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This year at the aquarium, 25 students in grades seven through nine are enrolled in the summer program at the National Aquarium where they work with blue crabs and water to investigate what goes on under the sea.

There will be music in the air and water in the background for the Columbia Lakefront Summer Concert Series' upcoming free programs: the Columbia Concert Band on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 6:30 p.m., and the Columbia Jazz Band on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 8 p.m.

Lots of focus has been on the future of classical music, but its past may be in greater danger of fading away.

On Friday, Aug. 8, an audience in Harford County will hear Eileen Bernstein's musical accounts of trial and triumph

This couple's love grew as they explored Baltimore together

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1963 [Videos]

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During the first week of August 42 years ago, a solar flare knocked out power in the United States, "Deliverance" was the top box-office draw, and the following songs were the most popular tunes according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.