music industry
- local churches are registering students now for vacation Bible school.
- By the time they got to Woodstock, they weren't exactly half a million strong. More like 300. But it was still a party. And musician John Sebastian, who played at the original Woodstock in 1969, was the headliner.
- The huge fest also boasted appearances from Imagine Dragons, Arctic Monkeys
- Peabody faculty member Michael Hersch calls his new work, 'On the Threshold of Winter, his 'most personal'; premiere will be Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- The three-day outdoor event takes over Camp Ramblewood in Darlington in August.
- Happening in June 1977: Elvis performs his last concert, the Apple II is introduced and people were loving the following songs, via Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
- Infinity Theatre Company opened its fifth season this month in Annapolis with "Hank Williams: Lost Highway," another professional production solidifying the company's reputation as the summer destination of savvy fans seeking the best in local musical theater.
- More proof that the mid-'80s were awesome, via Billboard's Hot 100 Chart archive.
- Angelo Gatto to conduct final concert Saturday
- The 2nd Star theater company is offering audiences a lively rendition of the 1964 multi-Tony-awarded Jerry Herman classic, "Hello Dolly!"— one that seems destined to set its own local benchmarks.
- Mike Pope, a world-class jazz bassist, resides in the Carroll County side of Marriottsville.
- On May 22, it was standing room only at the Howard County Board of Education meeting. Parents, students, teachers and administrators gathered to celebrate the recipients of the Music Educator of the Year Awards.