quincy jones
- This week 33 years ago, Scott Fahlman posted the first emoticons (on a message board at Carnegie Mellon University); NFL players began a 57-day strike; the first International Day of Peace was proclaimed by the United Nations; "E.T." topped the box office and the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to the Billboard Hot 100 chart archive.
- Vocal artist Patti Austin will pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and "a lost tradition" in a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra pops program.
- This week 51 years ago, the following songs were the most popular in the U.S., according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.
- Flying to the West Coast for vacation isn't often ideal for Baltimoreans. It can be difficult to find nonstop flights, and it's almost always a pricey venture. But that all changed this month when Alaska Airlines launched reasonably priced, nonstop service from BWI-Marshall to Seattle.
- Look for jazz and other musical performances at the Havre de Grace Arts Commission's Friday Concerts in the Park, June 6 to July 25
- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.