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Downtown Towson exploded into a celebration moments after the Ravens win over the 49ers in the Super Bowl. - Opera AACC is celebrating its 11th anniversary this month with a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar," running Feb. 1-9 at Anne Arundel Community College's Robert Kauffman Theater at the Pascal Center for Performing Arts.
- Baltimoreans who were gathering at the Inner Harbor Monday to send off the Super Bowl XLVII-bound Ravens to the Big Easy to face the San Francisco 49ers this weekend.
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- All over the Baltimore-Washington metro area, charter bus operators who were already preparing for a busy weekend due to the inauguration are trying to get a few more busses onto the roads to take advantage of the Ravens' upset victory that put the team one step closer to the Super Bowl.
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- As he announced a trio of new restaurants and a VIP element for the 15-screen movie theater planned for the Towson Square project, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Tuesday described the $85 million development as key in the quest to make the county seat a true destination spot.
- John E. Konrad, who was vice president and general manager of a Takoma Park radio station, died Jan. 2 from complications of bilateral pneumonia. He was 43 and lived in Mount Airy.
- Local station 98 Rock brought its Purple Caravan to the Greene Turtle on McHenry Row for a Purple Friday rally
- Baltimore will have a new sports radio talk lineup on WJZ-AM (1300) with the launch of CBS Sports radio at that frequency on the dial. The station will run 24/7 with syndicated talk, while its sister station, 105.7 The Fan, will continue with its locally produced and hosted lineup of sports talk.
- The new year brings some new jobs on radio and Internet for one-time Baltimore media figures.
- In late November and into last week, the Central Maryland Correctional Facility's laundry plant in Sykesville, was a little more colorful. Bras — literally thousands of them, of every color and size — are washed, dried and folded by the 100 inmates who work in the facility.
- As Christmas nears, post office, mall a flurry with activity
- The Florida pop-rocker and former front woman of the band Hey Monday, won the title of "the voice," and the accolades that entails -- and no one was surprised.
- Nielsen Holdings announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement to acquire Columbia-based Arbitron Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $1.26 billion in cash.
- Police accuse Tavon Barnett, 19, of shooting father while victim's wife and kids stood nearby
- Hey, it's Christmas, and this is crazy, but there's this house in Bel Air, so visit it maybe.
- Baltimore police named a 19-year-old man on Tuesday as the suspect in an early-November Northeast Baltimore killing, warning the public that he remains on the loose, "armed and extremely dangerous."
- These college sweethearts hosted a black and white affair on the waterfront
- Farmer of the Year 'Brownie' Pearce reflects on career
- Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- Thanks to North County News reporter Pat van den Beemt, who has been bringing area stories to life for many years.
- Machine Gun Kelly, Diddy's favorite Cleveland rapper, talks earning respect, working with Rick Ross and more.
- Gilman School fifth-graders participate in "JA BizTown," a miniature city created by Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, created to teach 7,000 area middle-schoolers about business and free enterprise system. This city has little stores, a bank, a post office, a newspaper and radio station, street signs and more. Students "work" in the businesses.
- 'The Voice' recap, Getting through the last knockout rounds
- Randy Bernard is out as CEO of the IndyCar series after a special meeting of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation on Sunday, radio station WIBC in Indianapolis reported.
- Four candidates for U.S. Senate faced one another in a debate this morning that was broadcast live by WOLB — the first exchange in the race to reach a wide audience.
- Stephen G. Smith, also known as "Stash" on 98 Rock, pleaded guilty to drunk driving charges and was sentenced to six months in the Harford County Detention Center on Monday morning.
- The Ravens were not only up against the Texans Sunday, but also the first Downtown Bel Air Music Fest, which saw a small, if still enthusiastic, turnout of local music lovers.
- Former state Sen. Clarence M. Mitchell III died Thursday at age 72, according to published reports.
- Tom and Kitty Stoner combine their love of sculpture and drawing into fabulous display of 20th-century art and beyond.
- St. James Academy's new radio station SJATV-Radio gives students a chance to learn producting, announcing, and broadcasting with daily morning radio show.
- The idea for a line of neckties, many characterized by vibrant colors and sheens, came directly from his work with MASN, where the on-air talent is expected to dress up and look sharp.
- When the 2012 Westminster Fallfest celebration kicks off on Thursday night, Sept. 27, with the annual parade, Woody Higgs will be right at the front.
- The evolving friendship between two women seems like something that could be handled through straightforward storytelling, but Diana Son's "Stop Kiss" has numerous short scenes that constantly jump around in time. Although the Fells Point Corner Theatre production of this Asian-American playwright's drama is never confusing, its scrambled chronology seems needlessly fussy.
- When the New England Patriots offense first took the field against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, they did so without their leading receiver from their previous five seasons. But Wes Welker wasn't injured. He stood on the sideline as Julian Edelman took his place as the team¿s starting wide receiver opposite Brandon Lloyd.
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- Baltimore rapper Caddy Da Don enlists Ray Rice, Fat Trel to bolster his anticipated 'Cut the Check' mixtape
- Annual Hampdenfest neighborhood festival in Hampden includes tried and true events such as the Great Mac-Off and the toilet races, as well as a new event, a waiter race.
- Johnny Holliday, longtime radio voice of the Maryland Terps and current Washington Nationals broadcaster, recalls with fondness his very first conversation with Art Modell.
- Sidebar to ph-ms-hampdenfest-0906, focusing on the toilet races and a new race for waiters, plus a mac & cheese cookoff
- Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young met briefly Wednesday with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick for the city's next police commissioner, and said he has his support.
