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- Thursday's storm has caused many area attractions around Baltimore to close for the day.
- James L. "Jay" Tucker, a retired state education coordinator recalled as an visionary who brought the arts into classrooms, died.
- Some of the top boys and girls basketball teams in the area will compete Thursday through Saturday at the 19th Baltimore City Public Schools Basketball Academy. But the games are just part of the three-day event at Morgan State University.
- A number of events are planned for the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.
- The Rev. Jamal Bryant saw in Ferguson protests a modern incarnation of Martin Luther King's legacy.
- In some families, Thanksgiving tradition is turkey and stuffing served on heirloom china. In others, it's going to the MacyĀæs parade or visiting grandma. In Jill Smokler's family, it's a game of telephone. Started by the kids at the Thanksgiving table several years ago, the pass-the-secret game has become a beloved annual event. The ensuing laughter and hilarity is something they look forward to, says Smokler, a Baltimore-based author and founder of the popular website Scary Mommy. Tradition comes in many forms, from serious religious observances to silly customs such as turkey wishbone tug-of-war.
- Deborah Willis led a presentation attended by about 100 people on Saturday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture about the African American experience before, during and after emancipation.
- Lewis Museum visitors need to hear both sides
- Baltimore's National Great Blacks in Wax Museum moves forward slowly, but steadily with plans for a $75 million expansion that would quadruple its footprint, erecting a new state-of-the art institution in one of the city's more challenged communities.
- The Republican contender for MarylandĀæs lieutenant governor on Friday scorned the decision to bar a Baltimore civil rights icon from an event at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History & Culture.
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- When he went to bed on Tuesday night, Levi B. Watkins was looking forward to flying to North Carolina this week to visit a "close friend and soul mate," just as he'd done so often for years.
- A highlight of the exhibit, which explores Americans' relationship with the flag, is a mural created by the artist Sheila Pree Bright of 15 portraits of Baltimoreans posing with Old Glory
- African American Children's Book Festival is May 10
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday at Fort McHenry the schedule of events for Star-Spangled Summer, the sprawling, noisy, multimillion-dollar celebration the city will host through September to commemorate the 200th birthday of the National Anthem.
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- A fledgling nonprofit wants to transform the old Peale Museum into a hub celebrating Baltimore history and architecture with exhibits, a cafe, a lecture hall and office space.