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Since 1975, the Columbia Figure Skating Club has provided area skaters with the opportunity to pursue both recreational and competitive skating. Each spring, Pat Muth, her daughter Martha, granddaughter Melissa, and a host of volunteers put many of these rising ice stars in a standing-room-only spectacle, this time around appropriately called "Frozen In Time," at the Columbia Ice Rink.

A look at the growing number of TV series featuring spies

I watched "The Good Wife" tonight because Josh Charles told me in an interview last week how moving he found his last moments on-camera as Will Gardner to be.

Ron "Fang" Mitchell's 28-year coaching career at Coppin State appears to have come to an end.

Responding to a threat that the "House of Cards" television series may leave Maryland if it doesn't get more tax credits, the House of Delegates adopted budget language Thursday requiring the state to seize the production company's property if it stops filiming in the state.

The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a $38.7 billion budget that trims the governor's plan but still provides raises to state workers and levies no new taxes.

A cuddly pit bull terrier mix named Jazz will take the stage in Baltimore Shakespeare Factory's production of "Richard III" this week.

Former WBAL WMAR television and radio broadcaster Ted Patterson's entire life has been consumed by sports — and that goes for his Towson residence, too, which is overflowing with baseball, football and boxing memorabilia — some of which that dates back to the 19th century. Patterson will attend his 41st consecutive Orioles Opening Day March 31.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is one of several large broadcasters that could be forced to sell television stations or other assets or rethink future acquisition plans under new media ownership rules the Federal Communications Commission is set to consider later this month.

The passport services office at the Laurel Municipal Center on Sandy Spring Road has become a "one-stop shop," according to Laurel Mayor Craig Moe.

Co-creator of Comedy Central series discusses college, life after school and more

The Annapolis Film Festival will feature films about a troubled family created by filmmakers who are also related.

The adrenaline ante has been so upped on episodic dramas as to somewhat devalue the "shocker" label. So credit the producers of "The Good Wife" with delivering a genuine jolt in Sunday's episode, precisely because the CBS series doesn't rely on over-the-top "OMG" moments in the way, say, something like "Scandal" does.

This semester, the University System of Maryland is exploring reducing that cost to zero with "open-source" electronic textbooks.

Legislators find ways and means to attends Spacey event

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. offered to restructure the nearly $1 billion planned acquisition of seven ABC affiliates and a Washington-based cable news network, changes it says will satisfy cross-ownership concerns recently raised by the Federal Communications Commission. It also announced that its board approved spending $150 million more to repurchase shares.

When a play opens with two young women tipping across a dimly lit stage, wearing colorful, oversized, elongated, knit face masks and carrying a bat and frying pan, the audience knows it's in for a crazy ride — and that's exactly what they've got in Venus Theatre's newest production.

A D.C. mayoral candidate would like the Netflix series to film less in Maryland, more in Washington

A look at one slice of original and unique content on Al Jazeera America

A Naval Academy midshipman charged with sexually assaulting a classmate chose a trial by judge instead of a jury as his court-martial began at the Washington Navy Yard Friday morning.

Randi Benesch is new director of The Gordon Center for the Performing Arts in Owings Mills and she wants to take it in a new direction.

The public celebration of St. Patrick's Day seems to get bigger every year, with Harford County celebrants both Irish and non coming out in droves to drink, dance or just partake in Gaelic-themed food.

Maryland senators urged to increase film tax credits

Directed by Tom Sankey, Mt. Hebron High School presents the musical "Damn Yankees" featuring 90 actors, a 20-person production team and a live 35-member orchestra.

I stopped paying much attention to Lifetime after the cable channel branded itself ¿Television for Women¿ in the 1990s and started offering exploitative made-for-TV movies like the 1997 production of ¿My Stepson, My Lover¿ with Rachel Ward.

An analysis by the Urban Institute found a yawning gap between the number of low-income renter households and affordable units available in every jurisdiction in the country.

Bowie Community Theatre's presentation of "Dark Passages" marks the end of the company's 47th season and is a departure from past years in its concentration on largely undiscovered plays.

Audrey Barnes, a television reporter most recently at Fox 5 News in Washington, has been named Laurel city's new Director of Communications, according to a news release.

Democratic gubernatorial rivals Douglas F. Gansler and Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday they have bought time on local television stations and will launch ad campaigns over the next two days.

BSO programs spiritual works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein and others; season's guest artists include Hilary Hahn, Garrick Ohlsson, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin.

"The Drowsy Chaperone," a musical show-within-a-show, will be presented by the River Hill High School Theatre Arts Department March 6-9.

NBC's "Today" show launched campaign Sunday to help improve the health and fitness of Baltimore residents.

Thomas Dolby has made a career of blending music with cutting-edge technology, from writing a synthpop hit to creating ringtone technology for cell phones

In the first live wrestling show on the WWE Network, a fantastic show from NXT was marred by technical issues.

Maryland grad Giuliana Rancic dishes on award-winning fashion moments, the Mani Cam and how she does it all in heels.

The federal government has ordered Baltimore to pay back $3.7 million from a homeless services grant, saying the city and its subcontractors cannot sufficiently account for how the money was spent.

'Book of Mormon' arrives at Hippodrome in Baltimore.