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Behind the name, another hero

this summer, the original manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem Francis Scott Key wrote about a certain inspiring morning in September of 1814, will be the centerpiece of a sprawling, multimillion-dollar statewide celebration.

Curran W. "Cub" Harvey Jr., former president of T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. who later was a founder of New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, died Sunday of pneumonia at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Fla. He was 84.

No one's sure how many weekend riders the MARC train will carry to and from Baltimore on its new expanded Saturday and Sunday service, but Charm City marketing experts and transportation officials expect to collect on the state's $46 million venture in more places than just the fare box.

Egyptian parchment exhibit free Friday afternoon because of mishap

After an 18-month hiatus, Baltimore's Contemporary Museum has resurfaced with a shortened name and a return to its original mission.

From its humble origins on the shores of the Patapsco River in industrial and rail-clogged South Baltimore, Charles Street transforms itself during its 10.9-mile journey through the heart of the city as it progresses north through the fashionable and wealthy tenderloin neighborhoods of Guilford, Homeland, Woodbrook, Murray Hill and into Baltimore County.

Dorothy Beksinski Higdon, a homemaker and former secretary once active in scouting, died of heart disease Friday at her Mays Chapel home. She was 89.

With the kind of coalition that produced a historic school construction initiative, Baltimore can eliminate blight on an unprecedented scale.

Lady Baltimore was gingerly moved from its 190-year-old home overlooking Baltimore's Courthouse Square Saturday and taken to a new residence that will shield it from outside elements.

Two-thousand-year-old manuscript is part creation myth and part travel brochure that also tells a story about two modern men

When she descends from her longtime perch atop the Battle Monument, Lady Baltimore will move to the Maryland Historical Society – not the Walters Art Museum.

The 18th annual festival features a new comic book pavilion and exhibitions on the art of book-making

Walters curator Joaneath Spicer finds subtle clues that explain the subject's social status and role in court

Benita H. Low, a retired private school educator and museum docent, died Tuesday of respiratory failure at Roland Park Place. She was 97.

Maryland taxpayers kick in to cover shortfall

Did you know Cylburn Arboretum has an artist in residence? Patricia Bennett, 36, of Mount Washington, has been on the job since January, quietly under the radar. Now, she is getting ready for an exhibition of her work in November at Cylburn. It's a varied body of work too, because in addition to 'plein air' nature paintings, she does lesser known "live event" painting, in which she paints people during live events.

In rare contemporary exhibit, photographs capture works separated from the viewer

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Walters Executive Director Julia Marciari-Alexander on Tuesday formally unveiled a replica of Giovanni Paolo Panini's 18th-century painting, "Alexander the Great Unties the Gordian Knot" outside the Historic County Courthouse as part of the Walters' "Off the Wall" campaign.

J. Scott Fuqua draws on his childhood struggles for his acclaimed children's books

Sidney Silber, a retired real estate developer, philanthropist and accomplished gardener who once ran his family's bakery, died of cancer Tuesday at his Lutherville home. He was 95.

The Fallston High School PTSA would like to acknowledge the many generous supporters of this year's After-Prom celebration

Dr Walter E. Dandy Jr., a retired Baltimore anesthesiologist who was an enthusiastic bird watcher and railroad fan died July 11 from pneumonia at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville. He was 87.

July is not the month to hold an outdoor arts festival in Baltimore

The Sun needs a full-time critic covering the visual arts

Gabriela Bulisova, a Maryland Institute College of Art graduate whose photographs depict the return to freedom of a woman imprisoned for half her life for a double murder, is the winner of this year's $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize.

Proposal to limit service charges on tickets would have devastating impact on a variety of Baltimore entertainment venues

Photography dominates this year's exhibit, with powerful imagery from Gabriela Bulisova, Larry Cook, Nate Larson and Louis Palu.

Baltimore's scrappy 'museum without walls' reopens in a new incarnation to challenge and inspire

The Walters' new director will emphasize the permanent holdings, community outreach and might even collect contemporary art

World Refugee Day at the Walters Art Museum features more than 15 performances from refugees who have been resettled in the Baltimore area.

3D printing is featured this week at the American Alliance of Museums conference in Baltimore

On a day the Walters is typically closed, it opens its doors to babies for engaging learning activities in one of the exhibit areas.

Baltimore pulls plug on Kanye West video event

Some of Gary Vikan's favorite things include a pair of tickets to Woodstock, a piece of the gate guarding Graceland and a miniature replica of the Shroud of Turin

A neglected 19th-century Baltimore artist gets some 21st-century recognition in an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum. "New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville" includes all 16 of his surviving paintings, some of his drawings and watercolors, and enough artwork by contemporaries to illuminate the career of an artist who did not leave any diaries or letters behind.

More than 100,000 high-res images of medieval manuscripts from the Walters Arts Museum will get "a second home" and protection at Stanford University's Digital Repository.

Descendant of subject Stedman R. Tilghman lends portrait to museum

In its eighth year, the prestigious award is edging more toward alternate media than ever before