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• Obituaries

Susan F. Garten, who brought an enthusiasm for vintage jewelry as owner of Heirloom Jewels, dies

Susan F. Garten, who brought taste and enthusiasm to vintage jewelry as owner of Heirloom Jewels in Cross Keys, died Feb. 24 from a heart condition at her condominium at the Colonnade in Tuscany-Canterbury. She was 89.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 9, 2019

• Sports

Cal Ripken narrating Christmas story at Disney World tonight

Cal Ripken will be the celebrity narrator of the biblical Christmas story tonight for the candlelight processional at Disney World.

• Features

Mo'Nique continues to call for a Netflix boycott

The Baltimore County native reignited the discussion last week about her boycott of Netflix over equal pay issues.

By John-John Williams IV

Feb 26, 2018

• Jerry Seinfeld

Fictional characters you didn't realize were from Maryland

Who knew that Tarzan's Jane shopped at Hutzler's? An illustrated story about fictional characters that you never knew were from Baltimore.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Dec 6, 2017

• Features

'America's Next Top Model' contestant Isis King to host fashion-themed brunch in Baltimore this Sunday

The Prince George's County native will host a fashion brunch at Encantada at the American Visionary Arts Museum.

By John-John Williams IV

Oct 9, 2017

• Features

Whoopi Goldberg criticizes DeRay Mckesson after tweets about alleged racist imagery in 'War for the Planet of the Apes'

Whoopi Goldberg criticizes DeRay Mckesson after tweets about alleged racist imagery in 'War for the Planet of the Apes' film

By Brittany Britto

Jul 13, 2017

• Whoopi Goldberg

A bold take on musical 'Sister Act'

Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre's choice to open its 50th season with "Sister Act" reflects the troupe's commitment to expand its artistic vision while

• Anne Arundel

Star-filled schedule for Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre

Fresh off its 50th anniversary year, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is forging a path for its new season that troupe president Carolyn Kirby describes as

• Opinion

Bill O'Reilly: Fall of a news icon

The firing of Fox News provocateur Bill O'Reilly has been covered by the general news business as if he was the cable fraternity's equivalent of Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite. He was neither.

By Jules Witcover

Apr 24, 2017

• Features

Ugly sweaters infiltrate the holiday season with garish styles, public events

There are ugly sweater parties, celebrity-endorsed lines, a designated "national day" and major-league sports franchises and big-box retailers in on the act. The theme has been adapted to ugly-sweater shirts, hats, leggings, pajamas and attire for pets, often embracing pop culture.

By Brittany Britto

Dec 8, 2016

• Maryland

Cinematic Advent Calendar: 25 Days of holiday films

The Times has assembled 25 days of holiday movies to tide you over until December is through.

• Opinion

Trump: a Twitter troll?

This week, the New York Times devoted two full pages of its print paper to the 280 or so "people, places and things Donald Trump has insulted on Twitter since declaring his candidacy for president." I took the liberty of putting the text of those tweets into a database and crunching some of the associated numbers, assuming it would lead to an insightful analysis of Mr. Trump's psyche. I assumed wrong. What it does show, however, is not without value, albeit mostly entertainment. Here are the

By Tricia Bishop

Oct 27, 2016

• Howard County

A heavenly touch in Toby's 'Sister Act'

Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia is presenting a lively and faithful version of "Sister Act," the tale of a brassy lounge singer who seeks a protective hideaway in a nuns' convent, and find much more.

• Entertainment

Md. native Isis King steps into new reality show 'Strut'

King stars in 'Strut,' which follows the lives of a group of transgender models who are signed to Slay Model Management.

By John-John Williams IV

Sep 16, 2016

• Features

As fashion week approaches, designers with local ties turn attention to model diversity

When David Hart set out to cast his fall and winter menswear collection this month in New York, he knew black models would be key to the show. Hart, a white fashion designer originally from Severna Park, showcased a collection inspired by 1960s jazz — the era of John Coltrane and Miles Davis — and cast exclusively black models for the presentation.

By John-John Williams IV

Feb 11, 2016

• Opinion

Planned Parenthood and those villainous Christians

Jonah Goldberg: Personally, I'm opposed to all such forms of guilt by association, but it seems obvious to me that contemporary Christianity is not struggling with a Crusades problem, while Islam is certainly struggling with a jihad problem.

• Opinion

TV wrestles with a taboo term

From an elementary school student on the ABC sitcom "Black-ish," to Whoopi Goldberg on "The View," the n-word has been getting a workout on TV this fall. And there's more prime-time use of it to come in the weeks ahead on sitcoms like the new NBC entry "Truth Be Told" debuting Oct. 16.

By David Zurawik

Oct 3, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Q&A: Sasheer Zamata talks Lucille Ball, competitiveness on 'SNL,' and more

• Opinion

Bill Cosby, public moralist, silenced

Bill Cosby presumed to police American morality, and thus played us for fools, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Movies

Film with Baltimore producer picked up at Sundance

"Misery Loves Comedy," a documentary whose producers include Baltimore's Becky Newhall, was screened last week at the Sundance Film Festival and was purchased for distribution by Tribeca Film.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 26, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Clicking and Streaming: Michael Bay's 'TMNT' reboot and the Adam West Batman series, two comic book oddities

• Literature

'Wild Things' are at the Pratt Library

Show includes original illustrations from "Where the Wild Things Are" and life-sized, kid-safe replicas of Max' bedroom, boat and forest

• Laurel Leader

Laurel Mill Playhouse offers powerful production of Broadway hit, 'For Colored Girls'

The storytelling going on in Laurel Mill Playhouse's current production of Ntozake Shange's highly acclaimed "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" plays a little differently than anything performed at the Playhouse before.

• Robin Williams

Groping for answers in the darkness of suicide

• Baltimore City Paper

The Questions Don't Matter, The Answer is Blowfly

• Musical Theater

'Sister Act' brings nuns and disco together

"Sister Act" opens June 4 and runs through June 15 at the Hippodrome, 12 N. Eutaw St.

• Entertainment

'Ghost the Musical' leaves mixed impression at the Hippodrome

The over-produced musical based on the hit movie 'Ghost' gets a major boost from Carla R. Stewart in the role that earned Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar.

• TV

'Glee' recap, 'Bash'

A recap of the April 8 episode of 'Glee,' as life in NYC takes some tough turns

• Entertainment

This 'Ghost' carries a tune

Musical adaptation of hit 1990 film comes to Hippodrome

• Opinion

Whoopi Goldberg presents a winning documentary on Moms Mabley

Like Gertude Berg, creator of "the Goldbergs," Moms Mabley is one of those remarkable women artists of the first half of the 20th century that never achieved the mainstream status and success their talent deserved.

• Howard County

HCC Arts Collective to present 'Why Am I Not Famous?'

Howard Community College's Arts Collective will host a musical revue by former HCC student Jason Downs and other alums this weekend.

• Howard County

HCC Arts Collective to present 'Why Am I Not Famous?'

• Features

In Pat Moran's office, a collection sprinkled in stardust

Memorabilia captures decades' worth of casting agent's career

• Maryland

Letter: Homosexuality increase likely

• TV

'Glee' recap: Swan Song

Glee recap

• Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg brings her strong views to Baltimore

Comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg brings her stand-up show to Baltimore's Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric.

• Maryland

Carrie Underwood, Whoopi Goldberg part of Best Bets

• Howard County

Columbia Digest

Columbia Digest

• Howard County

Columbia Digest

• Opinion

Akin's idiocy is infectious

Jonah Goldberg says both sides in abortion-rape debate are being ridiculous

• Todd Akin

Akin's idiocy is infectious

• TV

'Glee' recap, Props/Nationals

And the winner of the 2012 National Show Choir Championship is ...

• TV

'Glee' recap: Choke

Glee recap

• Opinion

Viola Davis goes natural

Photos of Viola Davis in February's LA Times magazine show the actress with natural hair — an unusual statement for an A-list African-American actress.

• Opinion

Viola Davis goes natural

• Auction Service

Caplan's Auction & Appraisal Co. keeps busy in new Savage Mill location

• TV

NBC's Thursday Night Comedies: Halloween Edition

• Arts and Culture

Old Catonsville: Shining moments for Catonsville fall football rec program

• Whoopi Goldberg

Jacqueline Kennedy tapes and book tell of Camelot

• Neil Patrick Harris

Having a gay old time at the Tony Awards show