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Back Story: Arts patron revives outdoor festival in Druid Hill
Barbara Shapiro's love affair with Druid Hill Park dates to her childhood, when she passed through it daily on the way from her Ashburton home to old School 49 on Cathedral Street. And even when construction of Druid Park Lake Drive in the 1940s and...
Tags: Fine Artists, Druid Hill, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Booker T. Washington, Artists
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The sage of Mt. Royal Avenue
To understand what Fred Lazarus accomplished during his 35 years as president of the Maryland Institute College of Art, one need only look at the gleaming concrete-and-glass structure housing the school's Brown Center for new media. The rakishly angled...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Sage, Mount Royal, Education, Arts
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MICA president Fred Lazarus to retire at end of 2014 academic year
As President Fred Lazarus IV expanded the Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 35 years and helped turn it into one of the nation's leading arts colleges, supporters say, he has also focused on Baltimore — to the betterment of his college...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Film Festival, Arts
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Guilford neighborhood marks 100th anniversary
On sparkling spring days, Ann Goldman Giroux enjoys tending her garden, planting vegetables and nurturing the lush roses and rare azaleas that adorn her family's home in Guilford. Giroux, who typically plants 800 white tulips along the front walkway and...
Tags: Annapolis, Fine Artists, Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Druid Hill, War of 1812
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Six finalists announced for 2013 Sondheim Prize
Six finalists were announced Wednesday for the 2013 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize — and the prestigious award is edging more toward alternate media than it ever has before. The candidates in the running to win the eighth annual award include two...
Tags: Walters Art Museum, Arts, Photography, Arts and Culture, Landover
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Carole L. Maier, artist
Carole Lynn Maier, a stained-glass artist and former House of Ruth board president, died of an autoimmune lung ailment Feb. 24 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Kingsville resident was 60.
Born Carole Lynn Smith in Baltimore and raised in...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins University, Harford Community College, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Perry Hall High School
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American Craft Council Show comes to Baltimore
For a craftsman, David Sleightholm knows he's pretty lucky. One of the biggest craft shows in the country is right in his own backyard. "People come from all around the country to do this show," Sleightholm, who works out of Hampstead, says of this...
Tags: Annapolis, Artists, Pratt Street, Arts and Culture, Baltimore Convention Center
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Prepared text of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City Address 2013
Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for the opportunity to report on the progress of our city and to renew our...
Tags: Conservation, Retirement, Science and Technology, Unemployment, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Matt Porterfield's new movie accepted into Sundance Film Festival
"I Used to be Darker," the latest movie from Baltimore's Matt Porterfield, will be shown at January's Sundance Film Festival, organizers announced Wednesday. "I was in a bit of a state of shock," said Porterfield, who was on a return bus trip from New...
Tags: Ocean City, Sundance Film Festival, Matt Porterfield, Entertainment, Hamilton
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Back Story: Artists transform Winnebago into man cave
On a blustery Saturday a few days before Christmas, the thirsty and the simply curious took a break from their last-minute shopping and headed to the Union Brewing Co. in Woodberry. There they took in a whimsical man cave on wheels that has been...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Fine Artists, Ken Kesey, Artists, Caves and Caverns
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Artscape a critical hit
Congratulations to the Baltimore Office of Promotion of the Arts for sponsoring and promoting Artscape and the many local cultural institutions, galleries and churches that open their doors ("Weather break helps Artscape," July 23). What an...Tags: Pikesville, Arts, Arts and Culture
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Lewis Museum's 'Growing Up Afro' takes viewers from paper routes to picket lines
Beulah Hinson beams as she holds up a copy of the Afro-American newspaper, the young girl's expression a sharp contrast to the headlines from this particular edition — "205 Die in Dance Hall Fire," "Hubby Made Store Love Nest." The message behind...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Emmett Till, Newspaper and Magazine, Druid Hill, Politics
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