When your kids think they’re your parents
It was a highly ordinary phone call with my 30-something daughter — her plans for the weekend, her struggles with her dog, her need for a new dishwasher. Then she asked what was new with me. The call suddenly got very bumpy. I told my daughter that I had just returned the night before from a business meeting in Pennsylvania. It ended at about 10:30 p.m. Since I’m not made of... READ MORE
Shakespeare’s King John: politics as usual?
In Shakespeare’s King John at the Folger Theater, it’s not so much the play, as the players that are the thing. The Bard’s early, seldom-seen historical play is a mostly wild, part-wily work that includes two or three wars, deadly threats, murders, betrayals, under-the-table deals, corruption, deception, a poisoning, a beheading, a possible suicide, an excommunication and assorted... READ MORE
Cookbooks help when company’s coming
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History lives on in area architectural gems
If you love both history and architecture, you’re in luck. Baltimore has a number of historic homes that are open to the public (some for a fee, some offering free admission). As opening days/times/admission fees are subject to change, and reservations are sometimes needed, call ahead or visit the website for more information. Carroll Mansion 800 E. Lombard St. (410)... READ MORE
Heated book on climate change
“I really believe it is the greatest challenge of this century — that our children and grandchildren will suffer significantly in their lives if we do not act.” That’s the message that geologist, environmental scientist and author Ned Tillman, 68, would like to convey as he writes, speaks and takes whatever steps he can to help slow down what he believes could become a calamitous ... READ MORE
Houdini reappears in Baltimore (exhibit)
From 1898 to 1925, the internationally acclaimed magician Harry Houdini appeared in Maryland on multiple occasions, performing nearly every one of his signature acts, stunts, lectures and shows. Ninety-two years after his death (on November 4, 1926), Houdini returns to Baltimore in a Jewish Museum of Maryland original exhibit, “Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini.” It... READ MORE
Lighting up the stage with chamber music
The Candlelight Concert Society is celebrating its 46th year of bringing chamber music by renowned musicians and groups to Howard County audiences. What began in 1972 as a venue for local music teachers and musicians to perform, has expanded over the years to feature world-class artists like cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, the Emerson String Quartet, and the Billy Taylor... READ MORE
Start planning your spring garden today
Fall is the ideal time to plant brilliant bulbs that will brighten your garden from January through May. Note that “bulb” is used loosely here, to include corms, tubers, tuberous roots and rhizomes as well as true bulbs. Plan: buy phenergan online buy phenergan online no prescription online pharmacy buy anafranil no prescription with best prices today in the USA For most bulbs,... READ MORE
Exhibit explores artist’s activism, creativity
The title, “What Remains to Be Seen,” aptly describes the new exhibition of Howardena Pindell’s work at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It suggests what the under-recognized artist has accomplished over the past five decades, as well as what’s to come. I also sensed another metaphor when I read a subtitle in the exhibition’s first room, “Cut, Sewn, Adorned.” The themes of ... READ MORE
Recalling Unitas vs. Shula
Jack Gilden first heard the little-publicized story of the acrimonious relationship between Baltimore Colts legend Johnny Unitas and former Colts player-turned-winning-coach Don Shula when he was a 15-year-old student attending a journalism conference at the former Colts training complex in Owings Mills. “Even at that time I thought, ‘That would be a great book,’” said the... READ MORE
