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A peek inside the H&H building
I went in search of a place recently named the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District and found myself inside one of its most prominent addresses. But like so many places in Baltimore where artists live and work, you have to be introduced or know a...
Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Rentals, Bromo Seltzer Tower, Artists, Customs and Tradition
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Walter Mosley resurrects his famous private eye, Easy Rawlins, in newest book
Sherlock Holmes un-kicked the bucket way back in 1894. More than a century later, even though Harry Potter ends up on the wrong side of a killing curse, he un-bites the dust. In "Game of Thrones," Beric Dondarrion has un-bought the farm at least six...
Tags: Literature, Book, Arts and Culture, Authors, Arts
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Some city workers rack up overtime
It’s been a busy year so far for Audrey Dyer-Brown, collections supervisor at the city Department of Public Works. Her job duties have ballooned — and so has her paycheck. By early May, she’d already made 87 percent of her yearly...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Local Government
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Poe House reopening planned for October
Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum should reopen Oct. 4, the group responsible for making it profitable announced this week. "That's the official goal. That's the date," said Baltimore-based actor and author Mark Redfield, vice president of Poe...
Tags: Prosecution, Fiction, Arts and Culture, Digital Harbor High School, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Graduation, Washington College (Maryland), Kent County, The Washington Post, Sophie Kerr Prize
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Carolyn Marie Hauck, librarian
Carolyn Marie Hauck, a retired Enoch Pratt Free Library staff member who encouraged patrons to explore films and the arts, died of dementia complications at the Pickersgill Retirement Community. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 89. Born in...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Music, Entertainment, Libraries
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City presents latest plans for upgrading Waverly Library
The Waverly library would be about 2,000 square feet bigger than it is now, with a wall of glass, more computers, modernized equipment and separate areas for children and teens, as planned in a $6 million renovation project, Baltimore City library...Tags: Charles Village, Roland Park, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Renovation, Mary Pat Clarke
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Author George Saunders headlines 10th annual CityLit Festival
Author George Saunders is having the kind of year that could lead the former roofer and slaughterhouse worker to imagine that someone is spritzing the air around him with a giant bottle of perfume. "The way things have been going recently, it's as if...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Teaching and Learning, The New York Times, Ayn Rand, Teachers
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Gaiman, Kinsella, Koontz among releases to look forward to
It's not too early to start compiling your summer reading list. Here are some recommendations, courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with publication dates. Fiction Sophie Kinsella, "Wedding Night": An unlikely romance involves a pair desperate to...
Tags: Dan Brown , Italy, Nora Ephron, George Mitchell, John Le Carre
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Boonsboro High School student a finalist in writing contest
A Washington County student will be honored as a Maryland finalist April 13 at the CityLit Festival at the Enoch Pratt Free Library for her entry into the Letters About Literature contest. Boonsboro High School student Elizabeth Longerbeam will be...Tags: Human Interest, Culture, Library of Congress, Awards and Prizes, Libraries
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Book lovers, save the date for CityLit Festival
The lineup for the 10th annual CityLit Festival is set, so Baltimore-area book lovers should mark April 13 on calendars. The event, held at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, offers a full day of author readings, panel discussions and...
Tags: Columbia University, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The New York Times, George Saunders, Arts and Culture
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New branch manager named for Perry Hall Library
The Baltimore County Public Library has named a new branch manager for the Perry Hall Library. Cindy Kleback, a 15-year veteran of library work, was announced Tuesday as the new manager at the Perry Hall branch, 9685 Honeygo Blvd. Library officials...
Tags: Patterson Park, Highlandtown, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), University of Arizona, Perry Hall
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