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A famous painting for a pittance? Buyer beware
It should be relatively easy for a judge to make a decision in the matter of the small landscape painted on a napkin by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir ("U.S. court enters fray over painting," March 16). Museum collections managers and registrars...
Tags: Theft, Arts, Justice System, Judges, Museums
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Court's help sought in case of stolen Renoir painting
A federal court in Virginia was asked Friday to determine the proper ownership of a miniature landscape painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and purchased for $7 in a box of odds and ends in a rural flea market. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court for...
Tags: Arts, The Washington Post, Career and Workplace, Museums, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Arts, Ocean City, Museums, Artscape, Arts and Culture
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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Arts, American Visionary Art Museum, Maryland Science Center, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
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Mary J. Corey, first woman to lead Sun newsroom, dies of cancer
Mary J. Corey, whose personal warmth was matched by a drive that led her to become the first woman in The Baltimore Sun's 176-year history to head its newsroom, died Tuesday of breast cancer. The Sun's senior vice president and director of content, who...
Tags: Cartoons, The Washington Post, Breast Cancer, Periodicals, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Boonsboro High student wins Poetry Out Loud contest
Brianne Wade of Boonsboro High School took first place in the Region 1 Poetry Out Loud competition Saturday at The Palace Theatre in Frostburg, Md. Johana Gourdin of Dulaney High School placed second and Cameron Smith of St. Paul’s High School...
Tags: Arts, Palace Theater, High Schools, Landforms, Poetry
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No apologies for Baltimore
The Baltimore SunThere was a flutter on Facebook yesterday over an article about Baltimore. A newspaper of some repute had engaged a writer with low esteem for the city to venture here and write about his discoveries. He followed a familiar pattern: Writer from the...Tags: The New York Times, Arts, New York City, Hamburgers, Hamilton
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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...
Tags: Arts, Yale University, Museums, Literature, Awards and Prizes
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Wedded: Wayne Gooch and Russell Keys
Wedding date: Jan. 13, 2013 Wayne's story: Wayne Gooch, 58, grew up in Cleveland. He is retired from Verizon and regularly volunteers at food banks in Rehoboth Beach, Del. His father, James, and his mother, Julia, are both deceased. Russell's story:...
Tags: Marriage, Verizon Communications, Same-Sex Marriage, Weddings, Ceremonies
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Dr. William Blake, UM School of Medicine professor
Dr. William Dewey Blake, a retired University of Maryland School of Medicine professor who was chairman of the department of physiology, died of cancer Sunday at his Bath, Maine, home. The former Bolton Hill resident was 94.
Born in Summit, N.J., and...Tags: Arts, Painting, World War II (1939-1945), Science, Dartmouth College
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Head off the well-worn path for classical-music options in Baltimore
With all the usual fresh-look-forward talk prompted by the new year, it's a good time to consider broadening your musical horizons to include performances presented by groups that might have been off your radar. Baltimore is not just fortunate to have...
Tags: Education, Charles Street, Arts, Towson University, Classical Music (genre)
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Terry Musika, accountant
Terry Musika, an accountant and expert witness who worked in business fraud and patent damages claims, died of pancreatic cancer Dec. 18 at his Hunt Valley home. He was 64.
The co-founder of Invotex, a Fells Point business, he was a legal economics...Tags: Arts, Pancreatic Cancer, Indiana University, Litigation, BlackBerry
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