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Baltimore's biggest philanthropists reveal what motivates them
Baltimore is home to some generous souls. There are those who give time, others who share their ideas and plenty of people willing to open their wallets. Over the years, a number of people have built reputations as philanthropists. Yet however...
Tags: Arts, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Lobbying, Financial Aid, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Black and White Party features vintage idea, youthful appeal
The storms of winter 2010 shut down roads, cancelled classes, closed up shops and nearly ended a signature Baltimore event before it started. On a cold January night, organizers of the Pratt Contemporaries' inaugural Black and White Party watched the...
Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Leonardo DiCaprio, Walters Art Museum, Snow Storms, Libraries
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In books, Baltimore beats Denver
As the Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos get ready for their big playoff game Saturday, there are plenty of opinions about how the teams and cities compare. But in one competition -- based on books -- Baltimore wins hands down. The East Coast city had...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, John Dos Passos, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, H.L. Mencken
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Meritocracy is ruining America, says pundit Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes, an editor at large of The Nation and host of the talk show bearing his name on MSNBC, was raised in a working-class neighborhood but attended some of the most exclusive schools on the planet. "I grew up in the Bronx," says the affable, 33-...
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Politics, Chris Hayes, Political Systems, Talk Shows (genre)
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Larry S. Gibson's book on Thurgood Marshall examines the forces in Baltimore that shaped young judge
Forty-three years of letters, photographs, campaign buttons, itineraries and the occasional miniature flag are crammed into 2,000 fat binders lining three walls — floor to ceiling — of a storage room in the University of Maryland School of...
Tags: Laurence Fishburne, Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, Judges, University of Maryland, College Park
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Harvey G. Alexander
Harvey G. Alexander, who founded and served as executive director of the Baltimore Film Festival and also read poetry on WBJC-FM, died Nov. 23 of pulmonary edema at Franklin Square Medical Center.
He was 77.
"I first got to know him in 1964 at Martick'...Tags: Annapolis, Johns Hopkins University, Awards and Prizes, Towson University, Libraries
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Garden club helped cultivate city neighborhoods
Alimay Thompson Kendrick sits in her dining room and recalls the first meeting of a neighborhood club she joined in 1959. It was a garden club, composed of both men and women, all African-American, formed to represent the neighborhoods of Forest Park,...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC, Howard University
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10 ways to commemorate the War of 1812
How considerate of the British, to attack Baltimore in 1814 and thus give Baltimoreans, two centuries later, ample excuse to hold a two-year celebration.
As you may have heard by now, Baltimore is kicking off its bicentennial celebration of the War of...Tags: Pratt Street, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Annapolis, College Sports, Fort McHenry
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Police arrest five in raid on Catonsville saloon in 1912
An article in the Nov. 23, 1912, edition of The Argus reported a raid on a local drinking establishment. Samuel Bloom saloon on Frederick road at Paradise was raided Sunday night at 7 o'clock by Patrolmen Hutson and Phelps, of the Canton Police Station....Tags: Catonsville, Dance, Dining and Drinking, Harbor, Annapolis
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Young seeks appointment to long-dormant board overseeing ethics director
The Baltimore SunBaltimore City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young is asking the council to appoint him to a long-dormant board city officials say is supposed to oversee the city's ethics director. "It is my hope that you will see fit to appoint me to represent...Tags: Values, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Bernard C. Young, Public Officials
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Pratt Library expands e-reader loan program system-wide
A popular program of lending e-readers to patrons of the Enoch Pratt Free Library is expanding to all 22 branches in the system, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday. A $350,000 grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will...Tags: Sony Corp., Libraries, Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Arts and Culture
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Mayor says City Council should review ethics director
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday the City Council should take the lead on evaluating the performance of the city's ethics director — not an oversight board on which she sits that hasn't met in years. "I really believe the City...Tags: Values, Committee for Zoning Integrity, Johns Hopkins University, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities
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