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City's pain, everyone's gain
There were two odd things about Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's presentation Wednesday at the Walters Art Museum to introduce "Change to Grow," her ambitious plan to put Baltimore's budget on a sustainable path, cut taxes and increase investments in...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore County, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Baltimore Red Line
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Waltee's Cubs programs entertains the 18-months-and-younger set
If you have a small child, you're used to avoiding situations where there's an expectation of quiet. Flying's no fun, the theater's out, and museums are off the list too. But rethink that last one: The Walters Art Museum has a program called Waltee's...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums
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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: Artists, Roland Park, Awards and Prizes, Yale University, Museums
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Santa Ana has two finalists for national museum and library medal
Santa could come early to Santa Ana’s cultural scene this year: the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced Thursday that both the Discovery Science Center and the Santa Public Library are finalists for its 2013 National Medal for...
Tags: Artists, Libraries, Awards and Prizes, Ceremonies, Yale University
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R. Lucille Eliasberg, former executive assistant at Roland Park Country School
R. Lucille Eliasberg, a former executive assistant at the Roland Park Country School who was known equally for her charm and toughness, will be remembered Saturday at the school where her daughter and granddaughter followed her. Ms. Eliasberg died of...
Tags: Roland Park, Ellicott City, Tourism and Leisure, Towson, Travel
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Major art museum group bolsters rules for acquiring ancient art
The ethics for adding ancient works to American art museum collections became substantially more stringent five years ago when the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) decided to set the bar higher -- prompted by complaints from Italy, Greece and other...Tags: Cambodia, Artists, Maxwell Anderson, Ethics, Museums
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Mary Alma Lears, Walters docent
Mary Alma O'Connor Lears, a former Walters Art Museum volunteer guide whose keen eyes alerted officials to a $1 million theft later linked to a gallery security guard, died of lung disease Jan. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Towson and former Roland...Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Roland Park, Parkville, Crosswords, Museums
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Walters Art Museum finds rare photo of African-American sculptor
A stroll through a Baltimore antique shop has turned up an unsuspected treasure — a rare photograph of Mary Edmonia Lewis, the first 19th century African-American sculptor to receive international recognition. The Walters Art Museum, which...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Sculpture, Museums
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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: Libraries, Weather, Truman Capote, Moschino, Fells Point
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Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, homemaker
Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, a homemaker, volunteer and avid gardener, died Dec. 28 of a cerebral hemorrhage at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 93.
The daughter of an insurance executive and a homemaker, Margaret Eloise Wells was born in...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts, Roland Park, Union Memorial Hospital
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Arthur J. Gutman, insurance broker
Arthur J. Gutman, a retired insurance broker and former H.L. Mencken Society president, died of respiratory failure Nov. 27 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former North Baltimore resident was 101.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Adolph B. Gutman...Tags: Armed Forces, University of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, Insurance, Charles Street
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Monumental undertaking
Tonight, we celebrate the season with the lighting of Baltimore's Washington Monument. But unless we take needed action, we are at risk of losing this festive tradition — along with one of our city's most iconic landmarks. Sadly, the monument...
Tags: Legg Mason, Inc., Washington Monument, Mount Vernon Place, Annapolis, War of 1812
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