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Carrie Fisher at the Towson library and in Wishful Drinking
![Carrie Fisher is in town for a run of her one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking," at the <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/downtown/performing-arts/touring-shows/hippodrome-theatre-at-the-france-merrick-performing-arts-center-baltimore-theater">Hippodrome</a>, and fans will have a couple of chances to chat with her, courtesy of the <a href="http://www.bcpl.info/" target="_blank">Baltimore County Public Library. </a>](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/225210340-30094446.jpg "Carrie Fisher is in town for a run of her one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking,\" at the <a href=\"http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/downtown/performing-arts/touring-shows/hippodrome-theatre-at-the-france-merrick-performing-arts-center-baltimore-theater\">Hippodrome</a>, and fans will have a couple of chances to chat with her, courtesy of the <a href=\"http://www.bcpl.info/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore County Public Library. </a>")
Carrie Fisher is in town for a run of her one-woman show, "Wishful Drinking," at the Hippodrome, and fans will have a couple of chances to chat with her, courtesy of the Baltimore County Public Library.
Fisher was born to Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher...Tags: Carrie Fisher, Paul Simon, Republican Party, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Patt Morrison Asks: The Internet Archive's Brewster Kahle
Brewster Kahle has the gleeful air of a man who has just found something wonderful and wants to tell his friends all about it. And his friends are the 2 billion people, and counting, who are on the Internet every day.
What he has found -- or more...Tags: Euclid, Google Inc., Amazon Kindle, Arts and Culture, Networking
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Patt Morrison Asks: Diane Keaton
If you're lazily inclined to define Diane Keaton by the crossword-puzzle-sized word "actor," you need to get out more. Add to that her work as director and producer, photographer, restorer of venerable houses, board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy...Tags: Arts and Culture, Cat (animal), Celebrities, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock
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Friends of the Library Scholarships
The Friends of the Salina Public Library are taking scholarship applications from high school seniors who have volunteered at the library. Each year, several students are awarded $500-$1500 scholarships.
Applications must be submitted with a current high...Tags: Schools, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Schools, Awards and Prizes
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Disgraced collector pleads guilty to stealing historical documents
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, admitted in federal court Tuesday that he stole thousands of documents regarded as cultural treasures from historical societies and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast....Tags: John Jay, Prescription Drugs, Manhattan (New York City), Arts and Culture, Roosevelt
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Redevelopment agencies are vital
On Dec. 29, the California Supreme Court upheld the Legislature’s dissolution of all redevelopment agencies across California. The impact of this legislation on the city of Glendale cannot be overstated. Quite simply, millions of dollars of local...Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Reconstruction, Culture
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Deadline should be extended
The Friends of the Glendale Public Library unanimously support Senate Bill 659 to extend the deadline to dissolve redevelopment agencies from Feb.1 to April 15 (“Support for SB 659,” Jan. 27). This additional time would allow for the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs
Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...Tags: Popular Music (genre), Arts and Culture, University of Maryland, College Park, Johnny Cash, Students
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Library card at burglary scene leads to arrest
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A Muncie man is in jail after police found his library card in a home that had been ransacked. The Star Press reports (http://tspne.ws/rHgYQS ) 28-year-old Jerry Ray Bane faces preliminary charges of burglary and possession of...Tags: Christmas, Arts and Culture, Prisons, Libraries
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Community Calendar - Jan. 4
Today Rotary Club of Williamsport meets at The Improved Order of Red Men Tribe 84, 7:30 a.m. Read with Winston, the golden retriever therapy dog, for grades one to five, Hancock Library. To register, call 301-678-5300. Infant story time for ages 6 to...Tags: Christianity, Preschools, University System of Maryland, Arts and Culture, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Wednesday's Calendar
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Floral Design Class
"Floral Design Using Tropicals" will be the theme of a 9 a.m. class at the Sherman Library & Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Hwy, Corona del Mar. Pre-registration, which costs $50, is required. Call (949) 673-2261 or go to http://...Tags: John Wayne, House and Home, Apple iPad, University of California, Irvine, Arts and Culture
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New Roanoke County Library opens to the public
News 7 ReporterAfter years of talks, delays, and finally construction, Roanoke County's new $15,000,000 library headquarters is finally open to the public. The library's parking lot on Merriman Road was full earlier Tuesday afternoon. More than 300 people turned out...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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