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    Oct 8, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. The white advocate for the Harlem Renaissance

    For more that two decades, author Emily Bernard has been fascinated by Carl Van Vechten, a white man who played a seminal — and controversial — role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s.
    For more that two decades, author Emily Bernard has been fascinated by Carl Van Vechten, a white man who played a seminal — and controversial — role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. She was in turns appalled by Vechten's...

    Tags: Langston Hughes, Lobbying, Central Park, Artists, Politics

    2. Oct 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Enoch Pratt hosted MacArthur geniuses

    If you're a regular attendee at the author appearances at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, you've seen a fair share of geniuses. Junot Diaz and Dinaw Mengestu -- who today received "genius" grants from the MacArthur Foundation -- have appeared in recent...

    Tags: Junot Diaz, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

    3. Sep 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. With 'Gold,' Chris Cleave braces for another reversal in fortune

    When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author.
    When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author. The book, about a terrorist attack in a London sports stadium, was released on July 7,...

    Tags: Entertainment, Book, Blood Cells, Literature, 2012 Summer Olympics

    4. Sep 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Baltimore Book Festival expands

    The <a href=&quot;http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/listings/baltimore-book-festival-baltimore-1">17th Baltimore Book Festival</a> is expanding into a fifth city block as a result of a new partnership with <a href="http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/mount-vernon/performing-arts/touring-shows/centerstage-baltimore-theater">Center Stage</a> that could become an annual tradition.
    The 17th Baltimore Book Festival is expanding into a fifth city block as a result of a new partnership with Center Stage that could become an annual tradition. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday morning that the book fest, which...

    Tags: Baltimore Book Festival, Festive Events, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Arts and Culture, Fells Point

    5. Aug 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. New book uses 'The Wire' to explore urban ills

    Baltimore's former health commissioner has come out with a way that just might get regular people to care about public policy -- he mixes in a heavy dose of &quot;The Wire."
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    Baltimore's former health commissioner has come out with a way that just might get regular people to care about public policy -- he mixes in a heavy dose of "The Wire." Dr. Peter Beilenson, who's now Howard County's chief health officer has written a...

    Tags: Lead Poisoning, The Wire (tv program), Johns Hopkins University

    6. Sep 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Saturday: Mencken Day and Waverly BookFest

    If you're feeling bookish Saturday, check out the annual Mencken Day celebration at the Enoch Pratt Free Library's main branch or the Bookfest at the Waverly branch. Some highlights:
    If you're feeling bookish Saturday, check out the annual Mencken Day celebration at the Enoch Pratt Free Library's main branch or the Bookfest at the Waverly branch. Some highlights: Mencken Day runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the branch at 400...
    7. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. John E. Sparks

    John E. Sparks, an artist, educator and a nationally known printmaker who developed and chaired the department of printmaking at the <a href=&quot;http://findlocal.baltimoresun.com/mount-vernon/home/university/maryland-institute-college-of-art-baltimore-school-educational-facility">Maryland Institute College of Art</a> for nearly 40 years, died Aug. 2 of prostate cancer and pneumonia at Meritus Health Center in Hagerstown.
    John E. Sparks, an artist, educator and a nationally known printmaker who developed and chaired the department of printmaking at the Maryland Institute College of Art for nearly 40 years, died Aug. 2 of prostate cancer and pneumonia at Meritus Health...

    Tags: Entertainment, Frederick County (Maryland), Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Charles Village, Middletown

    8. Aug 18, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Mom's a madam in 'And When She Was Good'

    Heloise Lewis wears several hats. She's a prostitute who runs an escort business. She's a single mom who voraciously reads classic literature and has a close relationship with her 11-year-old son. And she's entangled with a murderer who also happens to be a drug dealer, a crime boss and, although he doesn't know it, her son's father.
    Heloise Lewis wears several hats. She's a prostitute who runs an escort business. She's a single mom who voraciously reads classic literature and has a close relationship with her 11-year-old son. And she's entangled with a murderer who also happens to be...

    Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Sex Crimes, The New York Times, Starbucks Corp., Crime (genre)

    9. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Mary M. Lambdin, librarian

    Mary M. Lambdin, a retired children's librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library who enjoyed celebrating her Irish heritage, died Sunday of heart failure at Oak Crest Village retirement community. She was 97. Mary Murray was born and raised in East...

    Tags: Northwood, Religion and Belief, Roland Park, Broadway Theater, Roman Catholicism

    10. May 29, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Bill to place advertisements on city fire trucks moves forward

    A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department &mdash; and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies.
    A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department — and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies. Firefighters and community...

    Tags: Bernard C. Young, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Carl Stokes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

    11. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. New York gets it right

    While on vacation last week, I stumbled on one of the most pleasant library settings imaginable: <a href=&quot;http://www.bryantpark.org/" target="_blank">Bryant Park</a>, swath of green behind the main branch of the <a href="http://www.nypl.org/" target="_blank">New York Public Library</a>.
    While on vacation last week, I stumbled on one of the most pleasant library settings imaginable: Bryant Park, swath of green behind the main branch of the New York Public Library. Among the trees on the northern end of the park are book carts and tables,...

    Tags: Towson, Arts and Culture, Libraries

    12. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. On Facebook, the revolution is a lot less demanding

    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott during the civil rights movement. People died during the United Farm Workers boycott of grapes and lettuce during the 1970s.
    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott...

    Tags: Marriage, Charles Village, Washington, DC, Mike Huckabee, Bank of America Corp.

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