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Fire safety takes center stage for city students
In a city of aging, closely built rowhouses, where officials estimate smoke detectors are sufficiently installed in only about half, knowledge of fires is prevalent, even among the youngest of residents. Ask a group of elementary and middle schoolers...
Tags: Fires, Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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Ivy League test scores, for those who can afford them
Americans think we live in a meritocracy where hard work can take you from rags to riches. Access to a great education can be an escape from the cyclical poverty found in Baltimore and other major cites. Attending an elite university is particularly...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Racism, Columbia University, Examinations, Teaching and Learning
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Thousands get into holiday spirit at city's monument lighting
Some were first-timers, others veterans. Under Baltimore's Washington Monument Thursday night, thousands gathered for carols, food truck carryout and a bit of light-hearted — if jam-packed — holiday camaraderie. At the 41st annual lighting...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Washington Monument, Holidays, Mount Vernon, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Arts, War of 1812, Legg Mason, Inc., Renovation, Annapolis
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Season of 'Nutcracker,' 'Messiah' starts early
The holiday season wouldn't be the holiday season without colorful music and dance events. And, just as department stores break out the Christmas decorations earlier and earlier, some performing arts organizations get into the swing before Thanksgiving....
Tags: Dance, Dave Brubeck, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Entertainment Events, Music Industry
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Music lessons' sour notes
From Michael Cross-Barnet: Show of hands, please: How many of you progressive-minded parents out there think it’s OK to force a child to take music lessons against his or her will? I’m guessing not too many. Maybe 10 or 15 percent? OK, let&...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Entertainment, Music, Nintendo Company Ltd.
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Newsmakers: Stevenson, Owings Mills residents hired, promoted
Katye Byram, of Stevenson, was recently hired by Baltimore School for the Arts as Development Associate. Prior to BSA, Byram owned Winters Media Group, a printing company in New York City that specialized in marketing solutions. Byram has also served on...Tags: New York City, Randallstown, Arts and Culture, Arts, Lawyers
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Tracie Thoms' celebrity travels
You might call Tracie Thoms a triple-triple threat: The Baltimore native sings, dances and acts, and her career encompasses film, television and theater.
Introduced to acting and television at an early age — her father, Donald Thoms, is a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Movies, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Steaks, Apple iPad
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Siriano's most fabulous self
The Baltimore SunIt's noon, and Christian Siriano has already accomplished a lion's share of work on what he calls his "laundry list." With his spring collection fashion show a little more than a week away, he started the day with a quick trip to his Manhattan boutique,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Manhattan (New York City), Project Runway (tv program), Fashion Shows, Christian Siriano
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Hot sounds for the cool months ahead
Musicians have been tuning up and are ready to perform for you during a classical music season that heats up as the weather cools down. There's a lot going on, so you may want to make some musical notations of your own as you plan your cultural calendar....Tags: Howard Community College, Sociology, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Marin Alsop
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Piano teacher a key change for Ugandan youths
Baltimore resident Amy Klosterman was a piano teacher at the Baltimore School for the Arts for 15 years, but her involvement with a youth band in Uganda started with a journey unrelated to music.
In the summer of 2007, she traveled to Uganda to do...Tags: Peabody Conservatory, Entertainment, Music Industry, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Margaret H. "Maggie" Rittler, educator
![Margaret H. "Maggie" Rittler, an educator whose lifelong dream was teaching special-education students, died Aug. 3 of an aneurysm while on vacation on Cape Cod.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-08/71763903-10142342.jpg "Margaret H. "Maggie\" Rittler, an educator whose lifelong dream was teaching special-education students, died Aug. 3 of an aneurysm while on vacation on Cape Cod.")
Margaret H. "Maggie" Rittler, an educator whose lifelong dream was teaching special-education students, died Aug. 3 of an aneurysm while on vacation on Cape Cod.
The Cockeysville resident was 44.
Mrs. Rittler was stricken while attending a movie and was...Tags: New York City, Teaching and Learning, Students, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Timonium
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