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Katherine L. Vaughns
Katherine L. Vaughns, a University of Maryland School of Law professor and secretary of the Center Stage board who immersed herself in the arts community, died of pancreatic cancer May 4 at a Sinai Hospital hospice unit. The Bolton Hill resident was 68....
Tags: Movies, Litigation, Entertainment, Migration, University of Maryland, College Park
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Maryland Film Festival 2013 continues event's expansion
It used to be that the Maryland Film Festival was just a cool neighborhood event for Courtney Knipp — a bunch of obscure movies being shown just up the street from her home in Mount Vernon. Not anymore, not with thousands of film fans massing in...
Tags: Movies, Matt Porterfield, Entertainment, Charles Theatre, Film Festivals
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'12 O'clock Boys' director is riding high
Lotfy Nathan spent some five years putting together his film about West Baltimore's dirt-bike culture. Now, with national acclaim for "12 O'clock Boys" promising to turn it into one of the year's breakout documentaries after a February premiere at the...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Charles Theatre, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Film Festivals
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'Hit & Stay' looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond
Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...
Tags: Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts, Entertainment, Activism
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Guy Werner, Videopolis curator
Every spring, the Maryland Film Festival takes over Station North, drawing thousands to the Charles Theatre and nearby blocks. Since 2008, a smaller, more experimental video exhibit has run the same weekend inside the Metro Gallery — across the...
Tags: Charles Theatre, The Gatekeepers (movie), Station North, Charles Street
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Also from Baltimore …
A dozen films to be shown at this year's Maryland Film Festival have ties to Baltimore or Maryland — a record number, organizers say. Here are some of the highlights: "12 O'Clock Boys" Maryland Institute College of Art grad Lotfy Nathan's...Tags: Movies, Matt Porterfield, Entertainment, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival
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MICA president Fred Lazarus to retire at end of 2014 academic year
As President Fred Lazarus IV expanded the Maryland Institute College of Art over the past 35 years and helped turn it into one of the nation's leading arts colleges, supporters say, he has also focused on Baltimore — to the betterment of his college...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore Museum of Art, American Visionary Art Museum
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Md. high court denies new Parkway Theatre trial
The Baltimore SunA request by the former owner of the Parkway Theatre for a new condemnation trial was denied Tuesday by Maryland's high court. A&E North LLC argued that the city should have paid to remove “automobile parts and other assorted junk” stored in...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Real Estate Buyers, Festive Events, Johns Hopkins University
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David Hanlin: Film festival was great; final spring for Suns?
Spring is finally here. The birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. People are getting outside more and more. Warming air and longer days brighten spirits. Little League is now in full swing and Thursday was opening day for the Suns. Thursday was...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Argo (movie), Film Festivals, Festive Events
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Double Dagger to host '333' release party on Record Store Day
Eighteen months ago, Baltimore post-punk heroes Double Dagger played its final show at the Ottobar. But the trio of Nolen Strals, Denny Bowen and Bruce Willen aren't finished celebrating the band's career. On April 20 — internationally known as...
Tags: Wye Oak (music group)
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Baltimore's own Divine to be featured at SXSW Festival
"I Am Divine," a documentary on the life and career of Baltimore's favorite home-grown drag queen, was to make its debut Saturday night at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas. Director Jeffrey Schwarz, interviewed for SXSW's online...
Tags: Movies, Celebrities, Entertainment, Toronto International Film Festival, Music
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Baltimore colleges push to improve neighborhoods
Change has swept through the University of Baltimore — and the surrounding neighborhood — over the past decade. Striking new academic buildings, an apartment building and the university's first dormitory have appeared among the brownstones...
Tags: Coppin State University, Career and Workplace, Employment, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions
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