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Martinsburg High School celebrates theater, music and other arts of the Harlem Renaissance
marieg@herald-mail.comIn the 1920s, something special was happening in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Poets, novelists, musicians and painters forged a cultural revolution — one that was measured in rhythm and rhyme, theater productions, art exhibits and...Tags: High Schools, Culture, Romare Bearden, Entertainment, Fine Arts
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Washington County pledged $100,000 to undisclosed financial company
heather.keels@herald-mail.comCounty government officials agreed in a closed session last year to pay a $100,000 incentive for a financial services company to expand into Washington County, but its name is protected by a nondisclosure agreement, according to a county official. The...Tags: Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Economic Policy, Financial and Business Services, Finance
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'Haven't we been through this before?'
heather.keels@herald-mail.comAs rivalry for the Hagerstown Suns sends the local community scrambling to drum up support for a new baseball stadium, many observers are asking themselves, “Haven’t we been through this before?” Questions of potential sites for a new...Tags: Minor League Baseball, T. Rowe Price, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Business People - 10/2/2011
Liz Weber GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Liz Weber, a leadership consultant based in Greencastle, released her fourth leadership book: "Something Needs to Change Around Here — The Five Stages to Leveraging Your Leadership." The book provides...Tags: Culture, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), National Parks, Health and Safety at School, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Arts, culture and tourism, public safety, and civic engagement make up community-related part of SCIP
heather.keels@herald-mail.comEditor's note: Leaders of the Washington County Strategic Community Impact Plan divided the plan's focus groups into three categories: people, families and community. This story features goals and strategies in the communities category. An overview of the...Tags: Culture, Health, Business, Entertainment, Nursing Homes
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Leadership program a real community gem
On June 10, I attended the graduation of the 24th class of Leadership Washington County. The program began as Leadership Hagerstown and morphed into Leadership Washington County several years ago. It's the same program, just with a different name. The...Tags: Culture, Health, Washington (U.S. state), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Hotel-motel hike could benefit the arts
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about the arts community being an engine for economic revitalization in downtown Hagerstown. Not only did the column identify the tremendous potential for the arts to create jobs, but it challenged the arts community to...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Culture, Dining and Drinking, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure
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Business People - Feb. 6
Washington County Health Department Carla Freeman has been named Washington County Health Department's Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2011. Freeman has been employed by the health department since 2008, where she works as a community...Tags: Health, Washington County, Management Change, Pennsylvania, Celebrities and Health Issues
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Applications due for St. Francis program
The St. Francis Upward Bound Program is accepting applications form college-bound eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade public school students in Cambria County. The program is designed to help students prepare for and pursue a college degree following high...Tags: Culture, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Students
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66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants
One of the remarkable things about the 66 finalists announced Monday for the annual Knight Arts Challenge grants is their range, both artistically and geographically. Over the course of five years, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has...
Tags: History (tv network), Festive Events, Sports, Harvard University, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Documentary spotlights Chinese artists Wang Guangyi, Liu Gang
BEIJING -- One scene of the new documentary “Chimeras” shows the young Chinese artist Liu Gang wandering with his camera around a town in China that's been built to resemble an English village. Liu is in Thames Town, a development outside...
Tags: Culture, Artists, Entertainment, Beijing (China), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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'Bodies of Work' is all about art and ability
Lyrical dance pieces incorporating performers in wheelchairs, a one-man show promising "funny stories about cancer" and the Lookingglass Theatre's world premiere adaptation of "Still Alice," a New York Times best-selling novel about a college professor...
Tags: Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, Artists, Festive Events, Alzheimer's Disease
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