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Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day
Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...
Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, National Aquarium Baltimore, Maryland Science Center, Sports Legends at Camden Yards, Walters Art Museum
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Basketball Academy event is back on a college campus at Morgan State
The Baltimore SunAfter a year away, the Basketball Academy returns to a college campus, Morgan State, for the 17th annual event that combines academics and service learning with three days of top-notch high school boys and girls basketball Thursday through Saturday....Tags: Education, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Harbor
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Lonnie Harris, factory worker
Lonnie Harris, a retired Continental Can Co. worker and an active church member, died Jan. 3 of respiratory failure at Northwest Hospital. He was 88.
Mr. Harris was born in Littleton, N.C., and after the death of his parents moved to East Baltimore,...Tags: Memorial Stadium, Northwest Hospital, Pikesville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Youman Fullard Sr., Yellow Bowl Restaurant owner
Youman Fullard Sr., who fulfilled a lifelong dream when he and his wife took over ownership of the Yellow Bowl Restaurant and turned it into one of the city's most sought-after soul food destinations, died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's...
Tags: Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Northwest Hospital, Howard University, George Washington Carver
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Osborne A. Payne
Osborne A. Payne, a former educator who became a trailblazing Baltimore businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died Tuesday of Alzheimer's disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. He was 87. "He was one of Baltimore's great unsung heroes,...
Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), National Aquarium Baltimore, Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief, Teachers
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Model, venue say Baltimore Fashion Week stiffed them
Nationally known model Isis King is still waiting for her money. So is Marlin Mills, CEO of the Scottish Rite Maryland, which owns the Scottish Rite Masonic Center.
Both say that 10 months after last August's Baltimore Fashion Week, neither has been paid...Tags: Fashion Shows, Canterbury, America's Next Top Model (tv program), American Apparel, Entertainment
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Little boats will vie for space during Sailabration
For folks who want to partake in Sailabration by water this weekend, expect tight quarters. "An unprecedented number of boats are anticipated. We could have thousands of recreational boaters all trying to come to one location," said Coast Guard Cmdr....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Inner Harbor, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Fells Point
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Baltimore: A great destination for African-American tourism
J.B. Salganik's suggestion that Baltimore City celebrate and promote its unique connection to black culture and history is exactly what the late Thelma Banks Cox had in mind when she founded the African-American Heritage Society and the Black Landmarks...Tags: Education, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, History
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A vision for North Avenue
Where the passengers on the tour bus rolling west on North Avenue saw blocks of crumbling and abandoned buildings and overgrown lots, Lou Fields envisioned another Pratt Street in the making.
Fields, who heads a nonprofit heritage tourism group, is...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Government, Tour Operations Industry, New Jersey, Minority Groups
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Basketball star to raise funds for Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Retired basketball star Chris Webber will help the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum raise funds for a $75 million replacement facility scheduled to open on Baltimore's North Avenue corridor in 2015. The museum announced that Webber, a five-time...Tags: Human Interest, Sports, Chris Webber, Athletes, Basketball
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Baltimore promoting its black heritage
Sun StaffCity tourism officials are using this month's scheduled opening of a museum spotlighting black history and culture to push Baltimore as a destination of choice for African-American tourists. With an eye on the planned opening June 25 of the Reginald F....Tags: Frederick Douglass, Los Angeles, Clubs and Associations, New York, Tour Operations Industry
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Heritage Festival celebrates third year
It's only been a few years since Baltimore's ailing AFRAM event was redesigned and transformed into the African-American Heritage Festival, but the new celebration has already developed a huge following and a positive reputation. "It's the combination of...Tags: African Americans, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Father's Day
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