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Jill Lepore's 'Story of America' an engrossing journey
-------------------- The Story of America Essays on Origins Jill Lepore Princeton University Press: 416 pp, $27.95 -------------------- For Jill Lepore, a Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer, the story of America is part myth,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Abraham Lincoln, John Smith, White House, Poetry
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Celebrity traveler: John Astin heeds call of Aran Islands
Johns Hopkins University students scramble to sign up for a coveted spot in the acting and directing classes taught by John Astin. After all, who wouldn't want to study theatrical techniques with a famous actor?
Internationally known for his role as...Tags: Fort McHenry, Republic of Ireland, Fringe Festival, Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities
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Theater review: 'Phantasmagoria III' from Empty Spaces Theatre Co(llaboration)
"Phantasmagoria III" is the theatrical version of telling spooky stories around the dying embers of a campfire. And in that comparison lies a cautionary tale: Those simple fireside stories can be just as unnerving — if not more so — than the...
Tags: Arts and Culture
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Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike; where's my refund?
News that Nike is dropping its sponsorship of tainted cyclist Lance Armstrong brought me back to one of the most poignant sections of his first book, "It's Not About the Bike." Armstrong described the aftermath of his testicular cancer diagnosis in 1996,...
Tags: Testicular Cancer, Sports, Cycling, Tour de France, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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Baltimore shop creates custom-designed tap handles
Walk into a typical corner bar, and at the tapline, you'll see a row of metal handles in primary colors for the bartenders to dispense the beers. But at a select handful, you'll find masterfully rendered wooden handles in the shapes of a honey dipper,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Baltimore Beer Week, Dentistry and Dental Health, Dining and Drinking, Ellicott City
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For 'Poetic Justice,' fandom's a matter of passion and familiarity
Rick Bowlus comes by his love of football honestly. But becoming a big-time Ravens fan — that wasn't so easy. Bowlus, who goes by the name "Poetic Justice" on Ravens game days, grew up in Ohio a devoted Browns fan. And he maintained that allegiance...
Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Haloti Ngata, Baltimore Ravens, Special Olympics
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Is Marc Steiner smarter than a sixth grader?
The Baltimore SunIs Marc Steiner smarter than Denise Koch? Can the president of Baltimore's City Council outwit the president of a local college? Are any of them brainier than your average sixth grader? Baltimore will find out Saturday when local celebrities play "Are...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Entertainment Events, Education, The Wire (tv program), Colleges and Universities
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Party planner returns to painting
West Palm Beach artist Teresa Korber has been busy preparing for her first solo art exhibition in four years. She's hoping to have 55 paintings, most of them new, at the exhibition opening Thursday, Oct. 11, at Dada restaurant in Delray Beach. Except for...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Artists, Entertainment, Music
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Oct. 10: Drunk History
With 'Drunk History,' Lutherville's Derek Waters has a tipsy hit Five years ago, Lutherville native Derek Waters was a struggling comedian in Los Angeles. Like thousands before him, he had dreams of being cast on "Saturday Night Live" or making it in...Tags: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (tv program), Film Festivals, LOL (movie), Adam McKay, Bob Odenkirk
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Lance Armstrong doping allegations and Edgar Allan Poe
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report on Lance Armstrong was involved in doping is loaded with explosive allegations from fellow cyclists -- which the seven-time Tour de France champion has vehemently denied. But the quirkiest bit of information is that at...
Tags: Sports, Tyler Hamilton, Cycling, Tour de France, Christian Vande Velde
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With 'Drunk History,' Lutherville's Derek Waters has a tipsy hit
Five years ago, Lutherville native Derek Waters was a struggling comedian in Los Angeles. Like thousands before him, he had dreams of being cast on "Saturday Night Live" or making it in Hollywood as a funny guy. But Waters wasn't having much luck. "My...
Tags: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (tv program), Film Festivals, LOL (movie), Adam McKay, Bob Odenkirk
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'The Raven'
The macabre works of Edgar Allan Poe get revisionist twists - as does legendary novelist Poe himself, as played by John Cusack - in director James McTeigue's ("V for Vendetta") crafty thriller. A killer is using Poe's stories as his modus operandi,...
Tags: DVDs, V for Vendetta (movie), John Cusack, Brendan Gleeson, James McTeigue
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Oct 10, 2012
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