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'Approaching Ali' enters operatic ring, shows promise
New operas don't often score knock-outs. But, if crowd response were the determining factor, "Approaching Ali" sure sounded like a champion Saturday night at the Kennedy Center, where Washington National Opera presented the premiere of this hour-long...
Tags: Human Interest, Rashied Ali, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Maryland roots in new 'Ali' opera
In his typical rhyming style, Muhammad Ali might call it something like "a whopper of an opera." The legendary boxer, who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, has inspired "Approaching Ali," a chamber opera with music by Carroll County...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Awards and Prizes, Education, Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities
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Renaissance for North Avenue as arts district
When Christa Daring was a student, she rode a bus from her Waverly home and crossed North Avenue on her way to classes at the Baltimore School for the Arts. "This was always oh-so no-man's land," she said of the commercial crosstown street that is...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Johns Hopkins University, Restaurants, Mount Vernon
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Schools for everyone
Baltimore City school officials say the nearly $1.2 billion budget the system unveiled last week will fund a raft of new academic endeavors, among them a new team to upgrade instruction in the sciences to meet the higher standards of the new national...
Tags: Charter Schools, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Education, Public Schools, Baltimore City College
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With FlowerMart as backdrop, Mount Vernon is thriving
As many times as it rolls around, I never outgrow the FlowerMart, which opened Friday and runs through Saturday. It's held in May and timed to take advantage of the best part of Maryland's spring. Any event that draws so many families, especially babies...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Mount Vernon, Charles Street, Baltimore Hotels
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Baltimore School for the Arts earns first Tony nod, for actress Shalita Grant
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore School for the Arts can boast its first nomination for a Tony Award -- thanks to graduate Shalita Grant, whose debut Broadway bow has won her a nod for Best Featured Actress in a Play. "Graduates have been nominated for Grammys and Emmy...Tags: Graduation, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Primetime Emmy Awards, Celebrities
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Baltimore City employee killed in crash in front of City Hall
A Baltimore City employee was killed Tuesday afternoon when police said a man veered off an interstate and sped onto downtown streets, flipping the car he was driving in front of City Hall. Matthew Hersl, 45, was the victim, family and friends said....
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Witnesses, Baltimore County, Prosecution, Little Italy (Baltimore, Maryland)
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With 'Appalachian Spring' Baltimore School for the Arts breaks new ground
If there is a single work that captures the essence of America in sound and movement, it's "Appalachian Spring," the ballet with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham that premiered in 1944 at the Library of Congress. Although the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Education, Colleges and Universities, Music, Poetry
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Go to it: BSO's Music Box Series
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is launching a Music Box Series, designed for the 6-month- to 3-year-old set. BSO vice president of education Carol Bogash calls the project “the final piece in the BSO’s educational framework” and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Music, Entertainment, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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'The Civil War and American Art' is one of the first in a wave of regional creative projects on the conflict
The lone Union sentry stands atop Federal Hill, outlined against an ominous orange/red sky. In the distance, the tops of the Washington Monument and several spires rise above the city, as straight and determined as the rifle held in the soldier's left...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Wars and Interventions, Gays and Lesbians, Stephen Crane, Towson
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Baltimore Symphony announces 2013-14 season
There’s a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion. “Sometimes through tragedy, whether a world war or a...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Marin Alsop, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, George Takei, Baltimore Choral Arts Society
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Isidor Saslav, BSO concertmaster
Isidor Saslav, a former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and Peabody Institute violin teacher, died of complications from cancer Jan. 26 at a hospital in Tyler, Texas. The former Mount Washington resident was 74.
Born in Jerusalem, he moved...Tags: Arts and Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Indiana University, George Bernard Shaw, Colleges and Universities
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