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City's pain, everyone's gain
There were two odd things about Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's presentation Wednesday at the Walters Art Museum to introduce "Change to Grow," her ambitious plan to put Baltimore's budget on a sustainable path, cut taxes and increase investments in...
Tags: Finance, Baltimore Red Line, Local Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Baltimore County
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Walters Art Museum names new director, Julia Marciari-Alexander
In naming Julia Marciari-Alexander as executive director on Wednesday, the Walters Art Museum board of directors entrusted one of Baltimore's most important arts institutions to a rising star — and signaled an emphasis on community engagement even...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Literature, Financial Aid, Baltimore Museum of Art, Loyola University Chicago
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Waltee's Cubs programs entertains the 18-months-and-younger set
If you have a small child, you're used to avoiding situations where there's an expectation of quiet. Flying's no fun, the theater's out, and museums are off the list too. But rethink that last one: The Walters Art Museum has a program called Waltee's...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Arts
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Santa Ana has two finalists for national museum and library medal
Santa could come early to Santa Ana’s cultural scene this year: the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced Thursday that both the Discovery Science Center and the Santa Public Library are finalists for its 2013 National Medal for...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Ceremonies
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R. Lucille Eliasberg, former executive assistant at Roland Park Country School
R. Lucille Eliasberg, a former executive assistant at the Roland Park Country School who was known equally for her charm and toughness, will be remembered Saturday at the school where her daughter and granddaughter followed her. Ms. Eliasberg died of...
Tags: Travel, Manhattan (New York City), Fort Lauderdale, Christianity, Timonium
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Major art museum group bolsters rules for acquiring ancient art
The ethics for adding ancient works to American art museum collections became substantially more stringent five years ago when the Assn. of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) decided to set the bar higher -- prompted by complaints from Italy, Greece and other...Tags: New York City, Italy, Cambodia, UNESCO, Values
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Mary Alma Lears, Walters docent
Mary Alma O'Connor Lears, a former Walters Art Museum volunteer guide whose keen eyes alerted officials to a $1 million theft later linked to a gallery security guard, died of lung disease Jan. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Towson and former Roland...Tags: Science and Technology, Mount Royal, Theft, Christianity, Govans
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Walters Art Museum finds rare photo of African-American sculptor
A stroll through a Baltimore antique shop has turned up an unsuspected treasure — a rare photograph of Mary Edmonia Lewis, the first 19th century African-American sculptor to receive international recognition. The Walters Art Museum, which...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Sculpture, Arts
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Black and White Party features vintage idea, youthful appeal
The storms of winter 2010 shut down roads, cancelled classes, closed up shops and nearly ended a signature Baltimore event before it started. On a cold January night, organizers of the Pratt Contemporaries' inaugural Black and White Party watched the...
Tags: Snow Storms, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Weather, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013)
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Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, homemaker
Margaret W. "Margie" Brooks, a homemaker, volunteer and avid gardener, died Dec. 28 of a cerebral hemorrhage at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 93.
The daughter of an insurance executive and a homemaker, Margaret Eloise Wells was born in...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Roland Park, Arts and Culture, Towson, Sheppard Pratt Health System
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Arthur J. Gutman, insurance broker
Arthur J. Gutman, a retired insurance broker and former H.L. Mencken Society president, died of respiratory failure Nov. 27 at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former North Baltimore resident was 101.
Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Adolph B. Gutman...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces, Talbot County, H.L. Mencken, Insurance
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Monumental undertaking
Tonight, we celebrate the season with the lighting of Baltimore's Washington Monument. But unless we take needed action, we are at risk of losing this festive tradition — along with one of our city's most iconic landmarks. Sadly, the monument...
Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), War of 1812, Legg Mason, Inc., Mount Vernon Place, Washington Monument
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