Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive
by Christina Mancuso
- Mar 1, 2017
BALTIMORE, March 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, tomorrow will launch its 6 th annual community-wide Book Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project.
HAIR, THE GREAT SOCIETY, Two World Premieres and More Slated for Dallas Theater Center's 2017-18 Season
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 1, 2017
Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty announced today full details for the 2017-2018 season, including the American love-rock musical Hair, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary; the terror-filled Frankenstein in a new collaboration with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts; The Great Society, a follow-up to the smash-hit All the Way and a co-production with Houston's Alley Theatre; and two world-premiere plays, The Trials of Sam Houston and Miller, Mississippi.
SPORTING LIVES Set for Chautauqua 2015 at CCBC Catonsville This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 10, 2015
The Community College of Baltimore County and the Maryland Humanities Council invite you to enjoy 'Sporting Lives' for three evenings of Chautauqua 2015 at CCBC Catonsville. Plan to join us at 7 p.m., this weekend, July 10-12, 2015 in the Center for the Arts Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, 800 S. Rolling Road. The program is free and open to the public.
SPORTING LIVES Set for Chautauqua 2015 at CCBC Catonsville, 7/10-12
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 3, 2015
The Community College of Baltimore County and the Maryland Humanities Council invite you to enjoy 'Sporting Lives' for three evenings of Chautauqua 2015 at CCBC Catonsville. Plan to join us at 7 p.m., July 10-12, 2015 in the Center for the Arts Theatre at CCBC Catonsville, 800 S. Rolling Road. The program is free and open to the public.
Unpublished Lincoln Documents Including The Prairie File and Abe's African Dream Up for Auction, 1/6
by Christina Mancuso
- Dec 30, 2014
YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ A group of eight Illinois manuscripts, signed by Lincoln in 1842, begins just two years after receiving his law license. Other signers include James Matheny, best man at Lincoln's wedding that year, best friend Joshua Speed, and Stephen A. Douglass, future opponent for the Presidency.
BWW Reviews: In Entertaining Individual Shows, Anna Marie Sell and Kim Sutton Explore the Military Life Through Music
by Billie Roe
- Dec 17, 2014
The month of December has always been an emotional time of the year, especially for our military families; a period to deeply reflect on family and country. Over the past few months in New York cabaret, a few performers have offered up musical testimony on wars, patriotism, and US military veterans. Recently, two singers fairly new to the cabaret scene--Anna Marie Sell and Kim Sutton--staged shows saluting the brave men and women who serve our country now and in the past.
Country Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Our National Anthem
by Caryn Robbins
- Sep 15, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Martin O'Malley and an extensive roster of celebrities and elected officials joined visitors from across the United States as they flocked to Baltimore's famed Inner Harbor and the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine last night to take part in the centerpiece events of the week-long Star-Spangled Spectacular.
Experience the War of 1812's 'Battle of North Point' at CCBC's O'ER THE RAMPARTS This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 12, 2014
As Baltimore celebrates the bicentennial of the War of 1812 with its Inner Harbor Sailabration and Baltimore County hosts Star Spangled 200, the Community College of Baltimore County is focusing its commemoration of this historic event on a musical drama based on the 'Battle of North Point.' More than two years in the planning, CCBC has created an original patriotic musical pageant O'er the Ramparts that will premiere at 7:30 p.m. tonight, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13 and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 14 in the John E. Ravekes Theatre at CCBC Dundalk, 7200 Sollers Point Road.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to Host 'O Say Can You See' Gala, 9/20
by Tyler Peterson
- Aug 27, 2014
Signaling the start of the social season, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will hold its annual Gala Celebration on Saturday, September 20 at 8:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. This year's Gala concert will be led by BSO Music Director Marin Alsop. On the heels of the 200th birthday of the National Anthem, the evening will showcase American music and artists, beginning with a revival of Ferde Grofe's Ode to the Star-Spangled Banner, brought back to the stage for its first public performance in 80 years. The program also features celebrated blind American jazz pianist Marcus Roberts with the Marcus Roberts Trio performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Center Stage's visionary Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah narrating Copland's Lincoln Portrait; and the Morgan State University Choir lending their voices to selections from the composer's Old American Songs. Please see below for complete program details.
John Lithgow to Host PBS's STAR-SPANGLED SPECTACULAR, 9/13
by Caryn Robbins
- Aug 18, 2014
Acclaimed actor, musician and author John Lithgow will host Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem live from Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances at 8 p.m. ET on PBS.
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