Francis Scott News

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.

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.

The Friends of the Annapolis Symphony (FASO) will hold its annual Concert of Taste on March 12, 2017 at the Francis Scott Key Lobby in Mellon Hall on the campus of St. John's College, six o'clock until nine o'clock.  Now in its 37th year, the theme for this year is 'Music Rocks the Soul' and will feature the best restaurants in Annapolis including new and old favorites. Music by The Rob Levit Duo, a Golden Chance Raffle and special auction items will round out the evening. All proceeds go to the many and varied education and outreach programs of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra (ASO).  Tickets may be purchased on the ASO website, ???????www.annapolissymphony.org, or via check sent to FASO, P.O. Box 1974, Annapolis, MD 21404 for $85.00 per person.

The Friends of the Annapolis Symphony (FASO) will hold its annual Concert of Taste on March 12, 2017 at the Francis Scott Key Lobby in Mellon Hall on the campus of St.  John's College, six o'clock until nine o'clock. 

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.

Ahead of Saturday's celebration of the birthday of America, BWW brings you some of our favorite renditions of 'The Star Spangled Banner', performed by Broadway's best.

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.

Comedian Jeffrey Ross, 'The Roastmaster General,' has a special night in store for comedy lovers when he headlines two very special shows on Valentine's Day, tonight, February 14 at 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM, at Carolines on Broadway.

Comedian Jeffrey Ross, 'The Roastmaster General,' has a special night in store for comedy lovers when he headlines two very special shows on Valentine's Day, Saturday, February 14 at 7:30 PM and 10:00 PM, at Carolines on Broadway.

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.

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.

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Masterworks Chorale opens its fall season with a tribute to the "The Star-Spangled Banner,' on Oct. 19. Originally the tune of a ribald British drinking song, the melody was rescued by Francis Scott Key in 1814 and transformed into the anthem we know and love today.

Signaling the start of the social season, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will hold its annual Gala Celebration tonight, September 20 at 8:30 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

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.

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 tonight, September 13, on PBS. (Check local listings.)

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.

As summer draws to a close, we are soon uponthe 13th anniversary of 9/11/01, a day forever etched in our nation's memory.