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Obama should follow Carter's lead and bring jazz back to the White House
If President-elect Barack Obama wants to make a bold cultural statement—one that resonates deeply with his autobiography and with the legacy of his adopted hometown, Chicago—there's a compelling way to do it: Teach the White House to swing...Tags: Jazz Music, Wynton Marsalis, John Coltrane, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Carter
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They're not writing campaign songs like these any more
There is nothing musical that has a shorter shelf life than the custom-written presidential campaign song, unless it's one the anointed party candidate has copped from the popular music world and adopted as his campaign theme without altering lyrics....Tags: Popular Music, Key West, Lyndon B. Johnson, Irving Berlin, Democratic Party
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Activities
Events 32nd Street Farmers' Market Open year-round, 7 a.m.-noon Saturdays at 32nd Street in Waverly. Shoppers will find fresh produce, plants, breads, ethnic foods and more. Go to 32ndstreetmarket.org. Baltimore Farmers' Market Open Sundays from 8 a.m....Tags: Frederick Douglass, Babe Ruth, Charles Carroll, Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, Fells Point
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Free Fall Baltimore schedule
ART & MUSEUMS
BABE RUTH BIRTHPLACE AND MUSEUM Enjoy free admission every Friday during October. Hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. at 216 Emory Place.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore the museum's historicsteam engine collection. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 21 at...Tags: Photography, Leontyne Price, Film Festivals, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Maryland
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Arts calendar
fine art Museums Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets. 443-573-1700. Free admission. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibit:Cone Collection, African Art,...Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, August Wilson, Fells Point, Theater, Maryland
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Calendar
Sun reporterAug. 3 BALTIMORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL // Second day of festivities at the Poly/Western High School field, 140 W. Cold Spring Lane, which hosts a multicultural event with various activities, including performances by Nu World Art Ensemble, an African...Tags: Warner Theatre, Slick Rick, Television, Rock and Roll, Doug E Fresh
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'All You Need Is Love' finally arrives in U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBritish documentary maker Tony Palmer called his 17-hour TV series exploring the origins of American popular music “All You Need Is Love,” because John Lennon told him it would make a great title. But in the three decades since he made it, it'...Tags: Popular Music, John Lennon, Bing Crosby, Muddy Waters, Television
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'Shel Silverstein Uncensored!'
Though the late Shel Silverstein is best remembered as an author of wryly subversive children's poetry, his 40-year career spanned a dizzying array of artistic media: songwriter-musician, cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright. His work in that latter...Tags: Los Angeles, Racism, Civil Rights, Irving Berlin, Theater
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Portrait of an evolving artist
Special to The SunWhen you first look at the early work of artist David Charles, it can be a bit off-putting. Like many artists, Charles drew and painted what was around him. That often meant blistering, emotional, colorful portraits of life and death in the Park Heights...Tags: Florida, New York, Morgan State University, Teen-agers, Ohio
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Henry Wong, owner of An die Musik
In 1990, Henry Wong and a few of his friends decided to open a revolutionary music store, An die Musik, in Towson. The business went green, recycling all music packaging, and became one of the first stores in the country to offer music listening...Tags: Parkville, Jazz Music, Classical Music
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Revisiting the artistic value of ragtime
TRIBUNE CRITICThree years after he won a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, or "genius" award, Chicago pianist Reginald Robinson has embarked upon the most ambitious venture of his career. Armed with camera, tripod, lights and an encyclopedic cultural...Tags: Scott Joplin, Folk Music, Dick Hyman, Slavery, Theater
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Gospel songs, art and the civil rights era
Unisun EditorThis issue of Unisun takes you on a photographic tour of social scene events that include a Gospel performance by a choir from a historically black university, an art exhibit based on a character from the hit television show Good Times, and a conversation...Tags: North Carolina, Civil Rights, Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups
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