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Baltimore native John Waters will return to the director's chair after a nearly 20-year absence. (File photo)
News of an upcoming John Waters movie reminds Michael Olesker of the Baltimore filmmaker’s humorous brush with legendary stripper Blaze Starr.
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All The Leaves Are Brown and the Sky is Gray: The Mamas & the Papas are shown here in their groovy heyday. (Left to right) John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Baltimore’s Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images/JTA Montage)
“Mama Cass,” as she was known, became the 2,735th person or group to receive the honor, nearly a half-century after her death.
Read MoreThe initiative aims to make the Owings Mills Jewish Community Center the go-to destination for Jewish communal experiences and programming.
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The Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem. (David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons)
Ken Burns’ “The U.S. and the Holocaust” speaks volumes about immigration, then and now, writes Michael Olesker.
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Located at 3506 Gwynnbrook Ave. on the campus of the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC, the 550-seat Gordon Center opened in 1995. (File photo)
The state-of-the-art renovations of the 27-year-old multi-disciplinary venue are expected to be completed by mid-November, with a rededication planned for January.
Read MoreCharm City’s arts and culture scene offers something for everyone this fall.
Read MoreCeramic artist Zemer Peled uses pieces of clay and porcelain to make her one-of-a-kind sculptures.
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A Nazi political rally in Germany before World War II, with a sign in the back reading, "Don't buy from Jews." (National Archives and Records Administration, via JTA)
“The U.S. and the Holocaust” will be aired for three consecutive nights on PBS beginning this Sunday night, Sept. 18.
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Jonathon Heyward, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (photo by Laura Thiesbrummel); Sarah Ashley Cain, Baltimore Center Stage (photo by Nomè SiDone); Gregory Smith, Creative Alliance; Jenenne Whitfield, AVAM.
Charm City welcomes a new generation of leaders to many of its arts institutions.
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Pierre Bensusan performs at Creative Alliance on Nov. 9.; The State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine Presentation of Swan Lake will take place on Nov. 5 at the Hippodrome; “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” comes to the Hippodrome from Nov. 15-Nov.20.
Here are just a few of the cultural gatherings happening in the area this fall.
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The new documentary "Three Minutes: A Lengthening" was inspired by Glenn Kurtz’s book “Three Minutes In Poland: Discovering A Lost World In A 1938 Family Film." (Courtesy of Family Affair Films/US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
On Sept. 11, the Baltimore Jewish Council will present two screenings of the film, “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” at The Charles Theatre.
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