Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Michelle Obama is fashion icon with an affordable, accessible style

2013-01-17 05:26:00

Her affinity for sleeveless frocks has caused a buying frenzy and inspired people to turn to workouts for toning their arms. She has become a highly coveted canvas for fashion designers and retailers. She steals the scene in pointed-toe flats, colored...

Charlie Kimball talks about racing with diabetes

2012-08-31 13:09:00

Charlie Kimball was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007, news that upended his personal and professional life. But the 27-year-old English-born, California-raised open-wheel racing veteran didn't just work to get his career back on track, he's worked...

Local wares put the 'Baltimore' in summer antiques show

2012-08-15 11:53:00

Tens of thousands of shoppers are expected to converge on the Baltimore Convention Center this week for the 32nd Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show, an event that has grown to become the largest indoor antiques show in the country. Serious collectors,...

History Matter: Clever Woman May Duplicate Expensive Shop Models

2012-06-29 00:00:00

100 Years Ago Clever knock-offs From a short story in the Times: "Hand Embroidered Parasols: Clever Woman May Duplicate Expensive Shop Models. That the parasol must match the gown is no sale dictum for this season, for the parasols do carry the...

Baltimore native played key role in Johnson's swearing-in

2012-05-18 20:58:06

Kenneth O'Donnell, aide to President John F. Kennedy, stepped into a small cubicle at Parkland Hospital, where Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson nervously waited with his wife and several aides to learn the condition of the president. Kennedy had...

Alice C. Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize winner

2012-03-14 18:31:35

Alice C. Steinbach, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for The Baltimore Sun, whose work captured the wonder and grace of people and places around the world, died Tuesday of cancer at her Roland Park Place home. She was 78. In her more than two-...

Andy Warhol is back in the 'Headlines' at NGA

2011-12-14 09:24:00

Andy Warhol died in 1987, but he continues to make headlines. This is almost literally the case with a National Gallery of Art exhibit, "Warhol: Headlines," that showcases screenprints and paintings whose design imitates that of a newspaper front page....

Sparkling wine recommendations for any price range

2011-12-27 20:23:00

Whether true or just a bit of wishful folklore, champagne was reportedly first cooked up by the French Benedictine monk Pierre Perignon (c. 1638-1715). When Dom Perignon first tasted his concoction, he is reported to have said, "Come quickly, I am...

Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more

2011-09-12 05:37:00

MOVIES OPENING (Friday) I Don’t Know How She Does It Drive The Lion King 3-D Straw Dogs NOTABLE TV Monday: Anderson (talk-show premiere; syndicated) Monday Night Football: New England at Miami (season premiere; 7 p.m.; ESPN) Bachelor Pad...

Charles Leo Coyle

2011-09-30 07:53:00

Charles Leo Coyle, a retired advertising executive for the Hecht Co. and the News American who was a World War II dive bomber, died of kidney disease Sept. 23 at the Hospice House of Williamsburg, Va. He was 88 and had lived in Towson for many years....

Smithsonian exhibit details White House furnishings

2011-10-21 13:23:00

It is hard to believe, considering our national fondness for the White House and its history, but new presidents used to sell off the furnishings from the previous administration in something like a garage sale. In an attempt to make "the people's house"...

'Project Runway' recap: A history lesson

2010-09-20 16:22:11

Here's Janell on last week's Project Runway:Previously, on “People Who Sew Together, Grow Together”: April won, Michael D was thrown under a bus, and Casanova’s grandmother was out.There’s a quiet morning of people getting ready,...

Jacqueline Kennedy's waffles.

2013-02-04 12:30:41

President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride in the inaugural parade Jan. 20, 1961. The South Hagerstown High School marching band took part in the parade.

2013-01-22 04:01:00

Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a student at Miss Porter's School from 1944 to 1947.

2013-01-22 00:00:00