Literature

Maurice Sendak appreciation: Author left mark on Baltimore readers

2012-05-08 16:08:00

Somewhere the wild things are roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth and rolling their terrible eyes and showing their terrible claws. They're mourning their creator, children's book author Maurice Sendak, who stepped into his...

Maurice Sendak dead at 83

2012-05-08 08:10:00

The death of Maurice Sendak, author of "Where the Wild Things Are" and other wonderful children's books, is a great loss for children's literature. His books, which included "In the Night Kitchen," "Alligators All Around," and the Little Bear books,...

Save the date: Baltimore Reads donation day

2012-04-27 18:51:00

Want to do a good deed -- and clean out those books lying around the house? Head to the parking lot of Poly-Western High School next Saturday, May 5, as Baltimore Reads holds its annual Books for Kids Day. At the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,...

Sunday night TV is DVR overload

2012-04-27 14:00:00

With the arrival last week of HBO's "VEEP," it is official: Sunday night TV is out of control, but in a good way. Hard as might be to imagine in a medium that some characterize as having 10 million choices but nothing worth watching, Sunday nights now...

Catonsville student the Maryland winner in Letters About Literature contest

2012-04-30 08:02:00

That the announcement scheduled for last week never came did not seem to dim Adam Antoszewski's mood on April 26. The Catonsville High School junior was upbeat and positive as he talked about his entry in the annual Letters about Literature reading...

As Poe, John Cusack takes flights of fancy in 'The Raven'

2012-04-25 07:08:00

John Cusack didn't come to Baltimore when preparing to play Edgar Allan Poe in "The Raven." In fact, he says he's never been here. But when asked whether this city, Boston, Philadelphia, New York or Richmond has dibs on the author's reputation, Cusack,...

Group hopes for 75,000 kids' books at drive Saturday

2012-05-03 13:13:00

Baltimore Reads hopes to collect 75,000 titles at its 17th annual Books for Kids Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on the parking lot of Poly-Western High School, Falls Road and Cold Spring Lane. The nonprofit organization, dedicated to fostering...

All Together Now at Howard library branches

2012-04-05 11:52:00

Central Library 10375 Little Patuxent Pkwy., Columbia. 410-313-7800. •All Together Now. Saturdays, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. All ages; 30 minutes. •Eclectic Evenings. Second Tuesdays, 7 p.m. •English Conversation Club. Mondays, 10 a.m.; and...

Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader

2012-04-06 12:26:00

Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...

Hampden: From Record Store Day to Nintendo Challenge Night, lots going on

2012-04-06 17:49:00

Saturday, April 21 is one of those days where there is almost too much going on. Only almost, because in reality, I don't think it's possible for too much to be going on. All day long is Record Store Day, when a bunch of new, special release records (y'...

Poe House could operate as part of the B&O Museum

2012-04-10 19:55:00

A consultant charged by city officials with exploring ways of keeping Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum open and making it self-sufficient is recommending that it be operated in partnership with the nearby B&O Railroad Museum. Under the...

Dumbarton students make strong showing in county middle school writing contest

2012-04-11 09:36:35

Next week, Baltimore County Public Schools will honor the winners of its Middle School Writing Contest at an awards ceremony at the county library in Towson. For the sake of convenience, they might want to just have the ceremony at Dumbarton Middle...

Throughout the fall she takes the brave to explore some of Annapolis' most eerie legends, including the infamous William Paca House, which boasts a scary "sick room" legend and was featured on AE's "Psychic Kids." Last video that made you snort with laughter?

2012-04-29 00:00:00

The Wesleyan Writers Conference is June 14 to 17 on the Wesleyan University campus in Middletown.

2012-04-27 13:47:00

Art Clokey's green claymation character is the stop-motion king of all media, having appeared in children's TV series, feature films, video games and even an Eddie Murphy "Saturday Night Live" parody.

2012-04-25 00:00:00