William Shakespeare

Get out the vote for paint company beautification campaign [Mostly Main Street]

2013-06-19 06:05:00

Benjamin Moore Paint is conducting a "Main Street Matters" campaign to revitalize 20 Main Streets across the country. Ellicott City's Main Street is one of the nominees. Go to http://www.paintwhatmatters.com and click on the state of Maryland on the...

Baltimore's A&E scene bursting with new projects

2013-06-15 15:47:00

Hurry up and finish, willya? That's becoming almost a rallying cry on the Baltimore arts and entertainment scene, as filmgoers, theater lovers, lounge lizards, even merry-go-round riders wait eagerly for new and refurbished venues to open. Some...

Above the river Patapsco, an engaging 'Antony and Cleopatra'

2013-06-13 06:45:00

Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" is a funny sort of tragedy. Although its martial and amorous complications have deadly consequences, this play has a lot of jokes along the way. Indeed, the snake that the Egyptian queen uses to kill herself is...

Reviewing 'All the Great Books' in 98 minutes

2013-06-13 08:30:00

If you've simply been too busy to read all of the world's great literature, the Columbia Festival of the Arts has got a time-saving program for you. When the three-member Reduced Shakespeare Company performs "All the Great Books (abridged)" on Saturday,...

Columbia Festival of the Arts aims to please

2013-06-06 03:00:00

The 26th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts once again brings an impressive roster of performers to Howard County from June 14 to 29. Some of these performers are returning favorites, while others are first-timers. Some will take a bow on their own,...

Howard County datebook Datebook

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Sunday, April 28 Shakespeare A commemoration of the life and works of William Shakespeare will be presented at 2:30 p.m. at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 7045 Minstrel Way in Columbia. Event commemorates the 397th anniversary of Shakespeare's death and...

There's 'Pride' in every aspect of Annapolis Shakespeare production

2013-04-18 14:26:00

Rarely does a literary classic transfer from page to stage as eloquently as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" does in the current production by the Annapolis Shakespeare Company at Bowie Playhouse. Everything works beautifully, beginning with Jon...

Richardson Relentless Run helps scholarship fund [Perryville]

2013-04-17 07:51:00

The second annual Cody G. Richardson Relentless Run 5K and 3K fun walk will be held June 1 at Perryville Middle School. This event benefits the Cody G. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Fund. Registration and packet pick up starts at 8 a.m. with the runners...

Frances H. Mueller, educator

2013-04-12 13:14:53

Frances H. Mueller, a retired educator who had chaired the Bryn Mawr School's English department and also taught at Towson University, died March 24 of complications from dementia at Roland Park Place. She was 94. Born and raised on her parents' farm...

Venturing beyond the Bard to Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'

2013-03-14 12:52:00

With her latest production, Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is expanding the young company's horizons, both artistically and physically. At a recent rehearsal of Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's...

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company gets boost from Abell Foundation

2013-03-12 08:33:00

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's future move to downtown Baltimore got a sizable financial boost from the Abell Foundation, which gave the organization $250,000. The money is for the renovation of the classic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company...

Center Stage sets sights on joy, fun

2013-03-11 09:24:00

For his first full season as Center Stage artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah focused on works that could spark conversation about a variety of heady issues. Midway through that season, he has unveiled a very different theme for the next one. "If this...

200 E. Redwood St. chesapeakeshakespeare.com For a decade, this enterprising organization has presented works by the Bard outdoors amid the cool hilltop ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park in Ellicott City.

2013-06-15 00:00:00

Michael Faulkner, Brent Tubbs and Mike Orfe, from left, in Reduced Shakespeare Company's "All the Great Books (abridged

2013-06-12 15:55:00

A Shakespearean production of "Taming of The Shrew, " with actor Mark Rimer, as "Petruchio, " holding the hand of actress Keri Safran, as "Kate, " performed in the Roman-style amphitheater at the Silverlake home of TV writer-producer Roger Wolfson ("Fairly Legal, " "The Closer that he built to host

2013-06-10 00:47:00