Port Discovery Children's Museum

Museums, cultural institutions taking a snow day

2013-03-06 09:13:00

Schools and government offices aren't the only things closing down in anticipation of today's snowstorm. Here is a partial list, continually being updated, of cultural and commercial institutions shutting down for the day. The American Visionary Art...

John F. Muller, counselor

2012-12-02 00:00:00

John F. Muller, an addictions counselor who earlier had been co-owner of a wholesale seafood business, died Nov. 24 from colon cancer at his Middle River home. He was 78. The son of a Methodist minister and a homemaker, John Frederick Muller was born and...

Maryland Family Readers' Choice 2012 WINNERS

2012-10-15 08:32:00

Best Story Time � WINNER: Howard County Library Central, East Columbia, Elkridge, Glenwood, Miller, Savage Hclibrary.org � Best Museum for Families WINNER: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 600 Independence Ave. Southwest...

Plans for old Port Discovery balloon-ride site revised again

2012-06-20 15:36:00

The developer of city-owned land over the Shot Tower Metro station wants to again revise its plans for the parcel, which has sat unused since 2004, the city's development corporation said Wednesday. The Cordish Cos., which gained development rights to...

Veterans Day schedule

2012-11-09 04:04:00

This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties; and in Annapolis and Baltimore City. Courts Closed in all jurisdictions. Libraries Open in Anne Arundel...

A 'classical revolution' is spreading in Baltimore

2012-10-19 12:01:00

It was a quiet night for a revolution. People at the bar in Joe Squared Station North sat huddled over drinks and conversations. Folks occasionally strolled in to pick up pizza orders or headed to dining tables in the back. Few even glanced at the...

Merchants set records as Sailabration boosts city business

2012-06-19 12:06:42

Jimmy's Restaurant in Fells Point ran out of hot dogs, potato salad and macaroni salad and scrambled to replenish all weekend as hordes of hungry Sailabration visitors jammed the popular diner. Even on Monday, as rain moved in after days of sunshine, the...

Columbus Day schedule and closings

2012-10-05 05:37:04

This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices Open in Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Frederick, Harford and Howard counties. Closed in Baltimore City; Baltimore and Carroll counties. Courts Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll,...

Spurring kids' knowledge of Judaism through reading, music

2012-09-30 12:54:30

Michelle Damareck's 3-year-old daughter has been singing "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider" in Hebrew, and her 5-year-old son has been learning the lessons of the Ten Commandments, thanks to a program that delivers Jewish-themed books and CDs to their home every...

Labor Day schedule and closings

2012-08-31 09:20:00

This schedule will be in effect Monday: Government offices, courts and libraries Closed in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard and Frederick counties, and in Baltimore City and Annapolis. Public schools Closed in all jurisdictions....

New police commissioner expected to be former Oakland chief

2012-08-27 17:33:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has selected former Oakland, Calif., Police Chief Anthony Batts as Baltimore's next police commissioner, bringing in a leader who has been hailed as an innovator but who struggled to push his agenda at his last job. Batts,...

Baltimore's Scary Mommy debuts scary new book

2012-04-03 08:55:00

When I wrote about Jill Smokler last year for The Sun, I said she might be Baltimore's biggest unknown celebrity. Then I pointed out her online following stats -- on Twitter, nearly 155,000 people followed her, more, by far, than Baltimore's mayor,...

Kid quotient: Most exhibits and programs are for children ages 2 to 10. Fun factors: KidWorks urban treehouse, Kick It Up! indoor soccer stadium, StudioWorkshop art space. Don't miss: At Tiny's Diner, kids can "cook" meals and ring them up at the cash register. Info: portdiscovery.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Left to right, Juan Canales-Sanchez, 5, Alex Yeh, 5, and Joshua Romero, 5, classmates from Highlandtown Elementary/Middle School #215, run in on a course at Port Discovery Children's Museum. Celebrity Trainer Monte Sanders and his team work with more than 200 Baltimore City school children to

2012-10-02 00:00:00

- otherwise known as "Play It Forward," the children's museum's annual fundraiser. In addition to browsing buffets and enjoying a cocktail or two, guests could participate in several activities.

2012-06-05 00:00:00