Mount Royal

Risselle 'Rikki' Fleisher

2012-05-02 15:36:56

Risselle "Rikki" Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations who was a legal advocate in civil rights cases, died Tuesday of breast cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The Bethany Beach, Del., resident was 77. "She wanted...

Baltimore County police make plea to find killer of Towson University college student shot in 1996

2012-05-03 03:55:00

Baltimore County police are making another plea for help in finding the killer of Joann "Jody" LeCornu, a 23-year-old Towson University student who was shot in the back near her car in a shopping center on York Road in 1996. Metro Crime Stoppers has...

Harford County Police Blotter

2012-05-03 14:13:00

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Martin A. Fischer, 21, of the first block of Clayton Street, who was being held at the Harford County Detention Center, was arrested on a bench warrant Tuesday in a case in...

A movie date can last all weekend at Maryland Film Festival

2012-05-03 00:00:00

If you love movies, you'll feel like a kid set loose in a candy store when the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival screens 40 feature films and 50 short films May 3-6 on all five screens at the Charles Theatre and also on the single screen at the...

2012 Maryland Film Fest off to a short, sweet start

2012-05-04 05:57:00

Five short narrative films, on themes ranging from a modern-day urban cowboy to a scamming extraterrestrial, kicked off the 14th annual Maryland Film Festival at MICA's Brown Center Thursday night. Maryland's festival remains the only one of its kind...

Lyric Opera gives 'Faust' a modern twist

2012-04-14 00:00:00

The last time Charles Gounod's "Faust" was staged at the Lyric Opera House, 11 years ago, the work's original medieval-period setting was changed to World War I. That production, devised for the late John Lehmeyer for the old Baltimore Opera Company,...

Sondheim Prize finalists announced

2012-04-20 06:21:00

A half-dozen artists, ranging from a sculptor specializing in what he calls "tombstones for a cemetery that has turned carnival" to a photographer focusing on abandoned spaces and objects, have been announced as finalists for this year's $30,000 Janet &...

Shooting reported near University of Baltimore

2012-02-24 08:49:00

Police said a 24-year-old man walking home from a club was shot early Friday near the University of Baltimore campus in Mid-Town Belvedere. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting, which police believe occurred some time...

Michael Edward 'Mick' King

2012-03-10 11:24:00

Michael Edward "Mick" King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to pumping beer and pouring shots was an accomplished artist and sometime musician, died March 3 of a heart attack at the venerable Bolton Hill bar. The Govans resident...

Tony Ray Hicks, costume director

2012-03-25 14:03:33

Tony Ray Hicks, a theatrical costume director, died of a heart attack March 17 at Maryland General Hospital. The Hamilton resident was 45. Born in Bristol, Tenn., he was the son of Linda Faye Hicks, a homemaker, and Raymond Haskell Hicks, a farmer. He...

Review: Do the time warp at Lighthouse Tavern

2012-04-03 04:32:00

After a run of the best of the '80s, Lighthouse Tavern's music selection hit its nadir with Eddie Murphy's "Party all the Time." Most bartenders would have quickly pushed 'skip,' but not mine, who pumped up the volume — and, when asked if the singer...

Midtown board considers property surtax increase

2012-04-03 16:50:00

Some community leaders want to increase the property surtax in Midtown Baltimore by more than a third to pay for additional security cameras and safety patrols — a plan that has divided residents over whether a tax increase and public safety...

In the capable hands of the Peabody alumni-lead Figaro Project, Mozart's classic gets a whodunit twist: Sebastian Lorenzo investigates all of Mozart's original characters for murdering Giovanni (he was dragged down to hell in the original). Suddenly we're loving opera. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

2012-05-09 09:45:00

Eight months in the making, this innovative fashion-art show features MICA artists and designers working together to craft not only garments but complementary live performances, video and music. We wish we were this creative. 6 and 9 p.m. Saturday. St. John's Church, 2640 St. Paul St.

2012-04-18 10:15:00

MICA's spring plays, both directed by longtime faculty member Christopher Shipley and written by Neil LaBute, deal with interpretations of beauty, body image and contemporary human relationships.

2012-04-03 15:35:00