Manhattan (New York City)

Infinity Theatre making connections between Annapolis and Broadway

2013-05-22 20:20:23

From its start, Infinity Theatre Company has had a mission to bring New York City productions to Anne Arundel County. It was a goal fulfilled in the troupe's first full season in 2011 with the show "My Way," which played in Annapolis after previewing in...

Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist

2013-05-21 14:47:29

Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...

Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced

2013-05-14 19:50:00

As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...

'In the Heights' soars at Toby's Dinner Theatre

2013-05-15 08:50:00

As a Broadway musical with a Latin beat, "In the Heights" rises pretty high. Set in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, it fuses the traditional sound of Latin music with contemporary hip-hop energy. The vibrant result makes for a lively...

Group chosen to help implement health reform settled with feds over fraud

2013-05-03 15:53:38

Maryland tapped the nonprofit Seedco to help implement health care reform despite a $1.7 million settlement the agency agreed to in December to resolve a federal fraud suit. The U.S. government sued the agency, saying it defrauded a federal employment...

Obama treats Boston bomber with kid gloves

2013-04-27 03:00:00

One of the consequences of abandoning a standard by which right and wrong can be judged is our increasing inability to mete out punishment that fits the crime. In fact, too often we weigh extenuating circumstances rather than guilty actions. In the case...

Fine acting makes Bay Theatre production worth 'The Price' of admission

2013-04-25 12:36:35

Bay Theatre Company in Annapolis caps its 2012-2013 season with Arthur Miller's "The Price," a play that may be among the lesser-known of his works but nonetheless strikes a nerve with contemporary audiences. Miller's rarely staged, insightful play...

'Mad Men' recap, 'To Have and to Hold'

2013-04-22 05:16:00

"The only thing worse than not getting what you want is someone else getting it," Roger said in season five. In "To Have And To Hold," Don not only loses what he wants to someone else, but he also watches the defeat unfold right in front of him....

Sara Dimmick to wed David Burya

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Richard and Julia Dimmick of Jarrettsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara, to David Burya, son of Ida Stratton of Mohave Valley, Ariz., and Eugene Burya of Spokane, Wash. Dimmick, a graduate of North Harford High School and Florida State...

A ruling on racial progress

2013-02-28 00:00:00

I can only hope that the scourge of racism is finally purged from Stewartstown and Pinkham's Grant. These are two of 10 New Hampshire towns covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which requires local officials to get permission, or...

Great Baltimore cocktails, the White Manhattan at Moonshine Tavern

2013-02-26 12:34:00

Moonshine. It's whiskey in its raw form, unaged, pure white lightning in a jar. The mystique surrounding the rogue spirit is undeniable and with a resurgence of interest and a commercial presence of legal "moonshine" on the market, Moonshine Tavern in...

First pool of men's Tewaaraton Award candidates announced

2013-02-22 09:34:00

The Tewaaraton Foundation released Friday its first list of candidates for the annual award, which is given to the top collegiate player. Colgate senior attackman Peter Baum, who won last year’s award, is in the pool as are 2012 finalists senior...

Actors Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig on location in Manhattan for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

2013-05-22 11:02:00

It's something she also pulled off at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when she strutted through Manhattan in one very fluid camera shot, and Taylor Swift showed she still was equipped for such complicated choreography again at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.

2013-05-19 18:53:00

Shaquan Hopkins makes about $300 to $400 selling spaces in his aunt's yard on Manhattan Avenue. He calls it a "victimless hustle." Spaces are $20.

2013-05-18 00:00:00