A mechanical dog The granddaddy of them all, RINGLING BARNUM and BAILEY, bowed to the pressure in 2017 to the bellringing of animal welfare organizations, to stop the cruelty to animals. Claims that animals travel for months in cramped trailers, and do not get enough exercise. Some animal welfarists, scream at owners who feed their […]
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When this song was released with Annie Lennox, the soft rock singer, no one thought it would rise to be embraced by millions. Where though, did this “putting a spell” on someone come from? I chuckle as I write this, because spells are associated with evil. It is what the Devil did to Eve. As
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SIDE BY SIDE: The Maryland Symphony Orchestra, and the Youth Symphony, 2025 What are the instincts of parents for their young ones? The overall view for all mammals is security. For the homo sapiens it’s that, plus a loving environment, to prosper and ameliorate the world’s landscape. Children jump from teenagers to young adults, showing
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Isiah Lewis exemplifies what’s new and enduring in dance among black youth in Baltimore Md. today.
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THE CAST of UP and DOWN THE AVENUE It was a club, with architectural drawings similar to the COTTON CLUB in New York, of the 1950″s. By that I mean “anybody who was somebody” touched down at this club on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Baltimore Maryland. UP AND DOWN THE AVENUE, IS A PLAY NOW RUNNING
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Anna Deavere Smith, writer and actress. Her name is ANNA DEVEARE SMITH, a graduate of Western High School, an all-girls academy situated just off the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore. Most students admitted to that school were part of the crème de la crème of society and are expected to dramatically change the world. She
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Reverend Richard Allen of the First African metyhodist Episcopal Church. (1790’s Pennsylvania) It is BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2025, and America is forced to look at what immigrants have done to save the nation. This time the focus is on YELLOW FEVER. As the nation was building its population prior to 1776, the 13 colonies
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It is commonly uttered, especially in the African American community, when something has had a favorable outcome. This is December followed by the sometimes-unbridled sensuality of November with THANKSGIVING. Even though December 25th, is not the official birth date of the Christ, the majority world domination has made CHRISTMAS, the time to give glory to
SANKOFA. “It’s a bird! A plane! A train!” It is a bird, it is Ghanian, and like all in the bird family, it looks back to prune itself to look pretty. Africans in America have continued to look back to their ancestors homeland, from which their forefathers have been taken illegally. Many now living here,
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This has turned out to be the highest grossing movie in American history to date. This comes on the heels of America’s most tumultuous General Election in history (2024). A woman of color was running to be the President of the United States. A descendant of a slave from Africa, and an indentured servant from
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