Monthly Archives: January 2012

Club Charles History: Esther W. Martin

Posted on January 19, 2012 by almosthipguy

From the Club Charles web site: Esther W. Martin, longtime owner of a well-known Charles Street bar that evolved from Tenderloin to trendy, died Sunday at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center of complications after surgery. She was 80. She retired … Continue reading →

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Club Venus

Posted on January 18, 2012 by atomictv

By Don Lehnhoff, baltimorejam.org The Club Venus opened in May of 1966 in the Perring Plaza Shopping Center. It was much anticipated and very popular. Club Venus represented the evolution of Mihalos’ success in presenting name entertainment to Baltimore audiences … Continue reading →

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Memories, music and a meal for Morris

Posted on January 17, 2012 by almosthipguy

“Oh, Mon Dieu! Those mouse turds, too!” by Fern Shen and Mark Reutter (Baltimore Brew, Jan. 16, 2012) The people Morris Martick screamed at, cooked with, cooked for, fired, rehired, insulted and nurtured – in other words, the people who … Continue reading →

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Dennis Haney, The Wizard of Rosedale

Posted on January 11, 2012 by atomictv

One of the country’s most respected magicians quietly holds court in a Baltimore County industrial park. By Jim Meyer (Baltimore City Paper, 1/11/2012) To learn magic in England, travel to King’s Cross Station, step through a brick wall to the … Continue reading →

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