Category Archives: Festivals

Marble Bar Redux returns to SoWeBo 2013

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Tom Warner

I’m really looking forward to this year’s Memorial Weekend highlight, the 30th annual SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival (aka the SoWeBo Arts & Music Festival or, simply, The SoWeBo Fest) on Sunday May 26. Mainly because not only will the … Continue reading →

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Shit-canned: Remembering the Preakness Toilet Races

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Tom Warner

“You can’t kill stupid; you can only attempt to contain it. Like on a very large infield.” – (Source: “The Quotable Tom Warner Omnibus.”) “In 2009, the first year without B.Y.O.B., attendance plummeted to 77,850 from 2008′s 112,222…” (Source: Maryland … Continue reading →

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The movies are a mission for Baltimore’s George Figgs

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Tom Warner

Getting people to watch movies the right way – in the dark, on a big screen, with an audience – is far from impossible, says RetroFest programmer By Chris Kaltenbach (Baltimore Sun, November 17, 2012) Downloading movies and watching them on a … Continue reading →

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A Pearl Inside?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Scott Huffines

“A small boy peeps into a papier-mache clam for a look at what turns out to be Cindy Whitelock, who gives Governor Agnew a sample at Chesapeake Bay Soft Shell Clam Festival, Annapolis, Maryland, 1967.” Found on Ebay.com. Tags: spiro … Continue reading →

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Underdog Marches for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Tom Warner

Black History Month Classics: Suzanne Muldowney Joins the 2003 Martin Luther King Day, Jr. Parade “When the Negro was completely an Underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well…. But now that the Negro … Continue reading →

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