Simone Ellin, Associate Editor

Beauty Beat: American Beauty

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jul 3, 2018 | Arts & Life, Fashion

The Fourth of July is the perfect time to declare your independence from ho-hum beauty regimens. This month, why not sample the season’s prettiest new styles, colors and makeup application techniques? These bold, bright yet unquestionably wearable looks from Jmore...

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Quick 5: Perfectly Kinky

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 27, 2018 | Arts & Life, Books, Music, The Arts

Richard “Kinky” Friedman first made a name for himself in the mid-‘70s with his satirical country band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, recording such cult classics as “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore” and “A–hole From El Paso.”...

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Echoes of the Past for My Mother

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 19, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

My 81-year-old mother, Ruth Rubenstein Grill, still sends me newspaper clippings and letters by snail-mail. I like it. I like seeing her handwriting, the carefully formed cursive that she was taught as a child in Europe. But today’s letter is different than any other...

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Not Your Great-Great-Grandfather’s Auction House

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | JBiz

Alex Cooper Auctioneers is still going strong after more than nine decades in business. In 1924, when founding Alex Cooper Auctioneers on North Howard Street, Alex Cooper — a young immigrant from the Ukrainian town of Letichev — probably didn’t imagine the business...

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Art with a Heart Pumps On

by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 1, 2018 | Art, Arts & Life, JBiz, The Arts, Visual Arts

One of Baltimore’s most successful nonprofits turns 18! Randi Pupkin keeps a copy of “The Little Engine That Could” on the coffee table in her spacious, art-filled office. The classic kids’ book reminds her of how far Art with a Heart, the nonprofit she started out of...

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