Maryland
Q&A: City Councilman Zeke Cohen on the Mayor Pugh Case
The Baltimore City Board of Ethics has opened an investigation into Mayor Catherine Pugh, who recently announced an indefinite leave of absence to focus on her health after a bout with pneumonia. This announcement came in the wake of allegations...
Community Celebrates the Official Reopening of The Pikes Theatre
Standing near a large, state-of-the-art movie screen, Izzy Patoka looked out at the hushed crowd seated in a darkened cinema of The Pikes Theatre and yelled out, “Hey, anyone ever been here on a date before?”After the laughter subsided, someone replied quite...
Traffic Reporter ‘Detour Dave’ Sandler Dies at 58
A familiar, reliable and trusted voice on Baltimore radio airwaves for more than three decades has been silenced. David Harvey “Detour Dave” Sandler Jr. died March 14 after a long battle with cardiac and lung problems. He was 58. “I’m deeply saddened by...
Johns Hopkins Named Best Public Health School
U.S. News & World Report’s latest list of the country’s best graduate schools was released March 11. Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health earned the top spot of Best Public Health Schools — a position it has held...
Andrew Klein, Harford Co. Businessman, Killed in Car Crash
Andrew “Andy” Phillip Klein, president of Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland and a respected philanthropist and civic leader, was killed in a multi-vehicle accident in Harford County on March 11. Klein, 65, who was national treasurer of the Jewish National Fund, was...
Har Sinai, Oheb Shalom Renew Merger Talks
In the March issue of Har Sinai’s monthly newsletter The Connection, congregational president Kenneth R. Bell announced that the Owings Mills synagogue and Pikesville’s Temple Oheb Shalom have renewed merger talks. “We have held two meetings to date, one on February 4...
JCC Announces 10 Inductees of the Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore announced Feb. 27 the next round of inductees for the Baltimore Jewish Hall of Fame. Every other year, up to 10 Jewish Baltimoreans — alive and deceased — are honored for their contributions to the local and...
Dr. Barry S. Lever, Preserver of the Exodus 1947 Legacy, Dies
Dr. Barry S. Lever, a retired periodontist known for his passion for the story of the Exodus 1947, the Chesapeake Bay freight passenger ship forever linked to the founding of Israel, died on Feb. 24. A Pikesville resident and Chizuk Amuno congregant, he was 84. Lever,...
Remembering the Life of Concert Pianist Agi Rado
An internationally known concert pianist and Holocaust survivor, Agi Rado died Feb. 22 at her home at Springwell Senior Living Community in Mount Washington. She was 90. The Budapest-born Rado was the daughter of Imre Rado and Valerie Bjor Rado, and her mother was her...Upcoming Events
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6:00 pm Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Salon Series: Women’s Voices @ Everyman Theatre
Apr 29 @ 6:00 pm
Enjoy intimate staged play readings (with cocktails!) by emerging women playwrights and directed by the women of Everyman Theatre’s Resident Acting Company (Dawn Ursula, Beth Hylton, Deborah Hazlett, Paige Hernandez and Megan Anderson) in the[...]
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all-day Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
Play-A-Role Series @ Everyman Theatre
May 3 all-day
Play-A-Role events at the theater include a meal and play reading, and are enhanced with props, costume pieces and backstage stories from your Resident Company host about the recent Everyman productions of these beloved plays.[...]
8:00 pm The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric
The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa @ Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric 
May 3 @ 8:00 pm
This hologram tour from Eyellusion includes former Zappa bandmates guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, multi-instrumentalist Robert Martin, percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer and Zappa archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers. It also promises[...]
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