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October 28, 2009
On October 23, 2009; MACIE M. BARBER. On Friday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike from 4 to 8 P.M. On Saturday, Mrs. Barber will lie instate at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 2201 Garrison Blvd, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.
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By Tim Smith | September 29, 2009
Just as Shirley Temple was good medicine for the Great Depression, comic operas by Rossini seem ideal diversions for the Great Recession. A couple of weeks ago, Washington National Opera revived the composer's most famous work, "The Barber of Seville." And, over the weekend, Opera Vivente jumped into its 12th season with another sparkler, "Cinderella." Rossini's version of the familiar fairy tale differs in several details, but the basics are still there - a poor dear with nasty stepsisters; a surprise entrance at a palatial ball; a prince searching for an unknown beauty who left something behind (a bracelet, rather than a glass slipper)
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By Mary Johnson | September 27, 2009
Having garnered 55 prestigious Helen Hayes nominations for excellence in the Washington area, Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia now takes on perhaps its greatest musical challenge with Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Sondheim's tale of the vengeful barber's tale takes on greater intensity in Toby's in-the-round venue, where no patron sits more than 30 feet from the stage. Having seen this show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts starring Angela Lansbury about 25 years ago, I found the more intimate version at Toby's better at depicting the human tragedy.
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By Tim Smith | September 18, 2009
Comedy, as every actor avers at some point, is hard. Harder than drama, even. Comedy can be just as tough for opera singers, especially when it comes to popular works where the jokes have few surprises left in them. So Washington National Opera's season-opening production of a decidedly well-worn comic item, Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," deserves extra credit, first of all, for being quite funny. There's many a fresh, laugh-producing element in this retelling of the tale about a crafty barber who helps a nobleman woo a young lady right out from under her pushy, covetous guardian.
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By From Sun news services | December 9, 2008
Cowboys' Phillips comes to Barber's defense nfl Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips yesterday denied that the team ever questioned the toughness of running back Marion Barber, which became an issue because owner Jerry Jones brought it up after Sunday's 20-13 loss at Pittsburgh. Asked about the fact Barber didn't make the trip to Pittsburgh because of a dislocated pinkie toe on his right foot, Jones said, "He can play with that injured toe. ... I see nothing that would have led us to believe that he couldn't."
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By Justin Fenton | October 2, 2008
The live-in boyfriend of a Bolton Hill woman whose 7-year-old son found her dead in February after he and his cousin returned home from school has been charged with her killing. Gregory Barber, 23, was picked up last week on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Kermia Hair, who was found stabbed and beaten Feb. 7 in her apartment in the 1800 block of Bolton St. A woman who identified herself as Hair's sister told The Sun in February that her nephew and his cousin found Hair, whose first name is spelled "Kamea" in some records and who was known as "Mia," unconscious in a first-floor room.
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By Todd Karpovich | September 6, 2008
Hereford's mix of a power-running game and swarming defense has carried it to nine Baltimore County championships and three state titles in the past 12 years, and in last night's opener against visiting Frederick Douglass of Prince George's County, the No. 4 Bulls ran into a team that knew how to counter that formula. Douglass opened an early two-touchdown lead and rushed for 190 yards en route to a 20-17 victory. Eagles quarterback Richard Barber threw two touchdown passes, and the defense locked down Hereford's modified Wing-T offense for most of the game.
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July 1, 2008
On June 27, 2008, MAUDE LEE JAMES, devoted mother of Terry J. Barber and William James, Jr., beloved grandmother of Leah and Christopher Spivery, sister of Mary Harden and Ella M. Price, niece of Maud Williams. On Wednesday, services for Mrs. James will be held in the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel-Randallstown, 8728 Liberty Road, where the family will receive friends from 11 to 11:30 A.M., with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.
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June 5, 2008
On June 1, 2008, LUCY J. BARBER. Friends may visit the family-owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Friday after 8:30 AM, where the family will receive friends on Saturday 9AM followed by funeral service at 9:30.
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By Sandra M. Jones | May 18, 2008
The economic downturn is putting a new twist on spring cleaning. Tamme Wisinski discovered how much unnecessary stuff she had amassed after losing her job in January. Looking to raise some money, the 36-year-old Chicagoan began going through her closets, discovering clothes and books and jewelry that she says she "went nuts purchasing" before she found out that her company was shutting down. She is selling the goods online at Craigslist, marking her first foray into the secondhand marketplace.