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THE ROLAND PARK Second Presbyterian Church looked absolutely stunning last Saturday for the wedding of Natalia Pia Melanie Sommer and Richard Matthew Dohler. Thousands of wildflowers, miles of lace ribbons and tulle, and window sills decorated with Singapore orchids set the stage for the nuptials of the daughter of pop music star Donna Summer and her first husband, Helmut Sommer,and the son of Dick and Bonna Dohler, he's an Ellicott City builder.The church was filled with the music of German trumpeteer Langston Fitzgerald and selections of Bach, Beethoven and Vivaldi, played by the church's music director Margaret Budd on the organ.

Formerly Atlantic City Hilton and ACH, this newly renamed casino and hotel forgoes the glitz of newcomer Revel and offers a more cost-effective take on the fun Atlantic City offers. Casino hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Games to play: There are 58 live table games, including blackjack, roulette, mini baccarat and various versions of poker. Close to 1,500 slot machines line the floor, too. Entertainment: Atlantic Club's priority is gaming, so don't expect too many options.

All along, they had been so relaxed. So when it came time for Team O'Neill's horse to make his charge -- a historic one -- the colt moved forward almost nonchalantly. I'll Have Another glided past Bodemeister to win the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course, setting up a chance at the first Triple Crown since 1978. The California-based horse is the 12th to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown since Affirmed edged Alydar in all three races.

Two days after Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another's thrilling win over Bodemeister under sunny skies and in front of a packed house, Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas pronounced the 137th running of the Preakness a rousing success. "I couldn't be happier," he said Monday. "From the standpoint of attendance, we had 121,000. We wagered about $80 million. The best part of this is we had very few problems. ... I received more compliments today and yesterday from the public, many e-mails, many phone calls.

The golf course at Fort Meade will close May 1 after more than six decades of play, officials at the Army base said Thursday. The 27-hole course, which saw 35,000 rounds of play last year, had been scheduled to close in September to accommodate building projects at the rapidly growing installation. But the date was moved up to accommodate construction deadlines, effectively canceling the final season of play. Fort Meade garrison commander Col. Edward C. Rothstein called the closure "an emotional issue.

The Baltimore liquor board suspended indefinitely the liquor license for the owners of a Northeast Baltimore club already padlocked by city police, according to the board's commissioner. Club 410, in the 4500 block of Belair Road, has been closed since April after police said it posed a "considerable threat to public safety." At a hearing Thursday, liquor board commissioners ordered the club out of the neighborhood and the license returned to its creditor, finding management guilty of allowing underage drinking and live entertainment in January.

"30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin broke down the difference between the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate the other night on David Letterman's show.  His take?  The House = "Jungle" The Senate = "Poshest golf club"  Seriously, Baldwin's impression of the genteel southern gentlemen who inhabit the Senate is quite funny. Watch below:     

Few live music clubs have been as celebrated for as long as the 9:30 Club. Soon after the Washington club opened in 1980, it became the go-to spot for influential bands of all stripes, from the local dance group Tiny Desk Unit to alt-rockers R.E.M. It's been named the Nightclub of the Year multiple times by the influential trade magazine Pollstar and sells more tickets than any other club of its size. Ask any number of nationally touring musicians to name their favorite clubs, and the 9:30 Club is bound to be near the top of their lists.

Just after 2 a.m. April 17, Charlie Price realized that David Bayard, his close friend, had left the D.C. nightclub where they'd been partying for a friend's birthday. Where did he go? Price wondered, dialing Bayard's cell. Would he be able to get home? he thought, dialing again. The night was muddled by drinking, and Price can't remember whether they connected. Hours later, a detective told Price his friend had been killed. The 24-year-old University of Maryland graduate student was found dead about 7:30 a.m. in his car, which was parked near a McDonald's in Prince George's County, just a few miles from the club.

Millions of motorists join automobile clubs to smooth th bumpy ride. Clubs provide roadside assistance and offer travel information.They're big business, as evidenced by constant club mailings received by motorists imploring them to sign up. Their plastic membership cards or club brochures look a lot alike and names sound similar. All include emergency help to tow a car in trouble, start a faltering engine or fix a flat tire at little or no cost. A toll-free 800 number is at your service.

Rapper and actor DMX stopped in Baltimore and checked out Norma Jean's gentleman's club. The Custom House Avenue strip joint on Monday evening Tweeted pictures of DMX posing in the club. He's got his arm around a woman who looks to have a mohawk. He's wearing one of his signature polo shirts and at least a few of his trademark chain necklaces. Folks are seen behind him drinking and gawking. The shot was probably snapped over the weekend when DMX was scheduled to perform at Club Dubai, an upscale downtown nightclub.

Fans of Club Dubai, the upscale nightclub located downtown, have the rest of the year to enjoy its bottle service, pristine white couches and other swanky accommodations. But on Jan. 1, Dubai's lease will end and so will its run at the historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company building.  Taking its place won't be another attempt at a hopping club. Instead, Howard County's Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will turn the 20,000-square foot building (located at 200 E. Redwood St.)

When Augustus Schwatka launched his blacksmithing shop on West Saratoga Street in 1810, the War of 1812 was on the horizon, locomotives were not yet a transportation option and slavery was thriving. Two centuries have passed since then, but you can still find blacksmiths at G. Krug & Son crafting steel and iron with a hammer and anvil, shaping metal heated inside an 1,800-degree forge. G. Krug & Son is one of a few remaining Maryland businesses that existed when Arunah S. Abell founded The Sun in 1837.

These groups meet regularly. Baltimore Bead Society - Second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. September-July. Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-480-2711, 410-451-3622 or http://www.baltobead.org . Center of Light and Love - Second Sunday, 6-7 p.m. Owen Brown Community Center, 6800 Cradlerock Way, Columbia. 410-995-4647, centeroflightandlove@comcast.net or http://www.centeroflightandlove.org . Chavurah - Second Sunday and fourth Friday.

Orioles left fielder Nolan Reimold will be sidelined for at least two more games with a bulging disk in his back, but the club is hopeful that the diagnosis explains the health problems the 28-year-old has been experiencing this season. Including Tuesday night, Reimold has missed six of the club's past 12 games, including four consecutive April 21-25, because of severe neck spasms. Although he was dealing with lingering neck discomfort, Reimold had started the Orioles' past five games, but after getting to the team hotel after Monday's contest, Reimold experienced tingling in his hands and contacted head athletic trainer Richie Bancells . Reimold "had some tingling and numbness in his fingers, which is common with a bulging disk," manager Buck Showalter said.

The Laurel Rotary will offer music, art and wine tasting at its annual fundraising Spring Potpourri, Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the club house at Patuxent Greens, 14415 Greenview Drive. Artists will have their works on display and for sale, and local musician Bobby Walters and Laurel pianist Mack Statham will both perform. Wine and cheese will be served. Admission is $25, which can be paid at the door. The Spring Potpourri is one way the Laurel Rotary raises funds for projects such as the Outstanding Student scholarships, awarded each quarter to a student from Laurel High and a student from St. Vincent Pallotti High.

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge agreed yesterday to postpone a final ruling on Odell's nightclub to give lawyers for the city and the troubled North Avenue nightspot more time to submit briefs supporting their arguments.But Judge Ellen L. Hollander stipulated that the club must remain closed, saying "that's the linchpin" of her agreeing to the postponement, which was requested by lawyers for Odell's. Judge Hollander granted the delay in open court after a half-hour meeting in chambers with attorneys for both sides.

If you wanted to dedicate a song to Christos Dardamanis to commemorate his longtime proprietorship of Club Stabile's, you could pick Willie Nelson's "Night Life" to mark the hours he has spent at the landmark country music nightspot in Highlandtown.Or, better yet, you could choose the Oak Ridge Boys' "Y'All Come Back Saloon" in recognition of the crowds he has attracted to the bar at 3919 Eastern Ave. year after year with live music and a friendly atmosphere.After 27 1/2 years, Mr. Dardamanis is selling the place rightfully billed as "Baltimore's home of country music."

Elizabeth McKenrick Winstead, an award-winning knitter and Bryn Mawr School graduate who established a scholarship fund there, died Tuesday of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 73. Mrs. Winstead, who went by the nickname Libby, was born in Baltimore in 1939. She was the eldest of three girls. Her father, a lawyer, served in the armed forces during World War II. During his absence, the girls and their mother moved to Pennsylvania to live with relatives. In early 1946, Mrs. Winstead's family returned to Baltimore, settling on North Charles Street near the city-county border.

Baltimore police were investigating two deaths preliminarily considered "questionable," in South and Northwest Baltimore, officials said. The first occurred at about 1 a.m., when officers on patrol outside the Paradox nightclub south of M&T Bank Stadium saw a 25-year-old woman lying on the sidewalk unresponsive as security personnel from the club performed CPR. She was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center where she was pronounced dead at about...