ENTERTAINMENT
By Richard Gorelick, The Baltimore Sun | April 25, 2011
Always, there were those lovely old country estates and gracious manor taverns with roaring fireplaces, but in the old days fine dining was associated with the city. Not so anymore. Now, there are more compelling reasons than ever for diners to cross county lines for a good meal. The 50 best county restaurants in Howard County, Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County is a mix of the old and the new, destinations for special occasions and joints for Monday night suppers, the chef-driven and crowd-pleasing.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Jennifer Choi | January 24, 2008
The Lyric Opera House will host Ladies Night Out featuring Common on Sunday night. The hip-hop artist, a member of the loose collective Soulquarians, worked with artists Kanye West, will.i.am., D'Angelo and Lily Allen for his latest album, Finding Forever, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and received multiple Grammy nominations. Common also branched out into film, having acted in Smokin' Aces and American Gangster. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $47.50-$97.50. The Lyric is at 140 W. Mount Royal Ave. Call 410-547-7328 or go to ticketmaster.
ENTERTAINMENT
By John Dorsey | October 10, 1996
The art of Ruth Channing and that of Jimmie Miller are not superficially a lot alike. Miller creates colorful mixed-media collages that are largely abstract but can also occasionally be read as representational, if you like. Channing's images are definitely representational. She is best known for her prints but lately has turned to painting.For their joint show at Resurgam, their artists' statements reveal something in common. "I should title my works "Enjoyment #1, Enjoyment #2, etc., because that's what they represent for me," writes Miller.
NEWS
November 6, 1990
Today, millions of American voters will go to the polls angry and despairing; more will simply not go at all. The sad fact is that confidence in America has been replaced by cynicism and distrust. The S&L catastrophe, the federal defic commitment of politicians, trust that the process really works.Common Cause was born 20 years ago in a political climate not unlike today's, when the U.S. was mired in the Vietnam War, the White House was about to be enveloped by scandal and confidence in government was ebbing.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Wesley Case, The Baltimore Sun | August 2, 2012
Last year, while working on the independent film "LUV" in Baltimore, Common received the type of treatment typical for a celebrity of his stature. He met the mayor in her office. He played basketball at Carmelo Anthony's gym. But now, reflecting more than a year later, the 40-year-old Chicago-native born Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. says it was meeting the people in their communities that made his brief time in Baltimore "one of the best experiences" the rapper and actor ever had. "I was in the heart and soul of Baltimore," said Common, who returns to the area Saturday for the Summer Spirit Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion . "I definitely felt a connection to the people.
NEWS
By JACK GERMOND & JULES WITCOVER | June 25, 1994
WASHINGTON -- Common Cause is an organization that the politicians hold in what might be called minimum high regard.It would be hard to argue that its goals are not worthwhile. Presumably, everyone is in favor of clean, democratic government responsive to ordinary Americans rather than those high-priced lobbyists in their Gucci loafers. But nobody likes holier-than-thou nags, and that is the way Common Cause is seen by the politicians who are so often its targets.The Common Cause assault on President Clinton the other night is a quintessential example.