Glory

Last week we learned that adult children of divorce will almost always revert to childish behaviors. Case in point, Briana, the daughter previously known as The Most Reasonable Person in Orange County, dissolved into a impertinent, recalcitrant, petulant brat upon meeting her mother's boyfriend. This week Briana grows up and fights like a big girl … but we'll get there soon enough. Elsewhere in the O.C., there are tiaras to be worn and bling to be bought as Alexis goes all out for her little princesses, and Slade decides to declare Gretchen his queen.

This almost never happens. Revivals, remakes and sequels are, by common consent, inferior products. Every once in a while, though, something comes along — the recent staging of "South Pacific," or "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole — that feels perfectly contemporary, and honors the original and the memories people have for it. It's a matter of tone. The list of successful revivals is short, but you can add the comeback of a downtown Baltimore dining institution to it. The beloved old lunchroom in the Woman's Industrial Exchange, famed for its tomato aspic, chicken salad and blue-uniformed waitresses, has been reopened by the owner of the popular Souper Freak food truck, Irene Smith, who has renamed it the Woman's Industrial Kitchen.

At 7 p.m. Saturday in MICA's Brown Center, David Simon, the creator of "The Wire," will host Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory," and explain why it's just as pertinent and powerful today as it was in 1957. That's when this movie first appeared — and was promptly banned in France for 18 years because of its savage debunking of the conduct of the French Army in the First World War. Kubrick uses a suicide mission to expose civilized European savagery. He gives us military stupidity in microcosm with this tale of autocratic leaders ( Adolphe Menjou, George Macready)

The Next Level is a weekly Recruiting Report feature that focuses on natives of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Carroll County, Harford County and Howard County who appear on NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision rosters. Chris Eckard, a senior at the University of Maryland and Baltimore Sun sports department intern, is your author. At 5-10 and 255 pounds, Arkansas junior fullback Kiero Small (Cardinal Gibbons) has one purpose for the No. 3 Razorbacks: to bulldoze.

This post comes with a caveat: the final Double Dagger show is the show of the weekend, and an important one in the Baltimore punk canon. We've done a lot on the trio recently, so consider this post more like the Weekend's Best Bet Not Happening at Ottobar Friday. (Also, apparently that show is very close to selling out .) And yes, I can hear your scoffs at New Found Glory, the pre-Fall Out Boy, pop-punk poster boys. Given my age (newly 25)

David Simon has repaid a long-held literary debt — with interest. On Tuesday, Penguin Classics reissues "Paths of Glory," Humphrey Cobb's surgically sharp novel of the First World War. To Simon, Cobb's 1935 rendering of a doomed French assault and its calamitous aftermath has repercussions that go beyond its immediate anti-war themes. He hears Cobb's characters every time he listens to BP executives trying to explain destructive actions taken for short-term gains. And when bureaucrats assess Hurricane Katrina with "we all did our best" cliches, they remind him of French generals rationalizing the debacles of Verdun.

Remnants of the former retail glory of a section of downtown Baltimore are still visible amid the decay that has marred the area for decades. The west-side area, dubbed the "superblock" by city planners, is poised for redevelopment. Plans include apartment towers and a mix of current small retail merchants with new chain stores. The chunk of downtown real estate is bounded by West Fayette, Howard, Lexington and Liberty streets.

TO REACH THE guru of flag etiquette, you go downtown to the Fallon Federal Building, which is on its usual Def-Con 4 security status, and make your way past a warren of small, ground-floor offices to the desk of Lance Sweigart. Sweigart is the Maryland service officer for the American Legion, and this morning he's decked out like Uncle Sam's advance man. Not only does he have a large flag ribbon on the lapel of his blue pin-striped suit, but he's also wearing a dazzling red-white-and-blue necktie, one of 30 he owns.

The nation embraced Paul Wiedorfer and put his name on a medal. But Wiedorfer wants to talk about the guys who never came home. The Germans threw up their arms and surrendered to Wiedorfer. But he and five old friends wonder if the governor and the mayor will do the same.History moves in funny ways. Nearly half a century since its close, some who served in World War II wonder how much value their sacrifice still holds. Wiedorfer won the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

Walking early this morning, I make my usual loop through the Baltimore County Courthouse grounds. I pass the fountain with its wrought-iron fence, and arrive at the old green cannon with its perfect pyramid of cannonballs. I know that old cannon well. Once, when I was a child, my father surprised me by hoisting me up onto the barrel. Over the years, I have brought my children to the courthouse to watch the parades on the Fourth. They, too, have clambered around the cannon and smacked their hands against the cool surface of those 14 cannonballs.

This post comes with a caveat: the final Double Dagger show is the show of the weekend, and an important one in the Baltimore punk canon. We've done a lot on the trio recently, so consider this post more like the Weekend's Best Bet Not Happening at Ottobar Friday. (Also, apparently that show is very close to selling out .) And yes, I can hear your scoffs at New Found Glory, the pre-Fall Out Boy, pop-punk poster boys. Given my age (newly 25)

Hershey, Pa. Hersheypark in the Dark If the onset of fall has put you in the mood for Halloween, Hersheypark in the Dark is the place for you. Screeches and spooks takeover the normally "sweet" theme park for a few weekends of spine-tingling fun. Take a ride on the Screeching Scrambler or the Spooky-o-saurus merry go-round. After you get your adrenaline fix, check out the shows, including a concert by the Screaming Mummies or Bunsen and the Burners. And if you feel like you need to burn off all the candy you ate, join runners at the Hershey Half Marathon on Sunday.

Football season is here! With the Ravens about to begin their regular season this weekend digging in at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers, it's time to introduce Baltimore to its newest sports star: Teddy The Pigskin Picking Pup. He's too small to be a linebacker. He's probably fast enough to get the ball down the field -- if the ball wasn't heavier than he is. And he wears the purple jersey with as much pride asRay Lewis. But this dog's real talent is picking the winners of games.

Welcome to the pack, "Game of Thrones" and "Parks and Recreation"! Nominations for the 2011 Emmys were announced Thursday morning and a group of newbies are deservedly joining the pack of usual suspects. HBO's "Mildred Pierce" led overall noms with 21, followed by AMC's "Mad Men" with 19, HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" with 18 and ABC's "Modern Family with 17. Here's my take on the contenders in a few of the major categories. DRAMA SERIES "Boardwalk Empire" "Dexter" "Friday Night Lights" "Game of Thrones" "The Good Wife" "Mad Men" MY TAKE: No real huge surprises here, and it's good to see "FNL" getting massive love now that it's going off the air (bittersweet reward)

Saturday is the day Fifi looks forward to every year. Fifi is the American Visionary Art Museum 's giant pink poodle-with-wheels, who once a year ventures outside to take part in what is clearly Baltimore's funkiest annual event, the Kinetic Sculpture Race . This year, some 36 land- and seaworthy vehicles, all strictly people-powered, will be taking part in the 15-mile race over land, sea, mud and sand. Like Fifi, some are designed to resemble animals; one of last year's crowd favorites was a hookah-smoking caterpillar.

The people who care about Towson University athletics wondered one thing as they watched conference rival Virginia Commonwealth shock mighty Kansas to earn a berth in the Final Four: Why can't that be us? The question speaks to the hope Towson leaders harbor after securing $68 million for a new, on-campus arena and attracting a new men's basketball coach from the University of Pittsburgh. But it also speaks to their frustration that an athletic turnaround has not come more quickly.

The Easter display at Longwood Gardens on U.S. 1 in Kennett Square,Pa.,opened yesterday and continues until April 7.The walkways of the Main Conservatory are bordered with fragrant Easter Lillies and Long-stemmed bwhite calla lilies.Thousands of daffodils,pansies,roses,tulips and other spring favorites fill the spacious indoor gardens.Organ concerts are scheduled today,Saturday and next Sunday at 2:30 p.m.The concerts are included in the admission charge of $8 for adults,$2 for ages 6 to 14,free for children under 6. The gardens are open daily until 5 p.m. through March and until 6 p.m. April to October.

March 22, 1945. I must go. Believe you me my love for you all is more pronounced by the day. All of us seem to feel the same. It seems a shame that it must be fanned to its fullest flame by such as War, but War must have some advantages. All love, always Tim.My father's voice comes back from the grave in his letters to his parents during the war. We found them not long ago in a trunk in the attic. Four bundles of letters, dated on the envelopes and tied with string, were tucked under a communion dress and children's toys.

Despite taking two dogs to the country's most prestigious dog show and doubling her chances of success, a Perry Hall woman on Tuesday was unable to advance in the competition. Lisl Dutterer had entered her champion Samoyeds Halo and Easter in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with hopes that one of them could win best of breed and compete on live television for the working-class trophy against Siberian huskies, boxers, Great Danes and mastiffs. But neither Halo nor Easter made it past the breed round.

Week 1: Ravens 16, Steelers 0 Pittsburgh – Three Rivers Stadium The Ravens opened the 2000 season with a dominant defensive performance in a victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens stifled a Steelers offense that failed to record a first down until the second quarter and couldn't cross the 50-yard line until the third. Led by defensive tackle Sam Adams and defensive end Rob Burnett, the Ravens held running back Jerome Bettis to 8 yards on nine carries.