Infinity

There are just a few things left on the Ravens' "to-do" list, now that such matters as their permanent seat licensing plan and their new logo, helmet and color scheme have been settled on.One of the biggest outstanding issues is who will carry their games on the radio, and that decision should be coming soon."

From its start, Infinity Theatre Company has had a mission to bring New York City productions to Anne Arundel County. It was a goal fulfilled in the troupe's first full season in 2011 with the show "My Way," which played in Annapolis after previewing in Manhattan two months before. Now Infinity has come full circle, with the troupe serving as a co-producer of a Tony-nominated Broadway revival of "Pippin," and also with efforts underway to bring last season's Annapolis hit, "Dames at Sea," to Broadway by spring 2014.

The Ravens and their radio carrier, Infinity, yesterday named Scott Garceau and Bruce Cunningham to call the team's games on WJFK (1300 AM) and WLIF (101.9 FM), beginning with next Saturday's first preseason contest.Garceau, sports director at Channel 2, will be the play-by-play announcer and Cunningham, who has the same duties at Channel 45, will act as color analyst."I'm excited about it. I love football and I'm glad to be a part of its coming back to Baltimore," said Garceau, 44, an announcer with Channel 2 since 1980.

Infinity Theatre's second show of the summer season, the tap-happy, Navy-crazy "Dames at Sea," opened last weekend to the enthusiastic applause of near-capacity audiences. Infinity's co-producing artistic directors Anna and Alan Ostroff have a winning combination here, with a nautical theme suiting Annapolis as well as a 1960s show celebrating escapist 1930s film musicals. Now we can get away from the heat, drought and other downers while celebrating two genuine American art forms: precision tap-dancing and Broadway musicals.

If you want to have fun with your eyes, hurry down to C. Grimaldis gallery tonight and spend some time gaping at Chul-Hyun Ahn's amazing show of light-box sculptures. Ahn, a recent Maryland Institute College of Art graduate whose stunning debut at the gallery last year intelligently freshened the venerable tradition of optical illusion, returns this year with an even more evolved treatment of his earlier ideas. These mysterious constructions, which operate on the same principle as a set of barbershop mirrors, create the illusion of infinite spaces despite the relatively modest proportions of his pieces, most of which are no larger than a tabletop.

The Ravens are on the verge of moving to a new radio home. After 10 seasons on Infinity-owned WJFK (1300 AM), the team is in final negotiations to have WBAL (1090 AM) and 98 Rock (WIYY-FM) broadcast games and related content next season. Though Ravens spokesman Kevin Byrne said a deal might not be announced for several weeks, he said the team and WBAL are "trying to finalize an agreement right now." WBAL Radio station manager Jeff Beauchamp had no comment. Robert Phillips, market manager for Infinity's Baltimore-area stations - 102.7 FM also broadcasts Ravens games - said WJFK decided not to match WBAL's offer for the broadcast rights.

POLICE LOG* Harper's Choice: 5200 block of Cedar Lane: A would-be thief attempted to steal a 1994 Infinity Q45 early Wednesday morning, police said.

Concert Fall Out Boy in Columbia Go see Fall Out Boy, a group that is touring to promote its newest album Infinity On High, tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Tickets for the 6 p.m. show are $35. Call 410-547-SEAT or go to ticketmaster.com.

The Young Wild Things Tour, featuring Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, and Cute Is What We Aim For, arrives at the George Mason University Patriot Center on Sunday. Fall Out Boy's performance is expected to feature songs from its most recent album, Infinity on High, including "This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race." The Patriot Center is at 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, Va. Tickets are $35. The show starts at 7 p.m. Call 410-547-7328 or go to ticketmaster.com.

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission is raising the stakes in its campaign against Howard Stern, the New York radio personality whose on-air revels in scatological humor and sexual topics have already generated $1.2 million in fines.The agency has decided to delay deals totaling $170 million by Infinity Broadcasting Corp., Mr. Stern's employer, to buy three big radio stations while the FCC ponders a new series of complaints about Mr. Stern's program, which is heard by millions of listeners across the nation each weekday morning.

Two terrific shows premiered last weekend in Annapolis, set in nearly the same period and dealing with history-making creative artists. At Colonial Players, "Moonlight and Magnolias" is set in 1939 and tells the behind-the-scenes story of making the film version of "Gone with the Wind. " Appropriately, it evokes gales of audience laughter. Infinity Theatre presents "Sisters of Swing," a musical biography of the World War II-era harmonizing Andrews Sisters that inspired the opening-night audience to applaud every familiar song.

Bay Theatre Company co-founder and artistic director Janet Luby joined Infinity Theatre co-producing artistic directors Alan Ostroff and Anna Roberts Ostroff last week to announce their summer collaboration on three original shows for children. The pairing of Annapolis' premier professional theater company and a recently established professional company known for bringing Broadway-caliber shows to the city should ensure entertaining live theater for children ages 3 to 10. The shows run weekends from June 16 to Aug. 4 at Bay Theatre, 275 West St. At last week's announcement, Luby and the Ostroffs voiced confidence in this initial joint project.

Infinity Theatre Company continues its first full summer season with "Little Shop of Horrors," a 1982 dark musical comedy with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. With this terrific production, Infinity fulfills its promise to bring New York professionals to the Annapolis theater scene. The opening notes by the five-piece, onstage live rock band signaled the exciting start of this Broadway-caliber show at Children's Theatre in Annapolis. Every role is perfectly cast from top to bottom, beginning with those sassy Skid Row street urchins, Crystal, Ronnette and Chiffon — played by Ariana Scoggins, Ardale Shepherd and Martina Sykes — who serve as a grooving Greek chorus.

Infinity Theatre Company is offering a two-show summer season at Children's Theatre of Annapolis on Bay Head Road. The opening production, "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," runs weekends through July 10 and features a cast of four singers — a younger couple and an older pair who first previewed this show in March at a Manhattan benefit. Sinatra's last concert was three years before his death on May 14, 1998, meaning that anyone under 21 would hardly know this performer, often called the top entertainer of the 20th century.

In February, my wife and I were honeymooning in Los Cabos, Mexico. The infinity pool was one of the highlights of the hotel. One night, I decided to take my new camera into the pool for some pictures. The hardest part was steering clear of the splashes. Rich Reaven, Baltimore The Sun welcomes submissions for "My Best Shot." Photos should be accompanied by a description of when and where you took the picture and your name, address and phone number. Submissions cannot be individually acknowledged or returned, and upon submission become the property of The Sun. Write to: Travel Department, The Sun, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21278, or e-mail travel@baltsun.

The Young Wild Things Tour, featuring Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, and Cute Is What We Aim For, arrives at the George Mason University Patriot Center on Sunday. Fall Out Boy's performance is expected to feature songs from its most recent album, Infinity on High, including "This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race." The Patriot Center is at 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, Va. Tickets are $35. The show starts at 7 p.m. Call 410-547-7328 or go to ticketmaster.com.

The "Greaseman," Washington's outrageous disc jockey whose morning show can be tuned in only by some Baltimore-area fans, will leave DC-101 (WWDC-FM, 101.1) for a Los Angeles radio station at the end of this year. But the move means more Baltimore listeners will eventually be able to hear the Greaseman's satirical, scatological shtick: His new carrier is Infinity Broadcasting, the network whose programming is heard here on WJFK-AM (1300).Andy Rice, promotions manager for WJFK-AM (106.7), the Fairfax-based station whose daily fare is simulcast on Baltimore's WJFK, confirmed the Greaseman -- whose real name is Doug Tracht -- would be heard across the Infinity network, including a station in Philadelphia.

Howard Stern, who has been vowing to quit broadcasting in the face of regulatory and business pressure, took a more combative stance yesterday by announcing his return to the air in four of the six markets where the high-rated shock jock had been removed by radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications. Stern's employer, Infinity Broadcasting Corp., shuffled programming at its San Diego, Pittsburgh, Orlando, Fla., and Rochester, N.Y., stations to make way for Stern's libido-charged morning show.

Concert Fall Out Boy in Columbia Go see Fall Out Boy, a group that is touring to promote its newest album Infinity On High, tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion, 10475 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia. Tickets for the 6 p.m. show are $35. Call 410-547-SEAT or go to ticketmaster.com.

Paul Quinn manufactures paper clips, which, as a friend reminds him, are intended to hold things together. Pickles Amalfitano creates sculptures that she hopes will connect with people. At the start of Susan Middaugh's A Modern Pas de Deux at the Vagabond Players, however, neither of these middle-aged singles has been able to connect or hold a romantic relationship together. The desire to break that pattern is a valid premise for a play. But in director Barry Feinstein's Baltimore Playwrights Festival production, it's difficult to see what these two lost souls see in each other.