New Season

The food-truck rally known as The Gathering kicks off a new season on Friday night in Hampden. The 2013 debut Gathering will take place in the parking lot of the Castle, at the corner of Keswisk Avenue and 34th Streets in Hampden, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Gypsy Queen, Kooper's Chowhound, Mis Shirley's, Chicken 'N Waffles, Kommie Pig, Jolly Pig, Souper Freaks, Charm City Gourmet, Flavorful Cupcakes and Icedgems Creations are all expected....

The Aberdeen Dive Team's summer season will start May 28 with practices at the Aberdeen Swim Center. Head Dive Coach Rick Culbertson is looking for new boy and girl divers from ages 4 to 18 who want to try a new and different sport. This is the only diving tam in Harford and Cecil counties. The team competes in the Central Maryland Dive League. The team dives on a 1-meter dive board and kids can do jumps, basic front and back dives and more advanced dives with flips and twists.

"Project Runway" Season 11 began last night, and first of all, I'd like to say the return of Heidi Klum is such a relief after an entire season of watching Angela Lindvall, who has all the charisma of hand sanitizer. I've grown to enjoy Joanna Coles, but she is no Tim Gunn. So, welcome back to the normal "Project Runway. "   The season begins with Heidi and Tim announcing that this season will be "Project Runway: Teams. " I guess I spoke too soon when I said welcome back to normal "Project Runway," guess we needed a gimmick.

It's obviously way too early to draw any real conclusions about the Orioles and their chances of reaching the playoffs again this season, but the schedule-makers have provided them with an immediate opportunity to measure themselves against the other four teams in the American League East. They are in the midst of a 21-game stretch that includes 15 games against their divisional rivals, which is about as front-loaded as you're going to get in baseball's new interleague-infused scheduling format.

Happy "Top Chef" Eve everyone! I know that most of you are hungover from alcohol, chocolate, or both (I'm not judging!) but please cleanse your palate because tomorrow marks the premiere of "Top Chef: Texas" at 10 p.m. on Bravo. And I'll be handling recaps this season for TV Lust. I consider myself to be a connoisseur of "Top Chef. " As a faithful viewer since Season 1, I have seen the show serve up some amazing challenges and characters, and some that were less palatable.

"Madden NFL 13" EA Sports Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 Score: 3 stars out of 4 The "Madden" series hasn't quite lived up to expectations since eliminating competing NFL franchises in 2005. Still, it is taken for granted how much EA Sports maximizes its exclusive license with the NFL to produce video games that allow fans to come as close as most ever will to an NFL field. The knock on “Madden” is that it's the same year-in and year-out. “Madden NFL 13” absolutely disproves that notion, though “different” doesn't automatically mean “better.” Like it's little brother, “NCAA Football,” this year's edition of “Madden” has fine-tuned its passing game to mirror the throw-happy offenses in the real NFL. Receivers run their routes in a less robotic fashion than previous editions, and as a quarterback, the player has a real opportunity to put the ball where they want.

The Aberdeen Dive Team's summer season will start May 28 with practices at the Aberdeen Swim Center. Head Dive Coach Rick Culbertson is looking for new boy and girl divers from ages 4 to 18 who want to try a new and different sport. This is the only diving tam in Harford and Cecil counties. The team competes in the Central Maryland Dive League. The team dives on a 1-meter dive board and kids can do jumps, basic front and back dives and more advanced dives with flips and twists.

LOS ANGELES -- Fox will officially launch its new fall season next month with "Cops" and the live premiere of "Roc," it was announced yesterday.Fox Entertainment President Peter Chernin said the early start of several Fox shows will help the network avoid the "clutter" when more than two dozen new shows debut on the other three networks in September."

The National Football League debuted in Jacksonville, Fla., and returned to play in Oakland, Calif., as it opened its first weekend of the 1995 season. The Redskins, meanwhile, began their season by accomplishing something they couldn't do all of last year: win at home. They defeated the Arizona Cardinals, 27-7, at RFK Stadium.% Articles, Page 1C

The 1995-1996 season promises to be one of improbable friendships, humorous male-bashing, love, death, family dysfunction and obsessive murder for the Colonial Players of Annapolis.The Theatre-in-the-Round at 108 East St., just off State Circle, has announced details of its season that begins Sept. 8 with "Wrong Turn at Lungfish" by Garry Marshall and Lowell Ganz."Lungfish," directed by Barry Bach, tells the story of an improbable friendship between an unpleasant old blind college professor and the only person who befriends him, a female Italian street-tough whose willingness to read to the old man creates comedy with a bittersweet edge.

Washington College's remarkable turnaround last season absorbed a little bit of a blow when the team fell to Dickinson, 11-6, in the title game of the Centennial Conference tournament on May 6. It was the second-to-last game as the Shoremen lost to Goucher, 5-4, in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Despite the heartache, coach Jeff Shirk said he doesn't want No. 10 Washington College (10-1 overall and 4-1 in the league) to remember that result or use it as a rallying cry when the No. 2 Red Devils (11-0, 4-0)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - From the moment manager Buck Showalter took over the club in August 2010, there was talk about how he needed to change the culture of losing that permeated everything Orioles. Not just get this team out of last place in the American League East, but push the Orioles above .500 for the first time since 1997 or, somehow, some way, propel them into the playoffs. More was needed; an attitude adjustment of sorts. Whether it's Showalter's commanding presence, an influx of new players or the natural enchantment that comes with finally tasting success, the Orioles return to Camden Yards for Friday's 2013 home opener as a club no longer content on being good enough.

The food-truck rally known as The Gathering kicks off a new season on Friday night in Hampden. The 2013 debut Gathering will take place in the parking lot of the Castle, at the corner of Keswisk Avenue and 34th Streets in Hampden, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Gypsy Queen, Kooper's Chowhound, Mis Shirley's, Chicken 'N Waffles, Kommie Pig, Jolly Pig, Souper Freaks, Charm City Gourmet, Flavorful Cupcakes and Icedgems Creations are all expected....

"Project Runway" Season 11 began last night, and first of all, I'd like to say the return of Heidi Klum is such a relief after an entire season of watching Angela Lindvall, who has all the charisma of hand sanitizer. I've grown to enjoy Joanna Coles, but she is no Tim Gunn. So, welcome back to the normal "Project Runway. "   The season begins with Heidi and Tim announcing that this season will be "Project Runway: Teams. " I guess I spoke too soon when I said welcome back to normal "Project Runway," guess we needed a gimmick.

The Ravens' regular-season finale Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals is like the final preseason game - it's just one more test before the new season begins. So, you can yawn through that one like you do during actual preseason games, and then once it is over, the real fun begins. Right now, the Ravens are the No. 4 seed in the AFC and could move up to No. 3, depending on the outcome of a few other games Sunday. But they don't need anything to change. With the current seeds, the Ravens are in good position.

C am Cameron walked off the practice field and made a right turn into the thicket of TV cameras, digital recorders and notepads awaiting him. There have been times at these media sessions when the Ravens' offensive coordinator wore the look of a man who has just had a brick thrown through his car windshield. But on this sunny August afternoon, he seemed relaxed and confident the day before the Ravens flew to St. Louis for their final preseason game against the Rams tonight.

Picture Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in black tie and gossamer gown gliding across the silver screen at the height of the Depression.Or think back to 1968. American cities were engulfed in race riots, and the only depiction of black life on TV was the middle-class predictability of "Julia." Body bags were arriving from Vietnam, and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." was TV's prime-time picture of military life.Escapism. Sugar-coated versions of reality. Old, familiar faces and old, familiar formulas.

The fall TV season isn't what it used to be, which means there aren't many bests. But not to worry, most of the new dramas and sitcoms will soon be replaced by returning reality series like American Idol - and after that by a whole new crop of really bad dramas and sitcoms called midseason replacements. Here's the season's best and worst: Best newcomer: Amber Tamblyn as Joan Girardi in the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia. The teen actress plays a high school student who moves with her family to a new town, Arcadia, and suddenly finds God talking to her. To make life even more complicated, God assumes a new identity every time he visits.

"Madden NFL 13" EA Sports Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 Score: 3 stars out of 4 The "Madden" series hasn't quite lived up to expectations since eliminating competing NFL franchises in 2005. Still, it is taken for granted how much EA Sports maximizes its exclusive license with the NFL to produce video games that allow fans to come as close as most ever will to an NFL field. The knock on “Madden” is that it's the same year-in and year-out. “Madden NFL 13” absolutely disproves that notion, though “different” doesn't automatically mean “better.” Like it's little brother, “NCAA Football,” this year's edition of “Madden” has fine-tuned its passing game to mirror the throw-happy offenses in the real NFL. Receivers run their routes in a less robotic fashion than previous editions, and as a quarterback, the player has a real opportunity to put the ball where they want.

PABU , the second restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, is scheduled to open this week. The dinner-only restaurant is the first collaboration between Michael Mina, whose San Francisco-based restaurant group also developed the concept for Wit & Wisdom , the Four Seasons' three-meal restaurant, and Ken Tominaga, owner and chef of Hana Japanese Restaurant in Sonoma County, Calif. PABU is being described as a modern "izakaya," a term that translates, very loosely, as a drinking establishment that serves food.