Sade

On August 13, 2003 MARTIN SADE of Pasadena, MD, beloved father of Sherry Sade-Pietila, Mark Sade and Lisa Sauder; dear brother of Vaino Sade, Lillian Alcorn and Tina Phelps. Also survived by five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends may call at the BARRANCO AND SONS P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME Ritchie Highway at Robinson Rd. on Monday from 6 to 9 P.M. Burial-private.

So you've slaved all day to cook your main squeeze a nice Valentine's Day meal, or, you worked really, really hard at calling your favorite Thai place for a dinner for two. But in all that work, you forgot to put together a playlist to play over your romantic dinner. Well, we're here to help. Our Valentine's Day playlist has some musts - you can't go wrong with Sade people - and some surprises - Ghostface Killah! It spans from euphoric pop anthems to sappy-sweet to dumped-in-the-rain yearning.

On January 28, 2005, RAYMOND MICHAEL SADE, beloved husband of Elsie L. (nee Lebo); devoted father of Christopher R. Sade, Jeffrey M. Sade, Maureen J. Spence and Cindi L. Stebbing; brother of Richard Sade; dear grandfather of William Sade, Aaron, Nathan, Luke, Andrew and Matthew Sade, Kiersten Spence, Brian and Rebecca Stebbing and the late Madison Spence. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road (Overlea) on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

Chris Brown will bring his F.A.M.E. Tour to 1st Mariner Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Kelly Rowland, T-Pain and Young Money rapper Tyga will open the show for the R&B star. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. and you can get them at livenation.com , Ticketmaster outlets, the 1st Mariner Arena or by phone (800-745-3000). Brown will also be at the Verizon Center later this Fall. He last performed in Baltimore at Sonar for his Fan Appreciation tour in December 2009.

The statuesque presence. The aloof, icy demeanor. It's Sade. The Nigerian-born pop singer acknowledges the image is deliberate. But she cautions against taking it too seriously."

Rihanna might have kicked off her new tour in Baltimore first, but when Sade does it Thursday, it'll be a more momentous occasion in several ways. The singer is notoriously reclusive. Between her 2000 album, "Lovers Rock," and her latest, "Soldier of Love," which was released last year, she's been off the grid. This tour will be her first in nearly a decade. In addition to the tour and the new album, a new greatest-hits package was also released this year that includes three tracks never released before.

This week, we discovered that renting the makes-you-too-scared-to-go-outdoors "Cabin Fever" is not the best way to get over cabin fever. So instead we spent our time collecting the best stories pop culture threw down. Here's our week in review: MOST WELCOME RETURN: Sade, which sold 500K copies of comeback album Soldier of Love in its first week. Also, we learned that Sade is the name of the band and not just the lead singer, a fact that eluded us for 20 years. BEST THING WE SAW ALL WEEK: Photo essay "How to properly enjoy Ed Hardy wine" on thechive.

You say you've had it with lousy sightlines, tin-can sound, brutish bouncers and seats so high you've thought about slapping on an oxygen mask? Well, so have some of your favorite concert performers.While it may be premature to announce the outright death of stadium and arena rock, the days of herding music fans into cavernous sports complexes are dwindling.For big stars who have clout with promoters, and tour at least semi-regularly, "booking down" is this year's buzz phrase.* Prince's first U.S. tour in nearly five years will visit theaters and small auditoriums.

By an eerie coincidence, the Maryland Stage Company's production of "Marat/Sade" opened the day after the jury's decision in the Rodney King case. Watching the asylum workers trying to subdue patients with clubs in the play, it was impossible to divorce the theatrical images from the repeatedly broadcast videotape of the King beating.Nor should such an effort even have been attempted. As is suggested by its unwieldly unabridged title -- "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade" -- Peter Weiss' drama is an examination of anarchy.

In June, when Sade was preparing to kick off her first tour in more than a decade, the husky-voiced crooner tweeted about her love of Baltimore and entertained reporters while relaxing in her 2,100-square-foot suite at the Hotel Monaco. When in town, actor Gene Hackman has been known to chat up other guests at the bar in the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys. Movie stars and musicians have a long history of coming to Baltimore for gigs. But in recent years, the city has attracted more high-profile shows and films, from Rihanna and U2 to HBO's "Game Change.

In June, when Sade was preparing to kick off her first tour in more than a decade, the husky-voiced crooner tweeted about her love of Baltimore and entertained reporters while relaxing in her 2,100-square-foot suite at the Hotel Monaco. When in town, actor Gene Hackman has been known to chat up other guests at the bar in the Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys. Movie stars and musicians have a long history of coming to Baltimore for gigs. But in recent years, the city has attracted more high-profile shows and films, from Rihanna and U2 to HBO's "Game Change.

What's up this weekend? Some lucky  folks will be going to see Sade launch her first tour in a decade at 1st Mariner Arena, some folks will be gathering with their families on Father's Day, and some folks will be taking in the fun at the Baltimore Pride events around town. Some folks will be doing all of the above. I'm off to Starksboro, Vermont, for a wedding, with a stop in Nyack. Baltimore Pride kicks off tonight with an $85/person dinner at Gertrude's .  There were still tickets for Saturday night's Sade concert when I wrote this up. I gathered up some information about Father's Day promotions here . There really weren't so many of them, which makes sense.

Rihanna might have kicked off her new tour in Baltimore first, but when Sade does it Thursday, it'll be a more momentous occasion in several ways. The singer is notoriously reclusive. Between her 2000 album, "Lovers Rock," and her latest, "Soldier of Love," which was released last year, she's been off the grid. This tour will be her first in nearly a decade. In addition to the tour and the new album, a new greatest-hits package was also released this year that includes three tracks never released before.

This week, we discovered that renting the makes-you-too-scared-to-go-outdoors "Cabin Fever" is not the best way to get over cabin fever. So instead we spent our time collecting the best stories pop culture threw down. Here's our week in review: MOST WELCOME RETURN: Sade, which sold 500K copies of comeback album Soldier of Love in its first week. Also, we learned that Sade is the name of the band and not just the lead singer, a fact that eluded us for 20 years. BEST THING WE SAW ALL WEEK: Photo essay "How to properly enjoy Ed Hardy wine" on thechive.

On January 28, 2005, RAYMOND MICHAEL SADE, beloved husband of Elsie L. (nee Lebo); devoted father of Christopher R. Sade, Jeffrey M. Sade, Maureen J. Spence and Cindi L. Stebbing; brother of Richard Sade; dear grandfather of William Sade, Aaron, Nathan, Luke, Andrew and Matthew Sade, Kiersten Spence, Brian and Rebecca Stebbing and the late Madison Spence. Visiting at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road (Overlea) on Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. Interment Parkwood Cemetery.

On August 13, 2003 MARTIN SADE of Pasadena, MD, beloved father of Sherry Sade-Pietila, Mark Sade and Lisa Sauder; dear brother of Vaino Sade, Lillian Alcorn and Tina Phelps. Also survived by five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Friends may call at the BARRANCO AND SONS P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME Ritchie Highway at Robinson Rd. on Monday from 6 to 9 P.M. Burial-private.

Baltimore police officials credited one of their sharpshooters with saving the lives of two children who were held hostage until the marksman shot their captor early yesterday -- just as he tried to place a gun in the mouth of a 2-year-old girl.The sharpshooter "saved that baby's life," said police spokesman Sam Ringgold. "He had a split second where he had a chance to save the child's life, and he acted. The man could be heard saying to the child, 'Open your mouth.' "The four-hour standoff at the Edmondale Apartments near Edmondson Village ended about 1:30 a.m., shortly after the marksman -- whom police refused to identify -- shot Keith Princeton Brown, 28, in the neck from about 100 feet away.

What image becomes a singer most?How much should style shape the way music is presented in a video? Should sex appeal and glamour be allowed to overshadow musicianship? And which is more important -- the band's performance or the song's story line?Those are a few of the questions that spring to mind while watching "Life Promise Pride Love" (Epic Music Video), the new compilation video from Sade. Because even though they weren't intended as such, the 14 clips collected offer a revealing glimpse into how Sade Adu managed to evolve from chic puppet to credible musician over the course of her four albums.

Sade Baderinwa came into Edie House's life when she was 4. House remembers the little girl's navy blue and red dress with white piping, her saddle shoes and Afro. Sade couldn't pronounce House's name. She called her "Edick." Soon enough, though, the child would ask, "Edick, can I call you Mom?" Today, Baderinwa, a WBAL anchor, is on the threshold of a promising television career. Proudly watching from home is House, former WBAL anchor and public affairs manager. As a child, Baderinwa spent many hours with House in the television newsroom.

Today, Sade Baderinwa finds out if nine weeks of training has paid off. The past nine Thursday evenings, the WBAL-TV morning and noon news anchor has joined bunches of other women at Polytechnic High School for training sessions preparing them for today's Avon Walking and Running event. "I'm not a runner, but I got into this because I wanted to get in shape," Sade says. "I was going to the gym, but I wanted to do something that's fun." Sade's "fun" started out in "beginning walking" -- one of four training groups Avon folks set up at the Thursday sessions.