Shadows

She's America's Forgotten Sweetheart, a neglected figure from the early days of cinema whose movies are rarely seen, whose artistry is often dismissed as sheer popularity, whose reputation has been eclipsed by two men once viewed as her equals.It's about time Mary Pickford emerged from the shadows -- even if those shadows were largely of her own making. In her later years, Pickford didn't seem to give a lick what happened to her films, among the most loved movies of their time.Fortunately, the hole Pickford dug for her legacy is beginning to disappear.

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- All week, he was the guy no one paid attention to, the guy in the shadows, the guy everyone ignored in the rush to cheer for Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus and just about anyone else.Mark O'Meara? Who cared about him? He wasn't one of the young stars taking over the game. He wasn't an aging legend reaching for one more miracle.He was just a nice, middle-aged guy with a decent track record and more kids than hair. The kind of guy destined to come close, but only that, when it really mattered.

Baltimore will have to wait a little longer for the opening of the Heritage Shadows of the Silver Screen Museum & Cinema, which has been beset with financial difficulties since founder Michael Johnson started the project nearly a year ago.The museum and theater, which will showcase African-American films and movie memorabilia, was scheduled to open at 205 W. North Ave. as early as October.Most recently, it was scheduled to open Feb. 5 with a Dorothy Dandridge exhibit, screenings of "Porgy and Bess" and a visit from Sidney Poitier, who will be receiving a lifetime achievement award.

MY BABKA ONCE told me how everyone in Baltimore was her oldest friend, even before she came to America.A man who lived down the street in Highlandtown planted red geraniums between the cracks in the orange brick pavement. He let me pick them in the summer to fill the slim glass vases in my babka's parlor. Their petals drooped in September and clung to the crocheted curtains she had brought over from the old country.I walk with my mother down South Curley Street past the rows of white marble steps that gleam like melting snow.

CLEVELAND -- Both managers in the American League Championship Series would like to do away with afternoon games, the kind that drove hitters crazy Saturday because of poor visibility at home plate and also limited players in the field.The Orioles and Cleveland Indians combined for an LCS-record 33 strikeouts. Mike Mussina set an LCS record with 15 strikeouts, which Florida's Livan Hernandez tied yesterday -- in similar conditions -- in a Game 5 victory over Atlanta in the NLCS."I think 4 o'clock starts are bad for baseball," the Orioles' Davey Johnson said.

CLEVELAND -- It wasn't a game, it was a saga: 281 minutes of brilliance and blunders."The toughest game I ever played in," Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro said.It started in bright midday sunshine and ended in long evening shadows, in a stadium so silent you could hear a pennant drop.After 12 withering innings, the Orioles were the ones left standing as they celebrated one of the greatest triumphs in the franchise's 42-year history."We were dead in the ninth inning and we came back," Cal Ripken said.

Phil ReganOrioles managerHis five best teams ever:1. 1927 Yankees. "Murderers' Row," he said.2. 1961 Yankees. "They had a guy who hit 61 homers [Roger Maris] and a guy who hit 54 homers [Mickey Mantle]. They had just a tremendous defensive team. They had [Clete Boyer] at third, [Tony] Kubek at shortstop, Bobby Richardson at second base. Whitey Ford. I beat them twice that year [pitching for the Tigers] -- 4-2, in Detroit, and I think 8-3 in New York. We won 101 games that year, and they beat us."

Police logOakland Mills: 9400 block of Honeysalt Row: A burglar pried open a home's rear window screen and stole a videocassette recorder and radio headset Thursday.Owen Brown: 7000 block of Melting Shadows Lane: A red 1986 Pontiac Firebird with Maryland tags NRC 238 was stolen Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

On the field: Cleveland and the Orioles rank No. 1 and No. 2 in homers, respectively, in the American League. But there were no explosives in the first two innings, and one reason may have been the unusual shadows that crept across the field as the sun set. Starting pitchers Kevin Brown and Charles Nagy pitched the first two innings in sunlight, while the hitters were standing in shadow, making for very difficult hitting conditions.In the dugout: The batting average of catcher Chris Hoiles fell to .191 after he struck out twice and grounded out, and in the ninth inning, Orioles manager Phil Regan replaced him with pinch hitter Kevin Bass -- the first time this year Regan has yanked Hoiles.

The dunes stand starkbared by the rising sunBacklighted wavelets wash the shorein silent persistenceLeftover sand castles crumblemelt into the tideThe crispness of the early morningdefines with clarityRandom patches of shadedotting the vistas flee the infringing daylightOrganizations of slender reeds castlong wavering shadowsFading footprints still traceirregular paths dunewardSoaring gulls intonea mawkish serenadeCautious shore birds wade and peckin new...

$39.99 for Sony PlayStation 2. Rated Mature. *** Persona 4 is a heck of a lot like Persona 3, for better or worse. Players who liked that game's randomly generated dungeons and virtual-socializing aspects will find more of those to enjoy here, while players who didn't won't find much to interest them this time around. But for newcomers, there's a lot of potential here. (It's also worth noting that years after the PS2 was rendered technologically obsolete, great games are still being released for it, even if this is likely among the last of them.

The moon will rise over Baltimore just before 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Shortly after 10 p.m., astronomers say, it will be precisely full. As the third full moon after the vernal equinox, this is the Flower Moon, the Rose Moon or the Strawberry Moon. Luna is a terrific target for stargazers, especially through binoculars. But the moon's full phase is the worst time to look - too bright, too little contrast. Wait for a quarter moon or less, when long lunar shadows enhance details.

From the Renaissance to the mid-19th century, painting evolved to mimic the appearance of things in the real world ever more convincingly. But Modernism dispensed with the requirement of imitating nature and treated paintings as objects of pure contemplation. In Double-take: The Poetics of Illusion and Light, a lovely exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography and video at the Contemporary Museum, three artists invite us to contemplate the act of looking at artworks as an end in itself.

During the winter, temperatures aren't the only things that fall. In the winter months, the sun is lower in the sky, casting a long shadow on everything that the light touches. They may catch our eye from time to time, but usually we are more preoccupied. We walk and drive around, more worried about the light on other things. However, if we slow down a bit and look, the simplest of shadows can have a presence, an almost tangible form to be savored. At this time of year, with no roses to smell, perhaps we should stop and savor the shadows.

The Jagermeister Music Tour comes screaming into Rams Head Live on Tuesday night. Grammy-nominated hard rock act Stone Sour headlines the show. Featuring Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, Stone Sour is known for hits such as "Through Glass" and its melodic, driven style. Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil will also take the stage and promises a signing after every Jagermeister show. Also playing are metal and punk acts Shadows Fall and Unbroken. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tuesday for this all-ages show at Rams Head Live, 20 Market Place.

Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. must be wondering why current Gov. Martin O'Malley couldn't have made that gaffe last week when it would have benefited Ehrlich the most: during the gubernatorial campaign. Oh, you must have read about it. O'Malley was expressing his support of proposed legislation that would permit illegal immigrants to pay what legal residents of Maryland pay for tuition at state colleges and universities. The idea is controversial, but O'Malley has said he will sign the bill into law if the legislature passes it. And in so saying, he committed what might hold up as the gaffe of the year, if not the entire decade.

What is it like to be the chief executive of Maryland on any given day? Here's a sample from the "to-do" list: meet with staffers; hold two news conferences on contentious issues up for debate in the General Assembly; end the workday visiting the set of a hit HBO television series. Sagar Gupta, 18, a senior at River Hill High School, got to see a bit of that busy schedule this month as he spent a day shadowing Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. - and Gupta loved every minute of it. On Feb. 2, students shadowed public officials as part of the state's career and technology education program.

It's true; black is the new black again, but that is for clothes and clothes only. For your face, makeup has taken a decidedly more colorful turn this season, with the trendiest shades moving from safe choices (like taupes and pinks) to bold greens and funky purples. It may sound psychedelic, but the look is really pretty, particularly when done right. (Read: No Mimi from The Drew Carey Show). It also tells the world you're not afraid to play with your makeup or take yourself less than seriously.

Shakespeare's Macbeth is a play whose title character concocts and carries out his most heinous deeds in the dark. So it's especially fitting that shadows figure prominently in the new production at Washington's Shakespeare Theatre. In director Michael Kahn's eerie vision - augmented by designer Michael Chybowski's spectral lighting - the prophesying witches first appear in shadow behind a scrim of bare trees. Later, when Macbeth revisits the witches for further soothsaying, their predictions take the form of shadows.

Organizers of the Baltimore Washington JAZZfest want local residents to think of Columbia when they want to see live jazz. With the slogan "Jazz is alive on Route 175," the group has been expanding its venues for jazz performances since 1994. For the past two years, that has included concerts by regional talent on the first Thursday of every month in Columbia Town Center. "It's an attempt to keep jazz alive," said Doris Ligon, founder and director of the African Art Museum of Maryland in Columbia, which is the parent organization of JAZZfest.