Singer

Susan Singer and her husband, Stephen Schulhoff, have been bringing nice things to Fells Point for about 10 years now, starting in 1997 when Singer opened a little retail home-furnishing store called Shades of Light. That business morphed into the big home-furnishing store Eclectic Elements, in its new South Broadway location since last year. In October, Schulhoff opened Eclectic Cafe and Creperie in an area carved out of the rambling retail space. Poor:]

OK, so it isn't Paris. This city -- one of two European Cultural Capitals for 2007 and capital of the richest per-capita-income country on the planet -- is pretty nice. Like all worthwhile European cities, this is a center of commerce -- but also a city of beautiful fruit stands and pastry shops, of historic churches and requisite statues and back streets worth poking around in, and of outdoor places to sip a cup of coffee or a glass of wine or a local brew while furtively enjoying the passing scenery.

78 Ed Asner Actor 75 Petula Clark Singer 67 Sam Waterston Actor 50 Kevin Eubanks Tonight Show band leader 37 Jack Ingram Country singer

Smoking issue swirls in Miami airportThe June issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine is back on newsstands at Miami International Airport after authorities rescinded a ban issued last week. The magazine was taken off the shelves because its cover featured pictures of Fidel Castro and Bill Clinton with the headline, "Is It Time to End the Embargo?" "We don't want to be part of enhancing Castro's government," said airport spokesman Hernando Vergara. The ban was lifted after the American Civil Liberties Union threatened to sue, and Miami Mayor Alex Penelas ordered the magazine placed on sale again, saying its removal "goes against some of the very principles which make this nation the free society it is."

Amanda Kinsley and Daniel Singer woke up yesterday morning regular teen-agers, 18-year-olds with untucked shirts, rambunctious personalities and, well, hair.But while their friends set off on vacation fun, high school graduation fresh on their minds, these two Howard County teens stepped wide-eyed, silent and a little pale into the crowded lobby of the Naval Academy's Alumni Hall, into a strange new world.From 6 a.m., Kinsley and Singer, with 1,224 peers in the Naval Academy's incoming class, went through a six-hour metamorphosis that is the institution's legendary induction procedure.

Back then, when he came with his young wife and daughter to live in a little New Jersey town, Frank Sinatra wasn't "Chairman of the Board." He was a skinny boy singer, just starting to lay the foundation of his enduring show-business legend.In the 1940s, Sinatra, who died Thursday at 82, was "The Voice," the kid from Hoboken who had the bobby-soxers screaming and swooning in the aisles at the Paramount Theater on Times Square in New York.In 1941, he was named the country's most popular vocalist.

When Betty Carter died last Saturday at age 68 of pancreatic cancer, jazz lost more than just a great vocalist. It lost some of the essence of jazz singing itself.It's not a loss the average listener is likely to notice, sad to say, for Carter never achieved the sort of fame enjoyed by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan or Nancy Wilson. Indeed, there were many outside the jazz world who never heard her, or even heard of her.Those others, after all, managed to cross over into the world of pop, occasionally even cracking the Top 40. Fitzgerald was famous enough to do TV commercials, and even listeners born years after the Big Band era knew the likes of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket."

In an emotion-packed 50 minutes of testimony, Ruthann Aron's mother told of a cycle of pain and abuse that began with her own alcoholic father and ended with her daughter's tumultuous marriage."

The new head of Health Care for the Homeless Inc., a kind of downtown Baltimore MASH unit, contends homelessness in Maryland is getting worse because poverty is getting worse."

Folk singer Doris Justis and her band will have an album release party and sing songs from their new compact disc, "Who to Turn To," at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Baldwin's Station and Pub in Sykesville.Justis, a folk singer for 25 years, sings originals as well as traditional songs with new arrangements. Tickets are $10.Also at Baldwin's, folk-blues guitarist and singer Brooks Williams will perform at 8 p.m. June 10. Tickets are $12.A special children's concert and dinner with Sue Trainor and Sue Ribaudo will be held at 4 p.m. June 14. "Sue and Sue" encourage audience participation in their songs and stories.

Mandy Moore weds rocker Ryan Adams Mandy Moore is a married woman. Publicist Jillian Fowkes confirms the actress-singer and her fiance, rock musician Ryan Adams, tied the knot Tuesday in Savannah, Ga. No details were provided. The 24-year-old Moore confirmed her engagement to Adams last month. Brown drops out There won't be any awkward Chris Brown moment at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards - the embattled pop star has withdrawn his name from the ballot. A petition had been circulated to take his name off the ballot, but Nickelodeon said Tuesday that he was still on it. Yesterday, Brown, who is accused of attacking his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, decided to take his name out of consideration.

If Brown wins award, maybe he'll get slimed Nickelodeon says it has no plans to remove Chris Brown as a nominee for its annual Kids' Choice Awards, despite the singer's felony charges for allegedly beating up his girlfriend, Rihanna. Brown is nominated for favorite male singer and favorite song. An online petition asking Nickelodeon to remove Brown and Rihanna as nominees had 2,166 signatures yesterday. Nickelodeon says Brown was nominated for his work as a performer, and kids will decide who wins at the March 28 show.

A week ago today, the street outside El Rancho Grande was cold and quiet. But inside the cozy one-room cafe, acoustic music from three remarkable singer/songwriters warmed the small crowd. Hot tea and coffee helped, too. When El Rancho Grande opened last year, it held shows on a sporadic basis. But in the past few months, the cafe has beefed up its live-music lineup and started to find its footing as an intimate venue for regional and local musicians. Last Thursday's show was a perfect example: Ellen Cherry, Rob Thorworth and David Glaser gave impressive, stripped-down performances over the course of a couple of hours.

Moore, Kutcher and array of celebrities commit themselves to service Before a crowd of hundreds of activists, educators and politicos at a Washington high school Monday, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher unveiled a Web video directed by Moore called The Presidential Pledge, in which an array of celebrities make service commitments ranging from using fewer plastic bottles to, as Kutcher stated, "always representing my country with pride and dignity."...

In the beginning, city officials asked these homeless activists if they could avoid calling attention to themselves: no high-visibility signs or big lettering at the front door of the old bank building they had rented. This was back in the day when critics of help for the homeless had a kind of reverse Field of Dreams view of things: If you don't build a refuge, they said, maybe they won't come. If you don't address the problem, in other words, maybe it'll go away. The lettering on the window outside the old Equitable Bank Building at 111 Park Ave. still doesn't demand attention.

For years, local country singer Caity Lynn Fisher performed around Baltimore and dreamed of moving to Nashville, Tenn. But her plans to leave her home in Glen Burnie and head west with musical partner Jennifer Van Meter kept getting waylaid. This spring, Fisher finally made it to Music City to compete on the TV show Can You Duet. On the reality show, created by the producers of American Idol, several teams of two singers vie for a chance to win a record deal with Sony BMG. The next episode airs at 8 p.m. tomorrow on CMT. Fisher and Van Meter played in the local country and folk group Eighty1South for nearly seven years.

71 Don Everly Singer 66 Terry Jones Comedian 40 Lisa Marie Presley Singer 40 Pauly Shore Comedian 33 Big Boi Rapper

67 Bobby Goldsboro Singer 53 Kevin Costner Actor-director 39 Jesse L. Martin Actor 37 Jonathan Davis Rock singer 28 Jason Segel Actor

83 Grant Tinker Producer 62 Naomi Judd Country singer 37 Mary J. Blige Singer 36 Marc Blucas Actor 36 Amanda Peet Actress

64 Frank Sinatra Jr. Singer 63 Rod Stewart Singer 59 George Foreman Boxer 55 Pat Benatar Singer 28 Sarah Shahi Actress