FEATURES
July 10, 2007
Exhibit Learn about Negro Leagues Go see the history of African-American baseball players from the 1800s to the 1960s in Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Baseball Leagues at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave. Hours today are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 410-563-7809 or go to ngbiwm.com. FYI Susan Reimer is on vaca tion. Her column returns July 29.
NEWS
By Kate Shatzkin | August 26, 1999
When a visitor descends into the depths of the Great Blacks in Wax Museum to take a look at its exhibit on lynching, the first sound often is silence.Then follow words like: "Oh, my God."Here is the lynching of Hayes and Mary Turner, re-created with life-size figures and oversized horror. Billie Holiday sings "Strange Fruit," a song about lynching, softly in the background.On a sweltering August day, in an East Baltimore neighborhood better known for decrepitude and drug-selling than tourism, a sea of children in the matching T-shirts of summer camp come from as far as New Jersey and New York to see searing images like these at Great Blacks in Wax.Now, with a large new Maryland African-American History museum planned for the heart of Baltimore's tourist district, the founders of the first black wax museum in the country are wondering just what their future will hold.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Karin Remesch | January 3, 1999
Mission: To stimulate an interest in African-American history by revealing the often-neglected facts of history; to use great leaders as role models to motivate youth; to improve race relations by dispelling myths of racial inferiority; and to support and work in conjunction with other nonprofit, charitable organizations seeking to improve the social and economic status of African-Americans. The museum - the first wax museum in Baltimore and the first in the nation dedicated to African-Americans - was established in 1983 by Drs. Elmer and Joanne Martin.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Sloane Brown | December 19, 1999
Dec. 26: Kwanzaa Celebration. Benefits Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Variety of entertainment, hors d'oeuvres, nonalcoholic drinks, gifts for children under age 12. Great Blacks in Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets at the door $5, $3 under 12. Call 410-522-9547.Dec. 26: "Christmas Extravaganza" black-tie ball. Benefits Baltimore Chapter of Continental Societies. Open bar, buffet dinner, dancing. Martin's West, 6817 Dogwood Road. 7 p.m. to midnight. Tickets $55. Call 410-788-1313 or 410-486-7989.
NEWS
January 3, 1998
Small-time arrests little cause for joyWere we supposed to be thrilled by the arrest of 39 people in police drug sweep operation? I wasn't. My room mate wasn't.In the past year in our Canton neighborhood, he's had his car window smashed three times and I've had my car broken into once as well. Nearly every night, I hear a car alarm in the distance. It happens so often that when the alarm went off in my roommate's car, we ignored it at first.When I hear that there was ''a police officer on every corner'' just to catch a few losers who have a drug problem, it makes me angry.
FEATURES
By HOLLY SELBY | August 30, 1998
A young docent finds confidence, and confusion, at the 0) Great Blacks in Wax MuseumHe knows they are wax. Five days a week, he sees the figures standing motionless and eloquent. He knows they are wax. But the stories the figures tell are so powerful that sometimes their images follow him home, turning his dreams into nightmares.William Redmond is 12 years old. Tuesdays through Thursdays for the past three summers, he has worked as a volunteer at the Great Blacks in Wax Museum interpreting exhibits, selling snowballs at the stand in front of the museum and working in the gift shop.
NEWS
By Sherry Graham | March 10, 1998
FINDING YOUR calling can be a major key to happiness, according to Eldersburg author Deborah Dasch.Dasch is the author of a new book, "Find Your Calling, Love Your Life -- Paths to Your Truest Self in Life and Work," published this month by Simon and Schuster."
NEWS
By Sherry Graham | March 4, 1997
DOZENS OF STUDENTS and visitors toured the Wax Museum at Freedom Elementary School last week. The "museum" is an annual presentation by third-grade students at the school and is the highlight of the February biography unit.The 150 students worked hard to learn all they could about the people they portrayed. Wonderful points of history were recalled as well as little-known details as the "wax" figures gave their brief speeches.Once again, Cal Ripken was featured in the world of sports, with students portraying coach Knute Rockne, skater Kristi Yamaguchi and hockey star Mario Lemieux also making fine presentations.
FEATURES
By Holly Selby | July 30, 1997
In the dim light, the first thing you see is a white slave trader tugging on a iron collar encircling a black woman's neck. He is pulling her closer so that he can brand her bare shoulder.You recoil, even though you know the life-size figures are wax. And you realize that this is not going to be your ordinary museum experience.This is the Great Blacks in Wax Museum, in a renovated fire station on the 1600 block of North Avenue. Rowhouses, some boarded up, surround the building. To the west sits the Eastern District Courthouse, a liquor store and a medical supply business.
FEATURES
By Chris Kaltenbach | October 31, 1996
Boo."Friends" (8 p.m.-8: 30 p.m., WBAL, Channel 11) -- Chandler's grate-on-your nerves girlfriend, Janice, asks a question that gets them all thinking about when they first got together (and were jTC only making $30,000 an episode). Look out, gang, it's flashback time. NBC."Diagnosis Murder" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- Dr. Sloan is nearly killed in a terrorist attack, but never fear: Guest star Tracey Gold is on hand to get to the bottom of all the nasty goings-on. CBS."Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WNUV, Channel 54)