 | The Lawyer's Lawyer by James Sheehan Jan 18th 2013, 22:50 Here's a dilemma for a lawyer: A serial killer was convicted of a murder and locked up. Now, 10 years later, it comes out that he was framed. The victim's knife wounds were caused by a narrow stiletto, not the wide Bowie knife that must have been planted at the scene by the police and was later introduced as evidence by the prosecution. Read full article >>   | | On 'Hairspray's' 25th anniversary, 'Buddy Deane' Committee looks back Jan 18th 2013, 18:20 If you were a teenager in Baltimore in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you watched "The Buddy Deane Show." When the final bell rang you sprinted home from school, saddle shoes smacking the sidewalk, knee socks sliding down your shins, until you skidded to a stop in front of your black-and-white TV and turned to WJZ Channel 13 to watch Maryland's answer to "American Bandstand." Chances are you wanted to be on "The Buddy Deane Show," whose stars were ordinary teens turned local celebrities. The Committee, as they were known, could do all the hot dances of the day: the Madison, the mashed potato, the pony. Faced with pressure to integrate the show, something the station (and some Committee members' parents) refused to allow, WJZ canceled Buddy Deane in 1964. ¶ Most people probably would've forgotten about "The Buddy Deane Show" ages ago had it not been immortalized by John Waters in his 1988 movie, "Hairspray." In honor of the 25th anniversary of "Hairspray," the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is staging a concert production of the musical this week, narrated by Waters and featuring a full orchestra and vocalists. We rounded up Waters and almost 20 of the original Deaners and asked a handful to recount their days as the most famous kids in Charm City. Read full article >>   | | 'Pride and Prejudice' turns 200 — with events to mark the occasion Jan 18th 2013, 16:25 'We're expecting a mob," said Tara Olivero, curator of special collections and archives at Baltimore's Goucher College. "Something for everyone who loves Jane Austen, we hope." Jan. 28 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Austen's masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice," the romantic novel spun around the love-angst of privileged country gentry in Regency era of England. While universities worldwide are gearing up to remember the novel's anniversary, Goucher is planning "Pride and Prejudice: A 200-Year Affair," a lighthearted celebration of the book and author that will probably appeal to ordinary readers as well as hard-core "Janeites" — the sometimes-dismissive term used to describe Austen fans. Read full article >>   | | Kennedy Center offers 'sensory-friendly' concerts for children with special needs Jan 18th 2013, 16:23 The children do not know that the music is about war, yet they stomp along with the fury. A young boy shakes his hands as though they have caught fire, keeping tempo with the violin's shrieks. A girl in a pink romper, no older than 6, jumps to her feet to conduct from the 12th row. And at the abrupt end, the children wail without inhibition, because this is how one feels after hearing Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet; this is how one feels when dropped from its dizzying pull. And when children with autism or special needs feel something inside, they often express themselves with movements and sounds. Read full article >>   | | Rachel Barton Pine tackles Paganini's 24 Caprices Jan 18th 2013, 15:34 Was Niccolo Paganini — that spectacular violin virtuoso of the early 19th century — the world's first rock star? The wild hair, the bad-boy mystique, the run-ins with the law, even the rumored devil worship — Paganini virtually invented the debauched-celebrity lifestyle, and lived it so intensely he makes modern rockers look like simpering ballerinas. He canceled sold-out concerts, led a depraved sex life (even after all his teeth were removed in 1828, he was still besieged by groupies), gambled away his money and perfected the gaunt, tormented-artist look — down to the all-black outfits he wore onstage. Read full article >>   | |
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