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Cove Point Lighthouse to open for overnight accommodations

Flappers and molls, zoot-suiters and swells resurrected the Roaring ’20s at Calvert Marine Museum’s Bugeye Ball. Over 200 museum supporters styled and gambled, drank, danced and devoured the cuisine of Ken Upton’s Creative Kitchen Annapolis. Their good time means you and your family can book a weekend this summer at the Cove Point Lighthouse Inn, pretending you’re the family of keepers who kept the light shining for 184 years, starting with James Somervile.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 3/8/12

Moving History

Antiques may yield arts center — someday

Dale Thomas, proprietor of Nice & Fleazy Antiques in North Beach for 42 years, is in the early stages of planning his exit from the densely packed store that’s a must-stop on every antiquer’s list. “I have made it quite public for a long time that I think this would make a perfect center for performing arts,” says Thomas. “But as for anything immediate, it is not.”

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 2/2/12

A Bright — Green — New Future for the Smithsonian on the Chesapeake

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater breaks ground on a new high-tech lab

There’s a new Smithsonian going up. Instead of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this Smithsonian is rising out in the country southeast of Edgewater.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 5/19/11

Morsels of Sustenance

In lean times, two Annapolis black history memorials win much-needed state support

In these times of withered wallets and skeletal budgets, African-American history has scored in state money. Two Annapolis landmarks — the Alex Haley-Kunta Kinte Memorial at City Dock and the Maynard-Burgess House on Duke of Gloucester Street — are slated for money toward renovations and repairs. Their $36,000 and $100,000 respectively are fractions of fractions of the state’s $425 million budget proposal for Anne Arundel County.

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– by Matt Driscoll – 2/24/11

Black History On a Street Where You Live

A neighborhood walk can be a history lesson

In honor of Black History Month, Bay Weekly tracks down unsung African Americans behind some street signs. In our capital, many streets are footprints for the African American communities that developed in the late 1800s.

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– by Diana Beechener – 2/24/11

The Power of Water and Wind

Olde Severna Park turns a brighter shade of green

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– by Katie Dodd – 5/27/10

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

How One Bayside Community Tries to Balance Green Value with Coastal Preservation in the 21st Century

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– by Bonnie Lefkowitz – 5/27/10

Eternal Father Strong to Save x Herndon?

Is there a message in the Naval Academy’s challenge to the traditional rite of passage?

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– by Jane C. Elkin – 5/27/10

-Sneak a Peek-

Once a year, Hammond Harwood House opens the gates to the capital city’s secret gardens — and invites you to look inside

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– by Margaret Tearman – 6/3/10

Rock the Casbah

This weekend’s final First Sunday is your last chance to join the fusion of community and arts

From May through October, the First Sunday Arts Festival transforms inner West Street into an Annapolitan Casbah. Wandering down West Street, you find the normally high-traffic thoroughfare empty of cars, replaced by dozens of artisans’ tents. Despite the weather — rain to swelter to who knows what — swarms of people stroll the brick road, admiring the treasures on display. From earrings made of bottlenecks to children’s storybooks to paintings to decorative shutters, the selection covers art of many shapes and sizes.

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– by Katie Dodd – 9/30/10