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Johns Hopkins University to create new center for gun violence research and prevention
As a grim trend of gun violence continues across the country, two organizations at Johns Hopkins University dedicated to gun violence research and prevention will merge to form a new center at the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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John Waters on current film series at The Charles Theatre: ‘My trash epics are still screening in Baltimore’
The 50th anniversary of “Pink Flamingos” last March prompted cinemas around the country to show John Waters’ films in theaters again – and not just at midnight. But arguably no theater owner has done more recently to celebrate Waters’ movies with in-person showings than the Charles Theatre in Baltimore. Last month, the Charles presented six […]
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John Waters puts himself up for auction, again; gets a publication date for the paperback version of his latest book; and more.
For those who missed the chance to win a date with writer and filmmaker John Waters over the last two years, another opportunity is coming up. After leading a tour of sex haunts in Provincetown in 2021, and cooking up a “Dinner at the Dump” last summer, Waters is back with a “Soiree at the […]
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John Waters retrospective ‘Pope of Trash’ will open in Los Angeles in 2023
Writer and filmmaker John Waters has a museum exhibition opening in Baltimore in November. Now he has a museum exhibition opening next year in Los Angeles as well.
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Maryland colleges and universities welcome graduation season with esteemed list of commencement speakers
As Maryland’s graduating students prepare to walk across the stage, Baltimore Fishbowl has compiled a list of this year’s commencement speakers, including political leaders, journalists, artists, and others.
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Little Dorritt in Greektown
This is a real bedtime story, the kind you listen to. The person reading to me lays on the next pillow. She’s a stranger, a voice on a smart phone dialed to a literary website. Her name is Mil Nicholson, a British actress adept in a range of accents and voices male, female, old, young, […]
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John Waters news: Dates for museum retrospective and Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony; ‘Pink Flamingos’ named one of the ‘100 Greatest Movies of All Time’; new spoken-word shows.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles this week disclosed the dates and details for its major retrospective of the career of Baltimore writer and filmmaker John Waters, an exhibit that has been in the works for months but was never officially announced.
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For his next movie role, John Waters would like to play a talking penis
Writer and filmmaker John Waters said he wants to play a character’s free-spoken phallus in the film adaptation of his “Liarmouth” novel.
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Release of Adnan Syed focuses attention on Maryland wrongful prosecutions
By Abby Zimmardi and Shannon Clark, Capital News Service Attorney Erica Suter recalled the disbelief in the voice of her high-profile client, Adnan Syed, the subject of the viral podcast “Serial,” when the judge told him he was being released from prison after 23 years for a murder Syed says he did not commit. “At […]
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Towson house from John Waters’ ‘Serial Mom’ goes up for sale
The residence for sale in Towson has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a two-car garage on a half-acre lot near a golf course. And it was purportedly the home of a serial killer. The house at 600 Lake Drive was used as the home of Beverly Sutphin, the knife-wielding homemaker portrayed by Kathleen Turner in […]
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The Biggest Baltimore Stories of 2022
There was no shortage of major news in Baltimore in the past year. Our city garnered national attention for events both wondrous and woeful. From the deadliest day ever for the city fire department, to the debate over what to do about confrontations between squeegee workers and motorists, to a new generation of political leadership […]
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John Waters and Mink Stole featured in new Calvin Klein ad campaign
Writer and filmmaker John Waters was the face of Nike in 2019. He modeled for Saint Laurent in 2020. This year, nothing comes between Waters and his Calvins, as he and best friend Mink Stole appear in a new ad campaign for Calvin Klein Inc.
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John Waters is cooking up a formal dinner for 10 – at the Provincetown Dump
Filmmaker John Waters doesn’t like to repeat himself, in movies or anything else. So when the Provincetown Film Society asked him to donate an item to include in its fundraising auction this year, Waters didn’t want to contribute what he did last year – a guided tour of sex haunts in Provincetown.
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Maryland General Assembly closes 2022 session with sweeping legislation
By Logan Hill Capital News Service — The 2022 Maryland General Assembly wrapped up late Monday with lawmakers pushing a handful of bills across the finish line just before the deadline at midnight Tuesday, although most of the major legislation had already passed in time for an override of a potential veto. The new laws, […]
