Section: ENT http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/ENT ENT stories from The Capital Newspaper at HometownAnnapolis.com. en Copyright (c) 2009, Capital Gazette Communications Inc., Annapolis, MD 21401 Fri, 06 Nov 09 17:28:02 +0000 nlundskow@capitalgazette.com (Editor, New Media) technician@hometownannapolis.com (HTA Technicians) <![CDATA[People in the News]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_06-16/ENT Sullenberger to lead Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. - Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has been named the grand marshal of the 121st Tournament of Roses parade.

Sullenberger will ride a flower-festooned float in the New Years' Day parade, themed "2010: A Cut Above The Rest."

He'll also toss the coin before the 96th Rose Bowl Game hosted by Citi, which will feature two of the top college foo...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_06-16/ENT <![CDATA[Take a step back in history]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-05/ENT ]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-05/ENT <![CDATA[Child's Play: Explore the genius of Da Vinci at science center]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-27/ENT  

The brilliance of da Vinci from aeronautics to medicine, artistry to weapons of war - all on display in this extraordinary exhibition's first visit to the East Coast in only the third venue in the United States.

Included ...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-27/ENT <![CDATA[Dining Out: Chef Kinkead's Hell Point is simply Heavenly]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-07/ENT ]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-07/ENT <![CDATA[Music Box: Catch some smooth jazz tomorrow night at Rams Head On Stage]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-02/ENT He's been a stalwart on the smooth jazz scene for two decades and displayed his chops on releases by Anita Baker, Atlantic Starr, Olivia Newton-John, The Temptations, Maurice White and many others. He can play just about any instrument and claims President Barack Obama among his legion of dedicated fans. As an actor Ger...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-02/ENT <![CDATA[After Dark: This weekend jam-packed with great music, art]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-04/ENT ]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-04/ENT <![CDATA[Movie Review: 'Men Who Stare at Goats' stumbles]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-03/ENT The lightweight satire, based on a nonfiction book by British journalist Jon Ronson, is a sort of New Age "Catch-22." It recounts a period in the 1980s when senior officials in the U.S. military, the intelligence services and Washington began to bel...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-03/ENT <![CDATA[Movie Review: 'Christmas Carol' tugs at the heart]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-06/ENT But like those earlier films, and certainly to a greater degree given the pathos, warmth and wit of the story, "A Christmas Carol" lacks and needs - desperately - that human touch.

That cinematic literalist Robert Zemeckis, who in Forrest Gump had a character say "I'm going to San Francisco" and then scored the scene with the pop song "If You're Going to San Francisco," gives us Dic...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-06/ENT <![CDATA[Behind the Microphones]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-01/ENT THURSDAY, Nov. 5]

CASTLEBAY IRISH PUB AND RESTAURANT, 93 A Main St., Annapolis. Mixed Business, 9 p.m. 410-626-0165.
] Ebb Tide Tavern, 985 Bay Ridge Road, Annapolis. Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. 410-263-5000.
] 49 WEST CAFÉ, 49 West St., Annapolis. Rob Levit Group, 8:30 p.m.-midnight. 410-626-9796.
] Middleton Tavern, 2 Market Space, Annapolis. The Waffles, 9:30 p.m. 4...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_05-01/ENT <![CDATA[Beachcombing more than meets the eye]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_04-31/ENT Beachcombing is not just for retired guys with metal detectors in hand, searching the sands for hidden coins, jewelry and other treasures.

It's also a hobby for those seeking sea glass, shark teeth, seashells or simply peace and quiet along the shore.

"It's such a growing niche. It's growing exponentially," said Deacon Ritterbush, a Bay Ridge resident and beachcombing expert who is organizing the first Intern...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_04-31/ENT <![CDATA[ASO presents 'Masks and Mysteries']]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_04-12/ENT For its fall concert offering on Friday and Saturday, the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra has chosen a program titled "Masks and Mysteries," an intriguing array of musical pieces that fit that title well.

The "Masks" part of the concert is represented by French composer Andre Caplet's "Conte Fantastique" based on Edgar Allan Poe's "Mask of the Red Death," while the rubric of "Mysteries&q...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_04-12/ENT <![CDATA[The Gallery: Holiday guests will be thankful for trip to galleries]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_01-31/ENT November already. I can't believe I'm thinking about the holidays. Truth be told, I'm thinking more about the holiday company, which is not a bad thing. I'm just a little more on edge because I have extended an invitation to my eldest daughter's beau, whom I've never met, to spend a portion of the Thanksgiving holiday with us. Of course, he might be chewing his nails over us too, but we'll deal with that.

My ...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_01-31/ENT <![CDATA[Arts agencies to get highest levels of funding in 16 years]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_01-62/ENT WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law soon.

Under the Interior Appropriations Bill passed Thursday by the House and Senate, both cultural agencies were slated to receive $167.5 million for the 2010 fiscal year. Last year's budget allocated ...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/11_01-62/ENT <![CDATA[Pizza: The perfect pie]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-06/ENT It's pizza, and it can be made in a million imaginative ways. There's New York style, Chicago style and even Austrailian style, sometimes served with prawns. There's deep-fried pizza, grilled pizza and, of course, baked, with thin crust, thick cr...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-06/ENT <![CDATA[After Dark: Get into spooky spirit with Halloween parties]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-05/ENT From stores to bars, restaurants to playgrounds, everyone seems to be in the spirit for a spooktacular holiday, especially because it falls on a Saturday this year. On any other day of the week, Annapolis throws a phenomenal Halloween party, but when it falls on a Saturday, there's no telling what can happen! On Saturday night, and even somewhat on Friday, site...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-05/ENT <![CDATA[Film about Facebook to shoot in Baltimore]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-21/ENT It's directed by David Fincher. His last film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," was originally slated to be made in Baltimore, but the production was m...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-21/ENT <![CDATA[Music Box: Avalon Theatre presents a special Halloween 'Radio From Downtown']]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-07/ENT This multidimensional show will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a presentation of another famous radio program first broadcast 71 years ago from the CBS radio studios in New York City: Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air's adaptation of H.G. Wells...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-07/ENT <![CDATA[Dining Out: At Kentmorr, there's something for everyone]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-04/ENT I decided to exercise my option to Phone A Friend. Similarly afflicted, the friend was more than happy to join me at Kentmorr (it's halfway between my home in Annapolis and my friend's home in Delaware) for a lovely meal that brightened our day cons...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-04/ENT <![CDATA[Child's Play: 'Camera's Muse' at Mitchell Gallery]]> http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-25/ENT An interpretative reading, opening reception and family program will be held Nov. 1, beginning at 2:30 ...

]]> unknown@hometownannapolis.com (Unknown) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/10_29-25/ENT