Noel Ignatiev, a onetime factory worker who became a Harvard-trained scholar and advocate of eliminating what he considered arbitrary racial classifications and who published an academic journal with the slogan “treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity,” died Nov. 9 at a hospital in Tucso…
The A&E Social Feed is a real-time window into the local arts scene.
Elizabeth Knapp, an associate professor of English at Hood College, won the 2019 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize for her poetry collection “Requiem …
Most people know Meg Tilly as the Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress in 1985’s “Agnes of God.”
The Frederick County Public Libraries will no longer charge overdue fees on children’s materials, starting Oct. 1.
James Geary’s “Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works and Why We Need It” is a multifaceted work that explores an ill-defined but instantly reco…
NEW YORK — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” “Song of Solo…
Magic Warfield posed for a photo Tuesday afternoon with an orange Popsicle in one hand and a bright red card in the other.
Elizabeth Knapp, an associate professor of English at Hood College, won the 2019 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize for her poetry collection “Requiem with an Amulet in Its Beak.”
Most people know Meg Tilly as the Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress in 1985’s “Agnes of God.”
The Frederick County Public Libraries will no longer charge overdue fees on children’s materials, starting Oct. 1.
James Geary’s “Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works and Why We Need It” is a multifaceted work that explores an ill-defined but instantly recognizable subject.
NEW YORK — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” “Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88.
Magic Warfield posed for a photo Tuesday afternoon with an orange Popsicle in one hand and a bright red card in the other.
The only thing better than a good read is a good summer read, in my opinion.
SAN DIEGO — “Game of Thrones” may be over but the cast can’t seem to get away from stray coffee cups.
ROME — Author Andrea Camilleri, creator of the best-selling Commissario Montalbano series about a likable, though oft-brooding small-town Sici…
Have you ever wondered what a library director does? Or is that just me? Well if you ever wondered, keep reading because last week I spent an …
Frederick businessman George Delaplaine Jr.’s memoir begins in the winter of 1895 when his grandfather helped organize a collection of food fo…
SAN DIEGO — A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. …
BOSTON — Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the best-selling author of “Confederates in the Attic,” has died. He was 60.
The only thing better than a good read is a good summer read, in my opinion.
SAN DIEGO — “Game of Thrones” may be over but the cast can’t seem to get away from stray coffee cups.
ROME — Author Andrea Camilleri, creator of the best-selling Commissario Montalbano series about a likable, though oft-brooding small-town Sici…
Have you ever wondered what a library director does? Or is that just me? Well if you ever wondered, keep reading because last week I spent an …
Frederick businessman George Delaplaine Jr.’s memoir begins in the winter of 1895 when his grandfather helped organize a collection of food fo…
SAN DIEGO — A century-old tree with a long trunk and bushy branches that some believe was the inspiration for fictional Truffula trees in Dr. …
BOSTON — Tony Horwitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the best-selling author of “Confederates in the Attic,” has died. He was 60.
Two local authors spoke to an audience of about 70 people Thursday night about a book they recently published titled “German Immigrants, Ameri…
Two local authors spoke to an audience of about 70 people Thursday night about a book they recently published titled “German Immigrants, Ameri…
LONDON — Judith Kerr, a refugee from Nazi Germany who wrote and illustrated the bestselling “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” and other beloved chil…
Sometimes, in the course of our hectic lives, it’s easy to forget — or not even notice — the little things that make living in Frederick Count…
I got to celebrate a birthday for this week’s column, and that birthday was for a very important children’s book.
NEW YORK — David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a landmar…
The author of “The Book of Unknown Americans” discusses her best-selling novel and literary influences ahead of her Frederick Reads appearance.
The line of people started outside the bookstore and wrapped around East Patrick Street all the way down to the Carroll Creek parking garage. …
At the Curious Iguana’s next book signing, kids will get a chance to learn more about tigers, rhinos, and whales — and say hi to Chelsea Clinton.
WARSAW, Poland — Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including from the “Harry Potte…
It comes as no surprise that Curious Iguana, at 12 N. Market St., gained recognition by book lovers everywhere.
Sometimes, in the course of our hectic lives, it’s easy to forget — or not even notice — the little things that make living in Frederick Count…
I got to celebrate a birthday for this week’s column, and that birthday was for a very important children’s book.
NEW YORK — David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a landmar…
The author of “The Book of Unknown Americans” discusses her best-selling novel and literary influences ahead of her Frederick Reads appearance.
The line of people started outside the bookstore and wrapped around East Patrick Street all the way down to the Carroll Creek parking garage. …
At the Curious Iguana’s next book signing, kids will get a chance to learn more about tigers, rhinos, and whales — and say hi to Chelsea Clinton.
WARSAW, Poland — Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including from the “Harry Potte…
It comes as no surprise that Curious Iguana, at 12 N. Market St., gained recognition by book lovers everywhere.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy has spent much of his adult life crusading for the issues that are important to him and n…
Rachel Ingalls, an expatriate American writer who made her home in London, where she died March 6 at 78, was “not exactly a hermit,” she once …
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More than 400 of the nation's finest artisans display and sell their handcrafted work. On-go…
DUE TO RANDY OWEN'S ONGOING HEALTH ISSUES.
Operating layouts, food sales benefit the fire company. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at noon.…
Returning vendors and new vendors. Market will be open every Saturday 9-1, April 27-Nov 23.
Weather permitting. The commemoration features a luminary candle on all 3,512 Civil War sold…
The Frederick Woman's Civic Club, Inc. fundraiser for the preservation of historic Steiner H…
Journey through Frederick’s gruesome and bloody past. Nearly 300 years of war, executions an…
Capturing the music, spirit of the music and the musicians.
Bring a covered dish to share, if you are able to. Fun, fellowship and companionship for age…
Journey through Frederick’s gruesome and bloody past. Nearly 300 years of war, executions an…
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