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Student Writers Celebrated, Pulitzer Nominees and All Creative Marylanders in Between: Patch Features the Best in Local Arts
Covering all things artsy in schools, books and even kitchens, Patch was everywhere you wanted to be, reporting arts events this week.
Whether you’re a bold local band, a first-time book binder or a French baker, you can find art all around Patch. So indulge your inner aficionado with the following Week in Regional Arts.
Three of her books have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. Her literary works have garnered widespread acclaim. One of her novels was even transformed into a movie. This weekend you can hear author Alice McDermott read for an audience in Columbia, but in the meantime you won’t want to miss Patch’s Q & A with the notable literary figure. Check it out on Columbia Patch.
Second and third-grade writers had the opportunity to experience all phases of book production, including the party, when the students at Emmanuel Lutheran School created the writing and accompanying illustrations in their bound hard-back book, Once Upon a Family. From a trip to Sea World to the story of a grandfather wounded in WWII, students shared parts of their families with each other and the audience in this instant classic, which has been donated to the Catonsville and Woodlawn branches of the Baltimore County Public Library. Before you run out to pick up your copy, be sure to visit Catonsville Patch to learn more.
Almost a year after the premier of their first album “So Close” at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Left Stronger returns to center stage to perform their track that was chosen as the theme song for a new reality television show, "Good Fellas." Opening for music groups Eye of All and Rosabella, you can find out more about this local band on Eldersburg Patch.
Residents may be familiar with the smell and flavor of freshly-baked treats, but few Savage Mills patrons have seen the overnight work that goes into the offerings available at Bonaparte Breads. In this installment of “Day in the Life,” local editor Brian Hooks goes behind the scenes to uncover the science of bread making and learns it’s just as much about timing and passion as raw ingredients. Enjoy the on Savage-Guilford Patch.
Reisterstown native and trumpet player Adam Schuman explains the internal dissonance that can occur in leisure musicians as opposed to those who only play-when-paid. Here he offers advice on how to reconcile the two and shares his own experience in this week’s Rockin’ in Reisterstown column, found on Reisterstown Patch.