Posterized: Maryland Film Festival, 1999-2013

Mar 26, 2013

Posterized: Maryland Film Festival, 1999-2013

Pete Sweigard 5 Comments Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Film Festival, Movies, Post Typography, Posters

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This post has been updated with the 2013 Maryland Film Festival poster, which was again designed by Post Typography. This year’s festival is May 8-12.

Originally published May 4, 2012: Before the lights go down and you settle in to watch your first film at the Maryland Film Festival, you’ve already seen them — the ubiquitous festival posters that pop up around Baltimore in the weeks leading up to the event. They’re “almost unavoidable,” says Bruce Willen of Post Typography, the Baltimore design studio that’s created the film festival posters the past two years. Willen, who heads Post Typography with longtime collaborator Nolen Strals, discussed the inspiration for this year’s poster, the design process and more in a Q&A with The Darkroom.

But wait, there’s more! To celebrate the 14th annual festival, which kicked off Thursday night and runs through Sunday, and the familiar posters we associate with the event, here’s a gallery featuring artwork from all the previous festivals, 1999-2012. How many posters do you remember? Which are your favorites?

The Baltimore Camera Club shares a passion for the image

Mar 22, 2013

The Baltimore Camera Club shares a passion for the image

Jerry Jackson 2 Comments Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Baltimore Camera Club, Maryland

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A selection of winning images from recent Baltimore Camera Club competitions.
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Mar 20, 2013

Picture This: March 20 in Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun 0 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, March 20, Maryland, Picture This, Spring

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From dinosaurs to pets and the Inner Harbor, here’s a random sampling of photos submitted by Sun readers that chronicle a day in the life of Baltimore. Click to view more submissions.

Maryland Ravens wheelchair basketball team

Mar 15, 2013

Maryland Ravens wheelchair basketball team

Gene Sweeney Jr. 0 Comment Maryland, Sports, The Baltimore Sun basketball, Maryland Ravens, Maryland Ravens wheelchair basketball, wheelchair

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The sport of wheelchair basketball is said to have been created in the 1940’s by U.S. disabled veterans returning from World War II. As many came home paralyzed from their war wounds, they needed an outlet and several sports became popular with the veterans.

Baltimore cobbler shutters his neighborhood store

Mar 8, 2013

Baltimore cobbler shutters his neighborhood store

Karl Merton Ferron 1 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun cobbler, Fayette Street, Jamaica, Kingston, Malcolm Spaulding, Malcolm's Shoe Repair, shoes

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The corner store seems innocuous enough; faded signs advertise above the crumbling plaster of a whitewashed exterior, which mask the flavor and heritage of photos, paintings and the warm smile of a man who still has a twinkle in his eye as he shares how proud he feels about having been a cobbler for 37 years.

Malcolm Spaulding, 66, received ten shillings to invest in the shoe repair service, trying to earn a living in his homeland of Kingston, Jamaica. He eventually moved to Baltimore, opening his business 37 years ago.

50 years of the Hula Hoop® in Baltimore and beyond

Mar 5, 2013

50 years of the Hula Hoop® in Baltimore and beyond

Nick Tann 0 Comment Maryland, World Artscape, Baltimore, Hula Hoop, street festivals, Thailand

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On March 5, 1963, Wham-O’s co-founder, Arthur “Spud” Melin patented the Hula Hoop® (U.S. Patent Number 3,079,728). However, the folks at Wham-O can’t technically claim to be the first to spin hoops around their midsections. For centuries, many cultures have been using hoops for exercise and religious ceremonies. It just so happens that the sock hoppin’ 50′s and the gyrating hips of a king meant the time was right for the toy makers to introduce their hoop en mass to the hip-shaking American youth. The first modern Hula Hoop was first marketed 1958 leading to hundreds of millions of units sold before Wham-O’s patent was even granted.

Mar 2, 2013

Notable sinkholes from around the globe

Michael Gold 1 Comment Maryland, Nation, World Baltimore, Beijing, China, Florida, Maryland, nature, Owings Mills, sinkhole, sinkholes

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Sinkholes are very much in the news this week after a Florida man disappeared into one that swallowed his bedroom while he was asleep on Thursday night. As of Saturday morning, rescue personnel continued searching for the man inside the hole that formed below his Tampa home.

To explore this geological phenomenon, we took a look at some of the more notable sinkholes to form worldwide, as well as a few that made headlines in Maryland in the last 10 years.

Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy

Mar 1, 2013

Brigade Boxing Championships at the Naval Academy

Lloyd Fox 1 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Alumni Hall, boxing, Brigade Boxing Championships, United States Naval Academy, USNA

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The United States Naval Academy is an institution rich in history and traditions. One of the lesser known is its storied background in boxing. Superintendent Admiral David Porter started the sport at the academy in 1865. The sport was initially treated as a casual recreation in the beginning.

Celebrating Chinese New Years, the Year of the Snake

Feb 22, 2013

Celebrating Chinese New Years, the Year of the Snake

Kenneth K. Lam 0 Comment Maryland, The Baltimore Sun Chinese New Year, Lion Dance, Port Discovery Children's Museum. China, Year of the Snake

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The people of China celebrate the New Year on the first day of the lunar calendar. Since it is also considered to be the first day of spring, the traditional 15-days long celebration is also called Spring Festival, where schools and shops are sometimes closed for up to a week.

According to folklore, a wild and mystical beast named “Nien,” the word for year, appears at the end of the year to feast on defenseless villagers and children. It was found that the beast could be scared away by loud noises and bright lights. Therefore the New Year tradition of lighting firecrackers, hanging of bright red “Chūnlián,” and wearing of new clothing in red or gold – the colors of good fortune and prosperity – was created.

Richard Stacks: Award winning Sun photographer

Feb 15, 2013

Richard Stacks: Award winning Sun photographer

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Archives, From the Vault, Maryland, Retrospective, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore Harbor, Barnum and Bailey, Colts, Druid Hill Park, Grace Turnbull, Hanover Street, Johnny Unitas, Lafayette Courts, Richard Stacks, Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey circus, The Baltimore Sun, Trafalgar Square, W. Layfette

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The Baltimore Sun has a rich history of great photographers and one of my personal favorites is Richard Stacks. His images are part art and part journalism. He is a master of light and composition and is able to maximize both qualities in his images.