Baltimore 365: The winter of 2012
The brainchild of The Sun’s Entertainment Content Editor Amanda Krotki, Baltimore 365* sprang forth in 2012 as a visual chronicle of a year in the life of our city. With our keen collective eye on local news, we began posting visually stimulating photos that best exemplified that day in Baltimore.
The following 13 photos are a sampling from the first 3 months of Baltimore 365. Among the diverse topics covered so far, the winter of 2012 saw unseasonably warm weather, the ups and downs of the Ravens, Orioles spring training and Elvis’s Birthday Fight Club.
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- Jan. 16: The robot slaps the hot dog with a rubber chicken at the Elvis Birthday Fight Club at Creative Alliance. (Colby Ware/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Jan. 25: A whooping crane tucks its head down to groom its plumage at the Patuxent Wildlife Research where whooping cranes, an endangered species, are being reared. (Amy Davis/Sun Photographer) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Jan. 30: Monique Cartier, left, and mother Shirley, of Bel Air, dressed as Bi-polar bears for the costume contest before the one o’clock plunge into the Chesapeake Bay during the 16th annual Maryland State Police Polar Bear plunge at Sandy Point State Park. The event has raised an estimated $19 million for Special Olympics Maryland over the past 15 years. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Feb. 3: For Groundhog Day, Amari, an African leopard at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, sticks her head in a box painted with a caricature of a groundhog. Two boxes, one marked “Spring” the other marked “Winter,” were placed with the animal. Amari attacked the winter box and enjoyed the spring one. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Feb. 10: Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs (55) salutes the crowd after a sack. Baltimore Ravens beat the Indianapolis Colts 24-10 at M&T Bank Stadium. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun, photo taken December 11, 2011 )
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- Feb. 15: Bride and groom, Holly Atwood, 18, and Steven Joseph, 21, of Conowingo hold hands as their wait for their turn to exchange wedding vows in the wedding chapel at the Baltimore County Courthouse on Valentine’s Day. The bride had a bouquet made of wooden roses, so that she could keep them forever. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Feb. 18: Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-30) gets a congratulatory thank-you kiss from Del. Heather R. Mizeur (D-19) while Dels. Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr (D-44) and Mary L. Washington (D-43) applaud after House Bill 438, the same-sex marriage bill, passed the house Fri, Feb. 17, 2012. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Feb. 26: Linda Stewart, an activist who tracks the city’s water billing, leans on one of two non-working water fountains in Violetville Park. Despite the fact that neither fountain works nor the concession stand, Stewart says the water bill for 3 months at the park was $9000. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Feb. 29: Janet Cunningham, right, and her daughter Erin were both born on leap days only 28 years apart. They are pictured holding special birthday cards from the same relative. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Mar. 6: The Oriole Bird acknowledges fans beneath the rising moon as dusk settles before the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the Grapefruit League season at Ed Smith Stadium. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Mar. 11: Actor James Franco answers questions from Johns Hopkins students and faculty after a screening of the film “The Broken Tower,” which Franco acted and directed. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Mar. 19: The 2012 Ravens Cheerleaders had their final tryout at the Model Performing Arts Center at the Lyric. #522 Leslie and #509 Alyssa both made the 2012 team. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
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- Apr. 5: Attorney Edward Smith Jr. and his client Mirlande Wilson (R), who claims she has won the Maryland Mega Millions. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun) BUY THIS PHOTO
*Please note: We know there are 366 days in 2012. February 29th was treated as a bonus day!
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