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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Your Weekend: Obama Inauguration and Orioles FanFest

Here are some events happening around town during the holiday weekend.

Here's what's going on around town this weekend. Want to get out the word about your event or see what's happening near you? Just click Events at the top of this page. Friday Motown icon Smokey Robinson performs at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric. The pen is mightier than the sword, you say? Try out the latter with fencing lessons in Catonsville. Saturday Baltimore hosts its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. We're still more than two months off from the first pitch at Camden Yards, but help satisfy your hunger from some Orioles magic at the team's annual FanFest at the Baltimore Convention Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event includes demonstrations, discussion panels, merchandise and even a tour of the Orioles …

Monday, February 14, 2011

LIVE BLOG: Mr. President, We Barely Saw You

Send us your photos of the event by clicking "add photos" on this article or on our Photo Gallery.

12:44 p.m.  Parkville Patch reader Tonika Garibaldi submitted a great photograph of President Obama as he waved to onlookers who lined Hiss Avenue. If you waited outside, but missed the moment—Tonika captures it here perfectly. Thanks, Tonika!  11 a.m. Talk about a whirlwind visit. President Obama departed Parkville as quickly as he arrived. Some 50 minutes after his motorcade arrived along Hiss Avenue—with just a brief glimpse of the president waving behind his limousine's tinted windows—Obama was leaving the same way he came in. Well, at least it was an excuse to be outside in the nearly spring-like temperatures.  The local media was not allowed inside the school, but Obama was scheduled to meet with eighth-grade science students. He was…

Dale Chamberlain Cassidy

1:32 pm on Monday, February 14, 2011

The Presidents visit to Parkville Middle School was a wonderful event for the community. His visit exemplifies the need for continued educational growth for our young people. Thank you Mr. Presient   more ›

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