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The annual Guy Fawkes celebration in Linthicum, Maryland, at the Center for Fawksian Pursuits is a legend in the Baltimore/DC area--and across the world. Here, Conrad Bladey explains how his research into the traditions of this quintessentially English celebration have breathed new life back into the Fifth of November back in southern England. This video features the torchlight parading of the Guy, the ritual burning of the Hastings wood, and the obligatory fireworks.

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In one of a series of talks about his books, best-selling author and editor Matt Lake introduces one of Delaware's strangest stories--the fate of Patty Cannon, the infamous crime boss of the early 19th century. The story is featured in Matt's second book in the Weird series, Weird Maryland. He also has stories from Weird Pennsylvania, Weird England, and the second Weird US book. This excerpt was filmed in the Tacony branch of the Philadelphia Free Library, Halloween 2009.

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According to Coleridge's friend William Wordsworth, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner was inspired while Coleridge, Wordsworth and Wordsworth's sister Dorothy were on a walking tour through the Quantock Hills in Somerset in the spring of 1798.The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), by Captain George Shelvocke. In the book, a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shoots a black albatross: We all observed, that we ...

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According to Coleridge's friend William Wordsworth, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner was inspired while Coleridge, Wordsworth and Wordsworth's sister Dorothy were on a walking tour through the Quantock Hills in Somerset in the spring of 1798.The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), by Captain George Shelvocke. In the book, a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shoots a black albatross: We all observed, that we ...

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According to Coleridge's friend William Wordsworth, the Rime of the Ancient Mariner was inspired while Coleridge, Wordsworth and Wordsworth's sister Dorothy were on a walking tour through the Quantock Hills in Somerset in the spring of 1798.The discussion had turned to a book that Wordsworth was reading, A Voyage Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), by Captain George Shelvocke. In the book, a melancholy sailor, Simon Hatley, shoots a black albatross: We all observed, that we ...

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Roald Dahl was probably best known for inventing the wild world of Willy Wonka, but he wrote dozens of books, many of which were as funny and charming and full of invention as anything involving Oompah Loompahs. The Twits are probably the most revolting of Dahl's literary creations. Here are the first few chapters from Dahl's book The Twits, with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Go to Amazon.com to get your own copy ofthe Twits. It's cheaper than Internet access, and twice as disgusting!...

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At the Poe Bicentennial in Baltimore on October 11, 2009, John Astin presided over the memorial service held in Edgar Allen Poe's honor. At the very end, he gave an impassioned reading of the poem El Dorado. This video, taken over the shoulders of people in the period mourning foliage, shows how the man who first played Gomez Adams back in the 1960s can still mesmerize a crowd.

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Merriweather Post Pavilion, August 31 2009

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Worth driving to Annapolis for on a Sunday night.

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A brief introduction to the mechanics of movie projection, showing what traditional film media looks like and how pictures synch up with sound. This movie was made as an introduction for foundation arts students at high school level.

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