Features (People)

Article - People; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 4/26/12

Backstage at Bay Theatre Company

The curtain rises four times a year, but the drama never stops

Janet Luby, the woman behind Bay Theatre Company, is a little surprised to see her brainchild reach double digits. It’s not as if she expected her effort to bring professional theatre to Annapolis to fail. “The idea of its not working out didn’t even factor in,” she says. “Anything is possible.” In Bay Theatre Company’s 10 years, most anything that could happen, did. I Do! I Do! The first eight...

Article - People; by Lisa Edler Knoll - 4/19/12

A Cake to Grow On

Bay Weekly’s uber birthday cake was generously provided by confectionary phenom Christopher Yapur of Select Confections in Annapolis. In business since 2010, Yapur combines his self-taught baking talents with artistic flare creating custom cakes and cupcakes, while also catering. At a mere 24 years old, Yapur has honed his sweet craft of ice cream-making and baking, opening dozens of Coldstone Creamery’s. The South River...

Article - People; by Heather Boughey - 4/19/12

Little Actions, Big Effects

Changing the world begins with small steps even a third grader can manage

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. –Dr. Seuss: The Lorax Sitting on the floor of her classroom at Eagle Cove School, surrounded by third graders, Vicki Dabrowka doesn’t look like the green warrior she is. Her campaign begins with deceptively small steps. Every Friday, her third graders collect empty Capri Sun packages from the other classrooms in the elementary school...

Article - People; by Diana Beechener - 3/15/12

Women’s Work

Actress Mary Ann Jung breathes life into women’s history

It’s business as usual at the Pasadena Senior Center, until Mary Ann Jung walks in waving a knife. “Julia Child presents the chicken sisters,” Jung trills in Child’s unmistakable accent. Whipping the coverlet off a table, she reveals raw chickens of several sizes. Jung is not deranged; she’s a performer. Jung travels along the East Coast and further, impersonating famous women in her popular History Alive! shows at senior...

Article - People; by Katie Dodd - 3/8/12

Running Against the Odds

One in a thousand on the B&A Trail Marathon

Sunday, March 4, a thousand men and women lined up to run the Annapolis Striders’ B&A Trail Marathon. Among them, 71-year-old Minnesotan Don Wright stood poised to begin his 63rd marathon in 44 states. Only six states stand between Wright and his goal to complete a marathon in all 50 states. Wright is training, traveling around the country and completing several marathons every year, as he has been for the last eight years — while fighting...

Article - People; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 3/8/12

Cooking Up Quite a Reputation

James Barrett of Westin Annapolis is up for Maryland Chef of the Year What does it take to be Maryland’s Chef of the Year? A concoction like this: The broth is daffodil yellow, screaming of spring, contradicting the misconception that chicken and dumplings is reserved for the cold of winter. Instead of big risen pillows, the dumplings are clever little Italian gnocchi. The geometrical cuts of chicken, moist all the way through, have seared...

Article - People; by Diana Beechener - 2/23/12

On the Other End of the Leash

Teen Ania Kelly knows how to handle herself in the big show

At 16, Ania Kelly has already mastered the art of the leash. The Dunkirk teen took top prize in the Junior Showmanship competition at this year’s 136th Westminster Dog Show, pairing with her English cocker spaniel Wizard to best over 100 competitors. A five-time veteran of Westminster, Kelly is a third-generation handler. “My grandma originally started showing dogs,” says the Southern High School student. “We breed and show Vizslas...

Article - People; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 2/9/12

Local Lives ... Jennie Grimm

AnnapolisVIP combines good living and good deeds

Live the life you love for less is the slogan for Jennie Grimm’s Annapolis VIP card. The $30-per-year card gives you unlimited access to discounts at more than 50 merchants in Anne Arundel County. Food and drink are the biggest category, with others including kids, pets, health and fitness. Browse them all at VIP’s website: www.AnnapolisVIP.com. Food discounts vary from 10 percent off lunch and 15 off dinner (Lemongrass) one breakfast paid,...

Article - People; by Bay Weekly - 2/9/12

Love Stories

Seven couples tell their stories, from meeting to happily ever after

How have the outspoken Bay Gardener and his sweetly strong-willed Clara managed to reach the milestone of 50 years of marriage? Indeed, how does any of us meet our mate, choose the right one and make the miraculous partnership of marriage endure? To answer that question, I challenged Bay Weekly writers to find and interview couples celebrating marital milestones. Facebook mod Diana Beechener also posted the question. As you read our Love Stories, remember: It could have been...

Article - People; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 2/2/12

Preserving History

Local author recognized for definitive Annapolis book

Jane McWilliams has won the Maryland Historical Trust’s 2012 Maryland Preservation Award for Excellence in Media and Publications for her 478-page book Annapolis, City on the Severn: A History. “It is the first comprehensive history of Annapolis from settlement in the mid-17th century to modern-day maturity and the only one to fully reference the sources used,” according to the Trust. McWilliams knows her subject by experience as well as...