“Scary Godmother” (Mainframe Entertainment, $12.98 VHS, $16.98 DVD) comes to the rescue when little Hannah Marie is the victim of a prank. Can she help Hannah turn the tables and make Halloween fun for all? Now available. 48 minutes. “Finbar the Mighty Movie Star” (HIT Entertainment, $9.99 VHS, $14.99 DVD) discovers even famous action heroes [...]
Archive for October, 2004
DVD tricks, treats
Monday, October 11th, 2004Farm Fever
Monday, October 11th, 2004Where the fall excitement grows
Open season
Monday, October 11th, 2004A list of open houses at private and parochial schools
I’m with the band
Monday, October 11th, 2004High school musicians march away from old stereotypes
I’m with the BAND
Monday, October 11th, 2004In the quintessential 1980′s teen movie “The Breakfast Club,” the traditional high school caste system ultimately comes tumbling down. Cool or nerd? Jock or band geek? Two decades later, are the same questions still relevant? From the look of high school marching bands today, the answer seems to be no. At Mt. Hebron High School [...]
Undercover angels
Monday, October 11th, 2004Ginny Schardt and Jessica Cowling died of breast cancer within six weeks of each other in 2002. Schardt was 44 and Cowling was 30. But thanks to the friendship that grew between the two women _ who met in a cancer support group _ the lives of local women battling breast cancer are made easier [...]
The great pumpkin patches
Monday, October 11th, 2004Peter, Peter, that infamous pumpkin-eater in Mother Goose’s nursery rhyme, would relish our area pumpkin patches. So will you and your family when you visit the farms and their fun-filled fall festivities. The many orchards _ a sampling listed here _ offer crazy mazes, haunted houses, petting zoos, pony rides, pumpkin chucking and superior produce [...]
Set to Sit
Monday, October 11th, 2004Kids lead expensive, electronic-laden lives. The latest CD, a trip to the mall or even just a ticket to the movies drains a parent’s wallet. It sure would be nice if the little darlings could earn some of their own money for a change. And maybe they’ve been bugging you to let them do just [...]
Volunteers given chance to shine
Monday, October 11th, 2004The search is on for the Maryland’s top youth volunteers. For the 10th year in a row, Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals have teamed up to present the Prudential Spirit of Community Award to the top high school and middle school student volunteer in each state. As the nation’s largest [...]
Local duo shakes out a new kids’ CD
Monday, October 11th, 2004“Milkshake,” made up of Baltimore vocalist Lisa Matthews and guitar player Mikel Gehl, is releasing “Bottle of Sunshine,” its second CD, Oct. 5. Members of the former local adult rock group LOVE RiOT, Matthews and Gehl released their first children’s CD, “Happy Songs,” in 2002 after they had a daughter and a son, respectively. Matthews [...]