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In today's newsletter:

  • How did Pikesville High help launch Broadway mega-hit “Wicked”?
  • How a Pikesville neighbor turned global economics into Jewish ritual leadership

Also on today's calendar: Bipolar Disorder Essentials for Non-Prescribing Mental Health Professionals and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Saturday: Rain, increasingly heavy, with a high of 46 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Sunday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 45, low: 28.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 45 and low of 31 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Baltimore County is on the yellow brick road to 'Wicked' (wypr.org) — A successful producer of the hit musical “Wicked” traces his passion for storytelling back to his days in the choir and theater program at Pikesville High School. As the show finishes another sold-out run at Baltimore’s Hippodrome, he reflects on how strong arts education in Baltimore County, including Pikesville, helped launch a global phenomenon that still resonates with audiences today.
   

• Allison Goldman-Blustin: Pikesville Resident Turning Her Curiosity Into a Calling (jewishtimes.com) — A Pikesville resident, Jewish educator Allison Goldman-Blustin now teaches at Pearlstone’s Farm and Forest School, blending nature, ritual, and community. After a global career in Chinese economics, she shifted into Jewish ritual work, especially women’s mikvah practices, and helps shape innovative, earth-connected Jewish experiences just a short drive from local neighborhoods.
   

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  • So I decided to stay and do the next class after teaching PUMP IT…… I was kindly reminded how much I love ZUMBA!!!
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  • Towson restaurant credits community with helping it stay open (wmar2news.com)
  • Susanne Sterbing, assistant research professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, dies at 60 (jhu.edu)

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  • Baltimore Ravens interview Kevin Stefanski and Klint Kubiak for head-coach vacancy (wbal.com)

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