ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland reported 1,330 new COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, according to state health department data released Thursday morning. The percentage of people testing positive decreased slightly by .08% to 4.46%. It’s the fourth day in a row that positivity decreased. READ MORE: 'Make Sure Ya'll Hugging Your Babies': Mother Of Peyton Evans, Child Killed In Landover Shooting, Speaks Out After Arrests Doctors say the new cases are fueled by dangerous strains targeting the unvaccinated. During an August press conference, Gov. Larry Hogan said the Delta variant, a strain that is reportedly two to four times more contagious than the original virus strain, accounts for nearly every new confirmed case in Maryland. “The vaccines are without a doubt our single most effective tool to mitigate the threat of COVID-19 and the surging Delta variant, and Maryland’s vaccination rate continues to outpace the nation,” Hogan said. More than 3.8 million Maryland adults are … [Read more...]

Jean-Claude van Itallie, a playwright, director and performer who was a mainstay of the experimental theater world and who was especially known for “America Hurrah,” a form-bending trio of one-acts that opened in 1966 in the East Village and ran for more than 630 performances, died on Sept. 9 in Manhattan. He was 85. His brother, Michael, said the cause was pneumonia. Beginning in the late 1950s, Mr. van Itallie immersed himself in the vibrant Off Off Broadway scene, where playwrights and performers were challenging theatrical conventions. He joined Joseph Chaikin’s newly formed Open Theater in 1963, and his first produced play, “War,” was staged in the West Village. He was a favorite of Ellen Stewart , who had founded La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in 1961. Mr. van Itallie’s early works, including components of what became “America Hurrah,” were generally performed in lofts and other small spaces, but for the full-fledged production of “America Hurrah,” in November 1966, … [Read more...]

See the article in its original context from October 18, 1981 Section Page Buy Reprints View on timesmachine TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. NEXT year Harvard University Press will publish Volume I of the Dictionary of American Regional English, edited by Frederic Cassidy of the University of Wisconsin. It has been in preparation for more than 30 years and may be one of the best-known unpublished books around, argued about, and even quoted from, far beyond academic circles. So it is startling to find that only now is … [Read more...]

“Love This Giant” (4AD/Todo Mundo) Here are the names of the arrangers who helped realize the brass and reeds on “Love This Giant,” the joint album by David Byrne and Annie Clark (who performs as St. Vincent): Tony Finno, Kelly Pratt, Lenny Pickett and Ken Thomson. Mr. Byrne and Ms. Clark e-mailed them ideas for horn parts, written with Logic software; in at least one case the arrangers wrote some transitions as well. Why list them? They helped move the record toward what it is. It’s not just the sheer amount of brass and reeds in middle to low range — including trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba, euphonium and baritone saxophone — that shapes this album in rhythm, harmony and timbre. (The programmed drums here, by comparison, are much less interesting.) But it’s how elegantly they’re used, in overlapping hunks, with careful dissonance and blindsiding rushes. This is an almost weirdly equitable collaboration between Mr. Byrne and Ms. Clark. The record has been … [Read more...]