“Sauce is Very Peaceful”: Curtis’ Coney Island Famous Weiners

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Curtis’ Coney Island Famous Weiners has been a fixture in downtown Cumberland, Maryland for more than a century. This video features owner Gino Giatras and celebrates the unique place Curtis’ holds in the fabric of this transitioning rural community.

In 2018, Curtis’ was recognized with a Maryland Traditions heritage award in the category of Place. This video has been selected for screening at the 2019 Ethnografilm Festival in Paris.

Dario’s Barber Shop

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In the Dominican Republic, barbers create living works of art through their cuts and stylings. Many Dominican barbers have set up shop in Baltimore, including Dario Corona of Dario’s Barber Shop on Eastern Avenue. To help preserve this artform, Dario and his nephew Oliver received a 2019 Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award.

Talk Together: The Baltimore American Indian Center

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The BAIC has stood the test of time in Upper Fells Point. Originally founded in 1968 as the American Indian Study Center, it once primarily served as a resettlement resource for Indians who had migrated to the city seeking employment. The BAIC now functions as a cultural magnet that draws this dispersed community back in. Offering weekly culture classes, annual pow wows, a full-fledged community museum, a multipurpose meeting space and more, the BAIC continuously sustains the living cultural traditions of American Indians and Alaskan Natives of the Baltimore region. This video was produced for the 2017 Maryland Traditions Heritage awards at which the Baltimore American Indian Center (BAIC) received the award in the category of place.

Mill Stories

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In December, 2012, Sparrows Point Steel Mill and its Communities were honored with a Maryland Traditions Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts (ALTA) Award as a vital ‘place’ of enduring importance in the industrial heritage and story of Maryland. For 125 years, tens of thousands of steel workers and associated personnel have known Sparrows Point Steel Mill (Baltimore County) not only as a place of employment, but as the center of community life, with special importance in the company towns of Dundalk and Sparrows Point. Created by the Pennsylvania Steel Company in 1887, and taken over by Bethlehem Steel in 1916, the mill became the world’s largest center for producing steel – evident in the girders of the Golden Gate, George Washington, and Bay Bridges – and for shipbuilding. As a key production site during both World Wars, Sparrows Point peaked during the 1960s and saw a gradual decline in the decades that followed. Nonetheless, this is a story that lives on and, most importantly, needs to be told by those who know it best.

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Trimper’s Rides and Amusements, Ocean City, Maryland

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Trimper’s Rides and Amusements was honored by Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council, through its 2016 Maryland Traditions Heritage Awards in the category of Place. The film was co-produced by Maryland Traditions and the New Media Studio at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (Baltimore City) is an important hub for the Greek community of the Baltimore region through its religious services, the Greek Independence Day Parade, and its Greek Folk Festival, the largest in Maryland. In 2015, Saint Nicholas received the Maryland Traditions ALTA Award in the category of Place.
 

Wallace M. Yater, Master Blacksmith

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Wallace M. Yater of Boonsboro, Maryland, is a master blacksmith and founder of the Blacksmith Guild of Western Maryland. He was awarded the 2013 Maryland Traditions Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts Award for his outstanding contributions to the living tradition of blacksmithing. The film was produced by Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the Maryland State Arts Council, and the New Media Studio at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

J. Gruber’s Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack

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J. Gruber’s Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack , or The Almanack, is the oldest almanac in the United States that is still produced by heirs of the original founder, John Gruber. Established in Hagerstown (Washington County), it has been providing agricultural, meteorological and astrological information for the Mid-Atlantic region since 1797.  On December 1st, 2012, Maryland Traditions honored the J. Gruber’s Hagers-town Town and Country Almanack with an Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts (ALTA) Award in the category of Tradition.