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Thursday, January 12, 2012

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Each week, Times features writer Brandon Oland provides a list of mustsee entertainment events for the week ahead.

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The Rogues are scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster as part of a fundraiser for The Legacy School.

The Legacy School presents The Rogues

Synopsis: The Rogues return to the Carroll Arts Center for a benefit concert for The Legacy School, which educates dyslexic children. When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Carroll Arts Center, 91 W. Main St., Westminster Admission: $25 Information: 410-848-7272 or www carrollcountyartscouncil.org
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The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has one of the largest African penguin colonies in North America.

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March of the African penguins

Maryland Zoo in Baltimores exhibit showcases personable breed known for donkey-like bray
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Rascal Flatts will perform with Sara Evans at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hershey Park.

Rascal Flatts with Sara Evans and Hunter Hayes

Synopsis: One of country musics most successful groups has kicked off its winter tour, which will be in Hershey, Pa., this weekend. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Giant Center, 550 W. Hersheypark Drive, Hershey, Pa. Admission: $25-$59.75 Information: 717-534-3911 or www. giantcenter.com

George Lopez
Synopsis: The former star of The George Lopez Show returns to the mid-Atlantic for a night of comedy. When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: DAR Constitution Hall, 18th and C streets, Washington, D.C. Admission: $58 Information: 202-628-4780 or www. dar.org/conthall

Grand opening of the National Pinball Museum

Synopsis: The National Pinball Museums relocation from Washington to Baltimore is nearly complete. The Baltimore museum with 14,000 square feet of all things pinball machines, including many visitors can play, will have a grand opening Saturday. When: Museum opens to the public Saturday. Exhibit hours are noon-8 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays and noon-6 p.m. Sundays Where: National Pinball Museum, 608 Water St., Baltimore Admission: $6-$13 Information: 301-384-3802 or www. nationalpinballmuseum.org

BALTIMORE The 52 African penguins at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will chew on shoe laces, hide underneath rocks and skirmish among themselves. They are a curious, stubborn, squawking lot. The keepers at their Rock Island habitat, the zoos penguin exhibit since 1967, have their hands full. Always. This is kind of like having a day care with a bunch of 3-year-old kids sometimes, said Jen Kottyan, the high-energy manager charged with their care. Yet its those same quirks that have allowed the waddling, attention-craving penguins to endear themselves to their human keepers. Their antics during public feedings draw a crowd no matter the time of year, including in the winter months when the Maryland Zoo was previously closed to visitors. The zoo is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays through Mondays in January and February for the second consecutive year. A few of the species, including some African birds and tortoises, are kept indoors during teeth-chattering, cold winter days. But most of the zoos more than 2,500 animals deal with frigid weather just fine. The African penguins seem right at home. The species is native to the rocky coastline of South Africa and Namibia and its temperate climate. Only a few penguin species live as far Jen Kottyan pets a penguin in the Maryland Zoos African penguin south as Antarctica in the wild. The zoos penguins are free to me- exhibit. ander about outside as long as their 250,000-gallon moat is not completely frozen over. If it gets too chilly even for them, they can retreat to a heated indoor sanctuary. When the domesticated penguins spot caretakers and visitors inside Jen Kottyan their habitat, many of them wander Manager in charge of the penguins care over. And thats when the fun starts. Depending on their moods, the penguins will peck at pant legs, surround IF You Go their human counterparts or jostle with each other. If one of their human What: African penguins on display handlers omits a yell that sounds like When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays through Mondays in January and a braying donkey, the penguins will February mimic it. Where: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore The high-pitched squawk is the Admission: $8.25 for general admission, $5.75 for youths, $6.75 for reason why the African penguins are seniors and free for ages 2 and younger nicknamed the jackass breed.

This is kind of like having a day care with a bunch of 3-year-old kids sometimes.

Please see Penguins, C2

Information: 410-396-7102 or www.marylandzoo.org