You know it?s going to be a first-rate event when Judge Katie O?Malley is your chairwoman. But what else would you expect from Maryland?s first lady?

The private opening of the House of Ruth Maryland?s photographic exhibit, “A Line in the Sand,” drew 200 people, and among them were the subjects featured inthe exhibit and the photographers who took their pictures. The exhibit chronicles “Maryland?s fight against domestic violence and the people who have led the way,” according to the House of Ruth?s Web site.