Not So Entertaining These Days
- June
- 1
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As our daughter rose in the musical ranks, my husband and I attended every performance that we could. We rearranged work schedules to hear her play for two minutes. She would roll her eyes in humiliation as her parents sat beaming in the front row, trying desperately not to shout, “Encore, Encore” after her rousing [...]
Historian to give talk Saturday about the rise of St. Cloud
- April
- 21
Details: 407-742-0100. Ridge Art fundraiser Ridge Art Association of Winter Haven will have a fundraiser, An Art Safari, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the home of a patron. Patrons can participate in the theme by dressing for a safari or [...]
Famed daughter starts outshining dad (+audio)
- April
- 20
Long before the mega global fund raisers like Live Aid, there was the Concert for Bangladesh.
Forty thousand people went to one of two concerts, or both, at Madison Square Gardens in New York on August 1, 1971.
Some of it was for the music, but mostly it for the deep sense of shock the world felt [...]
Where Art Imitates (Second) Life
- April
- 3
If They Build It, Will You Come?
Which raises the question as to why anyone besides the chronically dateless should care about second Life. Two reasons: First, it might be wise to plan for the inevitable. SL’s growth arc suggests we’ll all soon have our own avatars. Second, you might like it. Until you enter and [...]
Howard Live Calendar
- March
- 29
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Columbia photographer Carl Segal will show his color photographs of great apes and other primates Monday through April 25 at Artists’ Gallery in the American City Building, 10227 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. Segal — a psychiatrist and author of Mental Health Care, What a Zoo! — has been studying the beauty and personalities of primates and [...]
Among the stars on Turks Caicos
- March
- 18
Legendary rocker Keith Richards was out of uniform. No dangling cigarette, no wailing guitar, no stormy look. As a matter of fact, he was grinning. And scratching the tummy of a shaggy black munchkin of a dog.
It was late January, and the Rolling Stones icon was chilling on a wooden dock overlooking the turquoise waters [...]
The Live Theater Scene in Austin
- March
- 18
With the different varieties and styles of live theaters in Austin, a night at the theater could be wild and rambunctious, or a beautiful and classy affair. On the east side of town, one can find small, arty theaters such as the Salvage Vanguard, while downtown patrons can take in the ballet, or a family-friendly [...]
Neighbors testify about night of Bell shooting
- March
- 14
Mayhem erupted in a Jamaica, Queens, neighborhood as
police unleashed 50 bullets at an unarmed groom-to-be and his friends, residents testified yesterday at the trial of three detectives charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell. Neighbors who live near Club Kalua took the witness stand in State Supreme Court in Kew [...]
Witnesses describe scene of Sean Bell shooting
- March
- 14
Mayhem erupted in a Jamaica, Queens, neighborhood as police unleashed 50 bullets at an unarmed groom-to-be and his friends, residents testified Thursday at the trial of three detectives charged in the shooting of Sean Bell.
Neighbors who live near Club Kalua took the witness stand at State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens yesterday to describe how [...]
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s job imperiled by sex scandal
- March
- 14
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced a chorus of calls for his resignation Monday as he was engulfed by a sex scandal involving his alleged hiring of a high-priced prostitute last month.
Neither Spitzer nor his potential successor, Lt. Gov. David Paterson, were in the Capitol late Monday as rumors swirled about their future, though political [...]
