A morning with George and JoanWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:30PMThe door swings open, welcoming visitors to the home of George and Joan Wilder. But peek inside and neither is in sight. Then George bustles through on his way to the kitchen, where the counter is covered with bags of marshmallows and nuts, and several bowls of melted chocolate.
Women song composers receive their due in recital at VUWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:02AMAs she greeted some of the music lovers who applauded her songs during a recent Valparaiso University faculty recital, Shirley Bustos said, "It's always exciting to hear my work performed." Bustos, an award-winning composer and a guidance counselor at Portage High School, wrote the two songs that closed the Valentine's Day program titled "Words of Love: Songs of Women Composers," presented by VU ...
50 years of Alan Garner's eerie brilliance | Alison FloodSunday, February 28, 2010 @ 12:08PMThe 50th birthday of Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a great excuse for a festival – and some serious re-reading We went to an autumnal wedding near Alderley Edge when I was 10, and I remember so clearly the walk we went on the next day: cold and gloomy and grey though it was, I scurried off by myself to lean against a rock and try, desperately to imagine myself into the world of ...
Dondang Sayang 1Malaysia-style In MelakaThursday, February 18, 2010 @ 1:00AMMELAKA, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- In Melaka, it is amazing to see people from various ethnic groups including the Malays, Baba Nyonya, Portuguese and Chitty performing the 'dondang sayang'.
Live Active CultureTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:12PMIt is Valentine’s Day as I write this, so this week’s column is all about the love. I’ll start by giving some love, wrapped around a mea culpa liquid center, to Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
Your Valentine's MessagesThursday, February 11, 2010 @ 7:03AMThursday, 1pm - HUNDREDS of you sent us your Valentine's Day messages. Read on to see if there is one for you!
Flowers of grief: Davidson poet publishes worksSaturday, February 6, 2010 @ 11:22PMAnthony S. Abbott's just-published book, “New and Selected Poems, 1989-2009,” presents the flowers of his profound familiarity with grief and grace. The first section presents 10 new poems, “simple and unadorned like a bride at a Quaker wedding,” and the following parts represent previous volumes.
Ringing in the modern ritualWednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 7:00AMWE create ritual and mark occasions because we have a human need to do so. But ceremonies, celebrations and gifts around a divorce?
Ringing in the modern ritualWednesday, February 3, 2010 @ 7:00AMWE create ritual and mark occasions because we have a human need to do so. But ceremonies, celebrations and gifts around a divorce?
Mastering the Nuns’ EnglishSaturday, January 30, 2010 @ 11:04AMI LOOKED at the 10 centavo-coin I had been touching covetously all morning.
Theo van Doesburg: Forgotten artist of the avant gardeFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 6:18PMTheo van Doesburg was one of the most daring and influential artists of the avant garde, yet he is often overshadowed by his contemporaries. A new exhibition is set to change this, writes Simon Mawer
The Wrong Night To Pick A Fight With Beyonce…Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 1:12PM…that studded glove could take out an army. She was spotted having dinner with hubby Jay-z at L’Avenue in Paris late last night.The two made a fly-by appearance at Paris Fashion Week before heading to London for the Help Haiti Telethon. The Telethon will air on all major networks tonight from 8pm-10pm with appearances by Alicia [...]
Sponsored linksMonday, January 11, 2010 @ 8:10PMRandom! In the last couple of months a couple of readers have suggested we have another game of iPod/iTunes Shuffle.
Happenings, Jan. 6Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 9:51AMAshland - Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church will host a free community meal from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 30, at the church, 13th and Market streets, Ashland. The church will serve homemade chicken pot pie. The dinner is open to the public. "We like to b
2009 an eventful year in Norwood Young AmericaTuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 10:05AMEditor’s note: This is a look at the first six months of 2009 around the NYA area. The last six months of the year will appear in next week’s Times.
The hangoverThursday, December 31, 2009 @ 10:07AMIt’s a wonderful, crisp New Year’s Day for all of us. But for Karamdev Nath Mehta a.k.a. Karan, today was supposed to have been a very different January 1, 2010 indeed. A twisted tale from D.N. Fogget .
PHOTO GALLERY: Easel does it - Behind the scenes at a traveling art showThursday, December 31, 2009 @ 9:35AMThey lead a gypsy-like existence, plying their arts and crafts at shows that criss-cross the entire country.Clothing, original music CDs, paintings, hand-made trinkets and curios are their calling cards, and many earn their livelihoods exclusively on the year-round circuit.Florida is the logical state of choice right now, because shows and snow don’t exactly mix comfortably.But who are these ...
And, the winning writers are —Monday, December 28, 2009 @ 4:41PMThe following information on the 'The Talent Among Us-Portals' winners comes from Main Street Publishing in Jackson. A special recognition was held Dec. 5 at The Carnegie in downtown Jackson.
Poem of the week: The Autumn Outings by Maurice RutherfordFriday, December 25, 2009 @ 7:29AMReferences to Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings infuse this week's poem, a quietly angry look at unemployment and managerial greed by a poet who deserves to be far better known This week's poem, "The Autumn Outings", is by the Hull-born poet Maurice Rutherford, and comes from his 1994 collection Love is a Four-Letter World , published by the (sadly) no longer trading Peterloo Poets. Rutherford's ...
What's on: Sat's picksThursday, December 24, 2009 @ 8:55PMEvents listing for Sat, Dec 26
IN THE PINK: A month to focus on curing cancerThursday, December 24, 2009 @ 3:35PMIn recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the seven daily and more than 100 weekly papers of GateHouse Media New England are working with the American Cancer Society to raise public awareness about a disease that afflicts more women than any other form of cancer except skin cancer.
Simmons-Gladwell III: The WarFriday, December 18, 2009 @ 10:10AMBill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell return for Gladwell-Simmons III: The War to Settle the Score.
Best Bets for Yuletide ActivitiesMonday, December 14, 2009 @ 11:25AMChristmas in New York is always cause for celebration — unless you’re Jewish; or Muslim; or agnostic; or atheist; or don’t particularly care for festive wreaths and trees.
No glide path to retirement for Cecil WilliamsSunday, December 6, 2009 @ 8:14AMScores of people sat on folding chairs, snacking on free doughnuts and coffee and re-reading the poems or stories they'd scrawled on crumpled paper. It was a cold evening, and many of them stayed wrapped in their worn coats. "It's almost 5 o'clock, and we...
Diva's manWednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 9:30PMHe sold his mobile phone business in Britain and moved to Asia to be with his wife Anita Sarawak.
Diva’s manSunday, November 29, 2009 @ 7:39PMSINGAPORE Nov 30 — What kind of man does it take to tame a diva? One who courts her long-distance with hundreds of faxed love poems and up to five calls a day, as Mohamad Mahathir Abdullah, husband of regional singing superstar Anita Sarawak, will tell you. And, perhaps, one who is fated to tame her.
Finding redemption in your days with serenitySunday, November 29, 2009 @ 2:30AMSerenity! That was the last thing on my mind as, after a day full of meetings, I inched my way through rainy rush-hour traffic, late to my daughter’s band concert. Later that evening, I knew I would be heading home to scarf down some supper and crack open the book I’d be reviewing for this week’s column.
Briefly: Nov. 21Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 9:09AM Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
William Kunes living a 'rich' lifeMonday, November 16, 2009 @ 10:55AMWilliam "Bill" Kunes of Beech Creek likes to think of himself as a millionaire. He isn't boasting about financial wealth, though. Bill says his riches come from a big and loving family, good health and what he says has been 87 good years of life.
Melody Remembered With TearsWednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 6:07PMEVENING OF SORROW. With the help of her mother, 1 year-old Sophia Valdoria places a candle on the makeshift memorial at Tuesday night's prayer vigil. —Gazette photo by Thomas Wasper
Evans advances in CMT contestTuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 1:43PMKiley Evans needs your vote. Evans, a 21-year-old Marshfield native, is a teaching assistant by day and aspiring country musician in her free time. The 2006 Marshfield High School graduate recently made the final cut in a Country Music Television (CMT) original song contest called “Music City Madness.” To vote for Evans, click here .
Lesbian Author Marker First for OhioMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 8:12AMA new historical marker honoring lesbian author Natalie Barney is the first in Ohio to note a person's sexual orientation.
Art Harvest lets visitors participate in projectsMonday, October 26, 2009 @ 5:30AMMARQUETTE -- A hollow tree phone line, popcorn photos and a scaled down covered wagon/1909 Maxwell were among the art pieces that greeted visitors to the Art Farm Nebraska's annual Art Harvest.
GM flowerWednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 11:53AMThe new blue rose that puts a high price on romance
On me head sonnetSunday, October 11, 2009 @ 9:48PMGARY Lineker has declared his love for new wife in a string of romantic POEMS
North Central Calendar - Oct. 8Wednesday, October 7, 2009 @ 4:25PMSend your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com ; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o Prime Time Newspapers, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78205. Submissions must be received by noon Friday prior to the next desired publication date.
How We Met: Berners' forecast: A sunny, warm life togetherWednesday, October 7, 2009 @ 3:05PMSoutherner Blanche Stallings was studying to be a nurse when serviceman Harold Berner of Pennsylvania saved her with a cut. "I was dancing with a tall, skinny guy and we were doing the jitterbug," she says with a laugh, sure to mention she's barely 5 feet. "At that time, the boys would cut in. "I was in nursing school in Raleigh, N.C., and (Harold) was in weather service training at Fort ...
Authors share messages of hope at RMC's Pink Ribbon LuncheonTuesday, October 6, 2009 @ 11:56PMTwo authors told how the power of the written word can be used to demonstrate the power of friendship and artistic expression among individuals battling cancer during the Regional Medical Center’s fifth annual Pink Ribbon Luncheon Tuesday.
Flo Davis is turning 100Monday, September 28, 2009 @ 1:41AMWhen Florine "Flo" Davis answers the door of her tidy bungalow-style home in Boyne City, she's laughing.
Wichita Symphony previewSunday, September 27, 2009 @ 12:10AMWhen the Wichita Symphony launches into Rossini's overture to "The Barber of Seville" on Saturday, it will mark the 10th time Andrew Sewell has opened a classical concert season with the ensemble.
Dateless Teen Is Happy She Went To The Prom With FriendsSaturday, September 19, 2009 @ 1:16AMDEAR ABBY: Last April, you printed my question about whether or not I should go to my junior prom even though I was nervous about boys and being dateless. I took your advice and went with friends.
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Vocalist Tessa Souter @ Blues Alley - September 21, 2009Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 5:46PMVocalist TESSA SOUTER @ BLUES ALLEY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 with with Jason Ennis (guitar), James King Junior (bass) + Nasar Abadey (drums) CD RELEASE CELEBRATION for OBSESSION Blues Alley Jazz Supper Club is located at 1073 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20007 $20 cover, $10 minimum, two sets: 8 and 10pm, Tel 202 337 4141...