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Posted inFood & Dining, Green plate special, Recipes
‘Twas a greener night before Christmas
Out with the sugar plums, in with the recycled wrapping paper. (But we do like that renewable-energy-powered reindeer vehicle.)
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
U.S. officials say COVID, bomb cyclone won’t slow Santa’s travels
The freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall that’s disrupting holiday travel in the U.S. shouldn’t be a problem for a man who lives at the North Pole.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Things to Do
‘The Tender Bar’ coming-of-age drama with street comedy relief
In Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer’s 2005 memoir, directed with a loving hand by George Clooney, it seems clear that Ben Affleck may no longer have to hyphenate his name with Matt Damon. Methinks that’s over now. His role as the owner and tender of a Staten Island bar called “Dickens” may well be Ben’s […]
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
Canadian polar bears near ‘bear capital’ dying at fast rate
Researchers found the number of polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay has fallen by nearly 50%, since the 1980s. The ice essential to their survival is disappearing.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Jurors deliberating in Megan Thee Stallion shooting case
She testifies that rapper Tory Lanez shot her in her feet in the summer of 2020. Lanez’s lawyer alleged the shots were actually fired by Megan’s then-best-friend.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘The Bishop’s Wife’ a forbidden love story
“The Bishop’s Wife” (released Feb. 16, 1948), one of the prominent contenders for best Christmas movie of the century and certainly a film studded with three of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, is clearly a a forbidden love story. Hold on to your string of pearls. Egad! You mean the story of how […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Flash Gordon,’ ‘Get Carter’ director Mike Hodges dies at 90
His work was praised by the likes of revered contemporaries Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Tusk’s Scott McDonald shares band’s history, teases upcoming show in Portland
I love a good tribute band so when I heard about Tusk, I decided to check them out. After listening to them online perform the music of arguably one of the best rock bands out there, I began to believe their rather brazen descriptor: The World’s Number One Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. These folks know […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63
He co-wrote The Go-Go’s 1981 hit ‘Our Lips Are Sealed.’