CBS This Morning: caffeine for the Cocoon set
There’s something about today’s morning talk shows that shouts teen programming. The peppiness, the high-def sets, the hyper-bright colors, the manic guffawing. It’s all a bit much for the more monochromatic generation. all that energy! What do they put in their coffee? Caffeine? But this morning marked the launch of this Morning, the new CBS [...]
Excerpt: Hope: A Tragedy
It’s funny: it isn’t the fire that kills you, it’s the smoke. There you are, pounding on the windows, climbing higher and higher through your burning home, trying to get away, to get out, hoping that if you can just avoid the flames, perhaps you’ll survive the fire, but all the time you’re suffocating slowly, [...]
Antonio Meneses and Maria João Pires; La traviata – review
The dark nights of early January, when some concert halls simply draw the curtains and put up a “closed” sign, are a challenge for audiences wanting musical sustenance before so-called normal life starts up again. this year in the UK you could find an extraordinary number of “New Year’s Day concerts” mimicking the annual Vienna [...]
Saturday, Dec. 17
Wednesday December 14, 2011 Art Childs Studio Arts Gallery, opening reception for “Kiln,” featuring the work of Daniel Bellow, Benjamin Evans and Brendan Fitzpatrick made by firing the mighty wood kiln that stands on a windy hillside in Hillsdale, N.Y., 2-6 p.m. 40 Railroad St., Great Barrington. 413-717-4217 or childsstudioarts.com. Dance Ballet Center at Manchester, [...]
Dim Kim not worth another thought after her latest stunt: Molloy
Change the channel the instant “Keeping up with the Kardashians” comes on. You’ll find no reality there. PHOTOS: REALITY CHECK – SHORTEST CELEBRITY MARRIAGES if you see her powdered mug on a magazine cover here, there or everywhere, fight the urge to pick it up. if you follow her on Twitter, quick! Unfollow her! Don’t [...]
JLS: Who needs Simon Cowell?
LS are talking mansions: their mansions. all apart from JB (real name Jonathan) Gill, 24, who’s in denial about his. “My house isn’t a mansion, babe,” he tells me, diamond studs glinting in each ear. “A mansion’s a stately home. Grade II-listed. We’re talking Buckingham Palace kind of business.” his three band mates crease up. “Bruv, [...]
Links from Last Week II
Thesis is keeping me away from my real passion, 8:27. Since I don’t have enough time to do themed posts, here, in another installment of LFLW, are some random things I’ve collected from the internet… 1. The best of 5 second Films. The rules? “2 seconds of beginning titles, 5 seconds of film, 1 [...]
Los Altos Town Crier – Honoring heritage through design: Los Altos residents imbue their home with history, color
Photo Photos by Elliott Burr/Town Crier The great room is the family
Northgate mall in Terra Linda may relocate playground away from racy ads
Northgate mall in Terra Linda is considering moving an indoor children’s playground after a group of parents raised concerns about its proximity to racy Victoria’s Secret ads. San Rafael resident Susan Zelinsky said she first noticed the advertisements while shopping with her 6- and 8-year-old daughters earlier this year and was surprised during a visit [...]
Paul Lewis: artist biography
Paul Lewis is internationally recognised as one of the finest and most sought after concert pianists of his generation. His recent survey of Beethoven’s piano masterpieces including complete Beethoven Sonata and Concerto cycles, both in concert and recorded for Harmonia Mundi, have earned him prestigious awards and acclaim from all over the world, culminating with [...]