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What's happening this weekend around the area? (Aberdeen American News)
TODAY Speaker Herman Boone ("Remember the Titans"), 5:30 p.m., Johnson Fine Arts Center, Northern State University. General admission is $7, free to students though 12th grade and NSU students with ID.
Marshall Fine: Blame It on the (Three Dog) Night (HuffingtonPost)
I can pinpoint the moment when I realized that we baby-boomers were no longer the driving force of popular culture and that control had been taken over by Generation X - those who came of age in the Reagan Era, rather than the Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon era. It was last week. And it was because of Three Dog Night. How, you may ask, could Three Dog Night - as irrelevant a rock band as ever ...
For Protestants a reclamation (Lancaster Online)
They took up their cross to follow Jesus' path to the cross at St. Thomas Episcopal Church last week. A band of 30 hardy souls braved the aftermath of Wednesday's snow to circle three times around the sanctuary, observing an ancient Lenten practice known as Stations of the Cross. People...
Geneva Motor Show: 2008 Nissan X-Trail revealed (with Video) (AutoSpies.com)
The new 2008 Nissan X-Trail made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday and when we first saw it we thought Nissan did a fabulous job redesigning the backend but the front, with its big headlights, is simply ugly.
Israeli balladeers bring the love to Bergen (The Record)
Once upon a time, Israel's most popular artists played stripped-down love songs, not much more than a guitar, three verses and a chorus. Today, many modern-day Middle East sensations play an edgy brand of funk-rock or hip-hop with vitriolic, political lyrics and post-Generation X angst.
In concert: Korina says Stellastarr* are stellar* (USA Today)
Another dispatch from clubland from Korina Lopez, who saw Stellastarr* (asterisk and all) recently: The weather outside was frightful, but inside the venerable Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, it was downright steamy. Adoring fans of New York-based band Stellastarr*...
Defense lawyer expected to be `superb' judge (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
Gary C. Giguere Jr. doesn't wear his love of law on his sleeve. ``Lady Justice'' is tattooed on his right arm. The recently appointed replacement for retired Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge William G. Schma got the tattoo several years ago while helping oversee a moot-court competition in Lansing.
OUT ON THE TOWN - AREA EVENTS (Aberdeen American News)
March 1 TODAY Backroom jam session, 8 p.m., Alonzo's, 14 First Ave. S.E.
'Numbers' adds an intimate touch (The Washington Times)
A feeling of intimacy, sometimes warm, sometimes uncomfortable, pervades this second full-length recording by the duo of Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. Their first album, "L'Avventura," was a mix of covers and originals, presented with simple instrumentation and straightforward arrangements.