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James Taylor songs will fuel an upcoming stage musical, ‘Fire & Rain’
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond — step aside. The next musical icon to turn their songs into a stage musical will be James Taylor. Taylor’s songs will fuel “Fire & Rain,” a musical announced Monday, in development with a story by playwright and actor Tracy Letts and direction by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amid 2028 speculation, California governor’s podcasts with Trump loyalists anger Democrats
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a wounded Democratic Party struggles to regroup, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is holding mostly chummy conversations with prominent conservatives on a new podcast he’s touting as a way for the party to grapple with the MAGA movement’s popularity. In doing so, he appears intent on showing he is more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump visits the Kennedy Center as he puts his mark on the national arts institution
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday is visiting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he is taking a tour and chairing a meeting of its board of directors. It was his first time at the venerable institution since he began remaking it at the start of his second term ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court puts a temporary hold on releasing records related to the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico court granted a temporary restraining order Monday against the release of certain records related to the investigation into the recent deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. The order is in response to a request by Julia Peters, a representative for the couple’s estate. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: John Green is obsessed with tuberculosis. He makes a strong case that we should be, too
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
So you read “The Fault in Our Stars” or watched John Green on YouTube, and, if you’re like me, you probably thought, “I would read or watch anything this mind produced for public consumption.” Even if it’s a 200-page nonfiction thesis on tuberculosis arguing why it should be Public Enemy No. 1 and on its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors say Minnesota man accused of hiding stolen ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is dead
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge dismissed the charges Monday against a Minnesota man accused of hiding a stolen pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in the 1939 musical “The Wizard of Oz” after prosecutors informed the court that he died on Sunday. Jerry Hal Saliterman, 77, of Crystal, who had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American culinary series ‘Top Chef’ comes to Canada amid a simmering trade war
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
TORONTO — The new season of American competition show “Top Chef” is set in Canada, and judge Gail Simmons says the timing “couldn’t have been better.” It’s the first time the culinary showdown series ventures to the Great White North, arriving amid a simmering Canada-U.S. trade war. Simmons believes it’s an opportunity to unite food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: My Morning Jacket’s 10th album ‘is’ a joy for fans and newbies alike
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
My Morning Jacket likes to hide some of its best music behind unassuming titles. Twenty years ago, the Louisville-based jam-infused rock band led by Jim James released “Z,” one of its most heralded records. And now comes “is,” their 10th full-length record. So, is “is” any good? Yes, “is” is. Nearing their third decade as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump will visit the Kennedy Center as he puts his mark on the national arts institution
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday will visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he’ll take a tour and attend a board meeting. It will be his first time at the venerable institution since he began remaking it at the start of his second term in office. Trump fired ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth mulling over
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
Sometimes reading poetry can feel exhilarating, like you are finally seeing and being seen. Other times it’s a slog that leaves you desperate for a nap to process what you just read. Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” is a healthy mix of both. A self-described queer immigrant, Humienik considers questions of chronic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crowds pack Dublin’s streets for national St. Patrick’s Day parade
By Canadian Press on March 17th, 2025
DUBLIN (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed the streets of Dublin on Monday to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade, as crowds in green flooded cities and towns across the country to mark the annual holiday. Officials said half a million spectators were expected to line the parade route in the capital ... Read More »
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