The last downtown Invitation Shopping Night is coming up Friday, from 4 to 8 p.m. , so if you've been procrastinating about getting downtown to enjoy some holiday spirit and catch up on your last-minute holiday shopping, you've got one last chance to... Full Article at NewburyportNews.com
The Science Factory is offering half-day camps during the holiday break for 6- to 8-year-olds to explore science topics and hands-on activities. Full Article at The Register Guard
Thirty-eight years after Louis Armstrong's death, Terry Teachout has made the possible, possible: He has written a definitive narrative biography of the greatest jazz musician of... Full Article at ArtsJournal
Heading into the funky Cedar Cultural Center over in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis this past Thursday night, I found myself walking in with the evening's featured attraction. Full Article at Power Line
Many wives learn to tolerate their husbands' irritating habits. And then there is the unique burden of Amanda Forsyth, wife of the eminent violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman. Full Article at Miami Herald
Jeffery Renard Allen’s Holding Pattern, a collection of short stories, has won the $10,000 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for a book published in 2008. Full Article at 2TheAdvocate.com
AS the December cold bit hard last Thursday night, upstairs in the Mecca of Dublin jazz, JJ Smyths on Aungier Street, friends of the late John Wadham gathered to unveil a bust of the greatest-ever Irish jazz drummer. Full Article at Irish Independent
A full version of activities appears on our Web site at www.southcoasttoday.com. The list is updated every Sunday. A condensed version of senior center and council on aging activities is published in The Standard-Times every Sunday. Full Article at SouthCoastToday.com
French musician Johnny Hallyday leaves Pretrocian restaurant in West Hollywood, California. This was his last public appearance when he was put into a medically-induced coma following surgery. Full Article at New York Daily News
The guest of honor was an ocean away, but the show went on. Wyclef Jean, Jada Pinket Smith, Willow Smith, Will Smith and Donna Summer watch Jaden Smith dance at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, Norway on Friday. Full Article at eTaiwan News