Art and Entertainment
Grillling: It’s all about the sauce
It’s officially grill season. While you’re brushing off the grill grates and prepping your proteins and vegetables, don’t forget to make a bright and zesty sauce for serving. Herbaceous, citrusy condiments, such as salsas and pestos, will complement and elevate your charred grill food. And zhoug is one sauce you should consider adding to your…
Read MoreArlo Parks wishes her eyes were still wide on new album ‘My Soft Machine’
JIM POLLOCK Associated Press “My Soft Machine,” by Arlo Parks (Transgressive) Britpop artist Arlo Parks approaches her work as a poet, laying incisive lyrics over a murkily cozy lo-fi hip-hop. On her second album, “My Soft Machine,” Parks balances childlike wonder with personal trauma and disappointment. The opening track, “Bruiseless,” sets the mood expertly with…
Read MoreHistory and music come alive at Lincoln library and museum
SPRINGFIELD – Summer brings new opportunities to meet President Lincoln and enjoy live music at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Historic interpreters portraying Abraham Lincoln, Mary Lincoln and Gen. Ulysses S. Grant will appear at the ALPLM as part of the city-wide “History Comes Alive” program. Visitors get to meet the historic characters,…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival
MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have…
Read MoreArmstrong Garden Tour in Christian County
STONINGTON — Visit the gardens of Tim and Lynnae Armstrong on their property in Stonington on Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The garden at the Armstrong home features a collection of unique trees, many of them conifers, as well as beds including many items up cycled to accent the plantings. “I’ve…
Read MoreExclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion
BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care. Before panelists can debate the words picked for the bee, they need to hear each word and its language of…
Read MorePana Spring Honors Concert
PANA — Senior Aaliyah Cooks received the Pana Music Boosters Scholarship at the Spring Concert. Aaliyah is attending Indiana State University majoring in Vocal Music. Pictured (L-R) with Aaliyah are Music Booster Social Media Director Nisa Dykstra, Mother LaToya Cooks, Aaliyah Cooks, Music Booster President Bambi Jones, and Music Booster Melissa Litton. Submitted Photos PANA…
Read MoreTina Turner, ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ whose triumphant career made her world-famous, dies at 83
HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to…
Read MoreRecent shark attacks are worrying beach-goers, yet experts say they’re very rare
PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in an age-old summer question for beachgoers — is it safe to go in the water? Scientists and researchers who study sharks said the overwhelming answer to that question is…
Read MoreNetflix to charge an additional $8 month for viewers living outside US subscribers’ households
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Netflix on Tuesday outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S., its latest bid to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service as its growth slows. To combat password sharing, Netflix said it will limit U.S. viewership of its…
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