Another person with local history has become a published author. Roberto Perezdiaz has produced an anthology of his short stories, “Subsonic Flight to Tequila Therapy and Other Tales from Aztlan” (2022, 232 pages in paperback format). Perezdiaz was a court interpreter in Madera (the subject of the fourth short story) and was married to the late Gloria Osuna, the artist who created the Aztec-inspired Coyolxauhqui Madre Cosmica exhibit, which Rochelle Noblett brought to our gallery from an art...
Erika Cass is lucky. She has a wonderful husband named Jason who is a good provider and makes terrible puns, a 14-year-old daughter named Hannah who tests her patience, and a 16-year-old son named Liam who is well, he’s perfect. She hates to admit it, but Liam is her favorite. However, she worries about Liam more than she does about either Hannah or her hard-working husband.Although Liam is a top student at his high school, star of the debate team, and member of the track team, he’s had some...
Jo Boaler is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education with a devoted following of teachers who cheer her call to make math education more exciting. But despite all her fans, she has sparked controversy at nearly every stage of her career. Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her […]
Four matches unbeaten with fate in their own hands, the task remains a stiff one and Wednesday will need to be on their mettle to produce the goods against a West Brom side hoping to secure a play-off spot. There has been conversation throughout the Danny Röhl-inspired resurgence around the tactics employed, ones that represent a sharp shift from those utilised by previous managers Darren Moore and Xisco. The on-field set-up is varied, sophisticated and is in large parts difficult for the eyes...
Tuesday was World Book Day and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel celebrated by bringing a quintet of librarians together to tell Republicans to “shut the [bleep] up” over their supposed book bans. The only problem was that the books Kimmel and his new friends highlighted, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird, are regularly targeted by race-obsessed progressives. Kimmel began by declaring, “It’s also World Book Day today or as the state of Florida calls it, Bonfire Day.” After...
Tuesday was World Book Day and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel celebrated by bringing a quintet of librarians together to tell Republicans to “shut the [bleep] up” over their supposed book bans. The only problem was that the books Kimmel and his new friends highlighted, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill A Mockingbird, are regularly targeted by race-obsessed progressives. Kimmel began by declaring, “It’s also World Book Day today or as the state of Florida calls it, Bonfire Day.” After...
Actor and children’s author David Walliams joined Tubridy for the first episode.
To honor World Book Day, Amazon has slashed the price on hundreds of Kindle ebooks
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’s latest run has made a huge impact on audiences, and with just three nights left to go in Sheffield, The Star had a sit-down chat with star of the show, Ivano Turco. Before Ivano took on the role of Jamie New, he made his West End debut, straight out of college, in the global opening night of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella as Prince Sebastian. He later played Bob Marley in Get Up! Stand Up! And was nominated for Best Featured Artist at the Grammy Awards in...
Regrets, she has a few. But then again, it’s not the end for Ellen DeGeneres. Returning to the stage Wednesday night at Largo in Los Angeles, the former host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show was not afraid to address her clouded departure from her long-running show. A sold-out crowd of about 200 fans was supportive […]
Published by Yale University Press in the US and Penguin in India, it tells the subcontinent’s story from the British Raj to independence and partition.
Like David, I'm still not clear that we have a satisfying explanation of just why the last week on Capitol Hill happened. For the moment I'm just glad it happened. Ukraine will now get a major