Last week, I mentioned the insanity of one woman and her quest for birthing a million kids (or just 14). It saddens me deeply that someone like her would receive free IVF when deserving, rational, loving people all over the country can’t afford to actually pay for it. Women and […]
Day: March 6, 2009
Art, credit, savings opportunities from Craft Center
Tech students, faculty and staff get a 50 percent discount on all workshops offered at the Appalachian Center for Craft and can receive a one-hour elective credit for the six-day intensive summer workshops.Over 100 workshops are offered each year in six medium: blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood. “The […]
Some Spring Break Tips
1. If you’re driving, check your fluids, tire pressure and luggage security. Don’t let faulty bungees donate your clothes to a ditch.2. Make a checklist, you know, like your grandma would. It seems excessive but forgetting the necessities can do you in. 3. Have tools and roadside items on that […]
Contemporary collection comes to Drama Center
The Backstage Theater series presents an evening of ten-minute plays that will soon be open to the public at the Cookeville Drama Center.The production, “8 X 10”, includes eight plays performed by more than 25 actors and actresses. The pieces performed will be “Good-bye Howard,” “Sure Thing,” “The Office,” “Downtown,” […]
Canadian Brass coming to Bryan Fine Arts
Center Stage is bringing the Grammy Award winning Canadian Brass Quintet to the Bryan Fine Arts building. You may have seen Canadian Brass featured on The Tonight Show, Today or Entertainment Tonight, and now you have the opportunity to see them live at 7:30 p.m., March 16, in the Wattenbarger […]
Defeat the empty pocket-blues this break
Today is the Friday before Spring Break. You’re looking down at your out-turned pockets, the international symbol for “no scratch.” Avoid wallowing in the ills of a homebound break and revel in the freedom of a considerably roomy weeklong schedule.But now you’re looking up with round, watery eyes asking, “How […]
