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Nardin OHCE Prepares For Fair, Talks SalsasMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:26AMNARDIN — Nardin Homemakers Home and Community Education group met July 11 at the home of Marjorie Smith with Nancy Lovesee presiding.

Millers Mills tradition brings ‘young and old together’Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:37AMGetting together to eat some ice cream means a little more once per year in Millers Mills. The practice of holding an ice harvest each winter and an ice cream social each summer started about a century or longer ago in this hamlet in the southern Herkimer County town of Columbia, said Carol Collins, a member of the Millers Mills Grange No. 581 that puts on the events. “It’s a wonderful tradition ...

Kenya: Hollywood Star Alfre Woodard Connects With Her Kenyan RootsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:33AMHollywood actress Alfre Ette Woodard was recently in the country for a week long workshop with African filmmakers and actors. Woodward was part of the visiting delegation from The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences (presenters of the 'Oscars') who participated in the 'One Fine Day Film Workshop' as part of their East African Outreach programme.

From King Lear to Potter: A Guide to News Corp. Literary AnalogiesSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:06PMThe scandal surrounding News Corp. has taken on epic proportions. The cast of characters involved is fascinating and the plot turns ever more multifaceted. There are unseen twists, dark secrets, meteoric rises, and bitter tragedies. So it's natural that writers and journalists, otherwise at a loss for a way in which to describe the dramatic fallout, are turning increasingly to literature. This ...

Sherwood Schwartz: Creator of 'The Brady Bunch'Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:16PMTuesday's death of 94-year-old Sherwood Schwartz, creator of "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island," elicited an abundance of good will for the TV scribe from an audience that grew up on reruns of his shows, viewers who can sing his shows' theme songs as easily as -- perhaps more easily than -- the national anthem. Did Mr. Schwartz create HBO-quality TV?

Eddy Curry, Shane Battier on Miami Heat’s radar; Finals rematch setSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:04PMEddy Curry’s predicament is clear: If he loses at least 40 more pounds during the lockout, then the Heat likely will have renewed and genuine interest because Pat Riley remains highly intrigued by the 7-foot center. The question is whether he has the discipline to achieve that mighty challenge.

'Sound of Music' just the start of some acting journeysSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:00PMKirsten Hoover, a Ross resident and 2011 graduate of North Hills High School, is making her professional debut in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production.

Deluge of talent on tap in Glen AllenSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:00PMThe Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen will welcome some familiar acts during the 2011-12 season.

With love, from Latvia: Eastern European orphans spend summer with Conyers familiesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:39PMCarol Bowden hasn’t had children in her house for several years. Her two daughters are grown and live on their own. But for a few weeks this summer, she and her husband Steve are once again taking the role of parents — to children who have come half way around the world to experience the love of a family.