In celebration of Black History Month, we’d like to build upon the previous posts in this blog series (including an overview of Black History Month and a feature on African-American female authors and poets). Since the 2012 theme is “Black …
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A couple weeks ago my sister-in-law was raving about this new PBS series she had discovered called Downton Abbey. At first, it sounded like a BBC sitcom chronicling the humorous antics of some British clergymen. I was thinking something along …
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Among other things, summer’s arrival means that it’s time to hop in the automobile, roll down the windows, crank up the AC and maybe add a parachute to your rear bumper for that extra gas-guzzling drag that our humble, barely-even-record-breaking-profit-earning …
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If you, like me, are an opera buff, you may feel that your choices around here are rather slim. Well, we do have traveling operatic groups go through once in a while, but the quality varies. For a better experience, …
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On Friday, April 29th, The Blue Note will welcome two outstanding rock and roll groups onto their stage (not simultaneously). The entertainment will begin with The Walkmen, a band deserving of a lengthy description of their talents and a persuasive …
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Each spring downtown Columbia fills with film-goers attending the True/False Film Festival, an event that brings a vast array of entertaining and thought-provoking documentaries to Mid-Missouri. These films open up worlds for viewers, providing in-depth looks into the lives of …
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