City Manager Steve Sheiffer wants to make the Rock River a focus of downtown redevelopment, and he wants to spend up to $50,000 to create a detailed plan.
Many of the artists' gardens will be open during the Brewery Art Walk this weekend. DUMPSTER-diving, garden-tending. Which is on your to-do list this week? Well, at the Brewery, the cluster of artists' studios and residences wedged between a freeway and rail yard downtown in the heart of old industrial Los Angeles, both are part of life.
Loom & Lathe p>Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi and wood turner Bob Stocksdale are eminent figures to crafts connoisseurs, but less familiar to the general public. Eighty of their works, most borrowed from private collections, are displayed for the first time together at this Berkeley Art
Capsule movie reviews Opening Friday BILL (R) A doormat of a man, Bill (Aaron Eckhart) works an unsatisfying job and stays married to his cheating wife. But once he begins mentoring a rebellious and self-confident teen (Logan Lerman), his life starts to turn around.THE GRAND Two stars (R) See review. LEATHERHEADS Three stars (PG-13) See review. NIM'S ISLAND (PG) When Nim's father goes missing
Rory Morrison is the voice of Radio 4, reading the news and shipping forecasts. Four years ago he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Here, for the first time, he talks about his illness
After last week's spat between frontman Scott Weiland and drummer Matt Sorum , and subsequent reports of the band's demise, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash has now come forward, stating the rockers have not split, and will push on despite Weiland's plans to rejoin Stone Temple Pilots for a string of summer gigs. "There will be a third album," Slash told the Daily Star. "We don't know how or
Peninsular Florida is a wilderness paradise. What the area lacks in mountains and grand vistas, it makes up for with beaches, oceans, rivers and swamplands. This region is also home to a myriad of plant and animal species, flora and fauna not found at the Grand Canyon or in the Appalachian Mountains.
The last thing you would expect in a brand-new restaurant in a swanky hotel such as Grosvenor House is the smell of piss at your table. The culprit lies in front of me – a solid chunky sausage of pig's intestines with a smell straight from the pissoir. At the risk of coming over all Marks and Sparksian, this is not just any andouillette, but a certified AAAAA andouillette, endorsed by the
When Colton Petty, 13, of Chico arrived at Carroll and Jan Collier's home in August to retrieve the tractor the couple donated for his restoration project, it took a little more effort than simply pulling it onto a trailer.