Returning the favorSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:45PMSince 1999, Carlos Arreola has been the owner and chief caregiver at Little Woman Home for Animals, a no-kill sanctuary he founded just outside Huntsville to care for a group of rescued donkeys. Hundreds of animals — from dogs and cats to rabbits and ducks — now call Little Woman home, and for Arreola, it all goes back to a desperate hour in his teenage years.
Family history turns into Civil War dramaSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:29PMFrom Gettysburg to Robert E. Lee, most historical narratives about the American Civil War are about the big battles and the big names of the conflict.
Doing 3-D horror-comedy on cheapSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:18AMThe hefty cost and steep learning curve to make a movie in 3D isn’t stopping low-budget Canadian filmmakers April Mullen and Tim Doiron from diving into the technology.
Music plays for Hoops dreamsFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:02PMHOW much would you pay to hear Tony Britten’s Champions League anthem fill the evening air at your football club?
Night and Day: Jazz Meets Heavy MetalWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:42AMThe Winter NAMM tradeshow, one of the musical-instrument industry’s foremost annual events, accommodates a world’s worth of different music and musicians each year in Anaheim, Calif.
'Dance With Dragons' gets Martin back in the gameTuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:47PMDismayed fans of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” who grumble at the nine-month wait until the show’s second season don’t know how easy they have it. George R.R. Martin published the first three books of his Song of Ice and Fire series at roughly two-year intervals beginning with A Game of Thrones in the mid-1990s.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Safeco All-Star memories live onSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 2:33AMTen years ago today, when juice was a boxed drink kids sipped from a straw and light-tower homers inspired more awe than suspicion, the All-Star Game came to Safeco Field.
Roseanne Barr: Roseannarchy: Dispatches from the Nut farmFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:38AMWriter and comedienne Roseanne Barr discusses her latest memoir Roseannearchy: Dispatches From the Nut Farm . 1988 was the first year of the American sitcom Roseanne , which was built by and around the comedy and family and opinions of the stand-up comedienne Roseanne Barr. It reached nearly 40 million viewers at its peak and stood out for being about a working class family struggling to support ...
After Dark: Summer fun and festivals continue this weekendThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:44AMI hope everyone had a happy Fourth and long weekend - it was a beautiful weekend and a great time for hanging out and enjoying this great city and area we call home. From the fantastic bluegrass on City Dock and packed arts fest on West Street Sunday afternoon to the great downtown parade, Naval Academy Band concert and fireworks spectacular on Monday, the downtown area was hopping all weekend ...