As Robert Burns wrote, “And there’s a hand, my trusty fere!/ And gie’s a hand o’thine!/ And we’ll tak a gude-willie waught/ For auld lang syne.” Cheers. Thursday (Boxing Day) It’s Boxing Day today in the former British Empire. When anglophiles commemorate the glorious day that Sir William Box successfully routed the advance guard of […]
Piet Dalmolen
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Music Tonight: Wednesday, May 9
Local guitar slinger and all-around ace Piet Dalmolen plays a free solo set at The Mad River Brewery’s tasting room at 6 p.m. Do you enjoy drinking something refreshing whilst listening to a local master work the six-string magic better than almost anyone else here or abroad? Then fill in the blanks and park yourself […]
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A Little History, a Little Dancing
On May 5, 1862, the badly outnumbered Mexican army won an unlikely victory against the invading French during the Battle of Puebla. The significance of the short-lived victory took shape in the following year as the French established themselves as rulers with the capture of Mexico City. In a rallying sign of solidarity as far […]
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Singing at the Landscape
Last week was a weird one for me. The whole Sunday-Sunday run I felt a little out of frame and unusual. Blame it on the Super/Frost Moon. Blame it on that modern vampire-cult the GOP passing a dungeon-crafted tax bill during the witching hour that doesn’t even disguise their contempt for basically everyone I know […]