The first “Gown a Gal” event fills wishes, brings smiles “I love it! I love it!” The exclamation rang out frequently as Megan Brown was everywhere at once, complimenting girls as they pirouetted in front of full-length mirrors in the former Lia Fashions building in Columbus Feb. 27. The Columbus Air Force Base spouse and a squadron of volunteers, most of them affiliated with CAFB, may not have looked much like Walt Disney’s plump, gray-haired fairy godmother in “Cinderella,” but they had her generosity down pat.read more
Entertainment 'If these walls could talk'3/13/2010 11:33:00 PM On April 10, a few of those nostalgic memories will surface in “If These Walls Could Talk,” a play written by Pam Rhea for the Junior Auxiliary of Columbus 60th annual Charity Ball at Trotter Convention Center. ‘Mark Twain’ to entertain for Bryan Library benefit3/13/2010 11:33:00 PM In a rare public appearance in the Golden Triangle, author, lecturer and humorist Mark Twain — as interpreted by Robert Valentine — will entertain an audience Thursday, March 18, at the Ritz Theater and Conference Center in West Point, to benefit that city’s Bryan Public Library. Ragtime returns3/13/2010 11:33:00 PM What may have emerged in the 1800s as dance music with a “ragged” rhythm in cities like New Orleans and St. Louis still lives, breathes and draws fans from around the world. Ragtime, that syncopated good-time music often associated with Scott Joplin or the movie, “The Sting,” will be celebrated March 26-27 in Starkville at the fourth annual Charles H. Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival. read more from this category
Columns Adele Elliott: Saving time3/13/2010 11:33:00 PM I love the concept of saving daylight. It makes me think of that old Jim Croce song, “Time In A Bottle.” Both are lovely ideas, an odd mixing of magic and miracle. David Creel: Yellow, yellow everywhere!3/13/2010 11:33:00 PM Buttercups are popping up everywhere on the Southside. Okay, buttercups are not exclusive to my neck of the woods and are, in fact, beginning to bloom all over the South, from my mama’s little country roadside in my hometown of Richton to my old stomping grounds all over Jackson. David Creel: Happy Birthday, my beautiful friend3/6/2010 9:48:00 PM She is, quite simply, the personification of class. She doesn’t need to shout to be heard. When she speaks, people intuitively listen. read more from this category
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