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Kennedy Center pays tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt ...
Dec 9, 2024 · 2024 Kennedy Center honoree jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval, blows a kiss as fellow honoree blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt, applauds as they arrive during the 47th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
What were the biggest life lessons in 2024? Here's what NPR …
Dec 29, 2024 · In almost a blink of an eye, 2024 came and went. A lot of people are reflecting on the past 12 months. They may be thinking about what they accomplished – or didn't – and what they learned along the way. Regardless of how big or small life's lessons are, they can shape the way you go into the ...
Book collectors shared their best at a recent WMU event
Dec 10, 2024 · WMU associate history professor Larry Simon also brought books to the event. He said he has a collection of about 5,000 books. He chose to display two rare editions of “Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada,” a book on the Spanish-Christian and Muslim wars in the late 15 th century, written by Washington Irving. He’s better known …
Tiger-cats, sea squirts and beetles, oh my! Meet some species ...
Dec 31, 2024 · There are frogs that live their entire lives in the tiny pools of water that collect on the leaves of the Pandanus tree in Madagascar. "When I was doing an independent research project in the rainforest, I noticed these frogs that looked really different from anything I was seeing in the guidebook," said Hugh Gabriel, who now works at the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of ...
Theater review: Crumbs from the Table of Joy - wmuk.org
Dec 10, 2024 · Face Off Theatre recently opened its production of “Crumbs from the Table of Joy.” WMUK’s Gordon Bolar has this review. The coming-of-age story of a young African American teen during the nineteen fifties is the focus of two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Lynn Nottage’s script.
Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War …
Jan 3, 2025 · President Biden will award the United States' highest military honor Friday to seven U.S Army soldiers who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Medal of Honor is awarded to service members who demonstrate exceptional valor in combat. Biden will award the designation Friday posthumously to six ...
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Jimmy Carter was 'a very unusual kind of politician,' biographer says
Updated December 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM ET. President Jimmy Carter was an outlier in more ways than one. Born and raised on the humble farmlands of southern Georgia, Carter grew up without running water and used an outhouse.