‘Beautiful’—the story and music of songwriter Carole King
The amazing story of Carole King is an inspiring one, showing what talent and drive could do in the world of popular music back in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. She has won four Grammys, been inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and was the first woman to receive the Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Her list of achievements goes on and on.
‘Les Miserables’ a glorious, fast moving production
Broadway By The Bay has brought Cameron Mackintosh's "Les Miserables” to the Fox Theatre in Redwood City with a stunning production and a first class company with a Broadway caliber production.
Barney in a box
Foster momma Barnadette (in rear), the educational barn owl at the Wildlife Education & Rehabiliation Center, has ceded her housing box to the baby barn owl nicknamed “Burrito Barney” (June 27). He appears to be mimicking her “threat” behavior—glaring, head low and swaying, wings splayed.
Getting down to what really matters – the roaster
I’ve been thinking about this column ever since my father died in 1998 and my sister, brothers and I went through the house and made “our picks” of the things we wanted to keep.
