Scott Skiba takes creative approaches with classic operas. Some are born from the imagination of Opera Western Reserve’s production director, such as last year’s steampunk-style “Faust.” Others — 2020’s “La Traviata” that used Stambaugh Auditorium as its set and 2021’s ...
There is a meme I’ve seen several times this month that says, “If free public libraries didn’t already exist and someone tried to invent them, they would be condemned as a socialist plot.” Imagine the political ads we’d endure right now if libraries were a new idea. Luckily, they’ve been around for millennia. I’ve written many times over the years about my love of libraries, which started as a child who read every crappy biography ever written about his favorite athletes and continued as an adult who never could have afforded to feed the voracious reading appetites of ...
DR. ROACH WRITES: A recent column on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV, a herpes virus that is similar to EBV — the virus that causes classic mononucleosis) stated that pregnant women who’ve had CMV are protected from further infections. But an expert on CMV — Dr. Sallie Permar, MD, PhD — wrote in to say that it’s possible to reacquire CMV because natural immunity isn’t fully protective against reinfection. This is why it’s so important for pregnant women to be careful not to get exposed (or reexposed) to CMV. Since the major route of exposure is through young ...
Westminster College announced Wednesday that its 59th Celebrity Series season will be its last. The entertainment series starts its 2067-27 season on Saturday with Three Dog Night, the first of five shows scheduled. The final performance will be Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney, on April 24, 2027. The decision to conclude the series was made after the recent retirement announcement of Celebrity Series Director Connie McGinnis. McGinnis joined the program in 1997 as box office manager, later became assistant director and was named director in 2012 following the ...
If someone aims a gun at your head, it is a good idea — as a matter of self-preservation — to disarm him if you can. An analogous situation sometimes occurs at the bridge table when a particular opponent poses a threat to your contract. In that case, you try, if possible, to eliminate ...
