The musical “Bonnie & Clyde” closes the Straw Hat Theatre summer season in Ashtabula. It is set during the Depression and based on the true story of Bonnie Parker (played by Jordan Benjamin) and Clyde Barrow (Marcus Lowery), who went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an active 76-year-old retired accountant who likely spent too many hours at a computer. Now I’m paying for it with a painful condition. My general physician says that I have a pinched or compressed ulnar nerve, which likely starts in the neck shoulder area but shoots pain down my right arm and elbow, all the way to my pinkie and ring fingers. These fingers tingle and, at times, prickle so intensely that it feels like my hand’s on fire. I use ice on my shoulder, neck and elbow. I take 25 mg of pregabalin on a prolonged step-up process that I augment with ...
Rock ‘N’ Rally supports St. Vincent de Paul St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish-Blessed Sacrament Church, 3020 Reeves Road NE, Warren, will host a Food Truck Rock ‘N’ Rally 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday. The age 18 and older event will feature music by Doug Thomas and the Full Moon Allstars Band and several local food vendors, including Vernon’s, Mijavec’s, Eli’s BBQ, Authentic Gyro and Cortland Lions. A cash bar will be available. Admission is $15, and tickets can be purchased in advance at the church office or at the event. All proceeds will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul ...
DEAR HELOISE: I have two options to suggest for warming up a cold, small animal: • Run a towel through the dryer and wrap them in this along with a space blanket to hold the warmth in. • If you’re comfortable with it, wrap the animal in a soft, thin cloth (like an old flannel sheet) and put the animal on your chest. Body heat works well. — Kate D., in Portland, Oregon Kate, the transfer of body heat also works for humans. So many people forget that in very cold weather, while they’re shoveling snow or skiing, they may start to perspire because they’ve worked up their ...
Art ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: “Small, Quiet Things: Studies in Attention — The Art of Cath Smith,” through Sept. 27 with reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and 440-964-3396. BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “In Honor of America 250 Ohio: Joseph G. Butler Jr. Collections of Our Nation Exhibit,” through Dec. 26; “On the Surface: Works from the Permanent Collection,” through March 14, 2027. ...
Assume you’re in four hearts and West leads a club. The contract looks easy to make, but when you win the club with the king and play a heart to the ace, you get a rude shock when West shows out, discarding a diamond. You switch to a spade at trick three, finessing the jack and losing to ...
