Journal: Boy Scout Troop 282's trip to Philmont Scout Ranch

During late July and early August, some of the Boy Scouts of Clay County Troop 282 took a backpacking trip to Philmont Scout Ranch, near Cimarron, N.M. After the troop's last trip, in the summer of 2008, Scout Leader Tom Barbre gave us his journal, which the Advocate-Press presented excerpts from. This year, we will run all of Barbre's journal from the trip, divided into two parts. For the full ...

Friends Share a Love for Painting

The Community Room of the Aurora Town Public Library is currently home to an exhibition of watercolor paintings by two longtime East Aurorans. Phyllis Gardner and Barbara Booi are not just fellow artists, they’re good friends and, in recent years, teacher and student.

Vinyl Cave: Early tunes by Don Gibson

Singer/songwriter Don Gibson made his first huge splash with "Oh Lonesome Me" in 1958, a crossover hit on both the country (No. 1 for eight weeks) and pop charts. Unbeknownst to country music fans outside his Tennessee stomping grounds, and probably some folks in his native North Carolina, he had actually been recording fairly prolifically since 1949.

New York Production Listings

Twice a year, Back Stage replaces its Broadway production chart with an Off- and Off-Off-Broadway chart. The following companies have announced shows for the 2010-11 season. Others will announce their seasons in the weeks ahead. The information was obtained from the companies' websites.

Aran Islands: the soothing spirit of J M Synge

On the Aran Islands, Fionnuala McHugh finds time, space and a reminder of the joys of being alive.