Open for business?
OSHAWA — It’s 3 p.m. on a Sunday, two weeks before Christmas. Instead of joining the throngs at the Oshawa Centre, I’m bravely heading into the weekend shopping unknown — downtown Oshawa.
CMF Entertainment Books Available
The Garden City Chapter of Children’s Medical Fund has brand new 2007 entertainment books available. The new issue is jam packed with hundreds of exclusive offers. Great discounts can be found for local restaurants, movie theaters, museums, stores and hotels. They now offer over 10,000 hotels at half price.
Ballet Preview: ‘Nutcracker’ to dance through Paradise courtesy of Northern California Ballet
‘Tis the season: The weather is cooler, the days shorter, the shops busier.
Seminar covers Sarasota’s ‘golden years’
Joan Altabe Sketchbook The first lesson of history may be that it can’t be recounted without chronicling art history. Certainly that’s true for the narrative about Sarasota. Some may think local art is the stuff of red-sails-in-the-sunset hanging over time-share condos. But that’s not how it was once known, says longtime resident Marcia Corbino, who gives a first-hand account of the town’s …
Cool book alert: ‘Gravity’s Rainbow Illustrated’
If you’re still searching for that unique gift to give or receive this year, I’d like to suggest one of my favorite new books: Gravity’s Rainbow Illustrated (Tin House Books, $39.95). In this 784-page creation, artist Zak Smith submits one…
Food bank wants to help write cards
Still haven’t had time to send those holiday cards?
