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South Wales Argus
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
UK folk-rock band Steeleye Span set to perform in Newport
Steeleye Span will be playing at The Riverfront Theatre on Wednesday, May 7. Founded in 1969, the band is known for pioneering electric folk music and shaping the genre for more than 50 years. Their debut album, Hark! The Village Wait, set the stage for their unique sound. The band's latest release, The Green Man Collection, features tracks from recent albums and new versions of three classic songs. The title track, The Green Man, is a song by Bob Johnson, a member throughout the 70s, which was lost for 40 years. The song discusses climate change, a prescient topic for its time. The band's line-up for this tour includes founding member Maddy Prior, along with Liam Genockey, Julian Littman, Roger Carey, Andrew "Spud" Sinclair, and the newest addition, Athena Octavia. The band's upcoming album, Conflict, will be available exclusively during the tour. The concert is expected to be an exciting night for fans of the genre. Tickets can be purchased via the Newport Live website.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Glenn County seeks return of Vietnam memorial wall replica
The last time The Wall That Heals was in Glenn County was 2016. There are hopes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica will be back in 2026. Leadership from the Glenn County Health and Human Services Agency gave a presentation to the Glenn County Board of Supervisors earlier this month explaining the efforts necessary to apply for, fund and host the 375 foot memorial. 'There is a lot of planning associated with this project,' said Bob Johnson, Veterans Services officer with the Health and Human Services Agency. Yasmin Caro from the Agency, said it would be a great honor to be able to once again host The Wall That Heals. 'The Wall is a replica of the Wall in Washington, D.C., that memorializes the 58,000 American service members who died or remain missing from the Vietnam War,' she added. When the Wall was in Willows in 2016 more than 9,000 people were in attendance, Caro said. 'The Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands as a symbol of America's honor and recognition of all who served and sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War,' she shared. 'There will be extensive planning involved in bringing The Wall That Heals to Glenn County, including support from government entities, schools, law enforcement, fire departments, Veterans Services, businesses and non-profits to help bring this honorable event to our community, to help lead, volunteer, fund, promote and more.' Application deadline is Sept. 1 and there are currently 141 interested cities seeking one of the 34 locations slots for the national 2026 tour. The cost to host is $12,000 and Caro said those funds would be raised through fundraising projects and donations. Additional costs include promoting the project, drinks/snacks for volunteer, city/county employee time, for example. The Wall That Heals is ¾ scale of the original wall with a 53 foot education trailer that expands on both sides. Entrance to view the traveling Wall is free to the public and Caro said if the memorial replica comes to Glenn County there are plans for all schools to attend and take a tour. The Wall is on display and open for viewing 24 hours a day. 'I would appreciate the help and support of this board as we work to honor our military veterans by submitting an application to bring The Wall That Heals back to Glenn County,' said Laura Hawkins, Glenn County Health and Human Services director. The Board unanimously voiced their support for the project. 'You are rock stars for your work and effort towards this project,' said Supervisor Tony Arendt. His comments were followed up with each of his fellow supervisors voicing their support for the Health and Human Services Agency submitting an application for the Wall That Heals to come to Glenn County next year. As part of the application, Glenn County will need to pick three dates when it would be possible to host the event and find at least two locations in Orland where the Wall could be display – a space approximately the size of a football field with grass and areas for parking. In addition, the application requires a 200 word response of why The Wall That Heals should come to Glenn County.
USA Today
23-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tennessee football's highest drafted offensive lineman in NFL history
Tennessee football's highest drafted offensive lineman in NFL history The 2025 NFL draft will be held, Thursday-Saturday, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Prior to the 90th NFL draft in league history, Vols Wire looks at historical Tennessee players selected. This installment looks back at former Tennessee center Bob Johnson. Johnson is Tennessee's highest drafted offensive lineman in the NFL. He was selected in the first round of the 1968 AFL/NFL draft (No. 2 overall) by Cincinnati and was the first ever draft pick by the Bengals. Jonson is the second-highest drafted center in the history of American professional football. Only Ki Aldrich was drafted higher, and was selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago Cardinals in 1939. Johnson played for Cincinnati from 1968-79. He was an AFL All-Star in 1968 and his number (53) is retired by the Bengals. Johnson was also named to Cincinnati's 50th Anniversary Team and was the last original Bengals' player to retire. The former Vol played in 154 professional games, making 136 starts. He recorded six fumble recoveries. Johnson played for Tennessee from 1965-67 under head coach Doug Dickey. He was the first player recruited by Dickey. Johnson was voted an unanimous All-American in 1967 and a a two-time All-SEC standout (1966-67). He won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which is awarded to the SEC's best blocker, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Chicago Tribune
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Michael Jordan becomes the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the NBA
Today is Monday, March 17, the 76th day of 2025. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick's Day. Today in history: On March 17, 2010, Michael Jordan became the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the NBA as the league's Board of Governors unanimously approved his $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from Bob Johnson. Also on this date: In 1762, New York held its first St. Patrick's Day parade. In 1776, the Revolutionary War Siege of Boston ended as British forces evacuated the city. In 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, announced that they had created a new radioactive element they named 'californium.' In 1969, Golda Meir took office as prime minister in Israel, beginning a term that would last through five crucial years in the nation's history. In 1992, white South Africans voted 68.7% to 31.3% to end over 40 years of apartheid in a national referendum. (Voters of all races were allowed to vote two years later in the general election that resulted in Nelson Mandela becoming president.) In 2003, edging to the brink of war, U.S. President George W. Bush gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected Bush's ultimatum, saying a U.S. attack to force Saddam from power would be 'a grave mistake.' In 2016, finally bowing to years of public pressure, SeaWorld Entertainment said it would stop breeding killer whales and making them perform crowd-pleasing tricks. In 2023, the International Criminal Court said it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. Today's Birthdays: Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams is 92. Singer-songwriter John Sebastian (The Lovin' Spoonful) is 81. Author William Gibson is 77. Actor Patrick Duffy is 76. Actor Kurt Russell is 74. Actor Gary Sinise is 70. NBA executive Danny Ainge is 66. Actor Rob Lowe is 61. Rock musician Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) is 58. Olympic soccer gold medalist Mia Hamm is 53. Singer-TV personality Tamar Braxton is 48. TV personality Rob Kardashian is 38. Singer-songwriter Hozier is 35. Actor John Boyega is 33. Olympic boxing gold medalist Claressa Shields is 30. Olympic swimming gold medalist Katie Ledecky is 28.
New York Times
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Book Review: ‘The Continental Divide,' by Bob Johnson
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE: Stories, by Bob Johnson 'The Continental Divide,' Bob Johnson's debut collection of 14 stories, begins with an epigraph from Jeremiah: 'The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?' Epigraphs can be forgotten, if read at all, but this one continued to resonate after the tour de force title story that opens the book. As one potent story segued into another, alternative epigraphs started occurring to me. From Blake: 'Some are Born to sweet delight/Some are Born to Endless Night.' Johnson's stories dwell in the latter. From Flannery O'Connor: 'She would of been a good woman … if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.' That iconic story, 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find,' ends with the kind of violence that is a go-to in several of Johnson's stories. Think Flannery O'Connor meets Quentin Tarantino. There's an entertaining cinematic quality to these narratives. Several generate physical action that, besides wickedness, is driven by rage — fights, accidents, assaults, pederasty, filicide, matricide. Johnson's way with action and dialogue is skillful enough to be a stylistic signature. It's taut, visceral, and yet doesn't cross (as Hollywood can) into carnography. But then his invention on several levels, including language, could be singled out. Take similes: 'He went to pull her close again but felt a rumble off her skin, like when a cat has had enough petting and is thinking of biting you.' Or: 'His eyes look like somebody blew matches out in them.' There's a short-story axiom: Begin in medias res. These stories open already wound tight, demanding release. Characterization doesn't necessarily account for the situations his protagonists are caught in; their situations often define them. A sense of the inevitable fuels the stories' momentum. 'Plucked From the Lame and Afflicted,' a story about a teenage boy whose father has recently died, begins: 'There was only one vacancy, a room with a double bed, when Nelson and Pastor Snow checked into the motel.' Whatever you're thinking may happen next, it ends up being still more grotesque. A story with a title like 'Please, Mister, Please' needs only to begin, 'Fulkerson was nearly upon the car when he saw it,' to launch a Hitchcockian, macabre tale about a loan officer who stalks the night highways of Indiana. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
