Watch out, America. The comedic diva who prays to vodka is unleashing her wit and wisdom to the world in a fourth literary endeavor this Tuesday.
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Nan Unklesbay will be signing copies of her book, Swimming Against the Tide: Strong Recovery From Stroke, at Barnes & Noble in Columbia tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.m.
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The 13th Annual Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs through Saturday, April 30 with visits to 34 schools in Jefferson City and Osage and Cole counties. The festival will also include three storytelling concerts, which are free and open to the public.
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If you’ve ever wondered what the drama of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho did to the innocent locals not involved with the film, check out Manuel Muñoz’s new book, What You See in the Dark. The first-time novelist will speak at Columbia College Thursday in Dorsey Gym 6 p.m.
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Although Shakespeare himself can’t make it to Columbia for a book signing, Eleanor Brown can, and she might be the next best thing.
The New York Times bestselling author will be at Perlow-Stevens today to promote her latest novel, The Weird Sisters, a nod to the witches in the bard’s Macbeth.
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If you’ve ever wondered why your dog won’t stay off the couch or away from your best leather shoes, animal communicator Joan Ranquet offers an explanation: It might actually be your fault. She will speak at Stephens College, her alma mater, this Thursday about her skills in dealing with furry (and feathery) creatures of all kinds.
Continue Reading →People are pushing themselves to explore lands far beyond their native countries as traveling becomes more affordable and popular, especially when spring and summer vacations roll around.
Many avid travelers, students studying abroad and professionals in the travel industry keep blogs to chronicle their adventures, but some are a little more reader-friendly than others. Here [...]
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Life hasn’t been easy for the women of Afghanistan. Many of the freedoms they enjoyed were taken away when the Taliban took over the capital city of Kabul in 1996. Written by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana is the story of one young woman who refused to accept the hand [...]
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International Women’s Day came and went on Tuesday, but if you passed those 24 hours without giving it a thought, don’t fret: Global Journalist, a quarterly magazine that provides journalism news and commentary from around the globe, has decided to add international flair to timely facts about females in a live-broadcast discussion from RJI’s Fred W. Smith Forum about the role of women journalists in newsrooms worldwide.
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At the screening of The Redemption of General Butt Naked I attended this afternoon, the fellow who introduced the film said that this weekend’s film festival was coming to an end by not winding down. He wasn’t kidding.
Continue Reading →If you’re interested in charting your family tree back through the 1700s, head to the Columbia Public Library Training Center tomorrow at 10 a.m. Genealogist Traci Wilson-Kleekamp is a Missouri expert in tracing African-American genealogy and will give a talk presenting tips and tricks for Columbians of African-American descent interested in charting [...]
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They say you can’t judge a book by its movie, but nine Oscar-nominated books-gone-big screen due to duke it out for little golden men this Sunday might challenge this modern proverb. From children’s books to a Shakespearean classic, these hardbacks that made it to the silver screen suggest that just because [...]
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