So many U.S. executives want to visit India to make deals to outsource their companies’ jobs that in March, India’s Washington, D.C., embassy said it was forced to outsource the job of processing the executives’ visa applications. Yet another U.S. job was outsourced to India in May, that of “local government reporter” covering city hall […]
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Edmond’s Summerstock outdoor theater thrives
In 2003, a popular Oklahoma City amphitheater, Jewel Box Under the Stars, closed down. Several families who enjoyed outdoor musical theater, however, decided they didn’t want the fun to end. Spearheaded by Theresa Nelson, Summerstock Productions began, at Edmond’s Mitch Park Amphitheatre at 2733 Marilyn Williams, an area surrounded by open land and quiet neighborhoods […]
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21st annual Red Earth Festival celebrates tribal culture
From Friday through Sunday, the 2007 Red Earth Festival will celebrate American Indian culture with a parade, art and representatives from more than 100 tribes from across the continent. “It’s the world’s largest Native American cultural event,” Eric Oesch, deputy director of Red Earth Inc., said. The festival will kick off at 10:30 a.m. Friday […]
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Compelling Explanations
Local music producer Ricky Lackey, during questioning in March by a judge in Cincinnati to help her determine an appropriate sentence for Lackey for his crime of attempted theft, told her that he has no children but that he has “six on the way.” The judge sought clarification. “Are you marrying a woman with six […]
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Two painters showcased at JRB Art
Paintings featuring fanciful subjects in three dimensions will be juxtaposed with works of symbolism through shape and color by artists Louise Jones and James Smith at JRB Art at The Elms. The exhibit kicks off with an artists’ reception from 6-10 p.m. Friday. Both the artists’ work will be on display until June 30. “It […]
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The Litigious Society
In lawsuit-friendly Madison County, Ill. (termed “the promised land” by some trial lawyers), a judge awarded $311,700 to Amanda Verett for a long series of painful injuries that her courtroom-veteran chiropractor has been treating. Verett said she was holding a door open at a Pizza Hut when an employee yanked it open farther, and calamitous […]
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Fine Points of the Law
At a special session of Arizona’s Court of Appeals in April, judges heard arguments on whether a bag of methamphetamine had been legally seized by police, who had a search warrant but not the authority to inspect body “cavities.” The bag had been partially protruding from a certain cavity, and an officer pulled it out. […]
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Names in the News
The Des Moines, Iowa, woman who was the victim in December of an Iowa Methodist Medical Center policy on disposal of amputated body parts (the woman wanted to take her toe with her): Gladys Goose. The 41-year-old woman charged with assault in February, in a suburb of Tampa, Fla., after she allegedly grabbed a high-heeled […]
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Into Great Silence
Reviewer’s grade: B+ Less documentary and more atmospheric experience, Philip Gröning’s “Into Great Silence” ventures into the quiet of the French Alps’ Grande Chartreuse monastery. The work – for which Gröning waited 16 years for permission to make – immerses viewers in the minutiae of the monks’ daily life without score or voice-over. It’s […]
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Creme de la Weird
New York Mets baseball fan Frank Martinez, 40, was ejected and then arrested at Shea Stadium in April after he allegedly shone a high-beam flashlight into the eyes of Atlanta Braves player Edgar Renteria during a game. A former neighbor, interviewed by the New York Post, said Martinez was once evicted from his apartment because […]