NEW DELHI (AP) — An elephant rampaged through a village in northern India on Thursday, killing at least seven people who tried to surround it, a wildlife official said.At least seven people died after the elephant entered the village on the edge of the Jim Corbett National Park, said Srikant Chandola, the park’s chief wildlife […]
1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. (Penguin, $15.) A former climber builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin Books, $15.) A writer’s yearlong journey in search of self takes her to Italy, India and Indonesia.3. 90 Minutes in Heaven Don Piper with Cecil […]
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The doors to baseball’s Hall of Fame have finally opened for Dick Williams, and to say it’s about time is an understatement.To me, Williams was the best manager of his era and the fact he was shut out of the game’s premier honor for so long is an injustice. It doesn’t say […]
We went to Tom’s at six in the morning and after detention each Sunday. We went even when the roads hadn’t been plowed and when the wind chapped our faces. We went to study, to listen and to smoke. We went for his one-dollar corn muffins and flavorless coffee. We went to hibernate from the […]
Usha Kiran was Bombay’s first high-rise. Usha Kiran is also a woman you must look up to. I met her last week in Delhi, matronly and in a brightly checked sari. Her accent was still close to the Andhra village where she grew up, but what she said bespoke a galaxy […]
PIANO RECITAL. The Adams Foundation Piano Recital Series will begin on Saturday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in Phillips Recital Hall, Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham. The series brings pianists of international caliber to chamber music venues throughout the United States. Tickets are $25. 978-867-3400 or www.gordon.edu.ME & THEE COFFEEHOUSE. Cliff Eberhardt with special […]
Inside a theatre in Vancouver, a group of expatriates choreograph a dance that’s been banned in its home country for nearly three decades. The men and women in silks and satins are traditional folk dancers preparing for Nowruz, the Persian New Year that will be celebrated in Vancouver on March 19th.It’s a dance so controversial […]
Members of the Gov. Thomas Johnson High School marching band practice recently for their trip to Fifth Avenue in New York City today, representing Frederick County in the city’s big St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Shown leading the band are, from left, Yahsnniah Figueroa, Jessica Colwell, Nick Hilton and Amal Figueroa.The Gov. Thomas Johnson High School […]
Shamrocks and leprechauns, corned beef and green beer: If this is all that comes to mind when you think of St. Patrick’s Day, it might be time to dig a bit deeper into Irish culture. Opportunities abound in Boston and beyond, and here are a few that are worth exploring this year.Shamrocks and leprechauns, corned […]
Corned beef and cabbage is considered a humble dish, something trotted out for St. Patrick’s Day and eaten, it seems at times, almost out of obligation, as one eats traditional Thanksgiving dinner.Yet it has a rightful place in the world’s cuisines, alongside such dishes as France’s pot-au-feu, Italy’s bollito misto and even Vietnam’s pho, to […]