Modern day family life has evolved to include cell phones, play dates and the Disney Channel; however, there are universal events that transcend eras and generations.
Whether it’s the first day of school, a rained out Little League baseball game or saying grace at Thanksgiving dinner, the modern age moves forward while human emotions never change.
That’s [...]

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Norman Rockwell, born in 1894 in Manhattan, started his illustration career at age 17 by illustrating “Tell Me Why Stories.” Soon he became art director of “Boys’ Life” magazine and at age 22, he sold his first cover to “The Saturday Evening Post.”
While Rockwell freelanced his art to magazines like “Life,” “Literary Digest” and [...]

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What began as a whim landed 11 young mothers of the Medina Early Childhood PTA in New York City, and in the audience of “The Martha Stewart Show” on Sept. 17.
About two years ago, MECPTA’s treasurer Kathy Armstrong got tickets to “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and found the experience very exciting and a lot of [...]

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Medina County Idol
Registration for the Medina County IDOL vocal competition is underway under the direction of the Medina County Arts Council IDOL Committee, headed by Debrae, nationally-known vocalist and recording artist.
Debrae, a Medina County resident, has announced that the grand prize for the IDOL competition winner will be a free, four-hour session in a [...]

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Did You Hear? often takes shots at aging rock stars milking their career for every possible concert dollar; however, if there’s one legend worth any price to see it’s Stevie Wonder, who is touring again his fall. It’s been well over a decade since this R&B superstar — 30 Top 10 hits, 22 Grammy Awards [...]

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Cleveland Pops Orchestra Conductor and Music Director Carl Topilow admits the biggest hurdle facing his Northeast Ohio musical operation comes from developing new programming ideas season after season.
“The hardest thing is, I think we set the bar very high every year,” said Topilow, who created the Cleveland Pops Orchestra 13 years ago. “It’s our [...]

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Well, the days are definitely getting shorter while the darkness of night grows longer. Throw in a howling October wind and perhaps a thunderstorm or two and thoughts can easily turn to murder. Well, at least a good vicarious murder or two.
The guest speakers at this year’s annual fall Writers Live Author Luncheon definitely [...]

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Many positive and flattering adjectives could be used to describe Charlie Lewis Bell Jr., not the least of which is colorful. Not only is his clothing colorful, literally (his favorite color is purple), his entire life has been an ongoing kaleidoscope of colorful adventures that has propelled him from one rewarding learning experience to the [...]

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Postmaster returns
Medina Postmaster Noah Jesus Escobar has returned to the Medina Post Office following a two-year detail assignment in Lorain County. Escobar will be available from Oct. 8 to 12 to greet customers and discuss any delivery or retail service questions. Escobar will greet Medina residents in the lobby of the Post Office at 303 [...]

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Honestly I was going to skip over Halloween because this column runs so early in the month, but when I saw some of the new book titles coming out, I just had to pass them along. Now, I haven’t had a chance to read them because they are new, but I’m familiar with all but [...]

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