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In December, quarterback Patrick Mahomes was asked about international singing star Taylor Swift regularly coming to Kansas City Chiefs games to cheer for boyfriend Travis Kelce.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there a particular gift for a couple celebrating 27 months together?

Contemporary Christian recording artist TobyMac returns to the Spokane Arena with a new album, "Life After Death."

Dear Annie: My husband and I are both in our second marriages, and we’ve been together nearly 27 years. I have no children. He has two grown sons. The younger one has lived with us since he was 11 years old. The older one was 17 when I moved in, and he decided to live with his mother instead of staying with us. Somehow, he resents me and his brother, even though I have been nothing but welcoming to him.

Hello, again, dear readers, and welcome back to the letters column. We hope the first two months of 2024 have been treating you well, and that your Valentine’s Day is looking rosy. Your letters continue to be as interesting as they are abundant, so let’s get right down to business.

Kevin Hart will return to Spokane August 25 to headline the Great Outdoor Comedy Festival.

The Dropkick Murphys return for a sold out show Sunday at the Spokane Tribe Casino.

David Spade will deliver stand-up Friday at the First Interstate Center for the Arts.

In real life, unexpected weather events are a sense of stress, wonder and, sometimes, a struggle to survive.

Sydney Sweeney, who is one of Hollywood's busiest actresses, stars in "Madame Web," which was released Valentine's Day.

The Silversun Pickups hope to play more than five songs when the alt-rock band returns to the Knitting Factory. Last time at the Knit, while clad as Stranger Things character Mike, vocalist-bassist Brian Aubert stopped playing after five songs. The Silversun Pickups frontman tried to gut it out after suffering a broken arm and dealing with the flu.

The third Annual Lunar New Year Celebration is slated for the Fox and the Spokane Convention Center.

On the night of Jan. 28, 1985, dozens of that era’s top rock and pop artists gathered to make a recording.

Most of the people at the "Bob Marley: One Love" screening I attended walked out of the theater singing along with the closing credits song, Marley's "Is This Love."

Once upon a time, comic book movies used to be camp, riding the line of silliness and sincerity that would suit the cinematic adaptation of a slim illustrated volume about superheroes and their exploits. But over 20 years ago, the superhero industrial complex rejected camp, becoming dark and gritty, then sarcastic and flip, then cycling back to wholesomely earnest again for a time. However, in these days of waning superhero enthusiasm, fatigue setting in, it seems there’s an opening for comic book movies to be stupid – stupidly fun – again, especially if “Madame Web” can tell their fortunes.

With her latest film, actress Dakota Johnson adds superhero to her extensive, and often eccentric resume. The actress, the daughter of “Working Girl” Melanie Griffith and “Miami Vice” Don Johnson (stepdaughter of “Zorro” Antonio Banderas) and the granddaughter of iconic Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren (“The Birds,” “Marnie”) knows Hollywood, and she’s made a wide array of interesting and outre choices in her career. So let’s run down the best of Dakota Johnson in advance of her “Madame Web” debut.

Cards on the table, Bey and Tay’s worlds might finally be colliding. One of Beyoncé’s producers suggested this week that her upcoming album, “Act II,” might offer up a long-awaited collaboration with Taylor Swift.

Lemonada Media, a Minnesota-based podcast company that specializes in exploring the human experience from a female perspective, has just landed its biggest partner. Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, will host a new podcast for the network.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have been conflicted about whether to re-establish contact with a former girlfriend from college. I’m now in my late 60s; this was way back. The relationship didn’t last very long, and I regret a lot about how I handled it. (I was a jerk.)