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News >  Family

Dad Daze: The facts about children and vaccinations

A recent post from the Gateway Pundit caught my son Milo's attention. "Huge: CDC and Big Pharma Data Confirm That More Children Will Die from COVID Vaccine Than From the COVID Virus" was the very long headline from the conservative website that has on more than one occasion delivered misinformation.
A&E >  Entertainment

J.Lo is ‘no Peter Rivera’

It’s easy to understand why Peter Rivera has earned so much respect from his peers. The vocalist-drummer-songwriter of Rare Earth fame is always going full tilt. Even though Rivera is 76, he continues to write songs, hit high notes from his salad days and bash away with abandon behind his drum kit.
A&E >  Entertainment

How will Brad Williams enter the Spokane Comedy Club this time?

Expect a different but not better entrance when Brad Williams returns to the Spokane Comedy Club. “The last time I was there (in 2019), I was on one of those scooters you people in Spokane like to ride,” Williams recalled about Lime scooters while phoning from his Los Angeles home.
A&E >  Entertainment

Legendary Iron Maiden to return to Spokane Arena on Sept. 30

Metal iconoclasts Iron Maiden will return to Spokane next autumn. The British band, while on its Legacy of the Beast world tour, will perform Sept. 30 at Spokane Arena. The word has been that this might be Iron Maiden's last big tour. It'll be worth catching the group, which redefined heavy metal.
A&E >  Movies

Dad Daze: ‘King Richard’ takes game, set and match

The long Thanksgiving weekend is about tryptophan overload, Cyber Monday (who needs Black Friday?) and blockbusters. Regarding the latter, there are a number of worthwhile films screening, but parents shouldn't miss "King Richard." It's the incredible true story of the rise of tennis aces Venus and Serena Williams.
News >  Family

Dad Daze: Thanksgiving is a time to not take anything for granted

Thanksgiving was like "Groundhog Day" – not the holiday, but the 1993 film – for yours truly thanks to my old-school, Depression-era parents. There was nothing like the aroma of the 20-pound turkey and eventually my mother's stuffing, which was mixed with ground meat, that permeated the house late morning.
A&E >  Music

Dad Daze: After the Travis Scott tragedy, should kids go to concerts?

After the Travis Scott concert tragedy, which claimed nine lives in Houston last week, my son Milo asked about crowd behavior during shows a generation ago. After experiencing the opener to the Rolling Stones Tattoo You Tour in 1981 at Philadelphia as a high school freshman, I indulged in myriad concerts.
A&E >  Entertainment

Athlete turned music artist Liz Cooper is giving ‘Hot Sass’

Liz Cooper isn't the first collegiate athlete turned professional musician. Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line played baseball for Florida State University, violinist Vanessa Mae was an Olympic skier, and Billy Joel competed in Golden Gloves. Cooper, 29, earned a golf scholarship at Towson State University.
A&E >  Entertainment

Baroness survives incredible bus accident off cliff and rocks on

It's not easy to keep an independent rock band alive for nearly 20 years. It's akin to an act of survival. That's literally so for Baroness, which features one lone original member, John Baizley. While touring England in 2012, the metal band's bus flew off a viaduct near Bath and plunged 40 feet.