The Bear has experienced 4 Newport Folk Fests in her 6+ years.  Her fifth is going to have to wait until at least 2011. The Bear at 5 months, enjoying her 1st Newport Folk Fest (2004). The Mrs. and I, thanks to my folks taking our girls for a long weekend, are flying up to Newport, RI sans children...

“It’s just a lot of dumb show” – Kathy Seldon in “Singin’ in the Rain” Harsh, I know.  But when a guy comes out on to the ice with a wireless electric guitar and pretends to strum some seriously cock-rockish tunes and other skaters spit out the tired “[Insert...

We’re taking the girls to New York City in early May to see the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet perform Fancy Nancy. That’s right, Jane O’Connor’s monolith creation of elegance in the form of a precocious (that’s a fancy word for mature) little girl now comes in ballet form. The...

Tickets are now on sale for the Fancy Nancy Ballet at Symphony Space on New York’s Upper West Side.  There are two shows on Saturday, May 8th 2010 – Noon and 2pm.  This is a must see event for any fan of Jane O’Connor’s Fancy Nancy series of books, dolls and toys.  OWTK will...

It’s been forever since we’ve seen a kid’s concert.  Halloween, I think.   Okay, maybe that’s not “forever”, but for us a 6-week absence sure as heck feels like an eternity. That all changes this weekend as Debbie & Friends roll through town.  We’re...

We were just in A.C. for a college basketball tournament, to cheer on my MSU Spartans.  While in the East Coast gambling mecca, we hit a couple of the well-promoted family holiday events.  Here’s my quick take on what we saw: The Tropicana indoor snowfall (every 15 minutes) was underwhelming,...