Early in L’ Elisir d’Amore, Dulcamara, a quack hilariously played by Michael Wanko, sells to Nemorino, a young peasant wonderfully sung by Robert McPherson, something he calls “Queen Isolde’s Elixir of Love,” then says in an aside, “It’s not much of an elixir, but it’s not a bad Bordeaux.”
Last May, little Sorel Sofia Kolendrianos was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Rett’s Syndrome that occurs in only 1 in 20,000 girls.
Pop and rock happenings for this week.
There’s a big difference between appreciating the value of exercise and actually wanting to get off your butt.
Modern produce varieties are bred and selected with little regard for taste.
Imperial Patent Office in Berlin, Germany, registers Aspirin, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co.
Ethan Stewart chilled with Chuck Barfoot of Barfoot Snowboards to find out all about the origins of an extreme snow sport that blossomed from a children’s toy into a huge, hip industry.
It’s easy to become cynical about college sports when you see schools rent soon-to-be-professional athletes with no expectation that they will graduate, or when you see privileged athletes behave in a heedless fashion.
There are so many dance performances whirling through town this week, it’s enough to make you dizzy.
The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara is starting sign-ups for the spring indoor soccer leagues for boys and girls ages pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
