Art on the Spot offers workshops

MIDDLEBORO — For its 10th year Art on the Spot studio will host vacation workshops for children ages 6 years and up during the week of Feb. 20-24. From 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. each day, students will be able to experience all that the studio has to offer...

Free and cheap things to do with the kids

  This week brings the return of Monster Jam, a spy exhibit lurks, there's a $2 admission deal at a children's museum and all kinds of trucks will be available to climb on as we peruse all the free and cheap things you can do with kids. Monster Jam roars back on Saturday. Giant custom-designed trucks crush lesser cars and even school buses in competition. Go early for tailgating and from 2 p.m ...

New tombs at Terrebonne public cemeteries must be painted white

All new tombstones in public cemeteries must be painted white, the Terrebonne Parish Council decided Wednesday.

Can an MP3 sound better than a Blu-ray?

High-resolution formats define the upper limit of quality, but if the recording's mix was overcompressed and processed, a lossless file won't sound great.

Dance review: Trivial flaws fail to keep S.F. Ballet's 'Onegin' from triumphing

As the curtain fell Friday night at San Francisco Ballet's premiere of John Cranko's 1965 evening-long "Onegin," elegant Vitor Luiz looked spent, and petite Maria Kochetkova gasped for breath as her shoulders curved forward.