Descendant of Titanic Survivors Sunday, April
15 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in
the North Atlantic. Davis resident Joan Randall's family was the only intact
steerage family to survive. Randall will be
on a Titanic Memorial Cruise that will sail to the sight
of the shipwreck for the 100th anniversary this
weekend. Joan will also be speaking at the DMTC Performing Arts
Center in Davis April 25.
News Network: The Union In this week's News
Network we're talking to Brian Hamilton, editor of Grass Valley and
Nevada City's newspaper, The Union.
The Bar Mitzvah and the Beast The Bar Mitzvah
and the Beast is the memoir of an ordinary family's
extraordinary journey across the United States on
bicycle. Amateur bike rider, father of three, and everyday
public school teacher Matt Biers-Ariel never dreamed of riding a
bike across America. But then his hard-to-impress teenage son,
Yonah, refused to have a Bar Mitzvah as he approached age thirteen.
So Matt, his wife Djina, Yonah, and little brother Solomon decided
to saddle up for a physical ride of passage -- one that
would take them 3,804 miles by bicycle from the waters of the
Pacific Ocean, across the Rockies, through Midwest small towns, and
all the way to Washington D.C.
The Color Purple Three Stages is presenting a limited production
of the musical originally produced by Oprah Winfrey and Quincy
Jones, "The Color Purple." Thursday, April
12 is the final day of the show.