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Music
Jack DeJohnette, Towering Jazz Drummer and Bandleader, Dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer, pianist, and bandleader who played on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and worked closely with Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, and many other jazz luminaries, has died. His longtime label ECM Records confirmed the news, and his personal assistant told The Guardian the cause of death was congestive heart failure. DeJohnette was 83 years old. Born in…
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Food
Garlic Bread Dip – Easy Cheesy Appetizer Recipe
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. Cheesy garlic bread made into the dip of your dreams! This Garlic Bread Dip is full of roasted garlic and layers of melty cheese. It’s irresistible from the very first bite! The Cheesy Details You Need to Know Real roasted…
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Movie
Who Is Leaving & Coming to Days of Our Lives This Week (October 27-31)?
Heading into a fresh week of drama, Days of Our Lives fans are curious about who is leaving and joining the soap this week. With more characters comes more drama, and these additions are sure to deliver that. Here are the details on this week’s additions to the cast. List of everyone who is joining and leaving Days of Our…
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Arts & Theater
Did “Newsies” Really Need Katherine Plumber? — OnStage Blog
by Chris Peterson I threw on the Newsies pro-shot the other night. You know the one, with Jeremy Jordan as Jack Kelly, Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, and a cast of dancers so good they make leaping across scaffolding look like light cardio. I have seen it plenty of times, but this rewatch got me thinking again. For all its…
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Business
More flight disruptions are hitting airports across the country due to a shortage of air traffic controllers
A shortage of air traffic controllers caused more flight disruptions Monday around the country as controllers braced for their first full missing paycheck during the federal government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing-related delays on Monday afternoon averaging about 20 minutes at the airport in Dallas and about 40 minutes at both Newark Liberty International Airport and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The delays in…
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Education
The Two Minds Of An Educator
by Terry Heick In his essay Two Minds, Wendell Berry, unsurprisingly enough, offers up two tones of thought produced by two kinds of ‘mind’—Rational, and Sympathetic. One is driven by logic, deduction, data, and measurement, the other by affection and other wasteful abstractions—instinct, reverence, joy, and faith. These minds struggle for to manifest in our collective behavior. That is, they both…
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Gambling
Gaming and Leisure Buying Virginia Casino Real Estate in $467M Deal
Posted on: October 27, 2025, 06:01h. Last updated on: October 27, 2025, 06:01h. GLPI is paying $27 million for the land, extending financing of $440 million The casino is located in Petersburg, Va. and will be operated by Cordish and Bruce Smith Enterprise Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ: GLPI) said today it is acquiring the real estate of the Live!…
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Culture
Symbiotic culture and repression | Eurozine
Vladimir Putin’s favourite exhibition, laconically called ‘Russia’, took centre stage in Moscow’s cultural scene from November 2023 to July 2024. Located in VDNKh, a 325-hectare exhibition and recreation complex built in 1939 during the Stalin era to showcase Soviet economic, industrial, and agricultural achievements, the exhibition megalomaniacally praised Putin and his reign. Each of the 89 regions of Russia, plus…
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Gaming
What Is Crimson Desert? This Fantasy-Steampunk Open World Isn’t As Strange as You May Think
It’s been almost six years since Crimson Desert was first revealed to the world. Across that period, developer Pearl Abyss has shown off a huge array of ideas, mechanics, and boss battles. It’s frequently been cited as something of an “everything game” – an open world adventure with sky islands, mechanical dragons, wrestling moves, interdimensional gateways, interacting elemental effects, and…
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Celebrity
Dancing With the Stars’ Jen Affleck Defends Jan Ravnik
How Much Do the Celebrities Get Paid to Be on Dancing With the Stars? Citing multiple sources, Variety reported in 2019 that Dancing With the Stars contestants make $125,000 for the rehearsal period and first two weeks of the show. If they progress beyond that point, the outlet continued, they earn more money each week. At the time, sources told…
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