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Real live plants and plant materials bring a special natural feel and smell to our holiday decorations. Live plants actually absorb and remove toxins from the air.
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“My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors,” William Morrow, by Lindsay McCrae
“Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights,” Algonquin Books, by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
SEATTLE — Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines. They hope to shed light on human longevity too.
BERLIN — For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall encircled West Berlin, built by communist East German authorities ostensibly to protect the country from “fascists,” but in reality to prevent their own citizens from fleeing into the democratic half of the divided city, a portal to the rest…
XINING, China — There’s a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world’s last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags are newly topped with sprawling steel power lines. At night, the illuminated signs of Sinopec gas stations cast a red glow over…
Portal Cello Project comes to Colonial to play Radiohead homageThe Portland Pocatello Project will perform 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Colonial Theater. This group is set to play a percussion tribute to the band Radiohead. The cellists in the band are classically trained, and Patt King, from the…
Events listed may require registration. Contact the centers for more information. The Idaho Falls Senior Citizens Center, 535 W. 21st St., 208-522-4357, facebook.com/idaho.senior or ifsccc.org; Shelley Senior Center, 193 Pine St., 208-357-3621, theeliteretreatofshelley.com; Rigby Senior Cent…
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What started out as a one-man show decades ago, the “Forgotten Carols” has grown into a major theatrical production and holiday tradition for many.
Cops might do well to position their speed traps near movie theaters wherever the new film “Ford v Ferrari” is playing. They might fund their whole year’s budget busting speeders peeling out of the parking lots.
Picture this: A princess is in distress. It looks bad. Her dashing young man rides up in the nick of time and says, “Here I am to save you, my dear!” Actually, he doesn’t. He just says, “I’m here. Whaddya need?” She has a plan, and off they go.
Colin Mochrie says he lives an improv life not knowing what’s coming next.
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Years ago, I started a simple family food tradition. We lived in Europe, and I wanted to share with my children a tradition from my childhood: Sunday pancakes. Not Swedish pancakes, not French crepes, but good old American-style pancakes doused with maple syrup.
Question: Our landscape needs some remodeling. Our needs have changed. We want to replace some child-oriented features with facilities for entertaining our friends and grown family. We also have some overgrown shrubs which need to be replaced.
"The Night Fire," Little, Brown and Co., by Michael Connelly
“Ducks, Newburyport,” Biblioasis, by Lucy Ellmann
Steven W. Horn speaks about his characters like he knows them personally. And on some level, he does.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The discovery of two fossilized dinosaur skeletons intertwined in what looks like a final death match could make a Montana ranching couple rich beyond their dreams. Or they may have to share the wealth.
“Finding Chika: a little girl, an earthquake, and the making of a family” (Harper), by Mitch Albom
My husband and I have a Thanksgiving routine. Before the family arrives or the turkey is carved, we gather in the living room. As Christmas music plays in the background, he turns on his laptop, and I mine.
BERLIN (AP) — An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of communist East Germany’s border.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years ago, beloved entertainer Carol Burnett appeared on the very first broadcast of a quirky TV program that featured a bunch of furry puppets.
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Symphony performanceTo commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Idaho Falls Symphony and the Idaho National Laboratory, a celebratory production begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Civic Center for the Performing Arts, 501 S. Holmes Ave. Educational displays related to the INL’s space battery…
The story of a little girl who possesses “wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers” comes to life next weekend at the Civic Auditorium.
The first thing director Roland Emmerich should do after his latest movie “Midway” hits theaters is apologize.
Paul Feig’s “Last Christmas” looks every bit like your standard holiday romantic-comedy, but it has some surprises under its gauzy wrapping.
PARIS (AP) — If there is such a thing as baking royalty, Apollonia Poilâne might be its queen.
Question: I enjoyed this week’s garden column on building rich soil with organic matter in a new landscape. Are you going to write about how to add organic matter to existing landscapes?
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When Dena Espenscheid answered an advertisement on social media offering a weekend vacation to an unknown destination, her sister warned her she was going to get kidnapped.
KINIGI, Rwanda — Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on a stand of wild celery. She bends the green stalks and, with long careful fingers, peels off the exterior skin to expose the succulent inside.
“Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk,” Anchor Books, by Jon Krakauer
“Blue Moon: a Jack Reacher Novel,” Delacorte Press, by Lee Child
“The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses,” Harper, by Dan Carlin.
NEW YORK — It’s not just eBay anymore. A slew of websites and apps act as virtual thrift stores for vintage devotees, deal hunters and those just looking to unload stuff they don’t want anymore.
BERLIN (AP) — Sister Brigitte Queisser walks slowly along the decaying remains of the Berlin Wall, its rusty rebar reinforcement exposed where the concrete has crumbled away. The 77-year-old pauses to catch her breath, opens a gate and steps from the former democratic West Berlin into what u…
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Science combines with art when the Idaho Falls Symphony performs Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” next week with the help of the Idaho National Laboratory.
The Idaho-grown band Reckless Kelly brings its brand of country-rock to the Colonial Theater next week.
Jonathan Lethem’s novel about a private eye with Tourette’s syndrome, “Motherless Brooklyn,” starts with a brilliant burst of uncontrolled profanity and an explanation of its protagonist’s condition.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point — Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars brands! HBO Max counters with “Game of Thrones” and DC superheroes! — Apple TV Plus could be cast as the highly pedigreed and improbable underdog.
Fresh cut flower arrangements are fleeting, but you can keep them lively longer by taking a few simple steps in selection, conditioning and nourishment.
It took me a long while to make puttanesca sauce, the feisty Italian tomato sauce packed with sharp, pungent and briny flavors. I admit it was the anchovies that gave me pause. While I don’t mind anchovies in moderation, I don’t liberally cook with them, either, foolishly reverting to a chil…
Question: I have been told by my neighbor, who is an excellent gardener, that I should add organic matter to my soil to improve it. Why is organic matter so important?
“Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch,” Farrar, Straus and Giroux, by Alexandra Jacobs
ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the generations-old tradition of climbing the sandstone monolith.
"The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power," Abrams, by The New York Times, foreword by Roxane Gay, portraits by Elizabeth D. Herman and Celeste Sloman
“One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America,” Blue Rider Press, by Gene Weingarten
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