Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson announced that he will leave the state's highest court, effective June 30, 2010.
Outdoor baseball! Ha-haaa, that’s what I’m talking about! Who wouldn’t like the smell of the air provided by an open-air stadium. Whether the air is industrial or fresh (in L.A. you either learn to appreciate smog and the Santa Ana winds that blow it away…or you move), it all smells good to me. Thus, I know one person who is going to be a little quicker picking up his press credentials for Twins baseball this year.
First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan were special guests at the National Education Association’s 13th Annual “Read Across America” Day, held at the Library of Congress on March 2. The event celebrated Dr. Seuss’s 106th birthday and kicked off the NEA’s national reading-promotion campaign, in which an estimated 45 million educators, parents and students are expected to participate in literacy promotion events nationwide.
Famed New Orleans jazz saxophonist and Berklee alum Donald Harrison (left), featured in When the Levees Broke, who has played with Miles Davis and mentored the Notorious B.I.G., among others, gave a special N'Olens style blessing to Berklee's new Africana Studies center. This room is a space on campus for students to be actively involved with the Africana Studies curriculum initiative. He was accompanied by percussionists Thimba Mkhatshwa and Berklee Presidential scholar from New Orleans Joseph C. Dyson (right).
When my girlfriend, Janice and I took our daughters to the movie theater to see The Princess and the Frog, Disney’s first-ever film featuring an African American Princess, we were beyond excited. My girlfriend, super serious about securing the best seats in the house for this historic event, wanted to arrive forty minutes in advance of show time. I, on the other hand, thought that was a bit excessive. Our compromise was to drive separately (she took the girls with her), so she could have first pick of the seats and I could finish my to-do list at home.