Day of the Dead 6:30-9:30 p.m. today, Nov. 3: The Day of the Dead is a day of reverence and honoring those who lived before us, rather than begging for candies. Public altars with offerings of food and mementos of dead loved ones are put on display accompanied by prayers. This celebration is far from dreary. It's considered a happy day, and there are often parties associated with the veneration of the dead, including costumes, music and lots of food.Dia de los Muertos:...
Gail Sheehy, who has made a career out of chronicling the stages of boomer life, has some advice to rekindle a flagging relationship. "If you want to prolong romantic love or reignite the spark in a long-time marriage, do something dangerous together. Try skiing or snowboarding or snorkelling," she says over breakfast at her hotel. "And there is another thing that's surefire: if some kind of disaster strikes, a snowstorm, a hurricane, make sure...
Karen C. Nordhoff and F. Samuel Smith were married yesterday evening at the Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien, Conn. The Rev. Constance Jordon-Haas officiated at a candlelight ceremony. The bride, 58, will take her husband's surname. She is the executive assistant to the president of TechnoServe, a nonprofit organization in Norwalk, Conn., that assists the rural poor in Africa and Latin America. From 1995 to 1997, she was a chairwoman of the Center for Hope in Darien, a...
On the boob tube Monday, Nov. 21 8 p.m. "Is It Real?" on National Geographic Channel: Tonight's episode, "Extreme Sleepwalking," looks at people who have claimed they were sleepwalking when they committed serious crimes, even murder. The documentary says the difficult question of whether they should be held responsible "lies at the crossroads of science and the law."Tuesday, Nov. 22 8 p.m....
Mount Vernon cultural leaders met yesterday in the first step of a five-year campaign to make the picturesque central Baltimore neighborhood a destination for tourists. Inspired by the runaway success of the Inner Harbor, neighborhood cultural institutions -- including the Walters Art Gallery, the Enoch Pratt Free Library, the Maryland Historical Society, the Roman Catholic Basilica of the Assumption, the Peabody Institute and Center Stage -- joined forces last year to create the Mount Vernon...