It’s 1945. American soldiers are returning home from World War II. Big-band music fills the air – “Sing, Sing, Sing” and “I’m Beginning to See the Light.”
That’s the setting for “Much Ado About Nothin.
On Nov. 1, shortly after 2 a.m., Meredith Dallas, surrounded by family, died peacefully at the Friends Care Center, where he had been living for the past year.
The third child and second son of a factory foreman, Meredith Eugene Dallas, or Dal, as his friends and colleagues affectionately called him, was born on Dec. 3, 1916, in Detroit, Mich., to William and Ethel Dallas who would go on to have six children. When his older brother died at the age nine, the 6-year-old Meredith became the vessel of his father’s ambition that his oldest son grow up to be a Methodist minister. This ambition dovetailed nicely with the influence Detroit’s Central Methodist Church had on the young Meredith. Of particular influence were people of social conscience and national renown, like educator and civil rights leader Mary Bethune, who would on occasion speak to the congregation. Through the church, Meredith was active in the Young People’s League, an organization that examined issues of race a
Ten things to see and do in Melbourne this summer
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After months of lockdown, Australia s cultural capital is beginning to bounce back.
What could be more Melbourne than spending long afternoons wandering the halls of the National Gallery of Victoria, or catching up with friends at a late-night show? From possum-fur paintings to Shakespeare under the stars, there s plenty to see and do this summer.
Here are some suggestions for what to put at the top of your holiday to-do list.
1. Walk through the massive, free exhibition at the NGV
Artist Jeff Koons with his sculpture at the National Gallery of Victoria.