Cafe Margaux in Cocoa Village gets cheesy
Café Margaux, 220 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village brings back its popular cheese tastings from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 20.
The cheese-intensive event pairs unusual and upscale cheeses with dessert wines.
Cost is $25. For more information, see margaux.com. For reservations, call 321-639-8343.
Space Coast Symphony plans concert of fan favorites
Dying for some Debussy? Missing Mozart? Pining for Prokofiev? You’re in luck, then, because Space Coast Symphony Orchestra will play selections from these A-list composers and more during “Fan Favorites: Part Three” at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 22, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy’s Scott Center, 5625 Holy Trinity Drive, Melbourne.
Itoshima – One of the Most Liveable Small Cities in the World
Monocle magazine and I agree on a lot of things. Ever since I flipped through its first issue in February 2007, I’ve felt like it’s one of very few Western media that really ‘get’ Japan. I was convinced of that when Monocle first named Fukuoka one of the world’s 25 most liveable cities. The ranking debuted in 2008 – with Fukuoka at number 17 – and the city has featured every year since. The magazine seemed to recognize what I already knew and was trying to tell others. Ever since I moved to Fukuoka in 1990 and launched English-language entertainment magazine RADAR three years later, part of my mission has always been to show the world what a great place Fukuoka is.
Dianna Stampfler, of Promote Michigan, usually talks about fun, upbeat things like lighthouses and covered bridges, beer festivals, and cool things to do in the Michigan winter.
Dianna confessed on the 95.3 WBCK Morning Show with Tim Collins that she has a fascination with true crime stories. “I love delving into cold cases and kind of what we call dark tourism ”, said Stampfler. “Now, clearly my book about haunted lighthouses touches that area as well, but last spring I stumbled upon a very intriguing story about Flint-area native Dean Templeton, whose gravestone near Lapeer says he was assassinated while campaigning to be America’s 39