On the Town: Armstrong Auditorium to showcase ‘Two Fathers, Two Sons’ By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record December 31, 2020
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
Armstrong Auditorium, the stunning performance venue in far north Edmond, continues to bring quality and world-renowned music to live audiences. It will kick off its new season with “Two Fathers, Two Sons” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.
The program features acclaimed cellist Julian Schwarz and his father, internationally recognized conductor Gerard Schwarz, performing with the Mozart Orchestra of New York. Gerard Schwarz has won seven Emmy Awards and eight American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards and received 14 Grammy nominations. Thursday’s show also includes Armstrong’s music director, Ryan Malone, on harpsicord and his son Seth Malone on cello.
On the Town: Merry Christmas week, everyone! By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record December 18, 2020
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
It has been an unusual year, to say the least, and I have been missing some of the big holiday gatherings that we all love, especially friends, family and hugs. But even though we can’t gather safely in person this year, let’s gather with the people in our house and enjoy great, local entertainment on our TV screens. Here’s a roundup of things to watch this week to keep the spirit of Christmas going.
The locally produced, written and filmed holiday hip hop movie Finding Carlos is streaming on deadCenter Film Festival’s website and in certain theaters through the end of the month. My good friend Lance McDaniel is director, and he and Melissa Scaramucci wrote the script, which includes dancers from across the state and modern versions of several
On the Town: See Santa Saturday at Scissortail By: Lillie-Beth Brinkman The Journal Record December 17, 2020
Lillie-Beth Brinkman
Now that most schools are out for the holidays, let’s add some festive outdoor – and safe – holiday fun to our list of family things to do, including at Scissortail Park in downtown Oklahoma City.
Santa will be visiting Scissortail Park from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, and even though he has to stay socially distanced like the rest of us, you can still take your photo with him from a bench in front of his sleigh. While you’re downtown, go ice skating in the Sky Rink beginning at noon Friday through Sunday and then from 1 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Admission is $5 for the day (through 8 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Friday and Sunday) and free for members of either Scissortail Park or the Myriad Gardens.
Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
2,700-year-old clay sealing from a stamp from the Israelite King Jeroboam II in the 8th century BCE. (Dani Machlis/Ben Gurion University)
What is arguably the earliest inscribed clay seal impression from the Land of Israel used at the court of Israelite King Jeroboam II has been authenticated after years of strict laboratory testing under the supervision of Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yuval Goren. The inscribed clay, known as a bulla, was purchased without provenance from a Bedouin antiquities merchant in the 1980s and is now thought to be from Jeroboam II’s 8th century BCE reign.