Men’s breakfast buffet
Following breakfast, author and sportswriter Terry Pluto will speak at the Men’s Breakfast Buffet held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Feb. 23 at Williams on the Lake, 787 Lafayette Road, Medina.
Twice-named the nation’s top sports columnist and eight-time Ohio Sportswriter of the Year, Pluto will talk about his experiences as a sportswriter, […]

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MEDINA — The annual women’s conference, Heart to Heart: Women Sharing the Heart of God, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1 at New Life Christian Fellowship, 580 N. State St. This year’s Scripture verse is I Chronicles 22:19.
Registration will begin at 9:30 with a continental breakfast.
Keynote speaker Lora Lee Smith, […]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
HD radio has arrived. However, is anyone listening?

Considering we live in a digital world where 6-foot wide televisions broadcast flawless picture-perfect quality and entire catalogs of music can be downloaded or traded at a moment’s notice, the radio industry has finally begun promoting its medium’s upgrade to 21st century technology. […]

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By Sandra Fahning
Special to The Gazette
I love finding new words and new ways to use words. So, every now and then, I like to check up on what’s happening with “words.”

I recently paid a visit to the Merriam-Webster Web site where I found lots of historical information and … new words.
In 1806, Noah Webster published […]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
After staging a brief showcase of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, “The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids” last year in Cleveland, nationally renowned puppeteer Matthias Kuchta is back in Northeast Ohio with his full production of “Snow White.”
This other popular Brothers Grimm story comes to life at 11 a.m. […]

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By STEVE FOGARTY
Special to The Gazette
There isn’t an oompa-loompa in sight, but it’s everything chocolate at the Great Lakes Science Center.
Seen by many as the Tiffany of sweets, chocolate gets the royal treatment in “Chocolate: The Exhibition,” an expansive and colorful exhibition that informs and entertains visitors with displays focusing on how chocolate is produced, […]

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By Sandra Fahning
Special to The Gazette
You can judge this book by its title — “Hang On Sloopy: The History of Rock & Roll in Ohio” (Guardian Express Media, $19.99).

It isn’t just another volume about rock music and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This book, written by Nick Talevski, is rich with Ohio history […]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
After arriving in the blink of an eye a few years back on the emo, pop rock scene, Panic at the Disco (which recently dropped the ! from its band name) is readying the release of its highly anticipated sophomore album, “Pretty Odd.”

You may remember the theatrical Las Vegas act […]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
An honest mistake is often the reason why rising bands fall into obscurity with the release of a sophomore album.
Such fears were definitely prevalent for rock act The Bravery, which a few years back was heralded — along with The Killers — as part of the neo new wave scene. […]

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By John Benson
Special to The Gazette
What a year it’s been for singer-songwriter Kate Voegele.
Not only did the Bay Village native release her debut album, “Don’t Look Away,” in 2007, but the 2005 Bay High School graduate and former Miami of Ohio University student toured nationally and even threw her hat into the acting ring.

This past […]

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