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Andy Mann brings his stories and photos to the Jack Singer Concert Hall for Arts Commons Present National Geographic Live.

Entertainment wisdom for the week ahead.

In his Sept. 30 article in the Daily Bee (“More weather extremes and El Niño”), Randy Mann lists and discusses some of this year's weather anomalies. “Weather patterns have been changing and becoming more extreme across the globe, especially this year. We've seen big heatwaves in Europe along with flooding rains.”

I’ll never forget him. I had some good times with him, and I also got to witness some of the more crazy aspects of his personality, like when he dumped all the rotting blood from The Blood Show out the door of the Reese Palley Gallery on Prince Street, stinking up the block for days. I got to see him in rage and in unstoppable laughter.

In 1971, a friend hired me to photograph the Everson Museum’s newly appointed director. I’d never seen the new art museum or met an art museum director, so I was unsure what to expect. Ushered into his austere skylit corner office in the I. M. Pei-designed art museum, I stood awkwardly in front of his desk, waiting for him to look up from signing some papers on his desk. Time moved slowly. I shifted my weight from foot to foot.

An all-star cast of Vermont musicians is coming together to aid local farmers affected by the July floods. And they're paying tribute to the music...

Council members approved spending $6 million on designs for an expanded Southwest Water Reclamation Facility.

That grant money would cover only about $750,000 of the $40 million price tag of the park, slated for construction in 2025.

C. Parker Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut features art by Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen to reveal the importance of preserving the planet.

The eight-member Sunset Commission is responsible for eliminating waste and consolidating city boards.