And, the Lotus March Boardwalk is now known as the Marty Leonard Lotus Marsh Boardwalk. The Fort Worth City Council approved the renaming.
“For more than two decades, Marty has been a loyal, impassioned supporter of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge,” said George Bristol, a board member of the Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge said in a news release from the city. “Based on Marty’s generosity, advocacy and service, we strongly believe she deserves this honor.”
“Marty Leonard is a genuine, down-to-earth person who has done a lot of great things for the community at large,” said Richard Zavala, director of the Parks & Recreation Department. “Her passion is the Nature Center, and her commitment will leave a legacy for future generations.”
Rescue, as well as traditional and popular songs. View here for three days.
7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Verdi’s
Luisa Miller. Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Elijah Moshinsky. From April 14, 2018. View here and for 24 hours.
8 pm ET: Seattle Opera presents
The Big Opera Show. A journey through Seattle Opera s upcoming season featuring special guests and a performance by tenor, Lawrence Brownlee, who got his start in Seattle Opera’s young artist program.
The Big Opera Show is hosted by actor, director, and emcee Rebecca M. Davis with performers including Kenneth Kellogg and Karen Vuong. No fee to attend but donations made during the event will allow Seattle Opera to keep singing until it is safe to gather again. Register and view here.
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Warmth from other Suns. View here until April 29.
7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents
Women in Music. Women’s History Month is marked with instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby Yamin, and soprano Michele Kennedy, who share a commitment to researching, performing, and recording music by women composers. View here.
8 pm ET: EnsembleNEWSRQ presents
Nightfall! The ensemble performs Gerard Grisey’s
Stelé for two percussionists, David Maric’s
Nascent Forms for mallet quartet, and David T. Little’s
Haunt of Last Nightfall for percussion quartet and electronics. View here.
By Martin Booth, Thursday Feb 25, 2021
Generations of children have attended St George Primary School since it was founded to provide an education to the sons and daughters of Bristol’s dockworkers.
But the historic primary school on Queen’s Parade at the foot of Brandon Hill has suffered from a drastic decline in pupil numbers, which for several years has put its finances in jeopardy and its future in doubt.
At a cabinet meeting on Thursday evening, the school’s fate was sealed. It will be closed and amalgamated with St Michael’s on the Mount Primary School, with who it already shares a headteacher.