Chad Hollister
1. Live Aid Vermont musician Chad Hollister is known for his feel-good pop-rock tunes. The singer-songwriter brings his signature sense of positivity to a livestream concert supporting working musicians facing financial difficulties. Acoustic folk artist Ryan Montbleau, indie-pop musician Francesca Blanchard, members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and others join Hollister for VT Sounds A Bash to Bring Back Vermont Music, broadcast from ZenBarn in Waterbury at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 22. All proceeds go to the New England Musicians Relief Fund.
2. A Man Apart Courtesy of Jack Fairweather Author Jack Fairweather (left) with 89-year-old Bohdan Walasek, who fought with Witold Pilecki during the Warsaw uprising Do you have what this man had, to be not just a survivor but a helper,
Based on Geotagged Twitter Data and Hashtags, what do you think Michigan Twitter users are talking about the most during the pandemic? Politics? No. Sports? Nope. Did you say.SEX? If you did, you are correct!
With 340 million worldwide Twitter users and 500 million tweets sent everyday, it s no surprise that sex would be a popular topic. Reported by MLIVE, according to the data study of more than two million geotagged tweets in the last nine months, Michigan residents are talking about sex more than residents of any other state across the United States of America amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
Jan. 21, 2021
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Roberto Fonseca will play a set on Saturday night on HotHouse’s YouTube and Twitch channels as part of “Jazz Plaza: HotHouse Meets Havana.”Credit.Arien Chan
At HotHouse, a Chicago-based nonprofit devoted to integrating the arts with community activism, organizers presented a virtual concert in July honoring Cuba’s contributions to global health particularly those of its doctors who have provided care in over two dozen foreign countries during the Covid-19 pandemic.
So when the Havana Jazz Festival was forced to call off its in-person events this year, Cuba’s national institute of music invited HotHouse to help the festival present a video edition, under the name “Jazz Plaza: HotHouse Meets Havana.” From Thursday through Sunday, two leading Cuban acts and two renowned Chicago-based groups will each present a recorded set of mus