Thirty years ago was a case in point, in fact.
The group s 1991 album,
Into the Great Wide Open, was its first in four years (back when that was a long time) and followed the massive success of 1989 s
Full Moon Fever - Petty s first release without the band moniker, though most of the Heartbreakers played on it and guitarist Mike Campbell coproduced.
There was a sense of uncertainty about what that all meant and perhaps some fear that Petty would leave the Heartbreakers behind, although a band tour to support
Full Moon Fever should have put those concerns to rest.
This Fourth of July weekend we’ll be
celebrating our freedom from England 245 years ago and from the state’s COVID-19 restrictions that were lifted just last month. Californians can gather guilt-free with members of other households, enjoy the air conditioning inside their favorite restaurants, and fill the stands at Angel Stadium.
But in Los Angeles County, the atmosphere will be a little less festive.
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Health officials know
the coronavirus won’t be taking a holiday. And with the highly transmissible Delta variant on the loose, they’re not taking any chances.
They’ve already asked Angelenos to go back to wearing face masks indoors even if they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That puts California’s most populous county at odds with state health officials as well as with experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Yale Drama goes tuition-free with $150 million gift from David Geffen
David Geffen. Photo: Bruce Weber
by Michael Paulson
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Billionaire David Geffen is giving $150 million to Yale School of Drama, allowing one of the nations most prestigious programs to stop charging tuition.
The graduate school, which enrolls about 200 students in programs that include acting, design, directing and playwriting, announced the gift Wednesday, and said it would rename itself the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.
Yale said it believes the gift is the largest in the history of American theater.
The school said that, starting in August, it would eliminate tuition for all returning and future students in its masters, doctoral and certificate programs. Tuition at the school had been $32,800 per year.