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Observer named Front Yard Concerts the Best Music Venue largely for homeowner Matthew Kurzman’s devotion to local music and desire to keep live music going in a safe way. Since all the events take place at his home, interested guests must reach out via the event page to get the address. If you do that by this Friday, you will get a chance to see a performance by jazz vocalist and model Alex Blair hot off the release of her first EP Season of the Curvy Fox. RiFF RAFF 8 p.m. Friday, April 23, at Trees, 2707 Elm St., $17 at axs.com

Not all Texans were rejoicing at the chance to show their faces in public again after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that businesses won't be required to enforce face masking or limit their capacity come  March 2. Abbott’s announcement set Twitter ablaze with backlash, including the trending hashtag RIPTexas, while President Biden accused Abbott (and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, who made a similar call) of “Neanderthal thinking.” One of the most widespread bits of criticism over Abbott’s decision was that while businesses may still require patrons to wear masks the burden to r...

Welcome to Kinmen County, 'Taiwan's DMZ': Tanks, propaganda and tourists CNN 3/3/2021 By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN © An Rong Xu/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images The Beishan Broadcast Wall, once a propaganda tool, is now a popular tourist attraction. On a hilltop on the northwestern tip of Taiwan's Kinmen Island stands the Beishan Broadcast Wall, a towering concrete structure dotted with 48 loudspeakers. Decades ago, this sea-facing propaganda machine blasted songs by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng -- Asia's late "eternal queen of pop" -- across a 10-kilometer stretch of sea, ...

Charles E. Carlson Charles “Chuck” Carlson, age 88 of Northfield, passed away surrounded by the love of his family on Saturday evening, January 16, 2021, at Cannon Valley Suites of the Northfield Retirement Community. Charles Edward Carlson was born October 23, 1932, on the family farm in Douglas County near Spruce Center, Minnesota, to Adin and Viola (Nelson) Carlson. Chuck graduated from Alexandria High School in 1950. He worked at the family farm until enlisting in the Army in 1953. He served two years in Germany. After receiving his honorable discharge Chuck returned to Minnesot...