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FESTIVALS Festival of Trees Holiday Luncheon Noon. Wednesday, Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road. Enjoy a luncheon amid designer decorations and holiday cheer. www.masmacon.com. 477-3232. $50, advance registration required. Festival of Trees Preview Gala 7 p.m. Thursday, Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road. Designer decorations, live and silent auctions, open bar, cocktail buffet by Natalia's, live music by Bone n' Holmes, and the Winter Wonderland and Sugar Plum Shops. www.masmacon.com. 477-3232. $80, advance registration required. Festival of Trees Display Nov. 16-26. Museum of Arts and Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road. See holiday trees decorated by local designers. www.masmacon.com. 477-3232.
Witness: Brother shot from passing SUV
KALAMAZOO -- It was several seconds after a single shot was fired out of a passing Chevrolet Suburban that Isaiah Berry realized his little brother had been hit. The two brothers and several friends were on the front porch of a neighbor's house at 1217 Mills Street in Kalamazoo the evening of March 29 when the black-and-silver Suburban turned off Washington Avenue onto their street, Berry testified in a Kalamazoo courtroom Wednesday. ``We were just talking. They just shot and kept going. He got shot in the head and died,'' Isaiah Berry said during the first day of testimony in the trial for Emmanuel Atkins, 19, of Kalamazoo, charged with murdering 14-year-old William Berry. ``We didn't really know he was shot until I pulled him over. ... He was bleeding real bad.'' Berry and three others who were at the shooting scene testified Wednesday that they recognized the Suburban from a nearby altercation earlier in the evening during which they almost got into a fight with the vehicle's occupants.
'Yellow Pages' for rich comes at a price
Fancy getting a bowl of red M&Ms delivered to your hotel room at 2am? How about 10 tickets for you and your friends to a sold-out Madonna concert? Or perhaps you're just having trouble finding a long enough shower curtain? Whatever the request, wherever and whenever you may need it, there are people out there willing to do it - at a price. For the past six years, the London-based company Quintessentially has been providing a unique and extremely exclusive service for those able to afford it. It is one of the world's leading private members-only clubs and, even in South Africa, its service appears to be in high demand. One client recently requested the company to find a Spanish-speaking nanny - for her dogs. She also wanted dog passports, which of course were found and produced. The international list of clients reads like a celebrity who's who, with members including Donald Trump, Richard Branson, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger, Sarah Ferguson, Lindsay Lohan, Jemima Khan, Hugh Grant and Madonna.
ONSTAGE & BACKSTAGE: Burns, Jenkins, Shindle and the Strike
Oy! The strike! It's so bizarre that I'm in one of the few shows running. It's not like I chose to do The Ritz because I knew it would be immune from the strike, it just arbitrarily worked out that way. I'm hoping by the time you read this, all the Broadway shows will be back on. Actually, why don't I add more to that wish. I hope all the Broadway shows will be back on, including some that have closed. That's right. Not only Rent, Hairspray and Drowsy Chaperone, I want to see Evita with Patti LuPone and Drood with Betty Buckley ASAP. Local One, that's what you need to focus on while negotiating. This week began with a benefit for Only Make Believe, a great organization founded by Dena Hammerstein (Jamie's widow) that brings theatre to hospitalized children. It was great to see Julia Murney again, fresh off of Wicked.
Seven homes on Tybee tour
A charming beach house nicknamed "Luscious Little Cottage" will be one of seven homes included on the upcoming Tybee Island Tour of Homes sponsored by Trinity United Methodist Church. The little cottage on North Lovell Avenue was built during the 1920s for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staffers who were building the Tybee road. A few years ago, the home was rescued by interior designer Jane Coslick, who is well-known for transforming bland houses into happy homes filled with delightful décor and one-of-a-kind details. An old ticket booth - called "The Roost" - sits in the backyard for an added sleeping room. The beds in the roost were made from driftwood found on Tybee's beaches. Tickets for the Saturday tour are $20 and include tours of the homes and the Tybee Lighthouse and lunch at the church.
Makeovers needed: NH flood victims still hurting
Reynald and Casey Voisine of Manchester and their three children finally are sleeping under their own roof again. The popular TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" built the family a new home last week. It was a beautiful combination of capitalism and charity. Unfortunately, there are many other New Hampshire families just as needy but not as lucky. The Voisines lost their home in the Mother's Day floods of 2006. They've been unable to rebuild, which has made them essentially homeless ever since. They are not alone. Some Manchester families whose homes were damaged by those floods had their homes destroyed a year later by the floods this spring. Many New Hampshire families remain homeless. Not protected by flood insurance, they lost everything and have no way to get it back.
Kenya: Floating Hotel a Novel Idea Sure to Be a Big Hit With Tourists
Necessity is the mother of inventions, so the saying goes. And as the demand for and cost of land especially in Coast province rises by the day, so do people get smarter and more innovative in the lucrative and competitive tourism industry. One such person is Gerard Johnson who has developed some of the most exotic tourist resorts in Lamu. He knew only too well that for a piece of the local beach - if he found it - he would part with millions of shillings. So he decided that ingenuity would work the magic. .
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