 |
As a big league pitcher he was "Dr. K," known for his blazing fastball. With his baseball career and a serious drug problem in the past, Dwight Gooden is playing a new position: family man. Story
[Times photo: Bill Serne] |
Sunday Journal: Slithering around the bylaws
I live in a 1960s building in Miami with rust-clogged cast-iron pipes and a dictatorial board, a building where we are not allowed to have pets or to sublet our units. Until the board was sued and lost, we weren't even allowed children.
The prayer warrior testifies
A former USF eye doctor, accused of forcing his Christian beliefs on his employees, never spoke publicly about his religion while the controversy was raging. Now, in a deposition, he talks about angels, prophecy and the voice of God.
Coming Tuesday: Pulse
Ready to take your Pulse?
Step back in time with Grandma Moses
Join a quilting bee, immerse yourself in details of farm like. This untrained artist diffuses shades of basic Americana through the perspective that a century of simple living provides.
Eric Deggans
A subdued celebration
Tributes to rescue workers and victims of the terror attacks will take center stage at a toned-down Emmy Awards show tonight, with no showy dresses, no red carpet and few new nominees.
Historical perspectives in three nearby art shows
Orlando's "Grandma Moses in the 21st Century" is one of three outstanding exhibits that are each an easy day trip from the bay area. The others:
Arts notes
Early start for Florida Studio Theatre
Audio and classical files
MACY GRAY, THE ID (SONY) Macy Gray's debut album, On How Life Is, so rocked my world, I feared Gray would slip into the sophomore slump with her followup. Doesn't that always seem to happen? It's as if a new artist uses up all that creative juice on the debut, which he or she took years shaping, with no specter of celebrity haunting the process. Then -- boom! -- fame, fortune. The record label gives 'em a year to do it all again, and they peter out.
