FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) Whether it’s Russian ballet or comedy that piques your interest, the Historic Embassy Theatre is kicking off 2016 with a little bit of something for everyone. The first event of the year features the Fort Wayne Philharmonic performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Tickets for the Jan. 9 performance start at $17. Other performances that follow include the State Ballet of Russia’s Romeo Juliet on Jan. 20, the 2016 All Star Comedy Jam on Jan. 23, and a Philharmonic Read more [...]

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PISCATAWAY — With a calendar of events that includes 19 men's basketball games, 15 women's basketball contests, five wrestling matches, two gymnastics meets and countless practices, Rutgers officials don't have many opportunities to schedule outside entertainment for the Rutgers Athletic Center during the winter months.  It's why Geoff Brown had to get creative in his attempt to lure the Harlem Globetrotters to Rutgers. The Rutgers athletics chief marketing officer said he has been Read more [...]

THE New Year often brings thoughts of a new career – and the Daily Echo Jobs Fair should be in the diary of anyone seeking a fresh opportunity. The Jobs Fair takes place at the Premier Inn, Westover Road in Bournemouth, on Thursday, February 11. It has been running for more than 10 years and provides the perfect opportunity for employers to meet jobseekers, career-changers or those seeking training and advice. Previous fairs have attracted more than 1,000 job-hunters Read more [...]

Although investors are aware of the many challenges the Big Four – Asda, which is owned by US-listed Walmart, being the fourth – face, they are unlikely to continue to fiddle while Rome burns. Each of the quoted retailers has a relatively new management team, and so cannot blame predecessors for any under-performance. Which one will bite the dust this year?  Photo: PA The Christmas trading updates – which begin in earnest this coming week – will give the first indication of what might Read more [...]

New Year’s resolutions tend to be both ambitious and unsuccessful. We set ourselves vague, broad goals—to lose weight or be happier or more confident—and then abandon them just a few weeks later. It’s hard to transform your personality or lifestyle on the whim of a New Year’s wish, and if you want to see real change, psychologists say you need to be realistic and specific. Fortunately, psychology is no stranger to specificity: There are hundreds of scientific studies that link tiny Read more [...]

PARISHIONERS in Raglan have raised £30,000 towards the cost of urgent repairs to their church roof. The ‘Raise the Roof appeal was launched by a group of volunteers for St Cadoc’s church in 2013 after a quinquennial inspection found that the entire roof should be replaced along with other works costing £410,000. As well as repairs to the roof, gutters and tower buttresses to the Grade II-Listed church on Chepstow Road, other improvements Read more [...]

There’s something about the air in Charleston that brings tourists back again and again.It’s called cuisine.With roots in time-honored Southern fare, a front-row seat on the ocean, myriad tourist-drawing events and attractions and proximity to shoals of well-heeled resort enclaves stretched from Hilton Head to Isle of Palms, something fine is always cooking there.Last year, restaurants in the area netted 11 nominations for the James Beard Foundation restaurant and chef awards. Charleston itself Read more [...]

LETTERSFrom Jim Moody, Ryde: Many individuals are busy ensuring Ryde’s past is not forgotten.Historic Ryde and the Ryde Social Heritage Group have been stalwart in bringing history, including social history, to life.Volunteers and artists have been restoring Victoria Arcade on Union Street. Other work has made Ryde Cemetery cherished and nurtured, a benefit to everyone.And many older premises on Ryde’s commercial streets have been utilised without compromising their historic significance.But Read more [...]