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Apollo 11 moon walk video tapes probably erased by NASA

NPR reports that the high-quality video of man's first steps on the moon will most likely never be seen.
 

4th of July video: Racine's Fourth Fest Parade 2009

Ten minutes of video to let the world glimpse this outstanding Racine event.
 

EVP Tour: Pro beach volleyball at Racine's North Beach this Saturday

North Beach is an inspiring success story, and the Extreme Volleyball Professionals Tour is its showcase event.
 

Pancake Day / Lakefront Artist Fair in Racine this Saturday, May 2

This all-you-can-eat event has been kicking off Racine's warmer season for 55 years now.
 

That April 4 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis

Never-before-published photos at the LIFE website, and a long-remembered NPR interview -- both capturing the day Dr. Martin Luther King was killed.
 

Bruce Springsteen to perform on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' tonight

Bruce Springsteen will be doing a solo performance of the title track, "Working on a Dream."
 

Jeff Dowd, inspiration for The Dude in 'Big Lebowski,' joins Peter Himmelman tonight

The live, one-hour show starts at 7:00 Pacific or 8:00 Mountain or 9:00 Central or 10:00 Eastern.
 

The purpose of the Academy Awards: Honoring our healing stories

The 'Rosebud' episode of 'Northern Exposure' illustrates the magic mythological power of movies.
 

'Peter Himmelman's Furious World'

A streaming musical variety show, Tuesday nights at 9:00 Central: http://tinyurl.com/furiousworld
 

MSNBC: Interactive inauguration, complete text and video

MSNBC's 'Explore' feature is a cool new marriage of online video and text.
 

Breathtaking images

We're watching the inauguration on C-SPAN, and the streaming HD video from CBS.
 

TV tonight: Bush farewell, new 'Office' and '30 Rock'

President Bush delivers his farewell address tonight, and there's a new 'The Office' and '30 Rock.'
 

New Year's Eve / New Year's Day food, traditions and good luck

A look at a few of the events and the foods that have become New Year's traditions.
 

Live blogging Election Day 2008

Election Day 2008, as experienced in our living room.
 

C'est les fests

Summer 2008 festival roundup: Great Midwest Dragon Boat Festival, Superweek, Racine County Fair, etc.
 

July 3 at Summerfest

A full day of music, including Drive-By Truckers, Romantica, Alejandro Escovedo, and Lucinda Williams on Milwaukee's lakefront.
 

Gregory Berg's Kenosha tornado photos

My former colleague was at Carthage College during the January 7, 2008 tornado, and took a few photos of it.
 

Summer festivals and events 2007

My own list of parades, festivals, and public events in our area.
 

St. Patrick's Day with Irish breakfast, Racine parade, and Irish stew recipe

Since it fell on a Saturday this year, we could celebrate all day -- from an Irish breakfast to the Racine parade to a homemade Irish stew.
 

Coming Friday: The New Mastersounds

Go see this great funk band from Leeds at The Kinetic Playground.

 

When in Racine

Since moving to Racine, we're beginning to appreciate some of the special things here.

 

Suddenly, it's summer

The time is now for me to get out and start doing things.

 

Remaining SuperWeek photos

Some more SuperWeek photos are up at Flickr.

 

SuperWeek: Food Folks & Spokes in Kenosha

This daylong festival centered around the International Cycling Classic is the best event Kenosha hosts.
 

New photos on Flickr

Okay, so I've been too busy to write any entries for over a week, but I have posted some new photos at Flickr.

 

2005 Tour de France

My anticipation is strong as the main event in cycling is about to begin again.

 

Wimbledon time warp

The way that NBC and ESPN2 split up Wimbledon makes the Central time zone miss out.