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Jan 21
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Passions Grow Over First Native American Saint By Sebastian Smith (AFP) – January 17, 2012 FONDA, New York — Gazing down a frozen New York field, the statue of a Mohawk girl about to become the first Native American saint exudes calm. Yet the real Kateri Tekakwitha had a brutal existence — and ghosts from [...]
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Dec 03
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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Elbie Fonda set high goals for the 2011 football season. The Caruthersville senior wanted to run for 3,000 yards and lead his team to a state championship. For a shot at one, however, he had to sacrifice the other. “We believed he could do it, but as things progressed, we wanted [...]
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Nov 27
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Fonda – Better Days (Album Review) In the eight years between Catching up to the Future and Fonda’s new EP, Better Days, the band’s principal songwriting duo, Emily Cook and David Klotz, have devoted their energies to some truly questionable projects: Cook contributed to the screenplay of the execrable Gnomeo & Juliet, while Klotz is [...]
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Nov 12
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Ami McKay’s The Virgin Cure Ami McKay’s debut novel The Birth House was inspired by the former midwife’s home she and her husband bought in Nova ‘Scotia near the Bay of Fundy. Her 2011 novel The Virgin Cure also has a real-life inspiration — McKay’s great-great grandmother was a woman doctor who ministered to the [...]
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Oct 22
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Blane Fonda – 10.03.11 Interviewed by: Jenny Tate (10/11/11) The following is a mini interview of generic questions that we posed to all bands that wanted to answer: Blane Fonda (Questions answered by Matthew Witt) www.blanefonda.com www.facebook.com/BlaneFondaMusic www.twitter.com/BlaneFonda 1. How did you get your band name? Blane Fonda is a pen name that our singer [...]
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Oct 22
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Recycling is Fun… Posted on October 12, 2011 by BagsRevolt I had the immense pleasure to meet the founder of Recycling is Fun, Sara Fonda, who has been actively spreading this important message for thirty eight years now. I was obviously interested in visiting their shop, since I was warned it had more than 3000 [...]
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Oct 15
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PCA’s ‘The Miracle Worker’ communicates Helen Keller’s amazing story By Scott Orr, The Daily Courier – 10/11/2011 PRESCOTT – To see “The Miracle Worker” performed live at the Prescott Center for the Performing Arts is to simultaneously suspend disbelief and realize what an effort it is to stage this very physical play effectively. And it [...]
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Oct 15
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Volunteers finishing ship inspired by man’s faith in God By Sharon Kiley Mack, BDN Staff – Oct. 09, 2011 ADDISON, Maine — There are times in everyone’s life when patterns emerge, or coincidences become too frequent, or disparate series of events are inexplicably linked. Some raise their eyebrows and call it chance, while others credit [...]
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Sep 17
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Here are some photos of the family of James Robert Fonda (1816-1891), born in West Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY in 1816, who settled in Wyoming, Lee Co., IL prior to 1870. He was reportedly an orphan at 9 years old, although the burial record of father is in 1837, so he could have been adopted. [...]
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Sep 11
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Pop-up phenomenon: Here this week, gone the next By Sarah Gish, The Kansas City Star – Mon, Aug. 22, 2011 (..) Port Fonda — a cross between a food truck and a mobile restaurant — has since become one of the city’s hottest foodie destinations. On Friday and Saturday nights, Ryan parks it in a [...]
