‘Van Gogh’ shows Chicagoans will flock back to live shows  

Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021  

House Democrats have released a $1.9 TRILLION spending bill they are calling “COVID Relief.” We’ve seen this movie before. Democrats name a massive spending bill something they claim most Americans support. Then they load it up with lots of stuff most Americans don’t. SPOILER: This “relief” bill isn’t $1.9T of $1,400 stimulus checks. As Dan Crenshaw points out, most of it goes to Democrat special interest groups. Also, a lot of the money for immediate COVID “relief” is money that doesn’t get ...Show more

President Biden’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour through his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package is facing pushback. CNN’s John Avlon reports on the wage debate.

If a steaming bowl of soup strikes you as the ultimate in old-fashioned comfort, you’ve got plenty of company. Soup is one of the world’s oldest and most universal foods, said Janet Clarkson, author of the book “Soup: A Global History.”

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There have been more than 400 reports of sightings, according to the American Meteor Society.

UK actors settle phone hacking claims with tabloid publisher  

When asked during a New York Times “Dealbook” event about former President Donald Trump potentially running in 2024, Sen. Mitt Romney said he is “pretty sure he would win the nomination.”

Democrats and Republicans tangled over the size and scope of Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan Wednesday, despite the broad public support for the package and a new push by business leaders to get it passed – a sign of the difficulties facing the new President, who had hoped to be a bridge beyond Washington’s partisan gridlock.

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2020 Results  

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Australia has passed a new law that will force tech companies to pay publishers for news content, setting the stage for potential, similar action in other countries.

Columbia bars and entertainment venues open up as COVID-19 numbers go down  

Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa’s most populous nation, officials and residents said.

SocialDistance Arts & Entertainment: February 25–28  

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has a broad entertainment array coming our way  

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Symphony members to livestream from Robinson Center  

It’s just before daybreak in Richmond on the southern bank of the River Thames, and pest controller Michael Coates is patrolling the rubbish bins for what is normally an elusive enemy – rats.