Producer Mark Johnson has won four Academy Awards, including an Oscar for one of my favorite films, “Rain Man.”
Paul Wagner owns another for his documentary film work. You might have seen his latest last month at the Paramount, “Absolutely Irish.”

Let’s put the rumors to rest.
  Ash Lawn Opera will be at Ash Lawn
... at least this year.

There’s a rising star in our midst.
  It just took a little out-of-town recognition for us to take notice.
Oh, Laura Wortman and her fiance, Kagey Parrish, don’t have a CD — yet. (They are planning on heading into a studio in the next couple of weeks to lay down a few tracks.) But they do own a national title.

Don’t throw this newspaper section away.  (If you are reading this on the Internet, I’m talking about Friday’s Extra section.)  Put it in a safe place and bring it with you Wednesday night, because it is the key to getting some cool free stuff.

When I was, oh, so young I watched “Toby Tyler” and dreamed of running off to join the circus so I could wear blue tights, ride horses and have a chimpanzee as my best friend.

I would love to go see Van Halen or Cirque du Soleil or a host of other events scattered throughout this week’s playbill.  But there is that dollar issue.

The plan was to clear out some of the books in my library. Four shelves were overloaded and the stacks on the floor were beyond the teetering point. I got a box and set out to cull my collection.  There was a stack by Phyllis A. Whitney.  Did I really need that many?

A name like the Main Event can’t help but be intriguing.  Furthermore, the goal is a good one - supporting the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, specifically the UVa Children’s Fitness Clinic. This signature event is taking place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Abbott Center at the Darden School.