Congratulations to the revered Donnybrook public affairs show, which celebrates 30 years on the airwaves this week. The Nine Network program deals with current events in a civilized, roundtable format. It was started by late media legend Martin Duggan, who acted as moderator for nearly 1,200 of the weekly shows. Today, the Thursday night broadcasts include Wendy Wiese, Ray Hartmann, Bill McClellan, Alvin Reid and Charlie Brennan.
Kudos to Habitat for Humanity ReStore for reaching the $1 million in sales mark in 2016! The organization sells new and reusable construction and remodeling materials, most of them donated, to support the building of homes for needy St. Louisans. Its efforts also divert tons of materials from landfill and save money on waste removal and demolition.
Bravo! to The Bach Society for being listed as offering one of the nation’s best holiday concerts. The local ensemble was named in the “20 Live Events for Christmas in North America” in the December issue of BBC Music, the leading magazine of classical music. The program is the Christmas Candlelight Concert in Powell Hall, started in 1951, which includes a candlelight processional, sing-along and performance by St. Louis Children’s Choirs.
Seems like just yesterday that Raja was a little guy. The zoo’s bull elephant, who turned 24 last week, was the first Asian elephant born at the zoo and has sired four female calves: Maliha, Jade, Kenzi and Priya.
Martin mania is coming to town! The inimitable Steve Martin and Martin Short will appear together at the Fox Theatre on July 20.
