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SportsLine simulated today’s Indianapolis 500 10,000 times and has some surprising picks Source
Maestro Teddy Abrams, the Louisville Orchestra’s rock star
At 32, Teddy Abrams is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and he’s done what most orchestras are desperate to do: increased the audience, young and old. Martha Teichner reports. Source
Annette Bening on “All My Sons”
The actress, a Tony nominee for the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama, has an emotional connection to its story of a family’s loss during World War II Source
Teddy Abrams, the Louisville Orchestra’s rock star
At 32 he is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra in the United States, and he’s done what most orchestras are desperate to do: increased the audience, young and old Source
Putting women on a pedestal
New York City’s Central Park is filled with statues honoring noted historical figures, even a famous dog – and all of them are male. Nationwide, there are more than 5,000 outdoor statues of historical figures, but less than 8% of them are of women. Faith Salie reports on the Monumental Women Campaign, and Equal Visibility Everywhere, two groups that say it is time to put more women up on a pedestal. Source
Rod Bramblett, the ‘Voice of the Auburn Tigers,’ and his wife killed in car accident
Bramblett was the primary radio voice of Auburn athletics Source
Almanac: The birth of Dracula
The immortal vampire first saw the light of day when Irish author Bram Stoker’s horror novel, inspired by the legend of Vlad the Impaler, was published on May 26, 1897. Jane Pauley reports. Source
Monumental women: Breaking the bronze ceiling
Nationwide there are more than 5,000 outdoor statues honoring historical figures, but with less than 8% of them women, there are efforts to put more women up on a pedestal Source
“The Ballad of Huck & Miguel”: Huck Finn revisited, in today’s L.A.
Tim DeRoche reframes Mark Twain’s story of comradeship as a modern-day boy-adventurer and an undocumented Mexican immigrant rafting down the Los Angeles River Source
Freewheeling: The van life
From baby boomers to millennials, some people have found a road map to happiness by living their lives on the open road, in RVs or converted vans. Tony Dokoupil meets the Schannep family, a couple that lives with their four children in a converted school bus; Bob Wells, an oracle of online information about living on the road; and Jessica Bruder, author of “Nomadland.” Source
