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Owning a cat as an elderly person

Dear Heloise: This is in response to Keith, the retired pastor who would love to have a dog to cuddle with but is unable to walk the dog and lives in an apartment. An adult middle-aged cat would be perfect! Most cats love to cuddle and don’t need to be walked. We are 86 and have always had a ...

Entertainment schedule

(Please check with venues first in case of cancellation) Friday * Upper Hand Brewery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Entertainer Jon Sampson * Leigh’s Garden Winery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Friday Night Piano with Travis and Macy * Saunders Point Brewing, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Tom Edberg’s Sundown * Cup o’ Joy Coffee House in Green Bay, 7 p.m. CT – local musician Paul L. Strom a/k/a ONWARD * LaCrosse Center in LaCrosse, WI, 7 p.m. CT – Steelheart with local musician Kevin Chown * Esky AmVets, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. – Big Al and the Tomatas * Island Resort & Casino Club 41, 8:30 p.m. – ...

Review of "The Producers"

ESCANABA -- Mel Brooks’ "The Producers" was never meant to be subtle. Loud, irreverent, and gleefully outrageous, the musical thrives on embracing the absurd. Under the savvy direction of Jamie Peterson and executive producer Chris Perryman, Players de Noc’s production at the Bay College ...

An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in a new film

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after the actor's death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking. First Line Films announced Wednesday that Kilmer has posthumously joined the cast of a film ...

A winter to remember in Escanaba

ESCANABA- As I sit down to write this column on St. Patrick’s Day 2026, my back is a little sore, and my hair is a tangled mess! Too much shoveling snow! An array of wet boots, mittens and hats are drying by the woodstove. My shamrock plant is blooming in the narrow beam of sunlight that ...

Bond with in-laws in the kitchen

Dear Heloise: I suggest that Cindy, in Bloomfield, Michigan, asks her future mother-in-law for help in learning how to cook. She will get valuable time in the kitchen, and even more importantly, she will bond with her future mom-in-law. — Steve H., in Banning, California TABLETS TO THE ...