Plymouth-born singing star and actress Jean Dike aka June Marlow has died

Jean Dike, aka June Marlow, Plymouth-born singing star and actress has died aged 95. Jackie Butler traces her roots, her incredible life as a professional performer, her unshakeable devotion to her ...
The New Yorker

Why Do We Like Music?

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...
The Boston Globe

Cafe Alma, a new Portuguese restaurant and café, is opening in East Providence

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new Portuguese restaurant and café is getting ready to open in East Providence, and it’s doing a lot more than just serving pastels and espresso. Cafe Alma, a deeply personal ...
Wall Street Journal

Spring Health to Buy Alma in Merger of Mental-Health Startups

Spring Health has agreed to acquire Alma in a merger of well-funded mental-healthcare startups, adding to a wave of consolidation in the digital-health market. Spring, backed with $415 million in ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1958, Marty Robbins Topped the Country Charts With a Song That Proved His Storyteller Bona Fides

In one of the final interviews before his death in 2003, Johnny Cash declared, “There’s no greater country singer than Marty Robbins.” Quite a bold statement from the Man in Black, but Robbins lived ...
The Grio

‘Alma’s Way’ Season 3 brings Black Cowboy history, hair identity, and Bronx life to PBS Kids

When ‘Alma’s Way’ returns on Monday, the Emmy-nominated PBS KIDS series arrives for Season 3 with stories rooted in history, identity, and everyday moments that help young viewers make sense of the ...

Take It From Here

Eth worries she'll make a bad wife for Ron Glum.
WTAE-TV

Con Alma jazz bar, restaurant in Pittsburgh launches GoFundMe account to raise $150,000

THE OWNER WHEN WE ASKED WHY THIS IS CALLED ALMA’S WEBSITE, A GOFUNDME FUNDRAISING ACCOUNT IS POSTED SEEKING A GOAL OF $150,000. IT’S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT’S HARD TO ASK PEOPLE ...
The Washington Post

Sculptor Alma Allen will represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale

Sculptor Alma Allen has been selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale, with Jeffrey Uslip as commissioning curator, the State Department announced on Monday. Showing at the ...
The Nation

Alma Avalle

Alma Avalle is a vice president of the NewsGuild of New York and one of the Condé Nast Fired Four. If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No ...
International Rescue Committee

IRC Launches “ALMA," A Free Virtual Assistant to Support Newcomers in the U.S.

New York, NY , November 10, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today unveiled ALMA, a ground-breaking, multilingual virtual assistant designed to help refugees, Special Immigrant Visa ...