Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has launched a new Web site, BBBSConnect.org, to reconnect all former mentors (“Bigs”), mentees (“Littles”), caregivers, board members, donors, staff, and volunteers. BBBS invites all alumni to join the network during its 50th anniversary year, by creating a profile, sharing their story, and making connections with those who made their…
When Colleen and Bill Hensley saw their book The Pilot — Learning Leadership in Barnes & Noble, “it was like the first time you fly solo in a jet,” Bill recalls with a laugh. “Wow, it really flies.” Adding to the exhilaration, actor Richard Dreyfuss was leafing through the book. He left with signed copies…
Vision and persistence these are qualities Scripps Research Institute professor Ray Stevens has demonstrated in directing his outstanding structural neurobiology program. He also displayed these traits in his latest venture outside the lab completing a six-day, 156-mile ultramarathon across the African Sahara Desert. The race, called Marathon des Sables, has been described as the toughest…
Anna Deavere Smith is bringing her newest one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, to the Lyceum Theatre. Onstage April 27 through May 15, it was conceived and written by, and will be performed by Smith, an admired actress, widely published author, teacher, and — yes — a comic. She has the timing of a stand-up…