Krishen Greenwell

Month: January 2006

  • Jazz on St. Armand’s Circle

    So, on the fourth Friday of every month, St. Armand’s Circle hosts a free jazz performance. This time around it was 18-year-old Jose Valentino Ruiz and his band. Let me tell you, this guy can really play a flute! Not too bad on a sax, either. Patricia has some photos, too.

  • HBC agrees to be acquired by US investor

    🙁 No joke. The Hudson’s Bay Company is one of the oldest in Canada, incorporated in 1670. “Johnston said Zucker is sensitive to the unique role Hudson’s Bay Co. has played in Canada. ‘I really hope there is no national backlash on this,’ he said.” http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2006/01/26/bay-060126.html

  • Word of the day: Encyclical

    I learned a new word today: Encyclical. Apparently it’s a letter from the Pope to the Catholic church, or the bishops, giving a personal treatment on some topic. Just thought I’d mention it, since I’d never heard of it, and the stories I read were taking it for granted that I knew what it meant.…