Folklore News

Santa visits Wall Street, without a lump of coalTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 11:58AMAs I discussed in Sunday’s column , the stock market has had a rough decade. A bit of Wall Street folklore known as the Santa Claus rally, though, is pointing to a better outcome in the last year of the ’00s.

Poem of the week: Windfall by Angela LeightonTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:47AM For Christmas week, when any financial windfalls we might have enjoyed will soon be spent, and the toys we spend them on may all too quickly break, "Windfall" by Angela Leighton ushers in a tentative mood of hope. The word "Windfall" has, of course, mildly negative as well as positive connotations in popular usage. The poem seems to denote a search for the links in a chain of images and ...

MaccaTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:05AMFRANK McAvennie’s reputation for scoring – both on and off the park – knows no bounds. But the moment he wrote himself into St Mirren folklore has more to do with an infamous Love Street miss that would guarantee him a place in the hearts of the Paisley legions.

College briefsTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:26AMFord Motor Company The Ford Motor Company, including Gullo Ford – Mercury in Conroe, is awarding $1,000 college scholarships to up to 700 Future Farmers of America members. The program, equally funded by Ford Motor Company and Ford dealers, has awarded more than $5 million in scholarships to more than 5,000 FFA members.

SENIOR CALENDARTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:14AM Pixel Time Photo and Movie Classes, for ages 9 to adult, today through March, The Art Park, 7230 E. 29th St. North. Fee $96 for three sessions. Enroll online at www.pixeltime.com/familyfun . Classes meet 6:30 to 8 p.m. Topics include Photoshop Elements, today, Jan. 13 and 20, and Family Moviemaking, Feb. 2, 9 and 16. Cultural funding grants workshops, for nonprofit arts and cultural ...