Saturday, March 16 Yale Gospel Choir live in the 9th Ward Tickets: $10 general admission seated, at Ticketfly.com , the Babeville Box Office (M-F 10a-5p), or charge by phone 866-777-8932 7pm Doors

Twenty-six hundred years ago, an old man named Socrates said: “In a democracy the people are obliged to live under the control of whatever mediocrities they elect.” When a mediocrity is elected for one term, the shame is with the mediocrity. If the mediocrity is “re-elected” then the shame is with the electorate.

John Gavin, 86. The tall, strikingly handsome Mexican-American actor appeared in “Psycho,” “Imitation of Life,” “Spartacus” and other hit films of the ‘50s and ‘60s before forsaking acting to become President Ronald Reagan’s ambassador to Mexico. Feb. 9.

Both girls came back a few years ago, and it wasn’t easy. On the mainland, they were Taiwanese, and back on Kinmen their classmates sometimes call them mainlanders. I asked them what identity they prefer, and both said quickly they were Taiwanese; Hong said her father supported her choice, “Maybe because I get a discount on the ferry ride that way,” she says, shrugging. “A lot of people want to go to Taiwan,” Yang says, of her Chinese classmates. But while on the mainland they had generally been considered cool, here it was the opposite. Mainlanders have left a bad impression, it seems.

Famous improvisational organist Peter Krasinski will play the 10,731-pipe Curtis Organ. This Halloween tradition is free and open to the public.

When: Thursday, Mar 21, 2019 8:00 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM) Ticket Price: $10.00 Door Time: 7:00 PM Restrictions: 18 & over A Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall w/ Critt & Friends: Join us as we celebrate and recreate Pink Floyd’s epic multi-sensory Picasso.

Both women were horrified when they first arrived on Kinmen. “It was so desolate,” Yang says.

“The McHarg Center has a major role to play in mitigating disasters and improving the quality of life for city dwellers around the world, and we’re deeply grateful to the Wilks family for bringing that goal closer to reality,” said Frederick Steiner, dean and Paley Professor at PennDesign. Dean Steiner is co-executive director of The McHarg Center, a role he shares with Richard Weller, Martin and Margy Meyerson Chair of Urbanism and professor and chair of landscape architecture at PennDesign.

Harp-guitarist Tim Donahue will perform on March 14 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $10. Call (716) 878-3005 or order tickets online.

21mar7:00 pmA Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall w/ Critt & FriendsA Tribute to Pink Floyd’s The Wall w/ Critt & Friends7:00 pm Buffalo Iron Works

Created by renowned contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya and named one of CNN’s Top Ten ‘Global Must-See Exhibitions,’ THE ART OF THE BRICK, presented by M&T Bank, features original pieces, as well as re-imagined versions of some of the world’s most famous art masterpieces, like Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” made exclusively from LEGO bricks. Visitors will have the opportunity to get up-close with the fan favorite, “Yellow,” a life-size sculpture of a man ripping his chest open with thousands of yellow LEGO bricks cascading from the cavity.

There is no such thing as due diligence on the matter. These ludicrous projects are what the people want. Again: