Home improvement: How to make your Tahoe home a ‘smart home'

LAKE TAHOE — With the growing number of options for flooring, woodwork, custom cabinetry, granite, lighting, and dozens of other choices during the building pro cess, it is easy to forget the role that low voltage wiring and electronics will play in the home.

North Central Community Calendar

North Central Community Calendar Associated Builders and Contractors, South Texas Chapter, offers weekly and special workforce development events. Regular activities include new construction industry employee orientation sessions and the basics of building construction. Young Chefs Academy in Stone Oak, 20330 Huebner Road, Suite 110, hosts various weekly classes Mondays-Thursdays and Saturday ...

Actors teach students the basics of improv

On Saturday afternoon, 14 La Crescent High School drama department students got the opportunity to learn a little improvisation from two professionals who tour in the trade.

OC Bookly: Polish (No) Joke: Starring Madame Modjeska (and Me)

Fourth grade. Early 1970s. Encouraged by his Polish-German mother, the young Bibliofella made the serious mistake of announcing his proud heritage at elementary school, just as so-called "Polack joke

Taiyo Na and Dirty Boots Rock the Survival Release Party

photo by Brian Cleaver This Saturday's "Survival" Issue Release Party will feature artist Taiyo Na , backed by San Francisco-based multi-instrumentalists Dirty Boots . Taiyo sat down with Hyphen to discuss surviving as an artist, his latest projects, and what we can look forward to for the show. What does “survival” mean to you? Getting over and meeting the basics, especially in the face of ...