Ness’s Notes (April 7)

Joe D’s record is safe from his latest challenge as Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins went 0-for-4 last night against the Cardinals. He snapped his 38-game hitting streak, the eighth-longest in MLB history. He’s just 18 shy of DiMaggio’s record streak, set in 1941. My free game…

Terrible times in Las Vegas

Terrible’s is, well, a terrible name for a casino, but it’s a great hangout for locals where you can still buy a full rib dinner, complete with salad, baked potato, veggies, and drinks, for seven bucks and change. Tucked away in East Flamingo, about a…

The all-encompassing modern art movement

Modern art is a classification that encompasses all art created between the 1860s and 1970s, and all major art movements during that same time period (impressionism, Bauhaus, surrealism, expressionism, art nouveau, art deco, photography as art, pop). Art, Minimalism, etc.) fall under its broad umbrella.…