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Music, Tweet Music NOMINATE AHERO Nominate alocal hero for the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation’s“Citizen Service Before SelfHonors” award. Go to DELAWAREARTS www.citizenservicebeforeselfhonors.org before Feb. 10 to do it. tn News tips: 324-2884 or [email protected] ••• FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 2012 B5 WHAT’S NEW FILM » CELEBRITIES Chronicle of abattle with cancer Aykroyd in town to introduce vodka line What does a By GARYSOULSMAN family life, avisual record. Dan Aykroyd holds alot of titles – The News Journal He says the photos –and actor,musician and writer. photographer the making of the film – Add distiller to his list of accomplish- Wilmington native John were his way of coping. ments. do when he is Kaplan is an accomplished “For me, initially,this photographer,soit’snosur- was away to handle my He won’tbesinging the blues during strickenwith fear,” he says. “Some peo- his visit today to Total Wine &More at prise that his film “Not As I ple write ajournal. Ibegan 691 Naamans Road, Claymont, from 4 Pictured” is loaded with 35 aserious taking pictures.” to 6p.m. He’ll be signing bottles of his mm stills. Now the film, which has Crystal Head Vodka. illness? He “Not As IPictured” is Kaplan’sdocumentary of been shown on public TV Youhave to purchase one of the skull- picks up his his life after 2008, when he stations around the country, shaped bottles first to get an auto- has led to an exhibit of Ka- graph. Prices range from $8.99 (50 ml) was diagnosed with two cameraand non-Hodgkin’slymphomas plan’sphotos. It debuts Fri- to $99.99 (1.75 liters). day at Wilmington’sGallery –one in his bone marrow, Aykroyd, perhaps best known for his gets to work, 919 Market (at 919 N. Mar- another in his abdomen. work on “Saturday Night Live” and in ket St.) from 4:30 to 8p.m. of course His 54-minute film is a films “Ghostbusters” and “Driving Miss John Kaplan with his daughter in “Not As I Daisy,” has been involved with produc- diary of his treatments and See FILM, Page B7 Pictured.” WWW.NOTASIPICTURED.ORG ing and distributing wine and spirits for nine years. CLASSICAL MUSIC He created Crystal Head Vodka as are- sult of his fas- cination with the supernat- ural. MUSIC, Aykroyd did- n’tjust play a TWEET Ghostbuster on the big screen, ac- cording to his DanAykroyd Crystal Head vodka web- site, “he’sabeliever in what he calls From right, clockwise: MUSIC the ‘invisible world’ where other- SerafinString Quartet worldly presences are a‘form of reality membersLawrence as valid as our normal reality.’” Stromberg, cello; Kate Serafin String Quartet puts a So what’swith the crystal head? Ransom, violin; Molly Carr,viola; and Timothy OK, stay with us, because this gets a Schwarz, violin. digitalspin on its performances little Indiana Jonesish. Crystal skulls are 13 hardstone carvings, in the shape of human skulls, that are made of clear or By PETER BOTHUM milky rock. The skulls have been found The News Journal all over the world. They may be pre- Columbian in origin, but that hasn’t here’sthe guy who posts been authenticated, or the skulls could Facebook photos during a have been made in the 19th century. T concert, and therefore New Agers believe that they offer spir- misses the concert. There’s itual power and enlightenment to the annoying fan who tweets up- those who possess them. (And I’m to-the-minute setlist updates in an guessing the ones with vodka inside attempt to make their friends jeal- offer the start of apretty darn good ous. martini and some tipsiness.) Now we’ve got the performer Aykroyd’ssuper-premium vodka is who sends out messages on Twit- made with water from an aquifer in ter while he’splaying in the actual Newfoundland, Canada. concert. But what cel- The taste is said to be creamy with a list Larry IF YOU GO slightly sweet finish. The vodka is fil- Stomberg did WHAT: Collage tered through Herkimer diamonds, on Dec. 11 was Concert: “Romp which, according to New Age belief not aconcert vi- Through systems, embody positive energy and olation like the Romanticism,” by goodwill. above offenses the Serafin String In 2011, the vodka bested 200 other –his tweets be- Quartet, featuring brands and won aDouble Gold Award tween songs works by at the San Francisco World Spirits Com- were actually Beethoven, petition. part of the show Mendelssohn, —PatriciaTalorico when he and the Schumann, Ravel Serafin String and Dvorak. Quartet per- WHEN: Noon formed at Sunday (doors World Cafe Live open at 11 a.m.) at the Queen. WHERE: World Stomberg’s Cafe Live at the idea, which will Queen, 500 N. be used again Market St., during the Wilmington quartet’s TICKETS: $20, $15 » REALITY TV “Romp Through with student ID CastingcallinPhillyfor Romanticism” INFORMATION: concert Sunday ‘ExtremeMakeover’ 994-1400 or at the Queen, queen.worldcafe- The third season of ABC's “Extreme was inspired by live.com Makeover: Weight Loss Edition” is astudent who coming to Philadelphia for the first encouraged time on Feb. 18 for acasting call. people to tweet They’ve been receiving submissions with ahashtag pegged to her from all over Delaware and casting di- recital to enhance the experience. rector D.J. Feldman says he wants peo- “I pitched it to the group. I ple to know they’re going to be at think they were alittle baffled at Dave and Buster’sat325 N. Columbus first –why Iwould want to do Blvd. from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. that?” said Stomberg, who is an as- sociate professor of cello at the “Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edi- University of Delaware. “Wefig- tion” is anon-competitive show that ured as long as Ihave time to col- documents obese people over ayear lect my wits to be able to play,we as they set out to safely lose halfof would be OK.” their body weight. For information about how to apply, See MUSIC, Page B7 go to www.extrememakeovercasting. com. FASHION In Brazil, bikinis aren’t just forskinnygirls Manufacturers reaching out to plus-sizecrowd By JENNY BARCHFIELD That’snothing short of arevolu- Associated Press tion in this most body-conscious of nations, where overweight ladies RIO DE JANEIRO — Tall and tan long had little choice but to hit the and young and ... chunky? beach in comely ensembles of The Girl From Ipanema has put oversized T-shirts and biker shorts. on afew pounds, and for many sun- “It used to be bikinis were only bathers on Brazil’sbeaches the in tiny sizes that only skinny girls country’siconic itsy-bitsy,teeny- could fit into. But not everyone is weeny bikini just doesn’tsuffice built like amodel,” said Elisangela anymore. Inez Soares as she sunbathed on Agrowing number of bikini Copacabana beach, her oiled-up IT’S ALL Women sunbathe in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. manufacturers have woken up to curves packed into ablack size 12 WITHIN Agrowing number of bikini manufactur- Brazil’sthickening waistline and bikini. ers arereaching out to the ever-expand- The News JourNal Media Group are reaching out to the ever-ex- “Finally,itseems like people are REACH. is aGaNNeTT coMpaNy. ing ranks of heavy women with new panding ranks of heavy women plus-size lines. AP/FELIPE DANA with new plus-size lines. See BIKINI, Page B7 delawareonline.com LIFE FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 2012 ••• THE NEWS JOURNAL B7 Music: Manytweets were scripted, butsome were spontaneous Continued from Page B5 luded to the colorful, paisley-pat- Saunders is one of the regu- drink during shows made them terned socks worn by violinist lars at Serafin shows, the kind of ideal. For example, the audience The social media experiment Kate Ransom during the concert. fan who would more likely be at enjoyed brunch during the Serafin was deployed during the group’s “I like really decorative their concert Saturday at First & String Quartet’sfirst Collage Con- “String Quartet Time Machine – socks,” Ransom said. “And nor- Central Presbyterian Church in cert, yet another side element that Haydn to Higdon” concert, one of mally Ican’twear those in atra- Wilmington, when the quartet might have helped aclassical new- three Collage Concerts at the ditional formal concert. Ifelt like, will perform works by Martinu, bie to get through afirst concert. Queen presented by Live Connec- OK, this is aformat where Ican Ravel and Mendelssohn. “It’sreally adifferent experi- tions, an organization that aims to wear my wild and crazy socks.” Stomberg and Ransom both said ence of the music when you’re expose classical music to new The chance to show off fancy they’re looking forward to a eating and drinking at the same and younger audiences. The footwear was just one aspect that weekend where they’ll get to time, which takes abit of getting quartet performed amovement Ransom enjoyed about the more shift between something they’ve from alarger piece, and then used to,” Steff said. “It makes you members would stop to discuss adventurous environment at that done countless times since the pay attention in adifferent way.” historical or technical aspects of first Collage Concert show.Inad- quartet formed in 2002 and the Stomberg said that, like the in- what they just played. During dition to Stomberg’stweets, the fresher Collage Concerts. volvement of Twitter,the brunch that break, Stomberg would pop concert also featured acollage- The Collage Concert series is enhanced the concert. up and tap away on his phone. like set pegged to atheme –on just one of the programs to sprout “Even though the brunch was One tweet read: “Not abad Dec.
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