One of the hardest jobs consultants have is convincing companies to spend to keep existing customers, instead of putting everything into chasing new customers.
Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis is a writer, scholar, and university professor. She has defined her life by her passion for learning and her commitment to equality.
Elvis Presley spent September of 1962 in Seattle, working on his 12th movie, It Happened At The World’s Fair. Probably the most memorable scene from this movie involved Presley’s character bribing a kid to kick him in the shins.
Around the country, Occupy Wall Street encampments are folding. In Nashville, lawmakers are trying to make it illegal to camp on public property. Today, the bill jumped the hurdle in the House and passed mostly along party lines. The state Senate is set to debate the bill next week.
The modern dance collective Project Motion continues to unveil its 25th anniversary season of compelling performances by "hooking up" with distant dance makers from Seattle and Houston for a one-of-a-kind weekend of synergistic storytelling that will fuse Hip-Hop, improvisation, and contemporary movement styles. "AXIS: Long Distance Affairs" will run February 17-19 at Evergreen Theatre.
