By Carla R. Herrera

The new Internet Generation a far cry from boomers, who are now acting as helicopter parents
iPods, cell phones and the internet define much of the life of Generation Y. Marketers, media and popular culture are currently trying to pin this generation down to a specific definition and are reporting back with descriptions [...]

It’s Monday as I write this. The Texas and Ohio Democratic primaries will be over by the time anybody reads it. Either Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid will be finished or Sen. Barack Obama will be very annoyed.
So let’s take a look at a something that’s changed monumentally, whoever wins.

John Lewis was right: Mary Beth Brooks is a winner
Daddy W. remembers the sage advice offered by the late gravelly voiced John Lewis. “Someday everyone will know what I see in Mary Beth Brooks,” Lewis said on July 22, 2005, when he named Brooks as his successor to the community minded Bank of Fayetteville. She [...]

Vantage Point and U2-3D
The first two months of the movies of 2008 are over, and it was a dismal run. When “National Treasure” was the best  2008-release I could recommend, I know how feeble it was.
“Vantage Point” is a patented representative of this year’s early mediocrity. Like “Cloverfield,” “Rambo” and “Jumper,” it opened at the [...]

Opening

10,000 B.C. (PG13) The story of a young mammoth hunter, set in prehistoric times. FS: 1:00, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:20. R12: 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:00. S9: 1:15*, 4:20*, 7:10, 9:40*. PC: 1:00, 1:40, 3:50, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:30, 10:05.

The Bank Job (R) Thieves go after safe deposit boxes that hold dirty secrets about the British [...]

A New Thread
String Cheese Incident’s Michael Travis and Jason Hann have embarked on a new project, EOTO, and they’ll be headed to George’s for a show on March 13. The duo is touring to promote their second album, “Razed.”
EOTO’s live shows are 100 percent improv. Drawing from DJ’s and computer artists, EOTO uses cutting edge [...]

SPECIAL EVENTS
AUTHOR AND CNN ANCHOR ANDERSON COOPER will speak at 8 p.m. Friday at Barnhill Arena on the UA campus in Fayetteville. Free.
CARING FOR CREATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center in Fayetteville. Registration required. mountsequoyah.org or 800-760-8126.
ARTIST RECEPTION FOR VICKI ROSS at 4 p.m. Friday at Julie [...]

LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS
Thursday, March 6
Arsaga’s Crossover - Jazz jam
Bayou - Todd Wolfe
Bordino’s - Claudia Burson
Deja Vu - DJ Revellution
Electric Cowgirl - DJ Dayside
George’s - Hero Factor, The Radio Sky
GoodFolk - Fred Eaglesmith
Green Door - Ransom
Ice House - SoundChild Crew
The OPO - DJ Derrick
Pesto Cafe - Kevin Bennoch
Tangerine - DJ Michael
Taponozos - Raja

Wine from gnarly vines
Old Vine Zin

Mars and Pluto in opposition