NEWMARKET - The café sat untouched for months. Wood planks covered the doors with a small note that promised they were “coming soon,” but we were all beginning to doubt it. Yet in early June, the Horse Shoe Café finally opened its doors, marking itself the official sec...

I had a professor who claimed, in a very aggressive manner, that the artistry of our generation was dead, and that we were ruining the way the world was. He was 89, he could barely hear, and he was overly confident in his lackluster ability to read lips. He cited Nicki...