• Brainerd High School class of 1972 is holding its 40-year reunion Aug. 24-25. Friday night, there will be an informal gathering at T-Bones at 7 o'clock, with Roger Allen Wade performing.

FOLK ROCK Dawes, featuring Sara Watkins, in concert at 9 tonight at Track 29, 1400 Market St.; doors open at 8 p.m. $17 (plus $3 cash fee for ages 18-20 at the door; ID required). 558-0029.

There's a go-round of requests today before you can dig into the recipes. I recently celebrated my birthday at Murphy's in Virginia Highlands and loved the biscuits.

Ken Burns’ latest documentary epic, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” is also one of his best. It airs over six nights, Sept. 27 through Oct. 2, on PBS.

Brooks & Dunn are done.

Ioana Florea has accomplished something that fewer than 1 percent of high school test-takers nationwide can match: She made a perfect 36 on her ACT test.

Author Jackie Gingrich Cushman has co-written a book, “5 Principles for a Successful Life: From Our Family to Yours,” with her father, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.