Gilligan's Island News

Dawn Wells, who played the character Mary Ann on the classic television show "Gilligan's Island," will appear next week at the Denver Foundation's Christmas Wish Celebrity Auction.

Maine Fast Fact : John Smith visited Maine in 1614 and wrote his Description of New England which encouraged Englishmen to visit and settle in Maine.

An icon of community theater, Theatre on the Ridge, is wrapping up its 34th season with the opening of "Gilligan's Island: The Musical." The show climaxes an outstanding and successful season and runs through Dec.

Relax, Aerosmith fans: Steven Tyler says he isn't leaving the band. Tyler made a surprise appearance with guitarist Joe Perry and his band Tuesday night at a New York City venue.

"Newsweek" magazine had a chart in it recently that worries me. It should probably worry you, too, unless you're not concerned about the end of humanity as we know it.

Just Sit Right Back... Features: DVD A three-hour tour? No way! Not when you have all 98 episodes of Gilligan's Island plus a cargo of DVD extras that include the originally unaired pilot.

Reporter-News Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich Phil Christopher and State Rep. Susan King, dressed as Thurston Howell III and his wife, Lovey, from the Gilligan's Island television show, run away in mock fright Thursday.

Jenny Hunt, Webb School Parents' Association co-president; Leigh Huddleston, auction acquisitions co-chairperson; Peggy Steele, auction chairperson; Lisa Fiala, silent auction chairperson; and Suzanne Wren, decorations co-chairperson. The Webb School Parentsa Association is inviting everyone to a oeGet Away to Gilligana s Island,a an auction and ...

A large group of local women gathered at Stones River Country Club recently for the Rally for the Cure Breast Cancer Golf and Tennis Tournament.

The San Marcos, Calif., health club opened its doors 50 years ago this year, and it wasn't long before men-only weeks began luring the rich and famous for some serious pampering.

Maine Fast Fact : The University of Maine in Orono opened in 1868 as the Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts but was renamed in 1897.

Oct. 18: Singer-guitarist Chuck Berry is 83. Actress Dawn Wells is 71. Actor Joe Morton is 62.

I sat down to read Caprice Crane 's new book Family Affair in the newly designated pedestrian park formerly known as the intersection of Broadway and 46th Street.

Subscribe in a reader Subscribe to Black Entertainment USA by Email Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Television Review: Stargate Universe It was coming and you had to say, 'Not another Stargate show'. It would seem that Stargate has a never ending run on SyFy Channel.

For as much as its seven residents wanted to escape Gilligan's Island , it was a happy place full of coconuts and wisecracks, where the Howells remembered to bring everything anyone could possibly need and the Professor could build anything they forgot.

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port, Aboard this tiny Ship.

WHEN Edward M. Kennedy hit the presidential campaign trail in Iowa in 2003 on behalf of his fellow Massachusetts senator, John Kerry , nothing delighted Mr.

After watching the documentary "We Live in Public," a hyperventilated account of the rise and weird fall of the dot-com millionaire turned self-declared artist Josh Harris, you might want to run home, lower all the shades and unplug yourself from the Internet.

I know, this confirms my status as a blowhard weirdo of the utmost order, but for some reason in this goofy life of mine, I've found myself the owner of a distnct and fairly comprehensive Charo-love. I've seen the singer/performer live in concert a handful of times, I've driven past what was at one time her restaurtant on Kaua'i, I am even the ...

I know, this confirms my status as a blowhard weirdo of the utmost order, but for some reason in this goofy life of mine, I've found myself the owner of a distnct and fairly comprehensive Charo-love. I've seen the singer/performer live in concert a handful of times, I've driven past what was at one time her restaurtant on Kaua'i, I am even the ...