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ComiCs, D2 Television, D3 online 411 Monday, October 20, 2014 Lincoln Journal Star Comments or questions? Call Patty Beutler, 402-473-7307 what into Each week, Journal Star staffers will share what listening to, reading, eating, watch- ing, wearing or otherwise generally loving right now. These are real, actual ravings, not paid content. What into: Share your ravings by commenting on this story at JournalStar.com. Heather Rigdon. Heather Rigdon, a contemporary jazz singer who debuted her first al- bum, and in 2007, was a nice little gem I found tucked into a jazz playlist on Pando- ra.

A quick iTunes search and download, and her songs quickly joined my own playlist. I appreciate her lightweight voice com- fortably layered with the signature high-hat and piano mix of jazz. She is both soothing and sultry, equal parts relaxing and provocative. Her second album, to which arrived in early 2014, strikes a deeper, more grown-up chord than her first, yet both are engaging. music is the sort that could draw you to a small, intimate club or wrap you up in your living room with a glass of wine.

Perfect for cool fall evenings. Kristin Streff Laduree macarons. I happened by this cute little bakery on Madison Avenue between 70th and 71st streets in NYC after a visit to the Whit- ney Museum. I walked past at first, figuring that a luxury bakery would not satisfy my growling stomach nor my shrinking wallet with its tiny offerings and big prices. But the small round double-decker pastel-colored macarons pulled me in.

$8.40 later, after a difficult choice of many wonder- ful flavors, I walked out with a salted caramel, coffee and a chocolate with a coconut marshal- lowy filling and was in macaron heaven albeit one that lasted barely minutes. No dis- appointment about the taste, no regrets about the expense. Clearly a reason this Pa- risian bakery has been around since 1862. a singular gustatory experience. Patty Beutler Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Julie Haskell Gade generated some conversation Tuesday on Facebook after updating her photo and biography.

Gade, after a more than six- year absence, is back in radio. And back in charge. Digity Media, which recently purchased 48 radio stations from Three Eagles Communications, including six in Lincoln, for $66.5 million, hired Gade as its general manager for the Lincoln cluster three weeks ago. She oversees KFRX (106.3 FM), The Eagle (KFGE 92.9 FM), The Blaze (104.1 FM), ESPN 1480 (KLMS 1480 AM), KFOR (1240 AM) and KX96.9 (KZKX 96.9 FM). Gade left Three Eagles in March 2008 after being laid off as station manager for KX96.9 and The Eagle.

She ended up at Three Eagles after the then-Lincoln-based company bought four stations from media giant Clear Channel, where Gade was general manager. She had been in radio in Lincoln since 1977. Before landing at Digity, she served as vice president of busi- ness development for Leadership Resources, a results-oriented provider of organizational devel- opment. She had been with the company since June 2008. Gade replaces Joy Patten, who remains at Digity in charge of sales.

The rest of the Lincoln leadership remains unchanged. Rob Kelley is opera- tions manager. Program directors are Chris Goforth (KFOR, ESPN 1480), Jon Terry (The Blaze), Scott Kaye (The Eagle), James Kyhn (KX96.9) and Matt McKay (KFRX). Gade told me Thursday Digity plans to subscribe to Nielsen Co. surveys.

Three Eagles discontin- ued paying for the surveys a few years back, which meant their talent comment on how they performed, including McKay whose contemporary hits station has topped the market for years. Around the dial Some of you may have noticed KSNB-TV is slowly, but surely, rebranding itself as NBC Nebraska. Gone is the numeral 5 from its logo, which carried over after KSNB took over KHAS- (channel 5) NBC affilia- tion. The 5 proved confusing for Lincoln viewers since Time Warner Cable carried KSNB on channels 6 and 1006. KHAS- TV still has a website, but directing viewers to NBC Ne- braska nbcneb.com on the home page.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7213 or On Twitter Gade returns to Lincoln radio as Digity GM Jeff KorbeliK Lincoln Journal Star By JEFF KORBELIK Lincoln Journal Star If you take part in Scott sold-out of bus tour this month, you may encounter an actual apparition or two. At least what hap- pened one year to some tour participants. As story goes, the bus made a quick stop at the state Capitol, where some women darted inside to find a restroom. Not finding one, they hailed a man they saw in a hallway. But he ignored them ducking into one of the offices.

They made their way into the same office where they found a receptionist, who gave them directions to the restroom. They thanked her, saying she was much nicer than the man who came in before them. when the reception- ist said: sorry. No one arrived before you, and the only one Spooky. The ghost, it appears (pun intended), is fairly well known.

To illustrate this story, Journal Star photographer Eric Gregory went to the Capitol, where a maintenance worker asked him what he was up to. Gregory told him he was look- ing for a ghost. would be up on the second he told Gregory. That surprise Col- born, who often hears from tour participants about new ghosts or ones that have haunted Lincoln for years. how I fleshed out the story about the Nebraska Wesleyan he said.

have to take the tour sometime to hear that story, or purchase Alan recently reprinted and updated book, Guide to the Ghosts of which Colborn uses to help him organize his tours. He also mentions From by Bill and Judy Gug- genheim and Martin of the Colborn is a small business owner and former real estate agent who is known in the community for his 30-year- old paranormal radio show he hosts on community station KZUM (89.3 FM). He guesses led pre-Halloween ghost tours for about 15 years. become a thing-to- do for Lincoln residents, with the 50-person tours regularly selling out just hours after tickets become available in August. Colborn works with A Novel Idea bookstore and owner Cinnamon Dokken, whose house is part of the tour, in coordinating ticket sales.

This event con- sisted of 12 dates, with the last one set for Oct. 29. The hour tour costs $15 per person. when I ask for a show of hands, a majority of the people are Colborn said. On the first night, that included Emily Sipp, who brought along her mother, Cindy; 9-year-old daughter, Savannah, and 10-year-old niece, Alex.

read about it in the Sipp said after de- parting the white bus, which had traveled all over Lincoln, with Colborn up front using a public address system to share his stories. always had an interest in this sort of As did the girls, with Sa- vannah saying the tour and Alex calling it Colborn strives to make the tour family-friendly. do he said. not paranormal. I give you the real The of bus tour originated with friend and employee, the late Dale Bacon, who first drove people around Lincoln in a van.

first year was two dates, I think, and the next year was four Colborn said. was the voice, and I was the facilitator and Bacon even added some flair to it, wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat as he told stories. was as much an actor as he was a Colborn said. Colborn kept the tours going after passing, first hiring somebody to do the telling before, finally, doing it himself. His 20-year-old daughter, Melissa, who began the tours as a 9-year-old, works as his assistant.

In addition to ghost stories, he also tells a few about local UFO and, believe or not, Big- foot sightings. He also relates his own experience, which you have to hear sometime. It involves his family and martial arts moves. Reach the writer at 402-473-7213 or On Twitter Family-friendly bus event gains in popularity Touring ghost scene A man who refuses to be hailed and subsequently disappears into an office in the halls of the Capitol is among the tales told by Col- born during one of the stops on his of bus tour. Photos by ERIC Journal Star Scott Colborn (right) welcomes guests to one of his of bus tours.

Online To learn more, go to ghostsoflincoln.com..